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in HIE TRIBl'NE with sbsolnte ?lafety?for
if diasatiafsction re-unit? in any rase THE!
TKIBl'NE fuaranteM to pay >our money
bark upon request. No red tape, no qulb
blinf. We make rood promptly if the ad
?erllaer does not.
The Bourbons.
It i Inpoooibla to r??ad ?M reports of
the Republican gathering in Washington1
wi'hoi.t a feeling that approximates con-!
tempt. In charge of this ossemhlago, it
would .seem, are the men whoso very names
heve become odious to millions of Ameri
c-i'i ?rotors, Predominant In the discussions;
r ? published is the spirit that pro
?? ? ? of 1912. Is it true, a?
outward evidence would indicate,
that ill?* Repu' lers are now plan?
.is did the Hour-1
bone, having ?earned r.otnn.g, having: for
gi.tten nothing*?
it wouid be di.licult to ch?ntete rise. ?a<?4v
quutely the policy that seems to be taking
form at this interesting meeting. Mr.
Wilson ha.s alienated some, hundreds of
thousands, perhaps a million or toro, of;
German-American voters. Republican sue-;
cess next year is assured, if only we are.
gufheiently discreet to oay and do nothing!
that will prevent these German-Americans!
froi., u.-in;*. the Republican party as a.
vehicle of their wratli against a l'rer-i
d? :it for "Aii-it he hai done to defend
American honor.
But Mr. Wilson's Gorman policy has
proven a fallare, and hil l.u.-itania course,
ha? awakened widespread critidam, There?
for?.', let ui attack hi.- foreign policy
through the Mexican iiu ident. Happily
there arc no Mexican-America!: vote*.
Thui-e who are angry at Mr. Wilson for'
his failure to protect American lives will
be satisfied if we criticise Mexico; those
wli" ait) sympathizer1- with Germai y wQl
take no oflFence at this.
The mai:?, line of attack il still
gofer; let Qi .?tick to the economic argu?
ment, to prosperity, which is sound Re?
publican gospel. If there is some pros?
perity now, this is due only to the war;
what the country not?t is ihc good, old
fashioned Republican organized prosperity-,
the return t" the days of McKinley ami
Hanna. Here i safe ground, v. inch ??."ill
not risk the lo.vs of any German-American
vote?.
As for the Pi > are
numerous, they must be '. i cate.I with re
sptvt. but since t!.< ;
ited they aie no longer a peril; they rep?
resent nothing; they have do i:.-ue; at
rno>t they might have _ canclidate, but this
is doubtful; if only everything ?- '??in?
ducted with decorum, v.nh becoming si?
lence, with that -kill which is natural to
Repiiblican leadership, all will be
Here, it would appear,
Rep.ibliean policy in a narrow compass:
Av? make
your ap| ? Hera! thai German-1
American angry ? ? I
his moilr-t ? **?? half ,,?? national
hoiu-i hi .1
iiu- small]
effort can cost votes in perfect
?coord and a rhating
. other, i tole, thing i:
: urn. ami tl.c win I ring back
o party pots. and Pen rose and
, the li I
? ?? a part of ret t political history.
?'an mich i policy "r punwee i cceed!
''he Tribune d I elievc it. Such a
i>o!ic> diot . thai i- vital in the
political I.; ? recent
year.*-. It perience
PI id pro!?.. 1
the ? ..:. | ' ' ? . - ; II 01
tin
and principles,
l!*" ?'f
v., ighed
. ?
.
???il .-. pa
fou
thai It
- ? en mors than the u::?
the _MO
j-r'- ? \ . a.i. it was
? i new
goncrat.i?;. of Ing on
the scene; that to be led or
driven by the men or the Idesul ol the past;
that fiey ha?i ? i
??? !- ? ' ? u.at they
were, in fad Civil War era
?,iQ sti i ? ?u, .,a,.ty a,
the pu.ty of IM] >r 1864, but that they
were of theii mm period and saw the
party it? the wholly unsentimental light
of new condit:
*_? the most
eiMiili.oJ ,. , m
So11 r,lOV" '^*. Which .split the
Democratic party into f_,u<,, , .,,,,) p,.r
i the Wl [gs to ell
Thrse yam itei ? proton was
.isibJe m ..rty that is
?' 'I he I-'n-e
toil i'-'"'??? n roh pre*
.
