The sun. [volume], March 22, 1915, Page 6, Image 6

About The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916

Image provided by: The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation

                
THE SUN, MONDAY, MARCH 2-2 191K
MONDAY, MA ltd I 22, IMG.
-
Otllcc at New York
l.'n-trc I m the I
b" mi. I i'Iiiii M.ill Matter
- - -
Huh- riiiilnn r Mull, I'ootpaiii.
TIAU.Y. I'd Mmith
DAILY Per Year
HUNti.VY, l'r Montti
HL'NDAY (tn innudai. Per Montli..
KUNDAY, l'rr Vein-
DAILY AND ftt'Nt'VV. Vrr Year..
DAILY AND HL'NDAY, l'er Month..
I'riHClUN Hi tie.
DAILY. Vrr Month
HUND v IVr Month
DAILY AND SUNDAY, Per Month.
li.'i
Ull
TIIK nVKNINO HfN. I'tr Month
TlIK nVLNINl! SL'N. Jr Ycr.
:'
tui: uvunino aUNiKortisnLi'ir Mo. l u3 1
All check innnfy orrter,
made pabiu to Tin tuv
, to b i
!
ruMiMifd daii ineiiiiiins sun Hv. hy th etits from lecal delays, creedy em
tun I'rlntlnt mid l'uliilidilnn Amorlutlon at plovers, souIIPns Inwvers lltld the
:;o Nna.. Mrt. m the ltoniid. of Man-; ()f 1 ci piotl adjusters.
hnttsn. Nrw York ITenldfiit nnd Trrm- . .... ,
urr. wniiurn c Hfirk. 170 Nimu -tret, It went on the stntuto hooks of this
Vire.prentrtfnt. r.iiw.ir.1 p. Mitrheti. 17 State under ii mandate of the people
Nm.iii (trctt; Secretary, C. E. Luxton. 1T0 ,llllf rovswi tnp Constitution to make
Nanau itlffl.
London offlrc, Einnshiim llouif, t Arun
del utrret, Strand.
Paris oirue, 6 Hue d Is Mkhodlerc, off
Hue du Quatre Seplenthre
Washington ofTlce. lllbbn IlulUilni
Brooklyn Hire. 10 lJvlneton Hreet.
.... ...... J. ..I. . .,!(
.cripf munmtion, lor publication tr(A '
lo Ante rtltcttd artictt returned they mutt
tn all cntet tend t lam pi tor that purpote.
Is He s P1ilIosopher7
nereis a friend of work for worts' !
nko who states clearly and without
reserves an opinion widely held, jhds-
ulhlT tha ontnlon nf thu ftlM tfil-ll V of 1
. . .. . j i
- .... , .
tirostiernns Amerlcmis:
To Tiir Kpnon or Tnr KVHMr:
Tour editorial to-day entitled 'A t'hlloso-'
pher" suecests a fruitful topic for dls- (
cusslon. A man becomci a millionaire ,
t 42. and rctlrts to enjoy the rest of
his llfo with hoisca, Kardeas and such,
Vou chII him 'a phllotophei' for reallz-
tng the 'blessedness of touting. '
"Muy 1 sutrsejt that when he has
rested up from bis twenty years of toll.
six months from now he narL,,,,, ministrations of professional
le curs.- of being a loafo-? Im- ,. ... ., ,
know the curs.- of being
aulne the thirty years . f "loaf which
probably confronls him! To be sure, he
can turn hi. hand to what please his ,
tn. m ,h. of n: i,t t. I
cupatlon without te.pons.illlty In aNutl,ho-v Hre- lmvm.ikers who,
as InterestltiR as a sham battle. ninended the law look to their futures; ,
"A man of superior stuff can't stand
that for lonp. and at the height of his
powers he wou.d bo a better philoso
pher If he should make work an end
rather than a means, with time thrown
tn to 'Invite his soul.' A soul worth
inviting should not be asked to 'sit
down' at forty-two. W. II. D.
"New YonK, March 20."
To work at the same old work for
more money when you have etiotiKli
money seems to some of us superflu
ous; but lu so holding we don't con
ileum thou who practise that mo
notony. If the habit and routine of
tneir nufiness or occupation are e-
heiitl.il to their happiness and the
best use and enjoyment of their fac
iiIiIau oiinortitntll.ia noil lives time
- '' ' "
too are "philosopher."
Hy "loailiiu" we understand a man's
power, his struggle for bread nnd
butter having ended, to develop Ills
intelligence, to enlarge his experience,
to strenir.hen his .onstltiitlon, to
amuse iiimfccu innocently ami to oen-
ellt hy hi, ampler range of aellvliles
his town, his State ami hi country.
