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THE SUN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1914.
MONDAY, OCTOHBH 10, 11)1 1.
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en. itluitroUnni m ),nf'l Hum fo Aaie
rtltrtHl arllrln rrtiittrtl t'.e nuft in nllitwi
emf flump for lhl I trptitr.
IVllnt Is tin- (solution of tile Cotton
Problem '.'
Public ntteittloti must ! Increasingly
focusscd m tin' distressed Munition !u
cotton li.v the efforts of Southern Sena
tors nnd Ki'prosoiitntlvos to prevent an
adjournment of Cnutrt I'" unless nr until
some Coivrninontal action Is taken
looking tn tin Pllcollvo relief of the
cotton growers.
There ore other lines nf Industry nnil
triiili' which me unTinc from tin- Kit
ropeuti war. and It uoiiul In- n nilttuki'
to nllow the cotton proMi'tn to miinopo
llzo jiubllc notlco. lint tliu cotton proli
It'tn W tindonbtcilly sorlmi.
TMc Smith Iiiih thN .vo.ir rnlcfil al
most If nut nltocctlitT the lnrccn oro'i
of cotton In Its hlxtnrj'. It- iropirlt.v
In very lurceiy ilcponilciit on ilinllnt: n
nnirkot for tl)N staple, ami It woiilil
not ! o-ri!atlii the fact to tiy that
tbp ivnf hnx deprived the South of fully
A third f the Immediate market foi
cotton which It would otherwise have
enjoyed. It H estimated that on no
count of the Ut of the crop and th
lo-n of forelen markets there U a stir-
pill- of perhap live million hales for
which no present consumptive demand
appears. As a result the price of spot
cotton has fallen under seven cent a
pound, or far below the ten cent level
which the South contends Is approxi
mately the oot of prodiiclloii under
estnbllshisl conditions
U Is not surprising that the South,
holding the Ideals which It entertains
about the cotton exchaimes and the
desirability of abolishing' tbein. should
address violent appeals to the tiovern
niont for utiecnuunilc ns-lstancc at this
Juncture, but the violence of Its njipo.il
bus diverted energies from the rliiht
line of action.
Trecodents which Secretary MoAnoo
bus done most to create bine returned
to placile the Administration In the sit
nation In which cotton now llnds It-elf.
Iteprt'sentatlve Hkmiy of Texas, who !s
the most aecresslve of the campaigners
for the adoption of pernicious courses
by the Government to deal with the
distressed cotton ttrower, has shrewdly
Invoked .Mr. MrAnoo'B liandllnj; of tiov-
ernment funds In the past and the ad
crtiment should not do nnr of tho
tilings which the cotton srower lias
asked It to do nre so many that It
would be tlreMimo to recite thep). They
rniiRe all the way from the patent un
soundness of most of the proposals to
the certainty thnt If the Governmeiit
undertakes extraordinary measures of
relief for the cotton Industry It will
only be as the becinnlDR of extraordi
nary measures for the relief of every
business hurt by tho war.
In any case the (iovernmrnt should
not undertake to do anythlnc which
can be done by private enterprlso, ntid
private enterprise should not under
take to do anythliiK unusual unless cir
cumstances require It. It N more than
ii question If the present circumstances
of col ion require very unusual meas
ures of jiny kind. As Jlr. MoAnoo
says, "what cotton wants Is a restored
market." The direct road to a solu
tion of the cotton problem lies throngl)
the reopening of the cotton exchunifus,
which will Klvr both trvowers and spin
ners a future market to deal In; and
the future market will offer the surest
and afet way of carlim for the. 11)1 1
surplus of cotton.
The real cotton problem of the day
Is presented by whatever tluanelul ob
stacles stand in the way of a nsTpe'i
itirf of the cotton exchanges, and to re
niow them calls for an lnlluitesliii'il
effort In comparison with the prodig
ious utidcrtaklm: denntisl In preposter
ous valorization devices.
The reopenlm; of the pchanK0s will
conserve all equities, not of tho cotton
arower alone, but of the spinner, the
cotton poods merchant and tho retail
buyer. In a manner Impossible by all of
the oilier, devious, methods proHied,
for the world will then have ncaln n
natural cotton market reirtilatcd by
economic law.
Mr. Wilson to .Mr. I'ml rr u unil .
.Mr. Wii son's panegyric of the work
nf the Democrats In Coinrress Is lu
stincl with the force and charm habit
ual to his .pokon and written speech,
lie Is nut only the ablest advocate, but
the most substantial achievement and
chief cood fortune of his party. He
publicans and perhaps the unfeelliiK
facts and litres, e.mnot acree wholly
with his account of the new tariff or
ihe theory that the war Is the sole be
setter of so-called war taxation; the
working of the Trade Commission Is
as yet but a hope or surmi-e; there
are other notions of "business liberty"
than those upon which Congress has
acted; and the "Justice to the laborer"
slapped Into the Clayton law seems to
niAny of us a phrase of Irony.
Hut these and nil other controversial
matters touched upon by the President
reenrdlng expansion, tho matter of cur
rent liquidation of transactions calls
for reform. Hven should tho bankers'
gold fund plan restoro normal sterling
exchange, payment through London Is
n stnndlng hindrance to our wiling
power. The money we send to London
will pay for ltrltlsh goods sent to South
America wlillo our own wares remain
unsold.
. The Latin American Trade Conrmltr
tee. recently nppolnted by Secretary of
Commerce Hi.DriKi.n to study tho mib
Je't at the lnst.onco of tho trade con
ference held lit Washington tn Septem
ber, sees lmmedlnte relief only In per
mitting the national banks in tho Toil
era I reserve cystein to accept commer
cial paper pending the opening of the
lVderal reserve bauks It further urges
that the Hesorvo Hoard malto imme
diately ertoetlvo tho rediscount provi
sion of the new system, thus creating n
discount market.