;
I arty Hot of the
South, but t/in-e yean later el
were eager!;/ r ? ' I and laying
aside nil qu
aire to win.
They did win Ti? ? won i- i
Whig pai-ty was juat as unwilling to
a question of principle, to tike a stan
speak honestly aid straightfonvardJj
waa the Democratic. Th?* Whigs wer
willing to fare both ways, to stirrei
principle to party interest, as the D<
crut-. The Democrat* won in 1862 an
18.6, but not again for a quarter of a
tury. and when they came back there
not left a leader of consequence who
contributed to the cowardice of the I
The Whigs did not win another elect
they simply melted into nothing, and tl
way born the Republican party, contre
and led by men who were v. illing to :
slavery and tell the truth, to ulk ho
words, as did Lincoln and ?Seward, to ]
the truth in the face, not skulk or run.
If the Republican party is now to p
all principle at one side, if it is now to
tempt to compromise, to collect all
ment* and factions by a facing-all-w
course, it is just conceivable that it r
win another election, but it Is morally i
tain that it will not endure, that it ?
presently be driven into outer ?larkr
and be abandoned by a generation wr
is coming on the political field, desi
leadership, Il willing to stai d for prii
pies and for true doctrines and feeia
the old Republican party no allegia
founded on resentment or tradition.
The Republican party cannot endure
a mere catch-all of opposition to Mr. V
son or to Democratic candidates. It c
prosperity and exj I ? "capac
to rale.*' It cannot i .?dure or p
hold power if it has nothing to offer I
people o? the United State? but the is
takes of Mr. Wilson and the old phra:
and campaign cries of 18%. It began
life as the party of moral indignation a
national purpose, It will end it, and enc
ir:gloriously, If it chooses now to be men
the party of material welfare and to r?
its claims solely upon the mintakes of
opponent who has wholly adopted t
?f-Hine goepel and is seeking to eteal t
"full dinner pail" and the "business
I'Miul" mottoes of the Republicans, wi
some measure of biiccess.
All ove; the world a change has begl
and will march rapidly forward hen?
forth. The Great War i gofa Y' I" ma
u\t-r the Iiv?5S and the idea.-, tin
th? aspirations of men of all nations?ai
of our own nation q lite at much a- of ai
other. The world i? never going to
?gain the world o? 1914. The Bourboi
o? l ranee, o? Europe, imagined that whi
Napoleon waa gone and the Revolution p
in a strait jacket at Vienna it would i
possible t.. go bark to all that wi
1788. Tl ej tried it, and in France th?
lasted fifteen years.
New ideas, new men, a new spirit at
new vi coming out of the gre?
Struggles and the groat sacrifices of t!
war. So far we have escaped tl
suffering, but WS have also escaped t!
? nobling influence o? sel
sacrifice and devotion. We have too rea
ily listened to the voices that taught i
th. t prosperity, not principle, counted ar
ace at any price was not an ui
worthy gospel. We have fancied that v
were better than those who were d\ing f(
the same ideas that our fathers and gran?
father.? fought and died for, and this fane
has led us fur from American ideals.
Such a State 0? mind will not endui
aii'l cannot endure. This country will r?
turn u? its work and undertal s its part i
the i al i on of tli
world, it . '.ready becoming lmpatiei
of th who would ha.'
ihat comfort, prosperity and material we
fare are above all other things and ? ?
all else to 1 desired. Th? i i s mon
tent in tin? country that cannot be mil
I ? w. it derives from the gres
itruggte, bul it has its relatio
to the Progressive rebellion pi 1812, whlc
was also a protest agaii - and it
\ ei ai i1
In this situation could the. be snythin
more contemptible, more provocal
indignation and ??. rath, than a little gTOU
o? selfish politicians, airead) discredit?
by ?last defeat and public castigation, sil
'aitifr down together solemnly in :!
tional capita] ami planning to ??>?; Yack t
power by avoiding i snee o
age or p in? ipl? . - to th
oi bal mutually i
a
? :
.