Iteleused from drudgery, lie Is free
to cultivate his tastes, free to lo a
volunteer and not a conscript of in-
teresllng or fruitful labor, no longer
for his own pocket. Must a man drag
a chain to be responsible? Ones
i.i i, i .....i...
rirorawiiiiii'i) oi uipii'.i iiii-iu muni.-
a man irresisuisiiiier
Wc are iiwure that much or most
of the best practical benetlt lo Indi
vidual:) and the community comes
from meu icry busy in their own
business; hut most Americans keep
In business till they drop. If this 1
wise In the case of the comparatively
few who are not under the yoke of
having to iiinke i liiliig. Is as our
friend sajs. "a fruitful topic for dis
cussion." Willi no criticism of, with
all respect tor, the devotee of work
for work, Tnr Si v venture lo ad
mire the moderate who will not have
too much even of sweat of the face.
We take it that when Aiiam ilehed
he was not under the Impression that
labor was a blessing.
Advice for the Trade Itegulators.
Although the committee of nine ap
pointed by the ri.Iti.sl Slates Cham
ber of Commerce to udilse and con
sult with the new Federal Trade Com
mission will have no legal title t-i
recognition, it may establish a .statu
for Itself ritlite as effect Iv elv as If
created by law. The Federal Ad
vlsory Council, which I a statutory
IKKiy in Hie new i iwim s.is,.-,,,.
seems to have suggested the nrg'inl -
nation nf the committee if trtule
counselors, and nppirontly President
. ... I ii....
Wilson Is resiionsihle for the action
which the Chamber of Comnierce has
taken.
In bis nddress to Hie chamber nt
Washington last month lie invited
cfKiperatlon hy the business community
Ill woiklllg out tne prnniein po.en
by Government regulation. He seemed
to think that the t lumber via n
mfflelently ropresentaiivu association
to be helpful In thi wny: ami th"
formation of the trade advisory com
mittee, is nt least a hopeful respnn-i!
to the encouragement of thu F,.ecu-
Nothing Is more charai'terlsllc of
the time than lhat lu making up
the coiiiinitlin the chamber should
put on li two lawyers mid a political
economist. Plain business has Ins-nine
bo complicated with tint law nnwa
dnys that a legal staff Is almost In
flspensablo to any enterprise. .Soul-
olocy riiiiiiniit Is probably roIhb to
make it department tif political won
niny ii requirement of first class
corporation. However, tin eoininlt
lec of t tie Chamber of Commerce dif
fers from Iho run of political boards
appointed to deal with business. It
Is not lopsided Willi law .Hill sot'lnl-
o2.. Itiixlnos nipit ii ro in Hip tn.i-
jjorlt.v.
At Hip outset Hip advisory commit-
w M iw "iioiiiu up nine in assist tin; rcu
. ii (hi . ni Trade Commission In enrrylm:
oiu dip inltint Injitiii'tlon of President
M ' Wit min noi lo lieirln Its career by
. k 511 startlii;: a fresh illsttirli.inrp of cor
1 porn to affairs. The PfPsldPiit's desire
1 Is to liitvp the commission commend
Itself to favorable repinl ly dlscliM-
iim h constructive purpose.
If Deathbed Kelcasrs Arc HestoreJ.
The workmen's compensation law
was enacted to protect the victims of
Industrial accidents and their ilccml
the statute possible.
After only elclit months experi
ence, and consequently before n dell
nit p opinion as to the merit of Its
provisions can he formed, the Iteptth. I
llcan majority in the l.cplslature
linn ftni'ini1 In t .tnurv.ifi t n nfforf ,11
" -.....v.. .. .
ntiietul It In such a way iiR to permit
private settlements with Injured
workers nnd with tho survivors of
those who lose their lives. This
clinmre has provoked the bitterest
(charges from members of the major-
ty. nnil ,hp nstonlshlnK spectacle of
',, npp(, ,0 tll0 eunew ,
tllrouch ., lnnsliro th,, P:imint ,..
- -" 1
...i. , i . . . ,
nuii-ni mit'icii oi iniaeiuauon ne re-
I.,,. -.i,..i .... ....11.1....1 . . ...
IWIIIIOI II" 'I'llllL.II ll!l III VeVllieil HI
the Assembly. Itesort was hud to
every device of terrorism known to
(he leclslatlve hos to coerce votes In
Its favor, while Its opiKiuenls openly
ilivlared that the casualty liixunnice
mmpatilox. mid no public need, had
written the Hew law.
We have already expressed our
opinion as to the plight of the suffer
er or the survivor committed tn tin.
I accident adjusters and the lawyers
for the employers. The ancient evils
, . '"' V ' ,
of, "'"''m'o chasin,: and deathbed
releases are likely to be revived. If
""' '"en who foiiL'ht for the compen
mon law will not soon forcet tin
restoration of the conditions they once
successfully struggled to escape.
