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if dl??atl?rnrtio?i result?? Ib .???> casa THE
I HIHI NE gasrantee? lo psj yoet moaey bad?
upon r?*f|uf?t. No r?*d taps, no qalbbliag. IVs
mske good prompt!] ? the advertiser ?l?>?-*? not.
Vera Cruz and Chihuahua.
In April. 1911, Pn i?* nt Wils? n lent
th?* armed fore
Vera Cruz. I i l?xico' ? f sea?
port as a ? * his ultim??
tum to 'f ? Ing the
salute to th' \??. - : an '
government had re!
Mr. Wilaon never obtained thai Mint**.
He Biii''''-'''!'??) ' HueTta, against
whom ho I ared s
Turn-ona' l i he ordered the
garrison occupying Vera Cru.-. 1'? strike
its colon* aii'i to slink away. L-ooking backl
now, it is ha i
national bnporlttoCt A':?'rican End Mexi?
can lives ware SSv r.fu-cd in the attack on'
Vera Cruz.
Now the President Is sending armed
\merican forros into Chihuahua. It is
their mission to kill ?.r capture the savage
cutthroat?the cx-handit masquerading as
a military and political leader?whom the
Administration coddled for so many
months as it.- favorite for the sue
lo Huerta. This brutal murderer has'
turned on hi patrons, who have fui
him with nil the nrtns and ammunition
which he t ? and has declared a
war of < ' ericana,
i,ly in the territory v I ? ?ntrols
in Ifaxico, bul also on the Atrterican sin.*
of the Hio Grande. He has slaughtered
unarmed met? and w? I ked our
military poats. i' .?le himself
?ither a ' ?"?' interna
iji '
The;? e on I ?'? xican side,
repr? -? I rnment
which the United States has reeognizod,
?quai to brii gil ?' Pai ; o Villa to justice.
He can be caught ai d i only by ?in
expedition . this country for that
purpose. Hi own death
a-arrurrant The 1 ed tat? must "wttle
its account with him at etico, if respect for
American rights anywhere within Mexi
can territory ia I ? tablished?
The country ;. .. i ly the out
omo of the Chihuahua expedition. Is it
to duplicate in fruitless] ei a the expedition
to Vera ( ' u" ' v I our soldiers again.
? omo hack empty-handed, their mission un?
fulfilled?
We hope not. But the melancholy trav?
esty of statesmanship which has passed SO
Itjaig under the name of Mwatehful wait?
ing" disco..
dent now the ?shacklea of that
policy- it.-; -?quinnii ?* its vadllatlons, us
contradict ion -?, its Will ho a*,
last go the point*! For it i*
only by ?going rul point t hut
American prestige ?red i'
Mexico and current cone?-: I ai a"
unjustitiel) of the value which the United
States ('ovorn-iiont puts on the lives of Its
dtlzems can bo 1 I from Mexican
minds.
Only by fully avenging the viel ?
Villa's latest crime can the world be ado
-|uat**?iy warned thai ?? ha
hroken for "food and all with t1
heartless, snir;' '' ran policy which
the Admin; tration at V i ? n has
bat-en pursuing for threo sreary, humiliating
years.
Canada's Part in the War.
There ha ne opposition to Sir
Robert I'orden's plan foT strencrthening
the Canadian eor.tr .
the objections -raised hy such intluontial
men as I/iH Shauf
taken as indicating the slightest ?lif
of opinion oi
Lord Bl*taughn< I? ar at the
Montreal m<
businesa DM B lag! laj that 1
givings aro dut ei "re.y to prae'val con?
sideration", ? ? ' '!' ' .? ?
what way C-i-r.4n nn best serva the in?
terests of the empire, I* is a*r clearly
r?ngni**''' by tl ; as by
the Austr.'i' 1 for that matter the
Irish?that the war not m? rtvly Y"^
land's war, and that thoy ar?- not con
c?****n?*-d in a >*sTmti***?*mta] q."-'ion of help?
ing the Old Country. A - Law
remarked not long ago, It I- ro r
-fuestion of tbo 1 ?Tt ty of Canaoa to the
United King m than of the I t i?, d King
dorn to < ; ?
Lord Shaugl.r.rssy's obje tion
the army t., half a milh"n men is that
the atti-rn; t may
in the wo
a part of the first Cam
still in Enarland, ai
men are now wait!?.g In i ranada a
any ?tatted ate ? road.
