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THE' SUN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 191S.
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Peatee 16 foreign countries added.
All checks, money order. Ar , to br made pay
IkM in 1 us "tew.
Itf.vlri of Tn Si n leaving town for the num.
raft month can have the morntna and .Sunday
MlMaa delivered to Ihem In any part of lata
rOUItn W I 'uroie on the terms stated above.
AddrMSM changed a, often an desired. Order
ihtimsh newsdealer or directly of Publication
uftlir telephone Mnn Heekman.
Published dally. Ini hiding Sunday, by the Sun
Prlattflt and Publishing Association at 110 Naaaau
Street, In the Horouffh of Mnnhattan, New York.
PrMdtal and Treasurer. William C. Helck. 170
. 11 siren; Icr-ITrsldrni . Krtward P. Mitchell,
150 Nassau street: Meereiary. C. E I uaton. 150
Nseaflu attest,
Imlrm office, rfllngham House. 1 Arundel
.trm. stiand.
I'm Is oalcS, a loir de la Mlrhodlere. off Rue du
t:nlre Seplembrr
WSaMaglon office, ttlbb Building.
Brooklyn office, ion l.tv-lngston street
f o'if friend uhn ,'aror . trim fnnnt,r-iri. nni
gnVlfranesi for puhtu-atum uish to nore rajerled
SThV I" returned AffH mil in all run tend tlantpj
,ar mm Burssat.
Mayor Gaynnr and District Attnr
nrj H lilt man.
Rhaklni again of 'he un necessary
knd innt unfortunate feutl between
two such men f merit ami public use
fulness ;is Mayor DaYNOB anil District
Attorney Whitman i
A R I friend stigtresis to us that we
are wrong in assuming that this breach
is only 1 1 en ly -deep. He Insists that
ilie tlisagreemenl between Mr. Qayhob
and Mr. Whitman has extended to the
entire perimeter f the Mlice question,
sa it affects the municipal situation.
Hurl thai the Healy controversy is hut
an Incidental manlfeBtatlon of broad
and Irreconcilable differences.
ur answer to this Is derived from
observation of an eternal principle of
human nature in politic. It Is not
the broad differences that are difficult
of reconciliation for tiie sake of com
mon political interests and a common
purpose of major iniortance. The
trouble generally comes from small but
Bcnte Incidents, quarrels going only
ties ry -deep, so to ieak. hut tntensi
tied by personal pique, abraded vanity
r that unconquerable pride of opinion
wbii-h Is ierlias the root of more evil
in this world thiiii avarice, alcohol and
eelftati ambit ton put topether.
The InootnpatabUlt of Mayor Gay
ob uud IMstrict Attorney Whitman
on the general Issues miating to the
police has certninly been no more cn
spicnom than that previously existing
mi the same subject between Mr. Whit
man and Tainuiany Mall. Yet how
anally that was resolved by Tammany
n the crucible of political emergency.
To Illustrate the Implacability of the
small personal difference, the iteiHihii-
an party was once sundered for ywirs
because Mr. BLAIlfK railed Mr. CORE
I IRa it turkey gobbler.
We arc confident, however, that in
the case of n tried and true philoso
pher like the Mayor of this town and
young patriot of uncommon sense like
the District Attorney the personal
antagonism centring in the Healy in
cident need not long stand in the way
if cooperative effort for the good of
New York. Mealy-deep Is not too
deep for healing.
For the sake of Immeasurably more
Important things let the good offices
"f jrooil friends bring these two ad
mirable public servants to a realization
or the propriety of forgetting, at least
for s time, all about Healv's and one
o'clock In the morning.
The Retreat of the Mice.
Two reasons are us-slgned for the
cessation of militant activity In Kng
land recommended by Mrs. I'a.nkhibst
In in "order of the day" Issued from her
retreat on the hosjiitable shores of
Trance. On the one hund the Standard
repeats its assertion that the funds of
the organization are at n low ebb and
lt active membership is dwindling; on
the other hand It Is suggested thut
.Mrs. i'ankhi bnt has been Induasd to
call a truce between the militants and
rue Government to strengthen the hands
f members of the Cabinet working Tor
the suffrage.
Both explanations seem to amount
to about the same thlug, an admission
that militancy U not the best und
only means of Obtaining the suffrage
and that the "cat and mouse" act Is
not quite the dismal fuilure that the
militants would have us believe. It Is
.-not probable that the Standard Is
i :ght lu Its contention as to the lack of
Hinds and members, and it Is entirely
within the bounds of possibility that
some kind of Informal agreement
hit been patched up with tne Govern
ment: but -r.n we imagine Mrs. Pank
im'bbt a few months ego even enter
taining the Idea of a truce with that
body of traitors and charlatuna to
which the male electorate of Britain
bus Intrusted the direction of the af
fairs of the country? We fancy we
can hear the ringing tones In which
lie beloved leader would have pro
claimed a tight to a tinlsb and repu
diated any suggestion of making terms;
vs did hear them only s few days
to, a little area ken ad in pitch per
inps. when Mrs. I'ankhi hht left the
shores nf Rngland still hurling at the
Government her ultimatum that it
must kill her or give her ihe vote.
. . . . i,..
,,r"' rnuBST orgBS aOTIOf he ObUlUad an appointment Ms
blowers u emulate hc eioiuoie, ascoijgdjlontr. he ban steadily, held of
treey ho re beta In the ho hit of cVrlng
In the pant. nnd take a well earnexl
nolMny. Siinotnn there spews to rs
an nntl climax hore. Of course Mrs.