While realizing the necessity of con
serving the banking resources of the
country, the committee points out the
widespread disaster that would flow
from cessation or curtailment of South
American telntloits and it calls upon
American bankers at largo to extend
nis'ommodatlon adequate at least to
maintain the trade already established.
This Is the duty of the moment. IMans
of expansion should be pursued with
caution. Tlie surest way of cultivating
It Is through the ultimate creation of
a discount market and In the mean
time by liberal nccommodntion and the
establishment of reciprocal balances In
the Culled States and Latin America.
The I'libllo Is Weary.
The dcreasol registration this year
shows that the direct primary system
has not had the stimulating effect on
public Interest in iolltlcal affairs that
was hoped for by Its promoters. In
this city H.ooo fewer electors put their
laxed their atrlngs to oharitabl ppel,
nnd flnKeni which never before wor
busied with RURltt uftvo frivolity are
now feverishly nimble In worlte of
mercy. Hvory heart Is touohed nnd soft
ened by tho spectacle of arena una sui-
fwlng, nnd nil mankind Is bettcroa at
least a. llttlo by tho bestowal of sym
pathy nnd pity In which eeMah Inter
ests have no share.
i
In the drop la reglirtrntUm every party
ss n. miro eln of victory. It was the
other fcllowa who stayed at home.
Tho Da.nlih explorer Aloor Lakor
discovered no now river In his explora
tions along tha Amazon nnd apparently
ho brlngM homo no doubts. He thns
Kathcred, howover, fronh evidence ' to
show how far tho renourccs of the tnrth
oro from exhaustion. Tho list of wealth
mnklniT prodticts that ttio presents to
cnpltnl and enterprise sitRKcsts rather
tho discovery of a now world than tho
reoxplorntlon of regions long Known
and often visited. Witl. his wealth of
opportunities Mr. Lanob lavishes on
Amerlcnns much uound ndvlec, by no
means now but always invulunWe.
Learn the language, ndopt tho habits
of tho country, enduro hardships nnd
resist temptation as tho Germans do.
This Is tho iitst of his admonltl'un. Tho
cnuons of nuccess In South America
ulunys reduce themselves to the same
old formula.
Kven tho wild nnlmals flee fiom the
scene of war. Hears, bonrs and wolves
head the nrocesslon to safety In Swltzcr
land. Only man Is fierce enough to en
ditto tho unending terrors of modern
battle.
Cots brlnK up pupTite. HrutlUn.
Tho first faint flush of tho dawn of
p-ace.
n.wio An aorjATii.
Ileneettons Suggested by tho ActMt) of
lli'rmiiu Submarines.
To the KoiTon or The SUN Sir.- David
and fJollnth for the sixth time, yet be
onM doubt "tho IZnfflbih fleet Is on the
tnni.r..., ... ihn .Inflni- nnrl (lnTurfrmis Orr-
liames on the pull lists than quallileil ,mn HUi,.nrine, uiuloubuslly favored by
for the last cltv election, and the falling itx fur ionallr size. Jly the fact thnt It ll
iV frnin thn President Inl enr I'M" is ",l tho H,il wl"',, 1,1 motion, tlio sub-
oil fiom the l rtsitnniiai year i.m is m.lllm, M.ht, lts hUKP nmUov,,rln(f n.y
more than lo.OOO, bi-funs it can bo sighted at all.
It will be said that the European war , once Hunting Goliath it scorns nlinply
a question or cautiously rapuiiy cuni
ItiK clofn enouKli to launch tho deadly
torpedo tt hlni.
Thftr limited size not psrmlttlng coal
for nn extonrted voyngo nffnin obout th
only thing that prevents the submarine
has dlstractts attention from domestic
affairs, but the ns'onl of fact scarcely
sustnltis this. The referendum on a
constitutional convention last spring
brought out a beggarly vote at a timejf,,,,,, guJdenly sinking Die man-of-war lr
ubcii there was no war. It Is lirobablv I mldocenn.
nearer the truth to sy ,hat the voters , J'0'
liave had an oerdnse of politics. In
this State the appearance of sr.,
zr.it In Albany marked the iM'glnnlng of
a series of Incidents that gave little
chance for rest ; In the city the munici
pal campaign made heavy drafts on the
ordinary citizen's energy: and Congress
has bis'n In session so long that only
ab.e to iti't to sea even If an enemy's fleet
ih liliiekaillng tho port they ply from, unit
Just ns daringly return to port.
in other words men-of-wnr now seem
un.ilile thoroughly to blockade tho port
of nn ejiemy Ualng Bubmiirlnen.
Hut could not the bloi-kadlng fleet con
voy a number of old hulks loaded down
with lock or pig Iron to thn cntnincu o(
such port, then And olunteers to rail
or stonin them in, in this wy oitner m
be sunk by eoptnet with cubmcrged tnlnrs
or by guiillre from their rear? Would the
iiEPvnr.wAXS for aLYTtrt.
.
The itenson Why flume of Tt)em neoldedly
Prefer Illm to nr.. flhttmnn.
To the Editor op- Tltn SDK fllr; Torn-
eflltorlnl nrtlclo of Tuesday on Mr. Whit
man's qualification! as a prospective Gov
ernor might bo rend with much profit by
every man who casts a vote. Sir. Whit
man's assertion that Oovemor Glynn's ad
ministration bus been a fnllure from on
point particularly, thnt of economies, may
easily be disposed of by directing the spot
light upon his own exponoiturcs in ne
District Attorney's oltlce for the years
1911, 1912. 1913 and 19M.
It Ih to be presumed that Sir. Whlt
mnn's requests (appropriations) for those
years will overlap the appropriations of
his predecessors In the same fllce by a
substantial ilgure. In proof nf this, per
mit ma to ifollow the allowances to his
olllce from 1911 to 1914 inclusive. These
are The Hun's tabulated amounts:
111 ?MDf
4:i,tiio
1413 SSfi.llO
1914 (UAH
Ono of the clnlms of Mr. Whitman, as
I understand fiom his speeches, Is that
he ought to bo elected Governor on the
score of economy. Hut whero does his
economy exploit Itself? Not In cutting
down expenses. It might be possible for
an expert to discover somo economic hasls
on which the District Attorney's oltlje
might hang u peg, with n millionth power
microscope, Miiybo this flume Is a little
exaggerated, but It serves.