The mair ?? lerabls an
army is costly, and In );h i ;
nessof rrorv Ing ha? already !,.???, pushed
teo hard. as H w? nid I.? i I ?? ?.
much w1?< r to go al ' I aving
the country ptTrhapi $SfiO0fiOC .?. ?
for future ut?e.
That I?rd Bhaugl ? - f the
problem la not '
shown In the r?
meeting
trra! V |
TI-e ' ' had
so heavy a I
and there has been serme grumbling at
taxation imposed by the ??rover:.rr.?-'.*.
i:, generally recog-nized, however, that
war was entered upon with the cons?]
an overwhelming majority an i thnt
ther sacrifices must be faced a:
Nol unnaturally, however, doubts exis
to the economy of th? adminiotml
and -tomo think it shortsighted to q
rms of money ta raising fij-hting
who will not be fit to serve for m
months. For the rest thei
? ? Shnughness-f*s criticism of the I
mier's project to ludiente en:
?? of < anada's duty in the war.
Housecleaning in Indiana.
There an? two feature? of the de
? f rv Repr?sentative Wntson by Harr
New in the Indiana primaries which m
it of national interest. The first is
fact *hat it constitute-? h staggering?]
I fata! - I.low to the Republican
(luard in the lb
?s that thi-i onqnestionnbly ams made ]
?v the return to the Republican ?>*?
of many of the younger and m? re
? ? ? ; who left il to fellow Roosevell
1912. Desiring thai the old organizat
-should again be their place of nl
determined on a houserleaning ami pron
,? set about it to (?hovel out the Wat
Hemenwny-Kenling aggregation so tha
might l.f habitable.
The result attained is worthy of -mi
tion elsewhere. Mr. New is by no met
a radical, but he belo?ngl t.. the
progressive element of R.-r
which lies the hope of the party.
would make a desirable ?Senator. 1
? o in Congress would leave Indiri
Republicanism in better odor in nat?o
affairs than it ha? been for a considera
time.
Send Them Back.
Police Commissioner Wooils should hf
the cordial cooperation of ?Congress in I
endeavor to chant*-? the law regardi
deportation of alien criminal**. As
stands, foreigners discovered to have co
milted crimes abroad may be deported
any time within three years of their i
rival here. Commissioner Woods war
to have the period for their &
limited only by their acquisition of citizc
ship here.
Many of tho criminals with whom t
Police. Department has to deal are foreig
born and unnaturalizcd. They may ha
criminal records abroad, but that fact fr
qucntly is not discovered within the spei
Red period. The result is that they rema
hi -re, a constant menace. In its archiv
(he Police Department has instances .
many such. If the Commissioner's pr
posed amendment were enacted they cou
he shipped back home, relieving this ci1
nf danger and expense. The communil
i bvioosly would be better off fot the
absence.
Naval Administration in Great Britaii
The sudden disclosure of Colonel Wil
ston f'hurchill as a wholehearted chan
pion of Lord Fisher is as. unaccountab
as it was manifestly surprising to most l
his audience in the British House of Con
mons. No sooner had his successor at tl
Admiralty completed a most reassurin
and encourat-in*- review of the prest?
State of the tleet than the late First I.or
arose and, upon no apparent provocatioi
proceeded to express the gravc?t anxiet
about the conduct at na\al aflfa I
his 'r?signation. This was sufficient!
startling, but even more ?amazing was hi
earnest plea for the restoration of th
very man who had been denounced by hin
self when he relinquished office ai bavin
failed to support him mid give him th
guidance be was ?ntitled to expect at
critical moment.
It may be that circumstances of whic
the public is unaware were glanced at b
nel Churchill in bis vague warnin
?- ? ?-t "relaxation of clfurt." Tl, rre c;i
0 doubt that, for some moi ths pas
been a notable tied me in rtavs
expenditure. That has been openly ad
nutted by the Government, nor can it b
doubted that tho increasing requin
of tho army have been met in tteat
measure by curtailment in ' ?? pyardt
This began, however, in Colonel ' hurchiir
time ?and evidently with his . henc
it ca- .en as a sufficient, explana
tion of his astonishing censure of the pros
? .tion. To what degree th
of the fleet have !?? ed it i
? to say. bul besides the demand
of the army it ii tot
count a further drain due to the seriotl
Inge in merchant shipping, for il :
? a thnt workers formerly employed b;
tho Admiralty havo of Inte be
in order to meet this pressii g emergency
Mr. Balfour has announced thnt sinci
tho beginning of tho war the tonnage o
? BVy has been increased by mon tl 91
1,000,000. This assurance. If a little
definite, is highly gratifying a.? far ai
it got"-, and, as he remarks if is difficult
to understand why ?any one who was con
?dant in the first three months of the arm
slioTjld be seriously appi
'Mr. Bnlfour himself, how.ver. ndmittoc
not many yiars ago that in building fneili?