Pankhumt may uphold the logic of
that wie maxim which declare Mint :
"Ha who fights and runs away
May live to right another lay" ;
hut tihe fact of the running away re
main: the retreut la hwde with all
the honor of war. with banda play
ing and colora flying, but a retreat
III mtiat he oonaMered. Mrs. Pas: k-
hubbt may contemplate renewing the
attack at to later date, but for the pres
ent the "rat and mouae" get. doubtlea
aa distasteful to the Government a It
Is to the militants, aeema to have ac
complished Ita purpose.
President Wilson and the Rankers.
According to report from Washing
ton President Wiumin Is not per
suaded of the representative character
of the hankers' conference at Chicago
last week nor of the freedom of the
conference from control by the hank
ers of the big cities. Analysis of the
registration of conference participants
suggests that the Administration doe
not yet properly understand the sta
tistics of the case.
We beg leave to exhibit the mem
bership of the conference regionally
grouped according to the States and
cities or towns represented; Now
York. Philadelphia. Boston, Chicago
and St. I-ouls being excluded from the
tabulation.
First, the Eastern States:
Conn. -Hartford. V V. - Albany
Vorwalk RutTalo.
Waterbury. Kochestcr.
Syracuse.
Mr, Baltimore Pa DiiBoIs.
Krle
N.J Montclalr. ' Newcastle.
Newark Reading.
Princeton R I Providence
Next the Southern states:
Ai.a Birmintham. oai.a McAleaier.
ARB. Bentonville Muakoaee.
Utile Rock. I. Oat- Darlington,
OA. Atlanta. Tknn. - Memphis.
Macon. TfcX Amarilla.
Savannah hi Paso
La New Orleans Kt. Worth.
Miss Canton OBlVOBton,
Hattieshurg Houston.
.tackson Toxarkatia.
Meridian Waco
Tupelo. Va Richmond.
vickaburc w v Charleston,
X. C. - Tarboro Wheeling.
Now, In turn, the Middle Western
States:
ILL - Aurora Mica Detroit
Champaign. Flint
Danville Saginaw
Decatur Minn Austin,
Kaat SI l,oin Minneapolis
Oreen Valley P,erl Wing.
Jacksonville gt, Paul
Joiiet. Mo - Kansas City.
Ottawa. St. Joseph.
Peoria. Nrn Hastinga
Rorkford Lincoln
Springfield Omaha
8treatur. Weston
Int. Evanaville. Ohio Akron.
ft, Wayne Canton.
Indlanapolie. Chllllcothe
Marion. i inrmnati.
Princeton. Cleveland.
Mouth Mend 'columbue.
I a. Burlington Hamilton
Cedar Rapida Toledo.
Davenport. loungstown
Dea Moinea. H Dai Aberdeen
Panora Deadwood
Perry Wis La Crosse
Waterloo. Milwaukee.
Kan Topeka Racine
Kl. - Lexington Rbsjlaburg.
Louisville Superior.
Waukesha.
And. lastly, the Far Western States:
Cal - I .os Angeles 1'tah Salt Lake
Pasadena City
Sacramento Wasb Seattle
Mum Hoeman Spokane.
Obk - Portland. Tacoma
In the foregoing tables there are six
Eastern Stutes and sixteen towns und
cities; twelve Southern States and
twenty-eight towns and cities; twelve
Middle Western States and tlfty-nlne
towns and cities; Ave Far Western
States and nine towns ami cities.
Including the District of Columbia
and th major cities New York.
Philadelphia, Boston. Chicago and St.
Loult UT cities and towns In thirty-
six States were represented at the
conference.
It Is easy to see that the twenty -eight
Southern and the fifty-nine Middle
Western cities and towns constituted
the bulk of the representation.
As for the representative character
of the whole conference It Is worth
noting that a large number of the
places designated had more than one
banker at the Chicago meeting, and
most of the bankers present were dele
gates from clearing house associations
W State baultlng organizations. More
over, most of the foregoing towns and
cities will be recognized readily as
centres of great agricultural, manu
facturing and tradlug Industries.
Philippine Peonage and slavery.
Secretary Pean WoBcrsTrs's report
charging that peonage und slavery still
exist in the Philippine Islands has
brought from Mani-ix Qpgfiog, the
Filipino Helagate In Congress, a denial
that slavery exists In the Islands "as
an Institution." Mr., Wobcusteb cites
many oases of men, women and chil
dren sold Into slavery lu Turlac, Isa
bela and other provluces, and declares
that "Filipino sluves have been shipped
to China." The responsibility he puts
upon the Philippine Assembly, because
It una failed to provide laws to enforce
the provision In the Constitution, the
language of which Is that "neither sla
very nor Involuntary servitude, except
us a punishment for crime,, whereof
ths party shall have been duly con
victed, shall exist in said Islands."
Mr. Wobckstkb'h acquaintance with
the Philippines extends back to 1S87,
when he was a member of a sclciiflftV
expedition that visited the islands.
Since Januarv. Inihi. hen ' tin, .n,..
i -'
fice tn the insular Government, and alm-e
Sepbemner, 1001. as Hetretary of the
Interior. He has written two big
volumes and many magazine articles
about the Philippines, nnd he certainly
qualifies as an authority. Ills Inst
liook. entitled "The Non-Chrlstlart
Tribes of Northern Luzon" (190H).
descrllied a country which, according
to the testimony embodied in hi re
port now published, ban supplied him
with a number of Instances of natives
sold Into slavery.