Some t alludes About Climate.
Larger experience and deduction
frmi reliable statistics have con-
vlneed physicians that they have been
ascribing to climate curative virtues
far beyond Its deserts, and that thu
conduct and mode of life tinder any
climatic conditions exert far more
potent Influence upon tho proure of
the sick to recovery than does the
,.limt,,, T. lm)m,y frequency of
fll.ml., mil ,i. oontMont belief
, fn.m,r ,Hrs , ,,, rllnlv,, vr.
... . .
tues oi cerinin eiimaies n.ne con-
trlbuted in u better uiuler.staiidliis of
tilig M1i,lh,.
A milletiu of the Tnlled State
,.,,,. nMl Sl,rvlc (.,nphaizes thi
,,,, , Ml ir.1(.tr;il ,,. ml
K lnyn)au h.is U() iimniUy , nMp.
,,. . ,.,,,,,,.,... r,,,ri, . ,,,
unreinillieratlve outlay so frequently
Incurred hy those who make large
tlnanclal ncrltlce. often beyond their'
mi.Miis. In ordr to give their dear '
lilies "the hene.1t nf n irond nlliiintn"
ill0r,ilate eonildei.ee In dlmailc liv.e-'
H I)0( rHrp t(lu a A
Invalids away from tlie coinforls and
C(ml,tous i
homes In which
recovery would be
amelioration or
far more certain.
When the fact Is enti.slilereil that
tuberculosis Is more frequent among
those who must cam a lhlng and
who have not been aide to put aside
lil.i.is for a rainy nay. ilellnlte
ktiowleqge or what climate evpi.-teil
tn accomplish becomes a sei loii prob
lem. Time plajs a painfully Impor
tant pari. Tho disease is Usually slow
lu deieloplng mid it duration can
not be foreseen: there i no spivlllc,
l!et. fresh air, good food and skilful
medical upcriliou form the chief
avenue to recovery.
It ha been ea'culiiteil by Ir.
I'ltAnt of Ashevllle, .V. C. that a
shorter stay than ten months In a
health resort would lie unprofitable
and I hat the minimum amount re
quired would he ?"SI. If the cne
has progressed a longer stay and the
cost of extrai) lu nursing will become
prohibitive. The result Is but loo
often that the sick who are not fully
prepired for thee emergencies
he- I
come objects of charitv In the resort.
- ,
flic lesson we would draw from these
practical data Is that since climate
I ,.. .1.. i i ...... .....
,s ,,-111.1 ui.-n-as, iniponam lacior
' and opportunity for a calm life. rest.
good food and care nre the more es-
' .-eiiilnl. II would be wise to estimate
the needed outlays before abandoning,
, for the most renowned climate, a
Imme where at least good care could
, lie provided. The splendid results
1 achieved hy Mr. Ki.nt,iii'iiv's homo
I hospital plan adopted by the Society
1 ror iniproving tun i-nuiiiiinp or mo
Poor encourage the friends nf Invalids
to give tills Intelligent method a fair
trial instead of venturing upon the
pl'oblelii.ille se.ll'i ll for clllliallc benefit,
.Mr. Hull Iiistriuts t's.
From the lips of the Hon. Cmimi i,
lift I, of Tennessee. whoe name has
been Iniinorlali.eil by Ihe iucoiiio a
law. the popiilaiiou of I Ins country
receives gratefully Ihls rebuke
"line nf Ihe surprising facia in eon-iiii-tiun
with the European war Is en
tire failure of so many Intelligent citi
zens of tho United States to rtallta and
apprcclato Ita tremendous cfricts upon
finance, commerce and Industry throuKh
om the world.
"They do not ftrasp the real scope ami
extent of the war Itself.
"We arc pissinir throitKh the most mo
mentum) cioch In the history of the
human rare "
It lids not Peon Till SINS lorilim",,,
In titimlter iinuma lis frlemls ntiy "In-
(plliiri'itl citizen" who fulled lo "real
ize iitul appreciate the war's tremen
iloiis effect upon llnance. comnierce
mid iinliivtry llirotialmnt the world."
tiuleeil, the Intelligent citizens of our
icipiahilalice were quick to tinder-
sland the supreme slimlllcance of the
conflict In Hie whole structure of
chlllzallou. Yet Mr. lift i. has been
fortunate enotich to meet "many" who
do not "irrusp the leal scoKand extent
of the war Itself"; and thee, he as
sures us, are "Intelllscnt" citizens.