Germany was almost m well ot? u
Grant Britain, nnd it can hardly ! ip
posed that while the British fl? - I
leen growing the German dockyards havo
?.d'.o. The British Admiralty may
have some \a-rue inkling of whal ha
ii.-cornplr.-hi d, bul ii IS in
BSOOrtain with any degree of certainty i^
what way or to what extent tl S '?ormans
have strengthened their navy. ?f one
thin-; ?" may fee' prett .. tha! they
have done their utmost to prepare it for
that great Day which all ?pood Hermans
?S-rrw-trd?to soengerly. Th- ?
1 ? gen, however,
? hill weit nhr
There have rc<-on?' ;r, q nf
th re
n gi
r ?mor- hnve ? ?
Gen? ? i- ; difficult to ac
? ? published i
?n may be dismissed as purely fand?
ful. But Colonel Churchill's speech
probably tend to encourage the appre
OBS so sedulously propagated by a
portion of the British press, and perhaps;
revive the clamor for the re.- I *?
of Lord Fisher, whose indi=crret par*
had apparently been silenced. What has j
ltd Churchill learned in the last
three months to convince him that the1
services of Lord Fisher are -o absolutely!
?ensable"* lie says that on the r?sig?
nai, on of Prince Louii of Bnttenberg he
"made it plain that he WO ll I work with
no other First Sea Lord," and it is true
that on a former occasion he paid a tribute'
to Lord Fisher for the "new wave of im-!
pulse and enthusiasm" he brought with
him. It is impossible to forget, how?
ever, that on the same occasion h.' cim-i
plained bitterly of a lack both of "clear!
guidance** and of "firm support" and.
? i his associate of evading'
responsibilil
Hit sudden conversion haf astonished
even Lord Fisher's supporters, and they
will probably make the most of i\ hut- it
nun* very on 11 be doubted whether the
naval service a?^ a whole i? eager *
Lord Fisher restored to office. The ne
e- ity for a ?changa at this time is not
dearly estabUshed, and unless Lord
Fi-'hcr's friends can formul?t?. thnir ob?
jections to the present nnvnl administra?
tion it is unlikely that Colonel Churehii'.'s
criticism will be heeded. The service ami
the country at large have inore confidence
in Mr. Balfour than in the ambitious poli?
tician who preceded him in office, and will
find it difflcull to ?believe thnl hi spectacu
lar renppearai >? in the quality of an
alarmist is wholly disinterested.
No Payment for Wrappings.
In a decision recently rendered by Judg
Beall, of the City Court of Yonktrs, lies I
grain of comfort for the bedevilled house?
wife whose weekly bills threaten to exceed
her weekly appropriation for food. The de?
cision was rendered against Armour & Co.,
who, as is the custom with other packers,
have included the weight of wrappinj-s and
twine in counting the weight of han
con and the like. ?ludge Beall holds that
this practice is a violation of the law tje
ng that each container of foodstuffs
i e marked with the net weight of it
tents.
i 'n.ler this r iling, unless it be I ?
ar ii overturned, the ps ken will tu
able to charge the retailer- for the v.
uf the wrappings. The retailer, therefore,
will have no reason for pi along that
charge to the consumer. That u dividual,
who pays the freight for everything, may
at least hope to i rape paying .'or the
anedible pap? r or burlap m which his
breakfast ham WSJ wrapped.
Our Helgoland.
from ''.-'?-.' ?
Accord r g to Rear Admiral '.ranr, ..?..'. ruct
;ng the HoUSS Naval I nmmittre in thfl rrm'
It of huhrnanne defence, "Bloel
ths natural Helgoland of tho A'lantic
(oast." The comparison, in Strategical g?og
raj.liy. is manifestly clone, thou-*h (It-rmanj-'?
end is a much -mailer rork than ours,
?o less useful for military purposes.
Should h r?a', al bai-n he Created in New
port Harbor, such as the (?ermans have at
Wilhelmihs? i i sad tie British at Ports?
mouth. Block I land could be made an im
prepnnh!?' outpc *. With sabmarlBSS based
at New London an arninpcm.'nt already he i
ing developed the inland would be n ?tep-,
pir.ft ?stone and advanced itation rnab!iri(-!
ths morn widely to cater'..) therr epers
tlons out on ths ocean.