Thus Mr. Wobckstf.b asserts that In
the province of Isabelu three slaves
were bought by a Filipino Governor,
and that sIhvcs were owned by the
President of 1 lagan (capital of Isa
bels 1, by the Mherlff, by the Gover
nor's father In law and by others.
Even In Manila, according to the
report, two men, 'four women, two
Isiys and one girl were held ns
slave. The condition of servitude
must therefore have been notorious if
not In the nature of nn Institution
It must have been definitely known to
other American officials, and iterhaps
all nf them may have known of it by
report. The detail evenlert by Sec
retary Wobi'Bbtf.b In an nfflclnl docu
tnent responsive to a resolution of the
Senate Introduced by Mr. Bobaii of
Idaho have made a painful Impresislon
In this country.
In more than one of his official re
ports Mr. WoscrsTr.B has drawn atten
tion to the abuse, but the trouble
seems to have been that he did not try
to arouse public septlment in the
I nlted States. In I'.Hlft he called the
Philippine Assembly to account for
not removing the reproach, and him
self drafted a law, which, however,
the Assembly did not pass. The ex
cuse or explanation was that the
Spanish code forbade slavery in any
form, and that It was for prosecutors
to see that the prohibition was en
forced. Probably It is Upofl the Span
ish code that SeAor CJvkzon relies
when he Insists that the Assembly is
not ressnsible for the conditions
complulned of. SeAor l)ckzon. by the
way. was leader of the Nationalist
party lu the Assembly from 1iai7 to
1000. It Is true, no doubt, a he says,
that slavery does not exist tn the
Philippines "as an Institution": the
War Meiartnient takes such a view
hut Secretary Wobckstkb ssms to
have abundant evidence of scattered
cases of peonage ami involuntary ser
vitude. There should lie an Investigation by
the proper authorities, and If the
Philippine Assembly, splitting hairs
about the law, will not act, Congress
should step In and give the Governor
General authority to deal with the evil
summarily.
The Tennis Champion.
Mr. MAURI CI R. Mcl.ort-.Hi.iVs won
derful stamina settled Ihe Issue between
him and Mr. K. Nobbis Wiiiiaus nu
the tennis courts at Newport yesterday.
The aeon In Ihe tlrst three games, fl I,
7 and 68, shows how brilliantly
and with what stubbornness the East
emer fought to stave off defeat ; but in
the fourth set superior strength and
steadiness prevailed, Williams , win
ning only one guiuc.
The Califoriiian Is an American cham
pion to he proud of. not only because
he has come through the season with
the loss of so few sets, but because he
gives promise of still greater prowess.
He has youth, remarkable stamina and
high courage, and knows that he has
something to learn of the finesse of the
game. Alternating siecd with skilful
placing, he should have no one to fear
on the courts for several yean at least.
The Name Stone.
Poor Mr. Whitman, again and
again he has tried to take a little
peaceful rest at Bretton Woods only
to be called back by the very man
who supported him and bettered him
to be the strongest candidate, but
who at the crucial moment deserted
him und voted for his final defeat.
And now less than tweuty-tlve days
after his rejection what do we read
in the news of the day:
"Fearful thst Its city ticket proposing
John PuBBOT Mitchei. for Mayor would
go to pieces the Fusion ("oinmlttep of lu?
seat frantic appeals to District Attorney
Whitman nt Uretton Woods. N. H, to
return and take charae of the altuatlon."
There Is the grim nnd ominous
sarcasm of fate in this. Here are
his Fusion friends who deliberately
turned their buck upon him at the
eleventh hour, and now they of all
others have to throw up the BpongS
three short weeks later and like so
many panic stricken schoolboy a tele
grnpb htm to come lest the ship sink.
SOS. Save! oh. save!
Small wonder that the Republican
ttembssra ;t the Fusion committee are
unable to restrain their contempt for
their weak kneed Progressive hrelhren
who listened to the seasoned ndvlio of
their county chairman and the humor
of Mr. Heabht. They remember that
Mr. Whitman lost the nomination by
two little votes. They know that the
shift of a single vote would have pro
duced a tie and thut if Mr. Mi Anlnv's
supporters had acted according to the
vote of their caucus, taken lu the
course of the balloting, Mr. Whitman
would have been far and sway the
choice of the committee.
The Hon. Nobman Hapiiood had the
single vote needed. He had supported
Mr. Whitman, but when It came to
the sticking point the glue didn't hold.
Some say Fusion glue la sleazy stuff.
But anyway the same stone which the
builders rejected Is become the beud
stone In the corner.
Poor Mr. Whitman! We feel for
him. It Is a pity these amateur und
idealist politicians are unable to let
him enjoy a brief vacation.
The Governmental Department or Agri
culture and Foreign Affairs to-day an
nounced ill Unite OSOlalon to parti, ip.ite In
the Panama-Pacific Exposition nt gan
Kiunctseti, -''oj.io dttgtach
No doubt Japan will send a splendid
display to Han Francisco, fur H is good
business In her case to be represented
at the groat exposition. At the same
time Japan proves her good will to
ward the Cnlted States In deciding to
take part while the alien land tenure
legislation is still In controversy. From
her point of view nhe hue" suffered a
wrong, hut there I to be no sulking
over It.
New Hampshire has snow. Headhse.
U's dlrln't Itnsw Ihsrs wnn XTifalnn
candidates up that way too. Snow here
Is drifting terribly.