There Is a homely mluge, not any the
worse beciuco It's tnims grown, which
runs sumcthltig like this: "It Is better to
Iril-t the ib-ll you know than thn devil
oii don't know."
Wo know Mr. Whitman In ottlce. We
know him us nn economist, and tearfully
ncviedlt him with not being thn brightest
nnd flilnlmrest nf llirhts ; he certainly is
not n luminary nf the first magnitude In
city Una nrc. Then w here would he be as
Governor of a erc.t! State'
We know also that Martin II. Glynn's
administration has been nil he has stood
for ; that he has kept every promise he
has made while In otllce; thnt ho has
moreover proved to be a man of character,
with nil of the qualifications that go to
make an exceptionally good .Governor,
lie further has the tltnlxr and training
for the place, which Mr. Whitman has
not and never will have.
What can be said of Mr. Whitman !
that he In a man of ability, decent enough
In Intentions; but we are also told that
tho road to a certain ptneo which nil
hope to escape Is paved with them.
Furthermore, most people know of Mr
Whitman's lack of sincerity. Mr. Itimse-x.-lt
accuses him of this lack and proves
It. so doe.s bis former friend, young Mr
Duell, no do others who have weighed him
In tho balaiicn nnd found him want.ng.
They all know Sir. Whitman Is apt to
.straddle any fence thnt will serve his pur
pon utid bold him In tho public ee.
fp to .'.wo ycais ago I had voted faith
fully as a Jteptihlloan. I hao mwr
oted the Democratic ticket, and but foi
tin- Kros.s error of tho Machine (G. O. 1' )
in piittlnt; Mr. Whitman's nanin on tin
ticket I would still vote for :i HepubllcM'i
Governor. Hut Judging "f the, two candi
dates and their merits In their respective
ntllces. I Kiiall cast ono vote for the
pieeent excellent Governor, Martin II.
Glynn, and I know of many others who
will do the same. Itrn.vTANO
lti.ooi.i.VN, Oi'toher 11.
BITVM1NOVS PAVEMENTS.
the oldest Inhabitant remembers when
- r,..l,.1 W-rt L'ltl,i.fn. ,t.uu fiiArtnl I . . ....
Will be tried before and Judged by the ' " ' i1''" aeumuy run Krver ..;......,
.-,.. .hi- -., ii ci, v,i.i .i ..,. I Nation. State and city hae hnd a mo-, than otherwise.
(iters tills rail. 1 he hatiMtlg ami cur- ..... L'nles a nort has n verv Iare denth of
reiicv law, upon which .Mr. w h.sov ; ' ; , water it might tie simply question or in
ine snarp ciil-c hi piqunm- iiuen-i uiis.tnis way making iiuikh enomrn to
been turned. 'my dllllcnlt If not lmtinsplhle ;
A year of rest will perhaps restore
the eagerness that is now so manifestly
lacking. Can we hope to have that
tesplic in l'Jl.Vr
dwells with Just pride. U the prime
construct iw performance of this Con
gress; "a democracy of credit." Mr.
Wit.soN calls It; at any rate, a credit
to the Pemoeracy.
Mr. Wilson "would like to go Into
the district of every member of Con
gress who ha sustained and ad
ainisl the plans ,if the party." lie
will go. Ills Inttilence, his authority
make It
for even
tho small Kuhmarino to emerge; In fart,
to bottle up the enemy's entire tleet, sub
marines nnd all.
Could jtorls be ho liob"cinlste1, then part
of the blockading squadron could seek
other fields ef activity, the remainder re
malnlm: on the Job to tfvc, attention to
Much if tho enemy as murht omehow
Ki t out or tin, nettle nr attempt to no so
Keep Illm Vthcrc He Is.
To tub KntTon or Tnr. Sun Sir.- Mi
Whitman oucht not to be allowed by t ie
Vnter to abandon Ills Jot) In ihe Dl-ttlct
Attorney's olll c until he has "niado ood "
lie took that otllce for n term of four
neat Within a few weeks he began
Playing politics for the nomination for
the Gnvenioishlp.
That Is not what he wns elected for.
While he was runniin; the Ablirmnnle
poilen Investigation and while be was de
voting thn inqulsltori.it energies of the
Grand Jury to the lloentlml cane be
avowedly wns In pursuit of tracs uf Taiu
niaiiv connection with thn underworld.
I'eritently It was proclaimed from the
HUPIiosedlv eeeret Grand .lltrv delloeni-
Indoor llnseliall.
There Is every Indication that the " ...... , .... ,,;.,.,,,,. . ,,,,m ,),, the trill had been -truck. lie.
winter baseball :in of 1011-1." will Kaiser Is plnylng n clever g-anie of watch-', peatnlly It was promised that the gulltv
his character, the universal respect j be fully as Intere-Ung as any of Its I .-"g - ""llr Wyr
which he has won: that Is the I in- predecessors. The task of explaining I J.'" mun i"""ln "ow wr" "rn ,1(,Klr f()r ,nniunliy and eveiy other mo-
our tleet of mud scow.. If sunk tn nr v" ,n'lt m.gnt appeal ... in. . .
.. i n turn powerfully exploited. While It
eratic campaign: that Is the rook on
which a good many tottering and feeble
I leniocratlc candidates for Congress
will lime to lean.
Latin American Trade IMlllciiltlc-.
The greatest existing obstacle to the
expansion of trade between the 1'nlted
Stales and South America Is the defec-
vertlsement which Mr. McAnoo has tlve and roundabout system of financial
dealings which promt!. .south Amer
ica has done all Its borrowing In Ku
ropo. chlelly Iti Knglanit. Its external
debt. IVdcral, State ami minilclpal.
ainiiunilng to $l,:i'J.iVs,.1so, Is held over
there. South America, therefore, lias
always heavy payments to make In or
through London.