Narrow asten bave become imrn*n**l7
helpful for r i?;i?-f defence with the develop
ment of sod lubmarines, n? has been
? ? ? l lardanellei and In the
Bi ? ?', "? I !'? -er, the English
Channel ?nd the Irish ?~>a. (ireat Bi
I ?. ? -.? |d for the p-ra'cr part
of the r COI th her Hnl
tie fron? lerared by I oui Beandl?
, ? a . - , i buffet 'or
ire line en the i I rtl Sea,
the I ?land of Hi *~oland, thir
distant
ltd il teri miles from the Rhode
trates ' ' could ;
move It, tl ' v n **hl pi ' i
ral Grant, n mand ;
er it. ehlef of the submarine flot;lla?, polntl
?.ut, the "Heligoland of the Atlantic" would
? ? r- ? r ? ently where It stai
Au-erir;?.''-* Oarpet-Making Centre
? ? flu PtUlo?elt I ii I Mote i
There un? printed in "The Publie Lodger"
?i-.irty -i bird's-eye photograph of Ken
?ington? Within the eonflnei of that one
r? un? embrae? d tl a rug si d carpet ar'i
capital of the world. Long h;
. ellpsed every
the?e ?' ' ? ?, which In a m-irked de
requlre n itioi '
capital and mterprl t More tl w ninety
' every one hundred . ' ? l?J*t and
en in Peni i an made in
!'i. 'adi'lphia. ar ?' | more
ered thai Peni
n makes r?. ?rly r ee n try*!
We ?.*?<? ths text !?? metr?polis on
earth. Rrri???'!?, and Wilton ?-.] \ *? ? lei
n.ay have piven their names to I
k;nds of r-irpr'? end rugn. a tMnp Tv
bas not yet done, but ?tor output the
?hree of the-o combined in the;r best day
could not match th? ("uaker I
The Kaiser at Concord.
The Kaiser rame to Concord Totm one
right.
fThf? *nootJ hung white n-?d all th*? earth
v-m co]r!.l
Tho Kai=er trod that Old North ??ridge
where l?old
Hit'.: the fire! volley of our Ural great
? ?
The Kaiser watched, and in a shimmering,
hi:.
Glad light, as mi?-!?- the morning nun
'. '
The Dead eane marching, marching as
0? old,
The glorious Dead, the loyal and the right!
And as they marched twas WOhehn was
the ghost;
Ilr failed to ? shade, but ?they marched
With | lid footfalls down by Concord
11.11.
Their eyes a-shine like God's own fiery
1 ?
iThe moon hu? g white BI d 'he ??ill night
? as cl .
The Kai . r watched, end kn? a? thai be had
l???t.
, BAM SIMON! '?:;.
A BROKEN TOY PISTOL
A3 Good for Defence as the Ad
ministration's Plans.
To th?* Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The present Administration at "Vash
ington has considered many suggestion? in
an endeavor to prepare the nation against
!ti enemies and place it In a position where it
could defend itself and maintain it? honor and
self-respect among the nation? of the world
The committee? on Naval and Military ?Vf
faira called eever?! officers before them,
whose testimony, while shocking the aver?
age, patriotic citnen, has been proven to be
true.
Our navy is apparently as dar.gerons as a
toy pistol with th? trigger removed -a trig?
ger removed by the children of the home- as
much of th? efficiency of our nary has been
removed by the present Secretary of the
Navy, by experiments and blunders. A narv
|| dangerous ?imply because it is backed by
a nation of men of action, of brains, of abil?
ity and nerve. The nervy man conld also
hold a burglar at bay with a damsged toy
pistol, but if the intruder knew it was not
what it wa? supposed to be he wonld atta-k
the man and ?scape the consequences of his
act.
Our army can be said to be about as dan?
gerous s? a jaek-o' lantern. We made them
at children and they would produce a mo?
mentary start, but could be shattered with
one blow.
If we are to prepare why not do it in ?uch
h manner as to constitute, at least, a sb?w ?f
what th? word means and not adopt ?oirif
thing which your editorial so aptly termed
"Popgun Preparedness"?
THF DRFAMFK.
Albsny, N. Y., Manh 8. 1916.
Present-Day Arnolds.
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
Sir: Ths Potsdammers, in and out of Con?
gress, and members of fictitious American
societies have organized a formidable army
to assail the honor and to cripple th? unity
of our country.