Many are froBt-
bitten.
lf a resolution ever deserved tn pass
unanimously it is thst of ths Cuming
county. Neb., Democratic committee,
which reads: "Resolved, That In our
opinion the money question Is paramount
to all others at all times ' --Washington
Pott.
Ths money question paramount to all
others at all time? Why, of counts It
Is. This good Democratic committee
reads the Commoner snd so has been
made familiar with the terms of sub
scription. Nebraskan can tell a bar
gain when they see It. Hob the money
question ever been more paramount?
Habkbtt WBHIMU.L, well known In lit
erary and pedagogic circles throughout
the world. Is 50 years old to-day. .Veto
Orleant Titnet-Demorrat. August IS.
He doesn't .write hla age.
Massachusetts seems to be the psra-
dise of rich office seekers with easy slip
off political opinions. Lono, a Fram
ingham shoe manufacturer, didn't get a
Ki -publican nomination for Bepreaenta
tlve in Congress in 1H12. This year ho
lias been selected by tho Hon. Tom
Kii.ky. the Democratic boas, on a candi
date for the Democratic nomination for
Lieutenant-Governor. In the Hay Stute,
apparently, run for office if you have
the coin: and as to which ticket you run
on, flip the coin.
Water is very good to drink
for Cases St,
-Hart-
If the tone Is a little patronizing, atlll
the discovery or concession is most
welcome and most unexpected. Made
vlrtute. says Tub Si n to every one of
the Hon. Charles Hopkins Clank's
bright old men.
h, sad and salt the tears exude as
here in Franklin Square I brood, and
see loved Fusion fast effude From
"Jffeplee of a Feminist.
We are not afraid of agitation.
CesHerseajmat
Still, the Colonel Is very much agi
tated by the woman sufTraKi- agitation;
not less than a pane about it leaps
every day from his fire tipped pen. lie
sees "the furies stand upon the battle
ments lashing the credulous to frenzy."
Ah, St. ir Kyed OoddsSS, hast thou wan
dered thus?
Republican, Democrat, Republican,
Independent, His Excellency the Hon.
BuOBMg Noblk Foss never stays in a
party that will not plve him a nomina
tion and never becomes independent
until ho has to.
S D. Flora, the locul weather
b-
server A u l',ip4fril.
Will the Hon. Arthi r CarrKR forgive
outside barbarians for tsdlevlng that Mr.
Floha has lccn giving Topeka Just the
ftorlferous genial balmy summer that
might be expected of him and is due to
Kansas I
Tim Minnesota W. C. T. I' rejoices "in
the passage of the Webb bill, ths most
Blgnlflcant victory to temperance forces
ever obtained in this country and the
severest blow ever dealt the liquor traf
fic." With all respect to these excellent
Gopher women, the Webb bill la hut a
bubble and a humbug Queer thut the
more Be. ere hlows the liquor truffle gets
the more liquor is pound down the
American throat.
Word "rhythm" nearly endaoutlng
spelling match -Twenty-flve New Yorkers
.it Bmplre State club picnic fait down on
it. The SaaBeepcara of headlines m rir
f'htcago 'I nbunt.
H beautiful, " boundlesa imagina
tion: Wherever and whenever twenty
tlve or less or mme New Yorkers are
gathered together, be It on Coney's
sands or by the bonny Chicago River,
be sure they will find Something mere
: musing to do than keeping u summer
spelling school.
No doubt the demand for rireum hooks
hus fallen off. Cleveland iais Dtattr,
Not a bit of falling off. The works
of Bovaoipaa and i.a I'ollettk are loved
by all students of out iromancy.
Missouri woman BUffragSftSS haw a
ROW plan to win men to their CBUOS. A
band composed of women has been or
ganised und will tour the State In an at
tempt to charm men Into favoring VOtOB
for WOtnsn. $t, I'aul dispatch.
Aa unequalled Rianna of collecting
money, as the bund organ nun n,i
WOtnen know who get rich by playing
nil liie are paid lo quit, A suffragette
band would hardly harm Mere Men
otherwise.
By tho way. if either the friends or
the foes of woman .suffrage want un en
thusiastic comatlat (here is one, heard
powerfully at tho Franklin statue in
Printing House Suuure about 1 r. m
every day, Whom vvu highly recommend
for export.
Stops sowing wild oats at II when
father of s6 complains.--CMeoge Tribunr.
Why this hucsh Interference with the
diversions of later spring, St. Martin's
summer? If every man tn Chicago
must reform und turn over a new leaf
at the grand climacteric the town will
be depopulated. Tns ourprlge is thai
the udolescent son didn't have to com
pluin of the frisklness of his aire.
Of course if tho pit and gallery of
London music halls like to make a
popular idol of a degraded brute whose
animal strength has perverted whatever
bruin power he once possessed Into an
abnormal egotism. It Is their right to
do so. In excuse for the mob that
cheered Jack Johnson in the BuatOg
and South London music hulls It can
only be said that there exJala In Eng
land a widespread popular misconcep
tion as to the lengths to which color
prejudice la carried in this country. The
Mgro pugilist assorts that he Is the
victim of a conspiracy because he, a
black man, defeated a white man in the
ring; und tho London mob believes him.
If It realized the abhorrence with which
the present "heavyweight champion of
the world" Is regarded by the better
element of bis own race, It might come
to the conclusion that enthusiasm Is
misplaced when it Is displayed on behalf-
of a blackguard who has forfeited
a large bond rather than take the con
sequences of a disgusting offence. In
Justice to the English public it may be
ohaerved that the Huston and Mouth
London music halls are by no means
representative of the highest class of
London vaudeville houses and that tho
demonstration In favor of Jack John
son was confined to the occupants of
tho pit and gallery.