We can only thank Mr. llfi.i, for ,
directhie attentlnn to this curious
phenomenon, mid we trust mat he wi,i
' "
not abate for an Ins.mit the cmnpalcn
he has eillered on to convince l,,.elli;
cent arsons that half the world and
more cauuoi ne iiirueii ui-uie iiown
without In some measure illsconuttoii
In.- t ho f en, .lion M-tilnli I y lllpl.-l ntliitlrdl '
...n mi ..... ........ ... ........
........ i.. . .,,., I
to remain at peace. !
Senator Thompson's I,efere.
In the extract from the steiioa-
... .
uiiuiiT iiiiuuu"' ni me cAiiiiiiiiiiuiiii ,
,,f n mnmlw.r ,,f ilia llli.Sf llo Pllli e I
Service roiiiinl.slon which Senator
TimMPvnv Ins vnn. In Tnr Si-v nnd
rilOMPSON has sent to I itr; M N. nnii
to which he refers In the letter
printed In another place on this patre
tonlay, this disclaimer Is recorded
.
on pace WIW:
"Q. Up to now the questions I have
iaUf, 1 1 Vk" " "r.rwna!
, creoit ror tnem n ut me,e nue
,1wve " "" ,ra..' 5"
hv n nni!tnin nr oni O' tnp ttfn uorn
Dy
a constituent of one o' the Senators ,
In this vicinity. Thru may Io rcyurilnl i
In. r,l ,-r .,!.. ,,,,..,,.1,1.
We have distinguished the conclnd
Iiik sentence of this ccerpt with
Italics. It constitutes the apolosy
imidu hy the Senator from the 1'orty
seveiith district for the uncalled for.
Indelicate mid In our opinion Inde-
i fenslble iiueslloiis which brought Into
the Inquiry the nmne of a youtii:
woman who. as was subsequently ;
ilK'loseil. was in no way concerned
In the Incident to which they owed
I their orleln. The Senator was pro
I vldlinr In these words a defence for
the course he was about to pursue. 1
We retract no word of the criticism
we have pisms! on Senator Thump-'
min's conduct. Instead, his imnie-1
dlate recognition of the character of
the questions he askisl make, his of
fence the more .serious. He knew that.
In his word, these Interrogatories
were not "nice": If he has ordinary
t !nt.lIlsinco he knew ibat they dealt
'with a circumstance In Itself and Its
Implication utterly trivial; and yet
he did not forUir to use them to
embarrass a father and to humlllaie
tin innocent woman. We care nothing
for the original malice that ueu'esteil
them, or the agency that brought
them to the hand of a Senator of the
State charged with a serious duty
and wlelilliig the high power of tie
Legislature. That he did not person
ally Initiate the attack affords him
no defence. He de'liensl the blow;
In a political quarrel he struck at a
father oier a (lamrhtcr' shoulders,
on the basl of a false report, which
he made no effort to Investigate;
and If he can extract finy comfort
from the fact thai another's ingenuity
devised the plan for mi assault on a
woman which he adopted he In en
titled to It.
Professor IMirr's Nightmare.
It has l.'i'ii rather I hi- fahinn to
threaten the I'lilted Stales with tier
many after the war. To be different,
ami at the same time oracular. Mr.
I!nl..v.Mi It. I'slll.K looks Into the seeds
of time, and, assuming Unit lierniany
is to he humbled and -trlcken, pre
M'llls Knglaiid as iho peril and the
predatory enem. She Is to smother
,.o ...i.i. i.nn ....... ...! la.., on, it,..
Mnnrp(, noeirine
"Once more," s.iys
In an article en
Vr,)tll,n.
titled "Itrlllsh Sea Power and South
America" In the April Cmihci, "her
licet will lake physical eoiprol nf mir
water., and wll' be aide lo evercls,.
In fad the true siipr nv whlih we
lin i- had duriti
the lust decade and
a ha'f."
This supremacy or s,)ereigui,v. we
are toll 1, was, a "loan." because Fug
land "was mixUm to keep It out of
tho hands of (ierinmiy," a rival naval
power. If Professor I'siiin will put
the clock back to December Ps lMCi.
when President Ci,kvi.i..v.p, Interven
ing in the boundary line dispute be
tween Venezuela and Fngland, In
vokisl the Monroe Ihsdiine, It may
occur to the Professor that a neither
(ierinmiy nor the Fulled Stale. had
II modern naw at that time, Knglaiid
I ...i...i ,ii,. ,.. th ronton
U1I.-TM-I1 till " ' "IHIIIIM.I
,. i-niteil siutes with her sea power
... 1
in order lo gain her ends: Instead,
.