Haven't we already too ?arge a brood of
paid agents and sneaking alien conspirators
on our shores to eontend with. Why, then,
this dangerous tolerance of domestic trea?
son ?
What did our forefathers do to Benedict
Arnol.1* What has become of oar Ameri
nrn?m? Huried in the flth of politics"
Where are our patriots? I? the spirit of T?
entirely extinct? Mu?t we "Vankee idiots"
acquire permanent title to the epi'het eon
ferred upon us by the recently recalled
Pi Bl ??an diploma' '.'
Wien our sons ?re jrro-Ji-n .n? o mai.hood
and demand to know if the history of the
I nited State? was ? mythological composi?
tion or a book of wit, what should we an
?.wer" Thi? may sound like a superfluous
and sinister allusion, porhap*1 too prec? i
? onary, but the tragic possibilities of this
Bgly feet, I urn sure, -.?ill inati] self-respect,
if not patriotism, in BS VVe should demand
the immediate recall, impeachment or hang?
ing a? the law and precr>i?n*s, if any, will
;-y, af every member of Congres? who
participate? in any plot to overthrow our
Republic for the benefit of the German Em?
pire. JOSEPH T. WATERS.
Brooklyn, March *, 1910.
Prohibition by Indirection.
To the Editer of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr. William IT. Anderson, of the Anti- '
Saloon League, in hi? letter published in The
Tribune of this date, ?ays that the issue
raised by the optional prohibition referendum
bill, now pending in the State legislature, i?
not prohibition, but the right of the people
to vote on the question of prohibition. Thi?
statement is flatlj contradicted by the Anti
Saloon I/eague year book, which saya that
the bill in question Is "the ripe fruit of twen?
ty year?' experience tn drafting legislation
tle'ipned to prepare the way for absolute
prohibition." and that "the purpose of th?
league i? to organize public n?n?.nient anil
prepare New York S'ate for national pro?
hibition."
Mr. Anderson claim? that the purpose af
his bill is to give a vote on the liquor que?
tira to every voter In the state. This is mis-1
leading nnd inaccurate. His bill does not;
p-h-c all the people of the state a vote on the
liquor quest.on, but merely allows th?m to
vote for or again*t the licensed sal? o'!
liq'ior?. It doe? not allow the residents of
our lart'c cities, constituting four-fifths of:
the state population, to vote on the question;
of permitting the f?lc of liquor during car*
tr.in hours on Sunday, nor docs it give them
n -.ote ou removing other restriction? on the
liCfBOr trait!?*. It is, in fact, a one ?ide.J, un?
fair measure, masquerading ?? a move |n the
liirei-fion af majori'y rule and local sclf
gOVClament, but really Intended to foist pro
hlbittOfl upon the ?t?te bv Indirect method".
New York, March H, 1H1?*. H. L.
A Friend of the Consumer.
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
^ r: 1 read with interest your long articli
m thi? morning's issue concerning New'on
??. P.axer, who hss been appointed Secretary
Of ?Vaf by Pr.-sidrnt Wilson to Ml the'
vacancy left through the resignation of Mr
MB. I we? -urpri'-rd to note that no
mention was made of the fart that Mr.'
linker la ?the President of the National <"nn
sumers' League, having accepted the office
because of hi? conviction that the league
wa? doing a most Important work and ought
?o have the cooperation of men and women
of broad vision and of the highest standards'
? if American patriotism.
Mr. Raker's addre?s, "A Place in the Sun
*nr Americans," given in New York on Jnnu
?rv 31, at the annual meeting of the New
York ( ity Consumers' league, created a pro?
found impression. Those who availed them-:
?elves of this opportunity to hear Mr. Raker!
must feel confident that he is a man who!
ran bring dignity and honor to any public
n^rr- MAUD NATHAN
New York. March 7, 191?*.
Waiting; to Knife Whitman.
To ?he Kditor of The Tribune.
Blr: As a daily reader of your psper, I
want to regteter ths protest of a lifelong
Republican against the barefaced administra?
tion of Charles 8. Whitman.
Can It be possible that the Republiean!
party dares renominste Whitman? Aside
from the San Francisco Junketing, Whit-,
?nan's suicide, and regardlrss af his r?-nr.|
in other re?perts, I personally know of one
line of industry in which there are 60,000
roter? waiting to give their compliment? to
Mr. Whitman if he ?hnuld be the candidate
of any party hereafter
The vnit of the I'overnor's office boy to
The Tribune wi'h the threat to take their
advertising away from your paper is quite'
sufficient to make further -?mark- unneces?
sary.