'MMITtt
Asn thk noneviLtr.
TM'ST.
Nlngular and If ested Personal Application
f a Very Oeneral Rtatement.
From Thb Sun of Monday.
What la equally peculiar li that after
Baymond E. Smith, the missing secretary
and treasurer, came to the trust com
pany and found the bank examiners In
charge he was allowed to escape on ths
most specious of excuses that he had to
get his breakfast. Although he was In-
1J't. 252 !&.232tw iti.Uh;l
hit presence was earnestly desired at
the bank." that was the last heard from
him. We are not aurprlaed.
Here was a suave specimen who had to
get away with fITR.OOO before his aaso
clatea could actually suspect evil of him.
It seems that three yean ago the State
Hanking Department warned the bank
and advised that Smith be removed. He
had made a loan of O.BOO and said noth
ing to the executive committee about It.
Rut his explanation must have been per
fect, as the directors voted unsntmoualy
to retain him.
From Bank Examiner nardon of yew
Jtrtry.
To ths KniToa or Tub Scn Kir: t
observe that you have sn expert bank
examiner on your editorial Stan. If this
gentleman, whoever he Is, will maku good
on his accusations against me, by Innu
endo, In this morning's issue, or If be
will Indicate In what way, or by what
means, or on what legal grounds Smith
could have been either apprehended or
detained ten minutes after I commenced
the routine examination of the Rosevllle
Trust Company on the morning of the
13th Inst.. I will give, either to him or
to his pet charity, the sum of ISO In
gold Thla la worth considering. Any
truat company In New Jersey will tell vou
that I can furnish the money.
1 have read Tug Hrv for Vnanv years
and Have hIwh.vs considered It it great
paper. 1 do yet, from a news stand
point. It occurs to me to sav tn vou
however, that fr utter, absolute, thor
ough, contemptible, low down, greasy
meanness, for croaa Ignorance or r,,,.,,
methods, causes and effects, for a display
of a cowardly desire t nJuro a,,H lheI1
run and hide, for Ingratitude (since I
navs spent considerable time at the tele
phone HIIBWelilia- vour fn,.l ,....., ,
mis morn no-a priitn. i .i i.. al. '
irnlnga editorial beats anvAln.
hut ever appeared or ever will annear
in ins Journal.
i ' K ra"' to knock whBt pnaaibl, ob
jection can th,r.. be to trying to get vour
facts straight In the first pi",., .
. Elliott Markov
r.aaminer. department of Ranklna-
ninuranre. .state of New Jer-
Tbbnton
wnmei sarin 30. no
August 25.
THiMot tai inostsr.
He tMwsWgsetg or Tustha na llanaan.
the Pilgrims ,hr rilrlt,n,
To tub KniTOR of Thk Scn .o,y your
In t 'm,:,'n"1 "'ntroversy Is beginning to
u i Trtn..i hut ""derstand
iff ",,d 1,0 tn '"n" "d iden-
tlf) the Irish ' People called "Irish"
have been corning here for a century from
ET.v.i '"ry Btrange to ua
. , . . l"""'lon for "d
a contempt for Puritanism ; and theV ap
pear to have DO respeet for our history
and traditions. The strange olallM of
some of vour writers annoy us the as
sertion that "the Irish have an anctant
mstorj ami a eultur.. antedating Hume"
d.spleascs us: folk lore, mythology and
tradition not Puritan are always sus-
picioua and deserve no credence.
hy waste time on events of II f
1913? All cultures and civilisations ante
dating A. D, 1H20 ,,re unworthy of atten
tion What survives la Rttest. The Huns
oro; Roma is not Babylon, Athene.
inches. Carthage and Kit Carson, Kan
were . 11.. stun Is.
True history began, real civilisation
was horn. In 0: all else Is leather and
prunella. The alleged culture of the
ancient Irish and their kings, armies
conquests and SO forth nr.. not men
tioned by Lodge. Sparks. Adams. Motley
or Governor F,,ss Tii logical Inference
Is thst they ale fabulous ', they li :k the
hail mark at authority and literature,
and Irish claims must he dismissed until
tBa mined nnd analysed by Boston.
Thoae who are called "Irish" here are
man) and various, and some standard of
Identification should i established so
that thev mav be recognised on sight
It Is suggested that Harvard take up the
work of i laaslflcatlon so thai these clam
ant and claiming people may be distin
guished not only from us superior people
but from the ordinary imported alien, it
Is getting increns.ngiy iliffteult for ua to
show our auperlorlt outsldi of the banks,
and the encouragement of these discus
sions of unimportant matters antedating
can do no good. Anxious to bring
these strongs Irish up nearly to our level
wi llnd our efforts handicapped by en
couraging them to Imagine they are
human like us and had a culture before
that ark of the covenant the Mayflower
sailed and we could wish you would
divert the current of the discussion Into
saiir and more hopeful chain . Is
Let us know. If your space pern, Its
I 1 I Where and what la Ireland''
(I) Are "tha Irish ' a race or merely
an expression of opinion''
i 3 1 How may "the Irish ' be distin
guished from the Herman. French, Eng
lish and other Inferior races'.'
i 41 Are -the Irish ' permitted under the
Constitution ?
k. WiooLBawoam Qabqotu.
Boston, August 26.