,ho .,ct.,;ptol arbitration, Winning most
f the points in the game. Are we
,ln,v tn accept the dictum of any his -
,oran or oracle that F.nglnnd will
shake her trident at the second naval
power lu the world (iiHMinilng fier-
l,mt,v t0 ho eiinilua.edl, and wave
the fuildanieiit.il Monroe Doctrine
nio the discard?
well as we can undersimid IT..-
f,,SMM. Fsii ill's Iheoi'lzlug, Fng'mul
,.0vpt the lion's shale of 111
,... f Smith America after 111
L-real war. and In her lutiiimlgn in sc
cure li will go in any lengths to In
llniblale the Fnlleit Slates and ills
possess her of a legitimate share of
thai trade. "Why." lie asks, "should
she nol extend her present posse
sion ill I lie lilllf of Mexico';" The
i P.iiimua Cannl is Indicated as a nin-i
desirable ai illlslliiili, lielng "Ihe new
roadway In Iho Itiillsh coloule. In
Australia, to the Ilrlllsli possession
in India, to the marts of (ratio In
China."
Professor Ubiieh'b liuugluatlon
works convulsively. Hp sops Bur
liiml tearing Alaska from our fpohlp
(.rasp iind occupying punlllvply New I
York, Chleain or Scuttle with troops
mohlllzpil In Cnninlii. All this vlo-
,, .. ..... ... ... .... ..,., .
iciiip mill iisrcipsxion on thp p.irt or
Ihicliltnl may rpstllt, It is revcaleil
,Hi rron. I,p.. Cirpit for now or
. . .1, f .
dealer markets to keep her factories
pillli! mid feed a congested Insular
Itoiuiliitlon. In Hl(e of the fact that
vnptinii on. in 1 11. mi. mil i i
"-he will P.XKct lo retain" a majority
of the liermall colonies at the end of
,p wat
Tills aririlliient Is bolstered
up by a conception that "potltlcnl or
iniornntliMini rompllriillotm niny nwiko
... ...... .
It lu,Hsslble lo satisfy all those Ull
pulses In Africa or Asia." or in the
self-covenilns colonies.
Cmith hmr.
lea, Hieil. mut be e.vploltisl lo the
iuM
limit, even If the fulled States lias
to be brushed from the Imperial P.ltll
.... i .ipnoii(Mi
str.,w ,nn, speculations
..- ., ,. roli-.li and mlchlevou
are noui iooiisn aim nii-i-iin-ou-.
Afl,,p from , f(irt ,nt ,.,.,,,.
,,,.,, mar,nc will assure Her about
tllP SolIfh Alllprlcan trade Increase
sl i,,1(ip. rti nil inn far richer
unnfnctiirers Vn,1
iinufncttirers. And
of South Africa Is
tlebl for her manufacturers.
. . . . . . i
,.,n novo onninnr oi oii:o .irn-.i ir.
' '
still In an early stace. If there Is
i any nation i.npiaim riiumu aimni m
...uarrel wllh or alienate It W the
' fimes.
Air. MM5IOMS OI .orin v munn.i,
lr,ni" ',n - "f. "
a" " i" -
$SSi0o0.ooo TrMSttry deficit and turns
cheerfully Into t26.000.000 Kxccl-
lent Drsons. the Democrats, only a
r ln.inrr, ran i iimnivut -j v
m ... ...a
little careless about IlRitrcs. nut wny
ilir uirn.-ii n.-uv.v "
-int.-
1 1
Yesterday "the first dav of spring." 1
J'1 siind.v was a Pirtlcu arty '
heitiR Mimiiiy. II was a parutuiany ,
pious fraud of tne almanac.
'
fleneral Ilrnit I.. Fcott has ngaln
niielled an Indian uprllnc without
Illlllllll .in 1I1UIUU Ulill.lllh "'""
violence or bloodshed. Cieneral Scott
would make n mighty poor hero for a
novel of Western life.
That fount of wisdom Chairman
Kisank P. Walsh of the Industrial
Iterations Commission has learned In
T.v.o ,l,n, lint. BU'nnnln1 la rennon.l
for ,h(, ev;,; of rlra, llfo am, we
,,M.t.t him to abolNh Daviii IIari'M
at once.
An Industrious resident of Terre
Haute voted twenty-two times and
received only 21. One or two more
experiences like this will shuke his
faith In his fellow men.
Thp building everybody knows a.
the Jumel Mansion ! to be renamed
'the Ftoger Morris House, Washing
ton's Headquarters." if the New York
Historiml Society has It. way. It is
a pity the title could not hnvo been
made longer.
The Hermans are pending 1 ,000.000
pigs to lielgm.n to bo fed, and the
Pn'ted States mnv e.vpect at anv mo-
ment t.. be c.illofnn for contributions
" .. ... .... . ,
to mipport the starving swine lelnng-
Ing to the Uclglans, whoso fodder
must of course ko to sustain thu III-
vadcrs' live stock.