Tl peopl? of ?
Inter? ted ii ai ? politic
have little
liki:.*
binent to 1 . '.-. si ? poll
liciani operate ?r.d<r differenl names bu
?
rship; 1 s demanding that prin
and policies shall be proclaimed an
r-dopted by men who have th honesty t
champion them and th ? courage to li^h
! tor them. If the eminent geutlemei wh
I re DOW assembled in Washington are un
able to p - eetve thl fact, th?.. th
their party will suffer equally. If the
cannot learn, if they will i. A learn, th*>i
It i? no1 difncuH y> see what is to com?
If the Republican party ii now t? i ?
cowardly as tlie Democratic, p? \
?not lon| upport the Democratic party
hut they will certainly turn elsewhen ?
to the Rep iblican party for the in??tru
ment to express their ".ill and pUTp? 10.
A Divorce from the Payroll.
Having discovered that the stal hai
sboot 18,000 employai and ? ; I
of approximately 120^080,000, the Senate
Civil Service Committee intends to an?
deavor to separate one thou aid jobhold?
ers from th?* payroll. Tin.? pendil.;: dl
roses Ii said te have ;h?' approval o? Gov
Whitman. It i. to bs hoped ?* ?rill
ral oi 'i ?? beads
?i. pertinent! affected and
of th< 1 - - ?., ir?, . ich must i
appropriai ? :. tchin?
If i effect it wi s suredly
? proval of the public W i
'committee of legislator?, after study of
the situation, is convinced that there are
so many on the public payroll who per?
form no useful function, and that com?
mittee has convinced a GovernOC with am- '
bitions for further political preferment!
that there is really r.o use in these job-1
holders, they mm:t be flagrantly worthless.
It is not the custom of politicians to sep?
arate placeholders from public money
lightly?there is a political penalty in such
action.
The recommendations of this commit
t'-e. therefore, and the subsequent action
of the Legislature on them, will be awaited i
with keen interest. If the administration!
has the courage to kick out the unproflt-j
able public servants, it may be able to get!
along without such a huge state tax as I
wa? saddled on the overburdened taxpay-|
era this year.
Taxing Tooth Paste.
1 tooth pa: te a luxury? Are those
st individuals in this fair land who
their molars faithfully morning.1
and nierht mere victims of sybaritic
habits, or are they, ns the advertisement?
and the dentists aver, consistent advocat?'-;
of preparedness, guarding their systems
(torn invasion by enemies at one of the
chief danger point-? emigres* will soon
have to answer. A1 present taooth paste,
"?; - ?ally, Is e luxury, taxed a? such for!
the last ? rng with perfume?. -
adj mcl
.< t tabli . ?
ii-i-r. And tooth
paste will remain, officially, a luxury if
that tax be continued, s ; now proposed.
This greatly dietreaees the manufactur?
ers and purveyors O? the various brands
of this artii y?. It is, regardle.-s of the!
brand, a necessity, they maintain. With-i
out it cleanliness and health may flee the
land, the youth of the ration be endan?
gered and the old men bowed in shame.
Wherefore tney intend to present a mon
Ster petition to Congress to avert this
menace to health and moral-: by removing
y . tax, impo ing it, If necessai y. -
?bill or chewing gum.
of all its numeren
? .-Is, will l.a ? ? ' j mpathy of th
nation as i- w with f momentous
And ?1 ii" dd be remembered,
p-horevei the ubjed come up, that the
nation which once refused to pay a tax on
H afternoon tea i no! yet entirely con?
verted to Henry Fordism. What,
all. i- tes compared with y
Unprepared for Snow.