I nhyphenated.
tiik BntToa or Titr Srx-
Ti
sir Isn't
;t about time to call a halt on the story
of what a great man Ireland's father
used to he before he went broke'.'
Surelv to-dny we are living In the pres
ent ami the future Who cares what Ire
land was" It's what it Is thai matters.
As to the glorlllcrs of the hyphenated
citizen, I think a man Is either a t'nlted
Slates citizen or a pr, tender under false
pretences. 1 swore off Queen Victoria
and shook hands with t'nrle Sam, and I
did it In good faith. I am not a citizen
of ilreat Hrltaln, and I am proud to be a
citizen of the t'nlted States, with no
Other national ties or obligations, and
with no "hyphens." My elttienshlp bus
no string to It I think every other cltl
sen worth his salt feels tho same.
1 1 BO BOB RoBBBTtOsI,
Nrw York. August II.
The Cirrman Military gystem.
To thk Borroa or the scn BUr: in
regard to a letter In The Sin. "The
Peaceful French Ropubttc," 1 beg to elate
that according to Merlin despatches re
corded In moat New York papers the
dubious "Hehel letter." published in the
Pnti Mall Omtttit und attacking the mili
tary svstem III Germany, hus been
branded us a base swindle by the So
cialist press and the lenders of the So
cialist party In tlermany. The hyateri
L'Ol prattle about the Inettlclency of the
mllitury organisation In UeTmany In
which English and French papera like
to Indulge does not sound very con
vincing to a man of military training
who baa had occasion to compare mlli
tury methoda in Herman v and other
countries. (J. QotlMJg,
New York, August 21.
Prairie Iaie
From ths lienetr ttspuolican
The Bailor tovaa the craft he satlt- -
lie lovca euch bolt and epar;
The horseman Wives the sli-ril that Ware
H I in o'er the iluna afar;
Hut thera la love surpasalng all
Wrli In tha sailor' leg:
It Is tha love that dwnlls batwlst
The slieepiiiun und his dog.
The lava Is bnrn of lonely nlfhta
Ami days upon tha plain.
Of aioimi upon tha mountain tape.
Of toll In eohl it n I r, on.
At even, In tlia the alow.
What comradeship ao atrong
As that 'twlxt lng and ahapherd whan
The nlaht wind slugs Ita aong?
The ronOR lights tvt Inkle n'er tha aa
Where many comrades tramped,
Thev light ilie uplands, ansa o drear.
W in re ilea u ml lie-iler OBBtBSdl
Hut still that Men. i hip must atilda
In newer fields afar.
I'm lu, ,. 1 1, mi's in. nt of lonely life
la dcathiiHa aa a star
. OBXaTVO CBArataS.
CntSKSK MAURI AVE.
A Warning That sjeemi Is Be Needed by
Nome American (Hrl.
To thb Koitor or Ths Scn Sir- There
has come to my knowledge In the psst
six weeks two cases of marriage or Ameri
can girls to Chinese students, the first,
that of an American woman who came to
China with her husband and discovered
that hs had a Chinese wife. The Chinese
women of Shanghai had the husband ar
rested and tried for bigamy. His Amerl
csn wife dlsd about alx weeks sgo.
The other esse I found here la another
returning student. The girl la about 20.
was married at 1? and has two babies.
They are on their way to Hankow, the
home of the husband.
This woman will go Into a family In
which there are three wives credited to
her father-in-law and she may And her
self In the position of s secondary wife.
In Chinese families the mother-in-law
absolutely dominates, and her control is
not mild by any means.
This American girl Is going Into a
household a foreigner In every possible
sense of the word, without the language
and without the support of her husband,
aa he Is dependent upon hla father and
will not dare to Interfere between his wife
and his mother. The servants will re
gard the foreign wife as an Inferior and
will make the fact known tn her In a
thousand ways which only the Oriental
knows how to use.
An American girl who marries a Chi
nese will escape hell In the next world
because she "gets hers" In thla. The man
who performs a marriage ceremony be
tween a Caucasian girl and an Oriental
consigns the girl to a cruel fate. The
great majority of Chinese youths above
the age of IT are either ms led or con
tracted In marriage.
Kobb, Japan. July 23. Amrsican.
THE nOLDEX HATE CREAKS.
Kn indent California!! I.a Hla Cnrse
on "Frisco" and Tourists.
To the Kditos OP Tub Srs-Mr: The
habit persists of calling San Francisco
"Frisco," a term most offensive to every
right minded Callfornlan. They may still
say "Frisco" In the Mormon districts of
I'tah and Idaho. I'erhaps. too. the het
erogeneous swarms of tourists who swoop
over the State use the odious word aa a
token of their easy familiarity with the
manners and customs of California. Hut
the tourists are not to be trusted. They
are responsible, for instance, for the
fable that the old "hidalgo" of the land
breakfasted on fruit. There was little
fruit In the far off days, and the "hidal
go's" usual breakfast was a ploee of
Jerked beef, a tortilla In our leas eu
phonious tongue, something of a slap
Jack and a draught of pulque or a
mouthful or two of mescal. Not long
ago I heard a noisy tourist shouting of
the parted bliss that comes from living
in "Santiago." With all the experience
of a life of nearly forty years In 'uli
fornia I told him kindly that he ought to
ay San l)ea;o. He was as a deaf adder.
Half -reap anting dwellers In nakland.
San Jose: Itrrkeley and other BUcIl towns
go to "the City." The man from the
Sierras goea "down to the Hay." It Is
salil that one can bear the odtoui
"Frisco" In the hayflelds of Yolo county.