On the other hand, the I'tiiied Stales
given of tho Treasury ns a protector
of prosperity.
While the "buy n bale" movement Is
nn interesting Incident of the cotton
crisis, it has never from tho beginning
held out any promise of being a real
solution of the cotton problem. On any
large scale It would simply be a secii.
lathe shifting of a heavy load, certain
to iuierfere sooner or later with the I Is always in debt to South America
niiiural readjustment of prices.
The campaign for the purchase of
coimn goods has a much bettor eco
nomic basis In that whatever lends to
promote the consumption of cotton by
manufacturers, tends to a restoration of
the market which the cotton grower
needs. Also it recognizes the spinner's
Interest as well as the grower's. To
the extent that it supplies an nrilllclal
stimulus it might in the end In-conic
troublesome.
More is to be said lu behalf of the
plan adopted at a conference of bank
ers In St. Ixiuls and approved lu prln
clplo by the I'lsleral ltcscne Hoard
for the formation of a si..ii.issi.ii'ki
banking pool to be employed In Huane
Ing the apparent surplus of cott.ui
through loans. It would seem that
this project would lie most useful as rn
auxiliary to the reopening of the cut
ton exchange, as It would guarantee
liiianclal provision for the accoinuind t
tlon of large purchases for future de
ll) cry. Otherwise It is open to criti
cism ns a scheme for the aliiilaitloii
of cotton by private enterprise, which
can only be considered as soiuewlrit
less dnngerous than Government val
orization would lx.
So far also Ihore s no evidence that
the South Is at till enthusiastic over
the plan of the bankers, which item-
plates six cents a pound as llie loan
able value of cotton, What Hie cot
ton grower Is nfler is not bank loans
based on business Judgment as to whit
cotton may be worth for credit pur
poses, a Judgment which expresses It
self in the .suggestion of six cents a
pound. This looks to him like pegging
eotlon ni a low price when he wants
to have it pegged at a high price, wi
lie is all for the relief which (iiiern
lutnt may ho persuaded hj political
pressure tn extend to hint.
Accordingly the chief proposals for
n solution of the eoiton problem uhhh
have enianaied from the South ha.e
been thosi. ciniinlned lu Congressional
hill' for the Gnw'riiiiioni purchase nf
cotton or Gn eminent loans upon n m
dlrec'ly through banks or iliris-iu p,
I'he balance of trade Is against us year
lu and year out. In tliHMlt we owed
-71.."SfI.(K:it net. In ini:i-i i It was $!is,.
UST.liMI. Our way of settling this has
always been tn remit money or credits
to Loudon for the account of South
America. Our cash was used In Lou
don for the settlement of South Amer
ica's interest and other liabilities there.
Tlie system worked adiulrnlily In or
dinary seasons. Importers here ac
cepted ninety day sterling drafts which
were settlisl at current rates of ex
change. So long as the rates were easy
tlie plan carried no penalty with It.
Neither was there any dilllcnlty ir
hardship lu Ihe method of collection
practised by American exporters to
Sinilh America. They have habitually
drawn against their debtors in sterling
at ninety days through London. The
present illlllculty, which amoiiuls alinosi
In a deadlock, arises from the Immense
Jump in tlie cost of Ismilon credits.
The dislocation of London exchange
lias hud evil results at both ends of the
Hue Depreciation nf currency has em
barrased the republics which are not
on a gold basis, .Moratoriums and "bank
holidays" to relieve local conditions
.ire causing a postponement of from
sixty tn ninety days in thu payment of
drafts In fnvor of American exporters,
At llie same time American Importers,
how the Hr.'ucs took the National
League pennant nnd then dcfentisl tlie
Athletics In four straight offers un
limited opjsirtunitles to statisticians
and historian. Tlie failure of the lVd
eral League to come to wreck should
be a matter of constant, edifying con
versation, nnd the relations of the
unionized players with their employers
are capable of producing any number
of inverting quarrels. Several teams
are to be rebuilt; the strategists will
glo ample advice to tlie managers.
The season Just elnol npponr to
haw been more nourishing to players
than to owners. A number of clubs
lime lost money, particularly In the
smaller leagues. Kven from the two
major organizations there are cries of
distress. Mr. St.u.mnom decl.tres th.it
the Athletics themselves showed not a
prolit, but a deficit, before tlie world's
championship scries began. Wo should
not summon Mr. Stai.i.inos :is an Im
partial witness on Mr. Mack's affairs,
but the fact remains that not a few
clubs have lost money. .Meanwhile, the
plnyei's' union, hnvlng obtained some
concessions from tlie magnates, Is after
more, and the salary schedules are such
as to Inspire envy in the minds of mere
money kings.
All lu all, the season nf Indoor base
ball promises well. There will lie no
lack of talk; and talk Is the main thing
In baseball, as lu politics.
would as effectually blockade the 1'nrt of
N w Ynik as an enemy's fleet of men-of-war.
Atxn.t'H OiTKNiir.iMr.n.
New YotiK, October IS.
nti:i:ny
said to Hi
MAXItATTAX.
Too .Much I'nMireil lu t'lt
Celebration.
To the HniTon op Tnr Sun Sir- It Is
a noticeable fact that when plans nie laid
was admitted that the lenulls were in
adequate It was thoucht that b might
ilci better with more time.. His com
mission was renewed for four more years.
That Tammanv contributed to this re
miit could not, of course, have Influenced
Mr Whitman' course since. Ills am
bition must still bo to Justify some of the
, viiectotioim he eo freelv laleed lie
should lie allowed thn time to do so. if
he can do that he w l.l do morn than evtn
the fu'.fllmi nt of his promises nnout the
IGMIKPCR.
for any lilir public celebration In this city, 1 Governorship could umomit to
the coming tercentenary for instnnce, the Nnw YiR.c, October 1 ,. LEV
ih:ti:iiiuxo it must ha twx.