These snowstorms have a
vicious waj of sneaking up behind Strei't
?leaning Commissionei Fetherston when
he Isnl prepared. Lasi year, though the
early winter was free from storms and
even a new official ou*_lit to bave had time
, ? 'ni forces marshalled, when the snov
finally did :ome the city was in horrible
Yap because the department eras nol
ready y> handle '.he Tail. Only the fad
that it orai possible tu gathfr a big emer
forec O? from the unem?
ployed brought ?le city through its diffi?
cult ic-?.
i the < mmissioner seems to
have mad' an attempt at preparation,
for on several occasions before this storm
cam? lie declared he could not enlist emer
gency shov? Her- from the army of the un?
employed. Apparently he was unable to
eny other arrai emente, for the ?le
liled to si ? j " y to any great
?heme o? attacking the falling
snow with hoee ami who thrust
it int.. ewer*, Thus it got far ahead of
the i orkera, and now tin city i under?
going the old, liar procc
? hile trafile
is impeded aid *verybody inconvenh
. regardlci i the weather or
the period ??: winter in which thi
n ething or other which
preven! the Department of Street ?l?an?
me. .'."H! being read) to flush it off the
it fall*- '!-..? simplest,
set method of disposing of
it in almost all : the city where
? ' ?? i- .' Ifust the
depend n "emergency*1 labor
:?. i?! tl si i lory contractor
illing up the snow ami cart?
' ; v. j
the matte 'ping
- .men:, notorio, ly the most
ail the
city'i . - if gave taking
ex] eventually
? ???? ? ? ? by decent.
ci? M,:" -. tai Itary ;..< thod . It ?.utiht to
s res uably ef
?? and cheap system of handling
' ' SI not break down j'l-t
when th'. work i?? needed. That Commis?
sioner who first pro.,s able to handle a
nrtorm ." that no apologies are nec
' will win ? ? gratitude.
? ! ' - WI M i" 1>-V? m ?
vn the north by th? Aurora
Boreal!?, on the ?oath'' but v.-? ha-, p for?
gotten n eai
a
' Win In Bla-1 1?
in th-' nature of ? heavealr rcuaij.
Saving the Yorkshire Dialect.
I dietaphoa?
froni*En;land. Oi reeenl 11 !..
i v \j, omaa, of !.or<?.
. took *??- itr?. bin a da ?
Bg th?
? ? i.. lmtlect ..- rapidly
al m many Terkshir? dlatriets, and
if futun- |ei ST? te hear th? sp'k.*r.
? ord m Its richness ?ml variety,
1st artificial preservation la seeded. The
i : .. obtaiaed at
?
,- :
' ??
I them
? ? , - . ? i ,
? bIwi be counted, fur te
? ?.-.?
nek.
pr?f, ssoi Maonaaa'i ?speriaMal speai up
?.. ?orld of saggeeUes to the "-hiioioi-ist.
"DO THEY WANT ROOSEVELT?"
Let the Republican Leaders Know
Americanism Is the Issue.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Yours of the 11th, "Do They Woatl
Roosevelt?" Is one of the best of your very!
sUs editorial! ilnce the beginning of the ?
European war.
Oh, If we could only have a leader like
Roosevelt at thla tima, how much more proud
we would all feel of our country! How all
true Americans would again hold op their
heads in the thought that we are not the
cowards the whole world now bellevei us?
we would again feel that we are proud of our
old traditions and that we will live up to them '
in the pre?ent crisis, In hav!-.ir a leader that
tyiMf.es the true "Americanism'' spirit. A
man who is respected and feared abroad as
not only the greatest American, but the
gTea.?-.*. moa '?'.. the world to-day?not only a
man of courage, but a rnan of artier, a man
With a practical knowledge of the history of
the world a man whose achievement? will:
stand as monuments everlasting.
'P.is is the kind of a man we need t<
in this world ens? a real "American," who
U not afraid to *-uy arid do what he consider,
right, regardless of criticism.
It II indeed (?ratifying to know that you.