The cure for a cancer is to rut it out, and
if the Itapabliean msnarer.? voluntarily or a?
i | pramiee rrnommate ?'liarles S. Whitman
? By rest assured that the voter:, uill
d'i the rett.
NOT A F.OO.SFVFLT KKPIIBLICA.*".
IJrooklyn, Mareb *, 1910.
AT LAST.
AROUND THE TROUGH
Voters Really Responsible for Pork Barrel and a Misht Politual System.
Not the Professional Politicians?Make the Country a Great Corpora?
tion, ?with Congress for Directors and a Premier at Head.
To ti.. ' ? - ' The Tribune.
Sir: I am one of your recular remiel
Your tapir ?? BOW One l ' ' real pape
in the country. The Other two that I r;
think of a? being about in the san .
"The Chicago Tribune" ar ~ " ["he PI
ledger." !' Is nut according to the nature i
Individuals or newspapers to be able to I
absolutely faerie?? nml Independent But I
my knovaleilgt- The Tribune comes nearer I
being a sane, ?-"entibie, American, public-spl
Itfd organ than any other newspaper in tl
country to-day. By comparison, it. is rai
refreshing. You are paining more than yc
are losing my your present policy.
I enjoy **oar editorial tage in particular
the letter? from yo?ir i*eadera bo les-, tha
your editorial?". I ft'n wondering whether
may qualify as a contributing editor by *tar
ins? n little diecassion. I should like I
?houghtr- of two topic-' and one person out ?
my system. They have a bearing up?'n on
another. The tiro topic? are th" pork bai
rel ami the office of the Presiden*, of th
United States. The parson ir Theodore Roos?
volt. I wish merely to call tl em to vour a1
tention by way af suggestion, '> that vo
may, if in your wisdom yon think it sd*
give them your attUBtioa.
The pork barrel What !? It? Th?* great
aal I all nal anal evils. It i? the short
sighted aelfiahness of every voter, though h
may be either ignorant or unconscious of II
f,et us cut out hysterical patriotism an 1 B*e
tiown t'i practical patriotism. l'as
State? Treasury la the pork barrel. We ?*n
a Represor tal ? ta I 01 grass '.o pet. a.? muel
a? lie poeeibly can out of that Treasury t
bring back to our tistr'.ct for us to spend
RtSOlt millioaa vastad; millions squanderri
unnecessarily, criminally in certain dm*..- t\
empty Traasary; no money to build a rea
navy or to support a real army; income ta:
and war ta* to raise money to ron the gov
ernnent.
I'-.der the pork herrrl syeteffl we ??re ..?m
ply robbing oursclvc ; we are becoming ?
nati m of pigs, greedily crowding around th?
national trough, fighting only for our loca
interer.ts, i|Ulfe ignorant of the fact
interests are dsp? I dent upon national inter
Nil i are believe that in union there li
Btreagth then we an a people must ?stop act
ing like hogs and BCt like people of a nation
The pork barrel Is an evil much more crim
mal than either the pension bill or the subsi
uiuation of lfgi'latiou hv large financial in
terrsts.
Instead of hypocritical talk about standinf
by the flag let's cut out the root of thus evil
What knife shall we use? The budget ?.ys
tern. England has had the same purk barn?!
troubles that we have. England had to com?
to the budget system. Our arell-meaaing fore?
fathers, jealous of representative right?,
wish?'il the pork barrel on the nation, little
dreaming what a tremendou*. graft, it would
develop Into.
Then there Is the office of President. Abol?
ish that office. Snbetltate the of] c?* of pre?
mier. Our ?rell-meaning forefathers gara os
a President as a check on Congress. Well,
he not only checks. Congress, but he chicks
everything else. If he makes a me?., of things
we must put up with him impeachment gen?
erally being out of the question for two or
three years. Every four years the country
is turned upside down, its bu'.iness policy
changed for political reasons. If he %
good President ?' want him for soother tour
year*. That Beceeottataa the aba i of pat?
ronage.
Cannot the peoplo of the United States
imagine 'hat we aro a business corporation?
Our Congress should be a board of directors,
representing us an national Itockholders. The
board of director? (CragraSS) should elrrt
a premier I'r. Ident), nnti that premier
shonld hold l. portfolio saly -?? long at he
?? panela ta the apiolen af the, s?tira a?, rep?
resented by i aagtaaa. BoUi England and
Franc?, neither of which is ?w politically rot
t?n a? we are, have evolved ' ?' ?' '> from
? litioas the like of which are a
pol il irse *?? BI now. It might be ?aid,
and ?]uite justly so. that we can no more dc
?o truly represent tie
than we can upon a President. It is up to
us. It is up to the roter to make Congress
trnly representative. The elimination of the
tempting pork barrel .- on? ???.??p in the right
direction.