Hunt old bink account of Sioux Indian
outlaw. llrwlllne.
"iiutlaws" with haul: accounts, "gyp
sies" In limousines: Homnnci), whither
lust thou fled"
I irniight has rendered It necessary for
Governor AVai.su of Massachusetts to
suspend tho upon season on all upland
game in the liopo that the numli.r of
fnreit fires inav bo decreased, now
svrlnus the prolonged dry season has
been may be Judged from the fact thnt
the forest tires reporteil at the lookout
stations were live ttnus as numerous on
October 12. the ilrst day of the open
season, ns they were before. I-ack of
ruin bus made the dead lenws and
underbrush highly Inllammnhle, nnd the
form and game wardens fear thn whole
ommlttee appointed, usually by the
Ma.Mir. InvaJlf-bly Imagines that there is
onlv one section of the cltv ilcMTUng at
tention, that neetlon being Manhattan.
All public celt bratlons designed to mark
some epoch or Incident In the history of
Ni w York should lie for all the people of
all thn boroughs, that nil New Yorkers
ma. participate. Hut Instead of making
celebrations universal In their character
the all Important committees get together
and decide that the whole hog mut be
allotted to Manhattan. The coming cele
hrat.oii of the three hundredth nnmver
saiy nf the chartered commerce of New
York Is no exception to this rule.
Why Manhattan always? Hurely In
telligent committee"! Hhnuld endenvor to
pi-.ivlde a programme In which nit tho bor
oughs miiv take part nnd be given nde
Miiate and rominensurato representation.
In nine out nf ten cases public money Is
approprlati d for these celebrations. It
should be borne In mind that all the people
bnr their proportionate share of the tax
and should have a part In thn performance.
We tn Tim Itronx number morn than
half a million people, tmt we do not get
the recognition due us The same applies
to other boroughs.
My complaint l over dlspropottlonate
borough representation
JosH'll F. Alliens
Tlir HnnS'X, October 17.
One l.nestliiu Thnt Keeps Mnn Cltleiis
(llf the Poll I.M.
To the HniTon or Tnr St!N--Slr: In
ferring to your news article In regard to
falling off In registration, I beg to sug
gest that thn following question asked tiy
the registration otlhers may deter thou
sands of voters from registering, viz.,
"Di you own your bouc or do you pay
rent""
I can readily see that such nn Impudent
query would be embarrassing to voters
nnd benco they resent it nnd fall to regis
tir. It Is a foolish and ntteily Irrelevant
query nnd should bo stricken out
C. II. TowNsnND.
KiNnsnntnnK, October 17.
Three Around n l ire.
Tits rriTon or Tun
Uniting tl isehes ruinously penalized State will bu burned up If hunting Is
In settling through London, have no
adequate means of making payment in
South America direct.
These Impediments afl'ect nut only
the opportunity for expansion created
by the war, but also tlie normal rela
tions already existing, l'or trade to
go on It Is Imperative In provide a
sound method of exchange. If the old
system cannot lie speedily restored, a
new one must be devised. Indeed. It
may be doubled whether the old sys
tern can e)er again be made to work
smoothly. Kurnpo at any rale wilt not
for years have uiucli money to lend, as
she has had, lo establish and carry on
South American Industrie
illowisl,
Women hunters get licenses OridHiie..
I'nlr warning tn tho prudent to make
for cover.
It is a pity pn mnny ltrltlsh nctnrs
should llnck to this country, where
already thero nro not engagements
enough to go round, It is believed
that there is a lot of room on thn llrlng
line, mid that In wliele nil tho Mieat
Continental artists nro now plnylng the
ruin nf real men.
Hovlscd motto for business:
we slund, united wo fnl'.,
nivbled
the issuance of currency from thy .Stales. On this largely depends ex
Treasury, The reasons why the Gov-1 jtnnslou of American trade. Hut dls-
Whlle so much stress 1s l-lng laid
upon llie cruelties and horrors nf war
A primary n I, Iherefnie. seems tn ' it Is wise to note that nothing els,, could
be ihe creation of a market for Smith
American securities in Hie lulled
liav" evoked such a wave of humane
sentiment ns has welled up throughout
the world, All mills and conditions of
men nnd wnmnn nrn affected. I'ursca
o.ro oponod that novcr beforo liavo re-
'llie loiter llnine.
A nsr i nrrespnndf nt recently told of bring
line nn Hiito load uf lellert written by
Krench soldier on th At'ne to their
enmen folk In Pari". Tli mlnlves mainly
contained requests for unttrrwr.ir. eocks am!
othir creature coinfnrc.
1 ir tin the pa-apers
The bids lias wrote home
To thMr women thot'i loft
l-'r to llflKCt an' foam:
"Plare elnd me me nlnht ehti-t,
I'm flghtln' t'r 1'rswnce,
x can shtlp In n tooth hnmh;
Ver lovln' Alphonse."
Aw. 'ttJ iorrft th Any
F'r th women thot wstt.
A-wiqiln' t'r love;
'Tls a crack on the pit
T'r tn get tnoch n iMthor:
"I.a veeva la Trance!
.Mn Mn Is nil out;
Hind a new pntr sv tisntt!"
Cn yrz picture ths fe
Av a wttft In sunpltiee,
Teurln open the lotthrr,
Wld love thot's ntln?
To be r'lulln'! "Par Itluet
I'm ree'iivln' hor-rd knockl
Me feet In sll hllt)ierod;
Plane tlilp mo noino ockl"
Twas the wIj man thot wrote,
An' It's p'acn to Mi ihlape,
"Shure thu mln inuit all worruk
.Mi' thn Rnmm must wnpe";
Win noineliiw. I dlnnaw,
Tl tho wnrrud thot Is thru",
The poor -a omen thot wape
Hov the inoelit worruk to do.
finite the lad In the tr-rlnch
Is ii witmllier to fight,
Wld a lad "t h! left
An' a Ind at his right;
lliii lave lilm m iulinbr
T" blarney hla tone.