Mr. EditOl SOS the "handwriting on the I
wall" and souodod the waraiag, Lex
the Refrabl leaders know that the coun-j
try wai.r- , |fl| "f'oosevejt," and no one
else, for Pr? ? ?dent We are not afraid he ?rill
plur.ge ai il to war. for the sake of goiog ' I
war Hi tl nr no more than any one of
I ? ia? "arar" il
and just war but there will
| ? V-nrr
? ,. - ?
should . ' ? b . red i
: gral ? .:. el ira
ins in the cyoi
of the world. We ?rani no milksop? _r. the
heal of our go\f-r.miei t. We want a coura-'
g-eous man -?.ho will d?al ?vi'li our national
hoi.or with a firm hand and wisely. Let us
have Roosevelt! E. L. R. ?'.
(ilen Ridge, K. J., Dec. 17, 1916.
The Only Man in Sight.
To ?h? Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Reading your e.litirlal "Do
Want Roosevelt?" I am wondering if the
I of reincarnation is really true, .-?nil
,' Id race ?.-.?':.? n BOW the editor of The
I, I .iiu taken back to the old
1 began reeding The Tribune,
.,- d i ? na?;"'.i bojond si prei ? te
--.i era sseosuring up ?o the ol?.
? - | ? . ISO s.-.
I have be anging sod In shame for
erer a l the follara <-?' the an?.-' -
"humanit? :':r?t" i\e:i to protest against the
most i? ims in all history, bat when
our to- ?i.? ? rostra M I sad a
lars are lost Great Britain gets a note o?|
,T. "Inch proves that in the White
House nor humanity but voles nn<! th<
lor arc Brat! Perhaps I may yet lift op m
? ? ... grant it!
Dai ng *he pns* two res I ha?s later
flowed a good mar.;- people la t.early ever
state from coast to coas'., and I 'nave bee:.
,- for the past six months that the oni*. ,
man in sight v.ho can win over Wilson Is
Theoiiore Roosevelt. He will Sroufts more
enthaaiaSO, tnan ar.y other man. He was|
s safe etas when in the White House, and
he i? more mature and safe in judgment
ihan ever He never declared war SgoinSt
ation as iiu! Wilson in the tokiog of
' ., i rax, hur he was instrumental in hrinir
? .- paaee bet' eon Japan sad Raaaio. I am
?-?r him. F. W. ANDERSON.
-. 12, 19?.
Wo Need the Master's Hand.
I o thi Editai of The Tribur.e.
Sir: The editorial on Theodora Roosevelt
??.as vibrant with suppressed lian I : 'her in.
bil praise or di'praise none spenl.s of Roose
.* waxing worm without, us with
- n(r a? he .-nee!??. The -pork, the
t .-?' the man po ? silks lato his enemies
and
Roo rOToll s not more repn sei ire o*
tal sou) ?? him
? ' ; he hes ei rit od ?
rare pinnacle o' haman poritj and grei
ified and eritiei n ??' the
man becomes alo'i" a eritielam of the prinei
01 whieh he ?lands. Tiie rocillating
factor, the dissonant note of persone!
???d.
la il ? ? ?re a melanehot) i
fui fi?' ? swhot
it on? the momentos \? a- as of
ern in l man. Ami s'i '-a;.- :
? ' only ?na*: c??r.?ble of
- ? or n.' ?- r li' f y ihl -
atch below, relega) .? i" the carnal
ground?
We as a people need him now; we n? ?
: .?: we ne??i legnc ou- detei ?
ton a;-?! ?"?. | kil
ihifti ;:"' We :.*?C'i ttoooerolt
t. STEWART l>": BLEDAY, '1 1?.
Q_Of_e, s-'- '?'.. I'ec 12, KM:..
The People Want Him.
of 11 ? Ti ibune.
Sir: Tea ?' t Sat iraar:
"Do Thej Wun1 ' it is the
Identical pel - sad if the
[?epubl ? '? i wet hen tbei
? ill foi a ;' It'll tad name 1 -
lead the Bght next year for protection and
real pn-i
The Colonel, if nominated, will carry ewerj
Northern and Western sta <-. with Maryland,
Kentucky and Los ions throwi h .- , ,
? '? Of the half dozer o-,- moro candi
li?t".? mentioned in ' . agtOB 'i -
; .'?t.-h. aside from Hurl?.'.. ?? ' I ? ..?.,
?
n s'il?.-. 'Il "t. h-" -i ' ,.:' ? '
talk about beating the row i federac) with.