The 1 ?g polit - ism are sard to have counted
Roosevelt out because the Orman news?
papers are going to throw the entire German
Igainst him. Mr. Roosevelt'?? candrdaey
is to be itraagied because lie was and is the
only public man h;g enough to do what
Barnes, Root and the others were afraid to
tlo. Roosevelt ;s an Amer.can. Ry a strange
r?rce. there are a great many other
Americans in the counfrv. Your paper has
"Do 'bey want Roosevelt?" I will not
rre?ume to answer that, ??uestion. I may say,
however, that It.-?rnes and the big politicians
have just about made Roosevelt's nomination
r.ece<?ary to Republican ?ueeess. A few
months ago everything looked propitious for
a love feast between "stand-patters" and Pro?
ves. That is. they both wanted to feast
on W.lson. Rut Barnes would not take that
-lerpirg powder that Roosevelt gave him m
. * at Sj raeu-e. so it looks a- if the
Progressives would rather feaJt upon Barnes.
It ?s a certa n'y that If WUSOB and Karnes
i.re ??oing to run for President Barnes will
get the ?,emnan rote. Wilson will never get
'he ??erman vote. Americans are both anti
li'.rmiin and ant;-Harnev Therefor?, if
il'ar-i??? insists upen trying to delude himself
that he can r--ike a -l.*?Ofl,00O Roosevelt vote
a Barnes vote Americans must of necessity
become pro-Wilson.
The trouble ?vit'n Parres. P-nm** st al. i?
that they have made too much noise about
?velt U they had kept both cool and
the Progressive vote might have been
ur.-u-prctingly into the Republican
banquet. Let not the Republican party de
er -hat the Progressive vote ??? dead.
It ha- re' now ar.d never n-ally d:d have ar y
cation, but the Republicaa organization
... -ran who could poll as many votes
as Taf* did in 1912. As able and rne a mar.
.-i? it Hughes, ?surely you do not expect us to
swallow h?m without knowing where he
ItandS.
Soni?? are afraid 'hat Roosevelt would drag
us into war. Mr. W;!-on has talked much an!
done little by way of "keeping us ont of the
-.??ar." His prn-??s of l( ting and turning
one cheek, then the other, to have it
'lar"1'"!? Is painfully dragging us by degrees
down so far that ev-ntunlly none of us will
?be too proud to light Mr Roosevelt under
tands that we do not want to tight, but he
appreciates the fact that you must not let
? th.? other fellow know that you are "too
proud.'' [f Mr. Wilson had been a asset hut
? -rr, leader of action instead of a college pro
fa lor intoxicated by the brilliancy of his
. phrases, we ihoald not no?- r.nd our
In lUCh a humiliating position and the
itory of fhe ptut eighteen months would
sot n ad like a farce.
I take it from the policy of The Tribune
that it i-iitering to a sane, thinking, real
American public and that it encourages the
IcxprtesioB of progressive thinking. We are.
imII of us, for America irrst. That, means, if
it means anything, that we want to improve
" | velfatre of the country. To ?it? that we
must understand what is the matter with us.
In my humble iray r have trred to diagnose
tee a- polities. t?ur government ; ?
- ?-. BO better, than -ve wish to make it.
? ? .? ar.- go shortsightedly eell'sh that we
io not get together to make it what it should
be. Next election we ?-ball again have an
opportunity to erprets our ?-Ive? in so far as
ths politicians ?horn we put in power will
permit us. Shall we then have an opportu
i'.ty to \ote for n man we know ? We ?bould
?ike *o know the man's rieurs. He nest be a
-?pnstroetivs itatesnua, ?? careful but positive
leader in time ol clangor. Above all, he must
I- of Presidential ? ..?? "t?o they want
Bi - svelt*f Nominate him and find out.
EDWAXD ?J. LONQMAN.
Brooklyn, March 8, 1016.
IT WORKS BOTH WAYS
Changes in Taxation Proposed Fot
Wholly Beneficial to City.
To the Editor of The Tribraae.
- r: The Tax ttoduction Conuaittm kn
publisheti a ?tstemenl ssking sappsrl
rarioai meeinrec, claiming thai ihraUtaBBj
be ennc'ed they will rtMOlt In h ' " il aniu
saving to Sew York city ??' -M'-i"".*??