Whin hV wrltlr,' tils woman
Thot (Ighlln' nlonnl
Out L. I.TW1M, ,
To Tits rriTon or Tint Si s- .Sir,-
Sceuo: A hovel nomcwhere In tho Kmpy
re.m uf Hupcrlluoiis Mm. Tlinn tlgures
crouch around a fire, trying to keep warm.
Thev aie IVodor Dostoievsky, llelnrlch
Heine nnd Paul Verlalne. Tliey nro tho
three most famou,s victims of l.uropean
Culture. Ono dreama of Siberia, -tho sec
ond of tho celebrated mattress grave, and
the third of bis not less celebrated pov
erty.
from below, on Harth, these three men.
staring remltilscently nnd meditatively
into tho flames, can hear thn echoes of
thn tltnnlo struggle being waged lu Hu-
OPH tn tho namo of Culture.. Hut these
three men do not even smllo at ono an
other, for the ultimata of Irony Is ghastly.
HfNJAMlN De Cssi:iiks.
Ni:w YoiiK, October IS
Hants Another .Morntiiiliini,
To Titn llntTon or Tun Sun -.'ft-. Can
not a moratorium of not lees than one
year or shall It bo two? bo declared
on "wind"? Or would this injurn too
much the business of two Colonels, lrt
Mono P. H, K , nt one time nolo successor
to all cDpyrlgbts of Silas Wright?
Nr.w YonK, October IS. Tin ed.
Shoehorns.
To thk HntTon oi Tun Sn.v Sir.' DIs
played In the windows of many of our
entlng houses throughout tho city wn see
photographs of the v ar portraying
wounded snldlets nnd dead horses.
I was Just wondering whether this was
another way of getting around n fellow's
appetite. II. J- Valentine.
Nr.w YoiiK, October IS.
Ihe 1'rniiniiiieliiK Hard.
To tns IlPiTou or The Sirs slrt A to
prnniinelntlon of nhelnie, permit mn to ay
'I'he proper vfoinillie-i "f "Id nlinlme
la plain an one petllnx It deemti
Do not eny Itlieltna
To rhvme with dear Francs,
Hut epe.ik the word Jlitt as tt ieom.
ItsooKUN. October 17 W. II. l-'r.nonos.
Their Availability for General Use Set
Forth,
To Tim KoiTon or Tub Sum Str: Whnt
Is wanted, I conceive, Is a road surface
noiseless, mudleis, dustleas, resilient,
moderate in nrst coat and upkeap, almpla
to lay and cjpabie of withstanding nver
ago traftlo burdens for thirty to nfty
years nt n annual oost a squar yard
a year for repair not exceeding Bay
two cents. An average cost limit of $1
a equnre yaid for such a surface, any two
Inches thick, exclusive of grading, founda
tion and curbing, would answer the pur
poses. A discovery of tho ways nnd
means to provide this Ideal would repay
any reasonable pnlns and would be of the
greatest value and Importance.
Bituminous cement, intelligently manu
factured nnd properly employed. Is capable
of realizing the Ideal nuggested. The
abuse and misuse of bituminous materials
are, tho cause of and excuse for the criti
cism! that hnvo been levelled against
them, ns can bo conclusively shown.
In New York State, It may not be ran
orally known, the chaotlo conditions ntlll
nxlstlng In the Highway Department orig
inated In a serious mistake of Judgment
on the part of the respectable, honest nnd
otherwise satisfactory commission ap
pointed by tho then Oovemor, Hughes, to
disburse the, proceeds of tho first ICO,
000,000 bond Issue.
They ndnpted.iforreaaons whloh to them
doubtless appeared prudential, a scheme
of employing 'bitumen ns a binder by a
plan new nnd untried which came to be
known as the "penetration" method. This
consisted briefly In spreading ecreend
stone one nnd one-half Inches, one Inch
by threo-iiunrters Inch sizes, nnd pouring
hot oil residuum, or tn some casta nat
ural nsphalt or coal tar pitch, over the
stonn "In place." This stone was cold
and often wet. The hot bitumen "froze"
on contact with tt and tho result was ex
cess In afl cases nnd In no case uniform
application to all parts of the stones, a
prerequisite to satisfactory results, inn
failure of "penetration" has cost tlie
taxpayers millions.
Asphalt paving In cities has reached a
stngo of development where, by using
satisfactory bltt'mlnous cements nnd em
ploying the "hot mixing" method, standard
and uniform results can t counted on.
but for country roads and paving In small
cities and towns the introduction of this
plan has been handicapped 'by the neces
sity of hnvlng within live miles of the
work a heavy, cumbersome nnd expensive
machinery plant nnd a corps of skilled
ntier:itlve to run It.
Numberless nttempts hnve been mads
to devle portable equipment, but without
very much success so far. Kfforts to
ptovido material made In n factory, for
shipment nnd employment ns rold mix
tures, havn been made, uut wiinoui sans
faction.
There tho matter stands, and these are
the reasons why otllclnls are casting aoout
for something else and why flnanrlcrs nro
"all nt sea" upon this subject.
Asphnlt. formerly monopolized as to
supply nnd use, Is to-day a commodity
available In limitless quantities through
out the country, of superior quality and
at a price ono-half of that formerly ex
acted. New blood nnd healthy competl
t.on nrn appearing in this Held nnd It Is
Inevitable thnt engineering study will lead
tn a decision that the cheapest good sur
facn and the best cheap surface, will be
evolved through the Intelligent employ
ment of bituminous cement; also that all
handicaps to its genernl use ny generu
contractors will be shortly and acceptably
removi d.