W. P. ' LARK.
Sow York. Dee IS, 1915.
An Insult to Republicans.
To the Editor "'." "?he- i ribune.
Sir) I ?cribcr *.o your paper I desire
to ?av. m :? setiaeatioa, ?.??..: editorial in
:a*-" Saturday's Tribuns trying to boom Mr.
RoooOTolt for President is nothing short of
an insult ti, all eelf-roopsctiog Republican?.
If he is the only msn who can win a?..
the man now in the White House, map th'?
Lord help nal I!.?? peop> certainly have
en his "r:.n*:e efforts for the past
1rs ' "' . nljf th- pnr-y. b j'
? '!"! -.. much for him. And boo
? ' ? pooi d .?>" . .,-.e raoken him
Sgioe toot the Aiiieri-an DOO
? ?. el him Pre-idrnt under any
circum-tunc I* i ..:
CHARLES M. KANT.
Asbarjr Park. V. .1, Dw. It, Uli.
The Feelings of Millions.
I Tribuoa.
Bin Your editorial of this morning, "!"?
-.??It "" . eho? my .? r'imiM -
m 1 the feelii ,
I ? irfti.s who long f'.r u man
< '. ai" - ,.'.:? olds.
that ". have I ?.?i the eoatage ta
? ?." at rorld wil loea kaow that
ist niHj" itj o?' Araerieai
?\nter.? for many u day.
| EDWIN G. LAWRENCE, i
BACK AGAIN.
SUGGESTION FOR THE SUBW_
How to increase Capacity by ?
Alternating System of Trains.
To tho FYlitor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Interborounh Rapid 1'ian
Company invite- suggestions nom pstro
for Improving operating conditions in t
subway.
? :?- ? ? ? bo accomplished I
pi? exp?dienl of running fifteen
?31.1??- ? train? and aine-ear local tratas.
A train will be divided into three scct.o;
cf fire car?? ?a?... ' t five can ealli
section one. tho second live c?rs called tl
IntenaedieU ection, sad the third fiv? es
called section two.
The train conld start st Bronx Park pr
lentinj- to the platform section twe am' tl
intermediate section. Arriving at the ne
station, ???.?ctlon one and th? intermedia
?ection might be brought opposite th? pi?
form; el th? next station ?ection tare a'
? .ntermediate ??ection. tin- alternatif
?,e maintained 10 th? end of tl
line.
11 ?tatien pial gas ? '? ild 'ce ?boa
?ting all the ?tl I leetic
on? or section two would ?top. Person? d
C to po to stations not indicated ?I
the signs would get on th? Intermediate se
tion of the train.
Local train? could he divided late thri
BO? of three cars each, ami
alternate system.
i ?aid famish 50 per cea*, moi
ears for th? public ?.thou, deranging th
present method*, of operation in the ?lig toi
Bad b* re! ?ving th? congestion ?ad th? d<
lay eaui I > COBfUSi? the speed <]
trains could b? I ' sad the caoaeit
of the whole ?-.stem dottbll
imp: i;r ,i ll-LAUGHLIN.
\?t York, Dee. Il, 1916.
Drinks and the Law.
To tl I
Sir: Your editoi si srtiel? "Drlnki
... rtf the new bra
formen * -, ? deeir? t
r..-ii i' : -r people'-? r ? r? rj
iting
end htama
.? ?'? ? prol ?' ion doesn't ;.:
Von migt the Leg
? ?Bacted a la?.
ttiag the ?hipment te each person of si:
ahiskey, twelve gallea? ??
?rent**?two gall? it snaaally, o
? Yr.es BS mUC - ? ? ''teer : 'Hie
i id ? -?-. e m ii ene-half I
beei . mptioi
of all th? people ,,f ?th ; . ?
s i nds i
i seessaty te permit th? ? ??' mor?
liquor ?ben th? sverag? ,?? non n
1 * igge I ' th<- ?v. would th?