IS BEING BUILT.'
llcliciieil defence of uti Attrnrtlic and
si t'seful Kxpressl'm.
To tiik KtHTOK vr Tiik St-N .Sir- Your
oi : esponilent .Mr Albert H. Uallatln
nhjeit. the progress. ve or periphrastic
verb "is being" in fuch cMircsslom u
"The house Is being built ' Perhaps
much may lie said against that con
struction, and on may ev, n conclude
that the vxprisslon Is Indefensible from
a st.ktly giammatl-al vw, hut Is not
the p.ogus.lve form really Indispensa
ble? It violates no gr itunatlcal rubs,
nnd in ordir to abandon It the speak-r
and writers of Ktiglisli wou.d have to
turn hack to the K:encli. German, Mulch,
Scandinavian and Latin and liiiek form,
namely, Instead of 'He 1. building a
house," "He builds a house," without
my regard to tho progn-ssh em-s of the
present ad. That would increase terse
ness, hi. Mind doubt, hut would It not
i loud the meaning of tho speaker?
1'urther. tn adopt the form Mr (lalla-
t tn advocates. "Thf boU'e U building,'
would mean endless complications In the
language For Ulustr.it nn . "The teacher
1 I .... Mil ., i ' Tl,.., n -',li hu l,n rloilhf of
th. .,ltli,,g flf lh.it sentence. "The
pupil Is teichin,?," that Is, the pupil Is
In teaching, or under teaching, o- tin-
dergolng teaihlng. If the teacher be
ti aching, and f the pupil be teaching,
who is "taught'? Would not. does not,
the sentence "The pupil Is b. Ing taught"
clear away nil doubt and i'l cloud and
till the s-iiry grammitb ally and vividly
and perfectly?
It may be all right to insist that the
periphrastic oi prou-resalie lerb Is all
wtong, and your corn spnndeui will do
all loieis of rle.ii- ixpresson a fnvoi hv
ilemoiistr.il ng the erm. In t'mt const rue.
Hon and bv furnishing an all round sub
stitute tbit wtll t'tUo ineii ai-io.s lots
to the ginls of terseneks, simp! city,
i.utity and cleRance Van.
Pout .Ikiivis, March :o.
I
Iam'
An Administration Hero.
To TIIK LniTOIl OK TlIK SCN Sir
f ined to the unwelcome conclu.'ion that
most Americans approve nf !i.ivln- our
ship sunk on the high sea. by Oerman
cru'-ers Not even a chirp of protest
have I heard In iho weeks that have,
elapsed since the news, camo In of the
sinking of the V. P. Frye, On the con
trary, the captain of the Herman crul
ft- has been f6ted and entertained at
t ha Innnnhltir ft fln 1 1 1 Ii t. V 1 Vil n t .1 llU'i .1 i
the launching nf the Pennsylvania like
t .1 1 . . - ....... t
J"'t'""
l, on ,omn,,,n,i h, msnikhm who
1 wabble about in their high oiip-iai place.
n u.ih L'lun linn 1. oi 11' iiiooi
' 'f,;w "Vitlfui s-,l ,7we liatl Icf' on Ilti'1
sea blown up nnd sent to the hott-m I
' her new made prisoners, and tho (ler-
!" ?.''l,"!m"n'!'i,': (f'Ti' l?.?".V!ll"l!j!r.1r.!l1: !
uf our navy
,s lh, re " su"11 '",nB as Patriotism
- "a 'fiv' Jddehow, n'Sf w
remfntu r tlme when things were diuin
Idiricnntlv, whrn thu- could be called
roVV'irioViii'.'n'!.1 uTuT,"n, ,','ih!','
.'lllll I'l, and Who feel hunull.l'erl hj
this p.liible spectacle Siu.
I'iiii.vpi i.l'iii.v, Mari li '.'H
"V" or "H."
To nn. Km tor. nr Tin; Ki-n- .sir. As
a .iiin-l.iiii reader of Tin; Si'N 1 waul lo
add my lubb) voice of protest against
lontlnin.ig Hie old spellliu Servla and
Sfi-vtan Instead of Serbia and Serbian,
Si i Im and so on
These pluckv and indomitable people
I,,... I II, . I It, l',,,.li.li lli.-o - n.imn
, ,,, M ii,.d with a "b," and it seems in
nn- mat in cnum sv to tliem vve should
du so land iiiiiny ale doing It),
We i hiiiised overnight from St. Polers
built lo I'eliogi.ul at the reiiuest nf the
Itusslaiis, and It Is not so dllllcult a
change which the Serbians ask of u.
(MIbs) Marion Pklubw,
Washinqton, I). C, March 20.
THE DRY WAVE.
Not I'rolillillloti nut Moderation Hip
isolation of Iho I.lijiior Question.