Itlvcrslde Drive, this city, affords nn
example of lepeated failures of make
shift, hnphazard experiments, made ifrom
time to time up to one year ago, when
conditions became scandalous. The repair
ing of this loadway last fall with bi
tuminous concrete, laid under open speci
fications, by the hot mixing method, .in
concrete foundation, with suitable curb
ing. Illustrates the practicability of sup
plying a most meritorious surface, meet
ing, under unique Htid extraordinary
iniillc, every requirement herein set
foi tli, and good. In my opinion, for a
decade,
Many such examples In other parts of
the 1'nlted States on Ity streets and
country roads could lie also cited, but un
happily they nro offset In popular esti
mation by the 111 considered use this most
valunble cement has been subjected to.
t'pper Hroadway, Mnnhattnn, to Yorikers
city line. Is another alllrmatlve Illustra
tion of the possibilities of securing max
imum results In the employment of as
phalt. This roadway, laid many years
ago with bituminous concrete In the form
of compressed blocks, Is standing up un
der very heavy automobile service, nnd
is as good ns the day It wns put down.
The expense tn this case Is Its chief
diawb.ick to more general adoption.
It is nn important fact that proper
asphalt concrete can he reworked nnd
US' d over and over again by simple
and Inexpensive means. This fact brings
it In a class by Itself.
In England In the Midlands hot blast
furnace sing drenched with crude by
product coal tar nnd left to "season" by
euiporatton of volatlles Is giving good
service at a cost ono-half less than shale
btlck can be made for nnd laid, even In
the vicinity of the factory. Freight
charges on brick .at n distance are aim
ply prohibitive.
Tho country rock round throughout
this .State, ns well as local gravel and
sand, is all locally available for the
manufacture of bituminous concrete In
tho vicinity, nnd only needs Intelligent
handling to produce standard results nt
minimum costs.
It Is an exploded Idea that only the
bird types of stone are suitable for bi
tuminous concrete, it is more HKfiy that
the softer tho etone the better.
Tho ono prime essential to durability
and stability In bituminous concretes Is
tho nddltlon of n percentage, say 10 to 20,
nt lino dust, clay, marl, stone screenings
or other Impalpable powder to net as a
tiller and glvo body to the mixture, which
otherwise would bo readily and Injuri
ously nffocted by variation of atmos
pherla tempcratuics, which In our climate
a io considerable. ntTUMtxotia.
Ni:w York, October 17
BIG WAR PROBLEMS
BEFORE CIVIC BOBY
Xutionnl Federation to Trtko Up
Government Control nt
Jleotliift: Here.
NATIONS DEFENCE A TOPIC
A lhiliemerUt,
Jonah explained
"The whale thought ha was a auhmnrlne
with me far k torpedo " he erled,
Ilrtilus on Contributions.
To the Editor or The Sun Sir- View
ing the boasted superior "culture" and
morals of Germany, nnd considering the
Indemnities levied upon the neutral cities
of llrussels nnd Antwerp, may one refer
to the standards entertained by nn Kng
llsh nuthnr. one Shakespeare, who In
"Julius Cresar" sought to Interpret tlie
thought of tho Roman of 2,000 years ago;
nnd lu tho coursn of that play ifnifus
said to Cassias '
I did send to you
For certain sums of gala, Khlch you denied
me;
for I can rales no money by vile meanet
Ily heaven, 1 lnul rsthr coin my heart.
And drop my blood for drachmas, than to
wring
from tlie hard hands of Deaeants their vile
trneh
I)y any Indirection.
Evidently the morals of tha race and
the ethics nf warfare have not been ele
vated In ithe 2,000 years that have elapsed
between tho Roman "heathen" Urutus and
the "Chrlitlan" Kaiser William II.
YoNKKtis, October 17. OnsKRVxa.
Tlie question of how far goverrnental
action shall be nubstlttlted for prints
enterprise, as a result of the r.' ,
problems In this country caused r the
war, will bo one of tho chief rVkn of
discussion nt tho annual mettni: of the
National Civic Federation, to be I id
the Hotel Astor on December 3, i nml f
llalph M, Knsley, chairman of the, exes.
uttvc council, In a atntement of the eni .
of tho meeting which has been .- t t0
members, says:
The frightful cataclysm In Kar ipe ha
brought this country face to fi . nan
tremendous and perplexing pr , m
commercial, political nnd Inditstri i s im
of tho commercial questions h.iv. ' . ,r,
been mulled over and qilari i I i ,w
but they have been trfnt'd fr -,
commercial or selllsh pollti. ni s' n
I'nder tho piesent strain our p .
rising to the occasion nnd ib
them In a more Intelligent U' I : . t
spirit.
"Id sides distinctly commerr.nl mattert
there nro others whoso consider H vi ra'.In
for statesmanship of a high onir- Tnev
concern not only the banker, the m, i ,-
and tho manufacturer but a - i .
farmer, the wage earner, the p i ,
and the humanitarian.
"Ilchlnd tho cry of emergency lr. ,n, n,
larger question. 'How far shall we sub
stitute) governmental nrtlon inr rue
enterprise?' t'nder the pressure of i
den rise In the cost of man. '
necessaries of life havn conn' pr. - It
to have the (lovernment tal,e vr
mines, packing houses and lime m -purchase
ships for transport.' " , r
poes, to establish food depots and to i n
struct municipal dwellings nnd e ite ii'o
,i large proginmme of road build.-nn,
reclamation schemes to furma n; u
ment for the Idle.
"A Hew stimulus has been g v. . to tuoie
who advocate the idea of the (j.,n., i
taklftg oer the railroad, tebgi.ih ami
telephone systems, and a!rr.iri (Jovern
ment war risk marine Insurance .s , n ,i
compllshetl fact. Proposals fur 'no vn or
Ixatlon of sliver, cotton, wheat, tob.e a
and even canned palmon nnd naa'. .s-.rei
appeared suddenly In t ungrise.