Georgians drink if they h nu no proh
A. N. T. I.
Vor.;. li?e. Ii. ?:
Pv.blic Sneezers.
To the Zditor of Th? Tribun?.
?In In thes? day? <?f rata winds and bad
weather, when so many people i-utTer ; rorr
h-a 1 eolda and throat BIT? asid \\
B01 be apropos f..r th? Boai l ..;' Health to
order the surface c:.r. ?levated road and
subway Buaagen te I . eminently in
' ears h ? , Lag like
this: 'if ; ? . ? . ? oui
kerchief," sad a pi iderata
members o( th? travelling public from con?
tracting eolda .?prayed about in th? most di.? -
ting ?rajr bj earel? ur ilUmaaaered
Thi? ii Juel ai Important to go?err
pitting Buisam . and fully sa
laagereas to health. \v. h. j.
?fart !?? a .. lt'i:..
A Stenographers' Union.
i'o tb? Editor ".' The Trtbaae,
sir: Th,? letter part of leaf -?<?'< eos p :h
? ? rial p..."?, ? -n.? i
T.. the pis? of which ?hawed plainlj
that th? aril r ?'. ? Bl '.'l?.'?? .. " *he ex
tata? ? el h it i ographer ? ' uaiea.
I. ah ng with thi ether M< mb<
Beekkeesera', Steaegrapbera1 and Account
laatar Union, No. LKW, affiliated .1th th?j
an Fed??. -.*:,,,, ,,-? Laber, i .'.i h\
' you Will publi-h
informing Elsie T. thai there
union of ?he kind 'he nee
for stenographers. We meet the third ?
day of every month, r.t Y.'. Bast l"weoty.
ond Street, N't v.* York City,
Oar minimum wage Is no? an SS one by
manner of means. I full? agree with r
T. that an S8 a week steaogropher is
worth that, it mrideatly it not her vocat
in?l the quicker si " rS '.he so(
will she gain the respect of her emplc
n< ? sssoc ? tame
of work.
Our union has been success! ' n enf<
i-hour day. ? ? If hop
on Saturday, n all off ? ?.>ur rn
ben are employed These, of course.
limited, but the fa.-t remains that it is ?
??ible .? get a seven-hoar day through
goni-ation, and it. is high time '?he ot
workers in ?his town began to wake up.
Un fort note . ? ai enogi apl en sod
- an snobs. I have heard th
? '? ami : gain, that it is all right
workers but net itenogrepheri
?? . ? i ....- union. ? v ih some one wo
.- or show m?r the difference when
erklng all ? hethor ?I is ii
o ' ? the conditions i
Id b -. an.; "
\ .11 K>?d in both, I know '
?oth. Ths only re
adp for a'! workers, and tiie on.
eliminate 'oiig hours and "short" pay, is
-on?.
*v ? C. HOGAN
New Tork, Dei I, P'l?1?
For All the Truth.
To the Editor of The Pr buae.
Sir: I believe thai I ii the duty of eve
eitixen who il il '? ? ?' d in honest advert
ing to itrengthen thi influence of Boma
Hopkins Adam?. ii. eood
.?aril criticisms without regard to who i? )
lopost
' ; .
missary deportmi i
? iy men us?
in! and honest
In
... ?: ? ? III"
, -, but i do i " thioh I
* It was ??roil valu-? at |15. I have dee
v.ith Brokaw Brothers for forty jri Oi
I was no' suited with the Bt or' a coat.
.-???'-. i h sent th?
day; ! objection. 1
loll at Brokaw Brothers are of groat?
?. al'.io at that uric?? than the |ll toil of th
Momoe <?omponj I |1 i '??? th
and sil the trutl
Rot.) WILLIAM ?I. MATHEWS.
Heu Vor'-., Doe, 10, IBIS.
The Blue Cross Fund.
To th? Bd tot of l '?? i'--''
| attention of ? ? committee i ?
?i ts lome rer? lettering eon
n*.??nts o*i the ror-i of the Blue Croes Puo<
?.hich appeared in your I .n-s of Oetob?