To Titt: KritTon. oc Tin; Kcn sir.' Was
ii nerucri. nperr cr win, sain men-
cou( hi) () ac(l01 ,v)tl)om r(Mrloii
I. ,. i . ... ... ...... .t.i il.... '
and was It some one else who remarked ,
that history rep.uts Itself? I
,i. .. i. ... i. ..T... ... ... i.. .
f tllU IJUlll m.lll'IIICIlin M, III' "II"
rrft nnd h(,lf(l wp pan pxpfrt !()0nr
or later a recession In the action of
the prohibition wave, winch Is ob-
i p(.,.B1,a pi,.
,.;,y ,ff ,np nnvldual and an ir.fr ne.
ment on common nenm. .Hid decency.
short the "uavc" has an undertow
not cll.renilile to llic eye, tor line tim
l. . . . I. . 1. ll.li n ..
trntlonry In to work honoatli thf sup -
.. .. .. .
-ace anu orai; s v.cum out n.o e,
" ir. .J ' , n?5Vhe Ver 're. Tte
" .., .. ....... i
niairi riiMii or niiiv nniiHv aim mr
versatility of Mr. Hryan will be as drops
l" " 1 llT.T, Ive, ,re iioi
mirelv dlslnteresteil and that whl'e
purelv dlslnterctrd and that whl'e
the., individual, play on the ..ns.bll..
t.es of their listeners Httn unique aim
crotesoiie oratory tney too nie mien-
inB (as thev speak) rnr the merry iltie
r,BR of the" reUt-r as tho cash drawer
- ,houm l)(t r,onall1y curpll ,
no aUM b' r"'0na",y CUrP"' .
w in. thev .twilM fnr the merrv little
If there are
laws controlling husl-1
speculation, f.ictorle,. child labor. 1
; ',hMtrc!ll Wc. there shou'd also
, waJ. of MVinK Mmuants without
.. - ....i... .....,. .i.kn
" "", '"" ' mnni,
te oh Iteration of an ohvlo.wly
V.i" "",,, , ..,.,... ,ntn
,c!
u,,,,u, ,, ,,um, ,,-
Interostini; peoplo corralleil bv rstrlc-
Itlons Into dubious morality.
ln, n;
1 "!'"
th . .
to be moral
oontrol ami a netter turners amunK oe-
iwecn venous Krtii f u ronni in-
m. B...i.
Inc helped those b-n fortunate than
ourselves thev will be less 1 kely to tn-
dulse tn powerful distractions tlmlinif
"r""T; ".,, n-
in nrif tii Tfi ncin n iipw tner i vc
I n In .Vinrt. u. ninnnl li.ltif, lilt
means.
i ne principn iinmiiiu is mil nn in-
unretlllnbl. little but for the unten't-
!'n, UH ,,"'h " lnwntlon of the
wM hpnr( not irift ,,tnWe. mid tint Is
thf, M,lu,0 )t ,.0..,,. to me. of the 1
entlro problem: moderation not prohl-1
bltloti with Its eh'ef by-product, hy-1
nocrlsy. Heviiv J 1'ini.at 1
.. ,. 01
ihiik, .iiitiLll .1.
.
. .
SENATOR THOMPSON S QUIZ.
- - -
He Disclaims Itepnnslitlltv for for-
i..ln ii,,.il,,n. it., fni
tain yiKsiiniis 111 1 111.
To the npiT.n: or Tin: Ses- .lr- Tun
s!i-s- T,r..l. 11 rti.t .1,,. . ...tltortnl
u-hl.-h mnni ,1 lo wntlen imnn the
special assumption that dur.ng a sis-
.Inn l- It... In. ..!., ,H ,.nn,,lM. nt
tho I.egMature ai v ich I sat n chair- -upport among the fishermen, mechanics profitable, mines will now beciime proMt
man t had asked some question which an I eng.ners of this rou-itrv. abb- to work: ami there ts little doubt
lid nut meet. In h'.a good Jiidmm-nt, the
app' ib.ttlon nf the editor of TlIK Si'M.
Without the nee.-s.uy of admitting the
fact that the ed.tor of TlIK Si N write,
his editorials in th.- inteiest of com
mon sene (which I would be teady tn
admit were tint the subject of thi
letter), 1 cannot resist the tempt ittnn nf
calling your attention to the fact that
since being nieinh'r of th" Legisla
ture I have found tnvself on many nci a
Minns unable to n-friln from the ,m
pulse of asking tuestlons.