".Mnny advocates or these measures were
thinking only or the present .rm s bu'
others seized this opportunity t . pro.
mote their special philosophy wo. i i.ili
for tha (lovernment tni.mg ow
doing about everything that Is do- e to
day by private crpltal. I'ouced ng thai
there may tie emergencies which pi
enterprises cannot meet and whbh 'all
for notion by the tioverntnent, llie ij.
tlon s 'Wheio should the . e.. b
ilrnwn'" "
The erlou attention that has teen
directed towntd national defence w: 1 alto
be considered under the head.ng el
"What does the war tench us as to
our future foreign pollc The Mite-
ment says :
"Should we be prepared for w r or
not? In lew of what has happened to Ku-
rope It Is elenr that preparation does not
oinr.mtee neoce. but It Is nisi Jut :i
'.aln that International agreements backed
oy moral sentiment nlonu do not insure
freedom rrom strife.
It Is tho belief of Mr. Hasley thnt the
problems of International nia'ions are
complicated in the rniien suura i n
composite makeup of our population, cne
third of which Is foreign born, nul 23.
OUO.OOO the offspring of nations n"W nt
war. Although, be says, "wo can a.um
that raclnl differences will r.c -ippenr
In a common patriotism, these connniors
Impose upon ns the utmost clrcumpee
tlon In our International relntior '
CITY OFFICIALS ASSAILED.
Kxtravnitnnee In Clmrited A got net
.Mayor JlUchrl unit Others.
William Uullock, director of t'i Bu
reau of City inquiry, made public a etite
ment yesterday charging Mayor Mlt'hel,
Comptroller Prendergast and President
McAneny of tho Hoard of Aide rr.ea
with prodigal extravagance in "pli ig w
salary costs nnd multiplying high s.i.i'.ed
positions without a parallel In the i,.tiry
of the city."
"If they nrn stnoere In their efforts for
economy," snld Mr. Ilullock. "they will
effect a saving of t00,000 In salaries and
of un additional J100.000 In cort i;e
cles In next year's budget for the r ow
offices nnd tho lioard of Kstlmala ar.d
Apportionment.
"In this year's budget 310 emr'
at a salary cost of fC6O,0JO were aikW'i
for secretarial and Investigating w-.c .
for tho Hoard of nstlma'e, the Ma
tho Comptroller and President Mr.vnci v
rims Mr. llullock's eitatcment "Tie tin'-
ent payrolls for this work show i-JD em
ployees at a salary cost of II i?v '
That Is. there nro 223 new e-m.'o ies at
an added payioll cost of $3Pt.sl"
The report preents n table hnninr
the Increases and asserts that
few minor exceptions tho cut. re II.").
for salaries la being expended 'i I
of Kstlmato socreturlnl and invc-'l- t""
work, which has not Increased stiff '" ,,v
Ir the last ntne months to Justifv a)
creased payroll. If tho offl. .als '
head of the city do not Include In .
year's budget a provision for a cert-a
bureau to handle all this Inve- i R if '
the ltureau of City inquiry prom '"
lecnmmrnd such a eav.t.g by ' r
amendment to 'the Charter Jlevis.en ccin
mittte nnd the l.oirilatu.o
Mr Ilullock charges that 1? r'"
are now being paid from the iint'r t
account of the Hoard of B.-tim.it
the Mayor's Commissioners of A '
office has outlived Its useful"-1 "
that tho Mayor's pension com"- k
another mushroom Imienu that
deep Into the board s cont nge' e a
count As nn Indication of eq-i'mist
cost, he says that the eff'co bo-
Committee on llucatlon rnvop-is -mahogany
chair nnd sits at a rr iK gmr
desk with a plate glass top
A I'ood of ttio (Joili,
To tub Koitor or Titn Hun Sir: Let's
lot up on war a minute: Who knows
how lo make the "rnal, good, old if ash.
loncd" doughnuts, round, elliptical, clothes
pin shaped or legs crossed, white Inside,
of an Indcrcribnblo red brown outside, cot
a bit grwisy, flavored with I do not know
what, but "great," Omat,
Hiiooiu.tn, October 17.
I'reof,
First Poet Ars you neutral 1
Recond Poet Absolutely) I've pattJied up
at nr Mexican stuff for thta war,
llr That Zona Knairdled WoJit.
The Maid of Athena refuted to live the
poet back his heart.
"In future It le Maid In America tor mine,
he erled scornfully.
NothtiiR New.
Knloker The tjnvernnient has ruled that
v a mav l,nrf ti.nnav tn h-lllaran,
nnrker Well, I ala) hava had to tight classes of licensed persons sell"
PUSHCART TEST GUARDS CITY.
"Weeila Out Vender With Tiilierea
loaU nnd Other Diseases.
Gratifying results from the new plan
subjecting applicants for pushcart "eenj
to n physical examination are anrouno-id
In n statement Issued to-day fm-n w
censa Commissioner Rell. "Th tub"
culosls nnd Wasserman tests being r'vn
nt the rate of 100 a day," says ! "f:
mlssloner. 'Indicate that the n'lti h "
those suffering from pulmonarv " ,lW
Is considerably higher than thoi i""-a
with other diseases.
"When Mayor Mltrltel asfurred effl"
the License Oepartmcnt propjs-a i
Health Commlfslnner floldwaier tM
applicants for pushcart licenses he -
, .,.,i,,iin ,ulih ihe c t'Ct
jiili-il ni,,,.., i,. ii ......
of protecting the health of tie c
refusing llcennes to those atflicte'
plan, however, gave thn author P
Indlcntlon of the condition of l ie
of a large number of unlicensed o-
The police, the Health nnd I.i
pnrtments nro now cooperating '
Ing up every pushcart operator
of whom there are npproxlmately 1
"The nnhtle U bellll- t'HUS "'' '
diseased persons helped to hcilih
work nf organized charity U
Thern Is no reason why appl e
licenses should object to tho te -take
tmt ) short time aid cti--cnttifnit
I'ltimatel.. i lc '
rf th L'cense liep.irlment tt c
ny
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hf,'il
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cr i-
il
t t''e
1
twl
(or loan.
,of
nny descrlptljn.'