."?- ? elaim ? >1 sarraatad b
Two of the item? counted upon. .
?'<?" af this alleged ?avng an prapeatlsi
give the city the proceed? af th? ? tru?
fer ta:? and a share af the B?
it" an sddit.onsl tax is levied.
In respect to the stock Iran fet "ar. ??
saving claimed by giving to the ' ty ef V?
York the proceeds of 'he - ?taapt
here is $4,000,01)0. Tint amour* t ?*<M?
ihre, nor will it ?Jl be a sivnc. It 11 Oat
that the average reer-ip'? from the ?'? I
transfer tax for the la-' tan ear? hate bats
slightly in excess of m ir, takitf
the state as a whole Bui 'I r receiptl frvs
that taj< have been ilecrea - ? I
enactment. For ? . ? - < -?, 1"*?
l?to inclusive, the ra| ."**.**"
annually. But for the ?a- r?, 1911
l'.?l> inclusive, the tree treaafn
only ?:i,000,000 annually.
It la a debatable ?r tit"
localities have a right to a there n a ti?
of this, character. PerBOBally, I boiit ' '"
proceeds belong to the alai wsitiif
thie point, the atats * deprived?
that much rarai .? pree?el <h*
creases the total of 01 -'??* **"
which may be Ian* ? lad
00 per cent af I * "?'
oreticallv'-, it actually y:r "
any direct ?'ate tai -???'r*
saving would only h? f the ?g
gregate. I*' Sew Hot i eefatr
iinO ann'jally from mad*
stamp?, the I ?.' -f J
siiare of 'he B -'*'-? **?*
would be about - ??
The ca-c ?e tax *"
wor.-e. Th? r?'r ?teat
i of th-? tax, ami ths real >**#.*?
! cent; ?".hcrens, this citj ? ? 70 *?*"
; cent of d.rec- -., ? I '? : "'
?rate .10 per ?.-t.*. 1'?- ? '? "*"?'?'
'gain by 10 per cent "?C*J*
money be taken over hy tl
prarant I
iversely, if the city retains,
the comm I **"
' *'
in the r. * ..? " "''
$?"00.000. ''^Tia*
' to be ajad ., '*' ''*
?City won' : it 11.1 ' '*' '''
'this change in 'he Uw
1 itaad of gaining th.? pra-ji?
a . ? pisrvtu
Secretary New York Tas R*'ttm kaaaaaaaam
New York, Miir.-h ?. 1 '?
Fallacies of Preparedness
To the Editor of The
Sir: The road te war ?-.-?**"?
neas. Not prenarr?!".ess la r "? '"??? *****
cn???e in military arid n?\a! tottet.
The argnmer' faff prcperadnm 's fu?
fallacies that Otaghl ta et ?.?-?id"
even s schoolbo- |. ? r "?r " w.
often spoken o: \- i - ? ""' '*_
.calamity, like I ' "'*" or *i
nie, which are desired " ? ? ***** ?* '
' ? r.o normal per ' *"? ?*" .
I? e, delibera-.. im ' ? ,tt ^
Mill ?a?
bv th.- gn -. ? ?
?it
gt-nius obtainable by \ I ? ?nta.
is 'he greatest gtm.? the rare e\er ?-i"eC'\Lj
th." sport of I'.ngs. Bal It il a C*'"*' y
cannot be played an\?? * t*,"lV.
T reparetines? some?*, hare, which Is tt*r*.*'?
?ides an excu*.> for counter 1'''"'"**7j
r\?r\ where. War la the ci'sc? PM 1*?**
of man, not nature. j^
The only analogy that seesas Is bc-W try
batweea prepared nations sad r"**r?,tal
dividuals seem? to be In that of t*-*?Mj,
t,;cky tssfnXiett or of the anights la th? "*"**J
dsy? of chivalry, it i? mtafwliag i0*_\
the?? getitry ?11 displayed s profound'*f^
of the nicetiei of honor The duel?--*
fcudist ?vim ar? tmi.-hy ??!! the r-ubject ?*
"honor" af 1- uj sry meiern *-*?j*"
la ?>n the ? honor*1 af it? r?an *-? ? JH
Intttvidtaal rerarCsre pic?.led tl m c?'"-**^
ally, ju't s* national warfare now ??Jj^?
for as worthy motive?. J. 1-*? AB*^1*
Kiv York, Maid? 3. iiiti