... and Wc are deeply grateful ti
>eu for the mo?i goaovoai h.lp which yo\
have thus :*Torde?l t?? the can??? which
hr.ve so much at h-?art.
May I through your column', venture U
expresa my gratitude to the many contribu
tor., fron. America who bore aonl
donel i ".? to aid i A ? ?
i.? Heat bran Blue I ro i
? pened is Now York, Mrs. Elph n ?
Maitlead, "-"?* Peri Aveaae, New Toi City,
acting ooorarp leeretacy aad ri
? i,b??-r ? ? i donations towar i
an dttlj trnnsmitt'd to the h?ad??unr
t.is ... London. Again tboakiog ; on wen
sincer. OLIVE SMITH-DORRIEX,
Loadea, New. it), Ifti. p- :dent.
An Acknowledgment.
To th- K litOf Of Th.? Tribu? r
? '. lekaowU ige reeeiat ..? ,,
rd ?iraft for ?BM M
Amer |
al ?. .-? p< ?? II.' kp| .:,
????"i - ? ink a.
IIARR101 WATSON Kutm
ProMiis Seme ,?t Memo, I i-Riiee MfM "ll
IDlO. ' "''
"BRITISH FAILURE
Little Reason to Believe That th'
Allies Are Resentful.
To th? Editor ef Th? Tribune.
?
. - ? peat d?
and profit for sen ?I m
? . ? I ha\
- red Bothing appi n ?'?lu
\
I yoiH
, | id "iii tl ti :? ?
Nerve 1 - th?'
-
and i ':;'? m'
?nd*n
and fa I *t w
Aille
? n line thing fi ttit it
mutua
be bred Y | : believe th?
?
sk? thi? impossible
If the I nave bed ;
?
th" 1 ?
Bril Its any the Ii
tin- French or
.
? ?
?
... |
i even?
in ?he second battle of Vpr? I M?ppo'
erring to <
bj the Gei Langenui ??
Thia i* one ii
an
, >? en
. tablUhed I ** *?*'
ni.-nle no* in the Bril
. ?
nia'-. Y
tion r-mun '
? of the Fn ncl
eount of i eident, ?re | i P* ?*
used rat time a ere ?? s i
?
inic.
With rcfei ' 'v'* *
r.trr.int
... |
point
Ii ?me i tl .-"ition,
iptV*.
aloe
? - -
? r liai : ? - ? -
?j
? . ?. far free *?
Ru '",ri !";,--*u"
'
?r? Bniased ?' '? Bf I * '
- i Bl -he I 'irT
?ray. If, for - Kample, b<
.'.1 a 1 renehsBi n thai bsfew *'>*
??er. *?u"
hn-r a million m.-n on th- Fr nch batl
man would '..??? a
a matter ef fact, Britl hen are not
rood of
II oo r
r'.n t?
app?...... are oat ?___
These prt parafions h**
ad are still going forward ?a ? ?*?*'
: i,..* oaly eui '?'"?? but
sur lilies in 1 raacs sad R ? .
Jaal eae other ;
higher command th? 1
?:,t>er.-d thh
more than H
I eeO
-
* eat
'
??? 'ic remembered '?> eontrastleg^
i-.e Itntish . K* c
I an . ? ?er nrmiei
both . ? Bui tha meet importaat eo'"'.
-, in this eonneel en undoubudl*M*"?r
.- -be men qualified for high nnt
?P.. Britl :i army ver- aad are ?<> few inn?
her. They are, however, Bcreasing, ' ."_
? x .lent fr.m th? ? ? I
m ae hesitation ta rei "' * at
ik? mUtake?. "? ;'f ' -,
,-? tiOl ??? ?'. In ihe cables that I
im utd ?>f th? *"?.!
troop i Franc.? s.-rms curiou?. because?
Ihc bcs salag h? ha? been ?uperior '?-> '
i . therefore U.??T
JUIIN K l?'N?
Maaagiag Editor, roront? Doily ->?**?
Toronto, Ont, Dec. 11, 1916.