Hut "through the rest of the land, from
Shasta to "Aunt Jane" Tin Juunu In
the honey flowing Spanish men and
women and children with any right to
i ail themselves Callfornlana know only
San Francisco.
San Francisco will be continually In
the public eye for the next three years.
It experts much from the I'annma-I'n-cifle
exhibition. Put there is not a San
Franciscan worthy of the name who
would not prefer to nee nil its hope dis
appointed If the price of their fulfilment
is to be the tying of their beloved city
Indtaaolubly to the loathsome nickname
"Frisco." Will not The Si n take up our
cause'.'
Should "San Francisco'' perish it will
not go down unavenged A dreadful fate
pursues those who persist in miscalling
It line example is to be seen in St
Louis: another may be found tn Mont
real. In both places the fatal word
"Frisco" has brought sorrow to tin.se
who would not he wise
A CAXtrOBKIAft,
New York. August ':.
Reelect Mini !
To the BntToa or The Scn Sir. Tuh
llO appreciation Of on. who has honor
ably applied the functions of his judicial
capacity would be admirably demon
strated hy tho retention in office of such
as are deasrvtnOT, and I her opportunity
such as ia given us now in the case of
linlge Warren W. Foster should be taki n
advantage of.
No iloubt there are others who may in
time learn to adm. mater the criminal law
is signally aa he has done, but hlB foul -teen
yeara of experience as a Judge and
his w ide knowledge of human nature de
mand fust consideration of nil those in
te res ted in the welfare of humanity.
if public confidence tn our Judiciary
is to grow and bo upheld, what better
occasion is offered at present to add to
ita strength than the renonilnatlon and
reelection of Judge Foster?
.'. Ii SCIILOSS.
New York, Auguat 2i.
V Philosopher nn Ihe Imperfection of
rtilloaopbrrs.
To the BOITOROe The Scn Sir "Pos
sibly he Is not a philosopher In the per
fect sense, like Mayor liaynor." says an
editorial article in The BirNDAY Scn.
1 admire Mayor i lav nor Just us much
aa you diK but there's no such thing as
a perfect philoaopher.
If Mayor Oaynor were the perfect
philosopher the regrettable controversy
between himself and Klstrlct Attorney
Whitman over such a trivial Incident ua
Ilea . s could not have occurred. Also
it seems to me that the perfect philoso
pher would Ignore the slings and arrows'
of the yellow press. B0WIN HABOO.
A I'hilobupher Myself.
New York. August l!fi.
Voire as an Indication of Character.
To the F.pitor or The Sin Sir. In
hiring people 1 am guided largely by their
voice nnd manner of speech. I believe
that If 1 could sit bera in my office and not
see the applicants, hut only bear their
voices on the other able of the partition. I
could pick out by their voices alone the
people I want without mistake.
'Ihe voice la practically an Infallible In
dication of character : It has the apeaker'a
heart In it, whatever hla heart may be.
1 den'i care bo'V rVjy a mail la. If be
has a pleasant voice and a pleasant man
ner of speech ho has something In him
that will pleaeo those with whom he comes
In contact, and ho will get on
, m I'katE, N. J., August 26. Kmfi.otbr.
How I nmarrled Men sipenii I liclr l one v .
To thb F.pitor or Tub Scn sir: Your
correspondent "Over Sixty" asks "What
In bl.ir.ivs do unmarried men" (getting
f 18 to Kb a week) "do with their
money V"
They must squander their wealth In
building "palatial realdencea." dining at
the Waldorf-Astoria, buying yachts, auto
mobiles, making trips to F.uropn, going
tn Florida winters and passing their sum
mers at Newport.
They are also "sports" ; spend their
money "like drunken sailors.1' and of
course they are regular patrons of grand
opera.
Consequently they do not save money.
Nsw York. August 2. E. II. J.
One Celibate's Money Accounted For.
To the Kin tor op The Scn sir: Your
correspondent "Sixty" wants to know
what we ' unmnrrlod men do with our
money. Many, no doubt, like myaslf, an,
supporting unmarried alaters, to koep them
from work In the city, and If all are aa
good housekeepers aa mine life la pleasant
Indeed. It. K. p.
Nbw York. Auguat 2 '
Two of a Trade.
c hy own i i;ic cool, al
Knt, krr
llcrkfr She wat u aseiulofh I Inv BtOtsUBf
iui)Ui'tea and Uie inlsiresa wat a surlclofiM
lUvotlgaUBi ueoge. I
LANE WANTS SUMMER
CAPITAL IN THE WEST
Hpprptr Tolla Governors Wash
. in it ton Hat Breeds Poor
Lawmaking.
REPORT ON FARM CREDITS
Commission Which Visited Ed
rope Outlines! PlHti to Col
orado Sprlntrs Conference.
COLOOAM Sprinos. Col . Aug 2 Tha
sixth annual conference of the House ..f
Governors, . or the third house with Sen
ators and Representatives convened at f
o'clock this morning. (Inv. oddle of Me
vada was made temporary chairman
Following the address of welcome h
Oov. Amnions of Colorado and Mayor
McKesson of Colorado Springs, with re
spouse by Oov. Spry of Utah, Secretary
of the Interior Franklin K. Lane spoke on
economic conditions In the West.
The Secretary urged a summer capital
somewhere In the West, where cllma'a
conditions would revive the great wasi,,
of human energy and suffering from he'
now contributing to Governmental in
efficiency In Washington.
OOV, O. H. Colquitt of Texas was mait.i
permanent chairman at the meeting at
2:30 P, If,
The report of the committee on coop. r
Hon was made by Chairman Gov . Knuner
O'Neal of Alabama. The report den It
with rural banks for farmers.
A preliminary report of the Invea'.
gation of rural credits and agrlcu.
tural cooperation In fourteen Buropeaa
countries by the American Commission on
Agricultural Cooperation was made hy
Senator liuncan V, Fletcher of Florida,
chairman of the commission and president
of the Southern Commercial Commission
which assembled the American commis
sion. The five cnmmlaaloners conducting tie
Inquiry Were assisted by two delegates
from each of thirty-six States, name. I by
their QoVernOfB, and from each of four
Canadian provinces. The Held covered In
cludes Italy, Austria. llniiK.it . v. Russia,
Germany, Denmark, Switzerland. Prance,
Spain, llelgluiti. Holland, England and
Ireland. Kgypt was also visited.
Rural (Iraranlsstlon Needed.
In his preliminary statement Senator
Fletcher said in part :
"The commission Is deeply Impressi i
With the vital Importance of a thoroughl
organized and united rural population
in this respect the countries of Europe
offer a lesson which may not long be dis
regarded in America without serious -n-sequenccs.
"The agricultural Interests of most of
the European countries visited by t1 -
commission are organised along on,, or
more llnss ' Credit, production, distribu
tion and social organization for the better
ment of country life.
"Organizations for the provision of
credit facilities for European farmers fel
low the natural division Into short
personal credit and long tune land mort
gage credit The organizations for Ihe
provision of personal credit facilities ate
as highly developed as are the systems
of commercial banking The prevailing
rate of interest paid by the farmers for
short time loans Is from 4 to a'j per cent
The terms offered European farmers are
generally better designed t,, meet the
peculiar lequir. ments of ngrtculturlstB
than are the ti rn i obtalnabh to-day hy
the American farmers.
"The personal credit organisation! i ivs
the form of cooperative societies. Very
often the members of tnese societies as
sume unlimited liabilities for tie debts
of the society, while In other cases the
societies take the form of limited liability.
As a rule in European countries the law
makes, little or no provision for f xemp
tlons of any kind. These short time
credit societies furnish cheap, safe and
elastic credit to their members hy reason
of their control by fanners and are i
ganizatlons exclusively in the interest t
farmers, who operate theni at normal
COSt and without dividend profit
Land Credits Made Stable.
"Land mortgage crsdtt hSI been or
ganized so as to place a collective se
curity back of tin- bonds Issued by ! 4
mortgage societies In contrast with thi
system of marketing individual loai -upon
Individual mortgages. These land
mortgage Institutions bring to European
farmer! low Interest rates, the privileK.s
of repaying loans In small tlxed annual
Instalments extending ov.-r a term f
years. In some cases as long as aevent!
five under the amortization plan, ..
though provision for earlier payment
mad,- if the borrower so deairea protr
tlOffl from advance In Interest ra'es. and
the practical elimination of commissi' fl
charges "
Senator Fletcher said that In many In
stances private and commercial ha:
purchase the securities of land mortgSs
associations, experience demonstrat i
that such land mortgage bonds an- q . t
sssets.
Applying the European lesson direr
to American needs. Senator Fletcher mfl '"
the following suggestion:
"Cooperative organizations phould
formed with g view, first, to Improv nt
their credit facilities, secondly, to li
creasing their control over the market t
of crops and to strengthening their p -
Hon as buyers and sellers, and third'-,
establishing a channel whereby edtl
tlonal propaganda may be brought to til
individual and his cooperation at d par
tlclpatlon In that work aecured."
How German Plan Works,
In Germany, where the short lime Kg'
cultural credit Institution! are tne n -
highly developed, he said, th.-v ore in i
form (if a pyrumld composed of loca
operative societies, with u central societ)
SB an apex at Berlin
Kvery farmer Joining a I" al P
assumes liability for Its debt!, llgnl
over his to he society With '
collective credit t lie society contract! It c -and
aoliclte sav lugs deposits. Fund- I I!
secured are loaned by the society to Ita
members. A rate of interest Is i larged
member! on such loans aufllclently ah
the rate paid by the BOOtety to 'redltorl
so that a margin will cover the espenai
of the bank and leave enough ovsr ' "
reserves and other purpose!
It Is provided that limns shall be msde
only for productive purposes. Tin- lerrl
tory of operation! for ea.ii Societ'
limited and the liability assumed hy meni
bers In tha limited territory la Mepet
upon to keep them wntohful of ti e affair'
of other borrowers
Senator Fletcher pointed out thai 11 '
worst feature of the farm mortgage in
this country Is Its Individual eharoctei
The second dlBudv antagc, he said, is t s
limited time In which the f it tier la ri
quired to pay back the principal
The effect of the Kuropuvi system, hi
declared, is to break all connection i
twaen the mortgagor and tile mortBUCe,
Loans are granted by the Institution!
which retains Ihe mortgage, and th
mortgage bonds BBOUI'od b) the mot'
gages, but as the direct Obligation Of th -lii!tllutinns,
urn issued Each bond ;r-
lien against all of th irtgages.
bonds am issued payable to bearer Biui
are generally listed on the exchanges at I
so form a liquid asset
"The solution of these prohlen !
tinued the Senator, "will not nnlv un
the redemption uf agriculture, tin
structioii of rural UIc, bul wi i
toward reducing tin- high iosi of
ami relieving vthci' burdenionu uondl'

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