I freely admit that 1 haw asked a
great many which were not pertin'nt to
the suhjei t at rami, and a great many
more that have been doubtle.. impertl-
nent. uninteresting and not s. tisihly enn-
slikred Hut th p ty and provocation
n ' a11 I",1" when the time ,on,
for the signal honor ..f lielng per.-omll)
mon,ned In nn editorial In Tnr m-n
i m ti. ,.(tr of Tub Si n has taken
as u subjwt one particular damn fool
que. Hon wniih I did not ask Thus It
is that TlIK Si n's editorial on Sunday.
March It, was extremely disappointing
to me.
Now . in re.pnno to the emotion
created by the ciicumstuticis 1 have
taken the liberty of cihIomhc to you an
extract of the .stenograph! r minutes,
which shows that the iii,silons Hint
answi-rs which were the subject if vmn
"ditori ii were written mil in long hand
by som,- con-tituent of another s,natnr.
who It happi-ns is a newspup r editor
at Mechanicsvllle, ami unfortunately
for my genuine banco for nolo
rletv. It h.ipins lhat the mltiutm
show, which aleo unfortunately Is true,
that I especilly d si-l.iirned any per
sonal onnertinti with the iii,'.tlons
Maev a le's'ator ha stand within
the walls of this Cip't I weeks and
we;k and lain nnake nig t and nlchts
a'teinptlne to think of and say eoine e
tremi.Iy foolish, sens.i'loii.il ,,i blimic
thing nr perform same notorious a.-t
sultlcli ntly new tn iliaw mi idltorlal
eoinnient from somo ere,it newsiiatier like
Tiik Si'N M stat of mind at euditetih
tlndlnz tnyself. without hniing soucht It.
the reclplmt of this gnat reward and
then ttndlng that the i irctimtances are
such that t really cannot so qualify n to
be entitled to it. create n Itate of feel
ing on my part whi'h you cn no doubt
Imagine liBuieo. Thompson.
Ai.nis-Y. March i'n
The Ninth .lu.llrliil lll-lrlrt.
To tiik P.'ITor ok Tl'r SfN .s'ii-: I
note the le'ter of Mr iM.lford '"-ouch In
thl morning's S'-k vt:- rcg'rd to the
ir. ese'v of o bl'ti.'iial J.isi.ies of the
supreme Court In "le ".h .tiidlct.il
district I h.ne had oi-i.isimi luteh to
examine the stttim's w th regsrd to
the rtittn ,.f Hupri- m I'min Justices '
poiii ii!ion In -he VHr.ous rHtrn-ts Th
j'-oportiOti is in the Flr.t ilistrlei, on.
.Pint tee t" si; if popu!ninn , in the
Se, olid, one 'a l'c'ioa. In l''e Third,
ore to sc.iinn , in pip .,ur'b, one !
'.U 000 In the I'lf'h. one to 7S Onn . in
the Sixth, one to fill mio : In the Sevi nth.
one to si.iinn; in th" llighth. nie to
T i . " n 0 ; and lu the N'.nth. one to Ol.ona
All the other districts except the Ninth.
bow i ver, have ftoni one to six Judges
assigned permanent I v to appellate woik.
The Ninth ha. nil of lis Justicis avail
able for trial work The ratio of trial
lu Hms to population is a follows;
Filsl district, one to IOT.OI10, Second,
mm to lfin.niM: Thinl, one lo U'D.mOU;
IVuirtll, one tn 1 IPS, 000; Fifth, one to
S3, 000: Sixth, one to III.', 000; Seienth,
me to 1M.0II1I; llighth, one to lUI.IIUtl
Ninth, one lo !i,inii
Thee limine would seem In slum
that Die N nth district l already pretty
will provided foi In the in liter of Su-
i'.."" ......... .. .
Fovv nip II Wilson.
s Vnnu, Match so
A 'ieiii.e,i,ieiiii Mi..u.ippi 11, ..,
Ilerit'Vidn rnrrr.imitfUnfr MemiiKm Cimimrr- '
ct'if .Ipiat 1
About thrse weeks .iro one nf Mr ,
It tirV.ffnn'n r mi. rs pot lain a liglii and1
'.line h"ni' .i'1 hin-idi' nnd eve. isml
nnd "nr of lie heiis h," ins ,lj f p, indent
ant nintp.'d i-ii i'l, p. ill u t j , , i- .in. I hium
hei-,-'' hut lot '.'(" It iU" her in I. an i
I nn lined lh In i-ler ii. I ynl lit-n ,,h i
rtcht and tin- ii.-i It, tiie div bsf-irn nm- spe. iT) b-ov min II Im re-'Slled fi ..mi
lie-irite W ,biti,m i. llinliaij, 'in (si , (he beain l,ir i iiot iVmu ,i leri.mi point
Into i f-1 1 - iKilll md iM'tls heme all to ninnliei jioiin Ihe 'lll's,gs I'lltlue, in
dons up, ul si the s.ini" hn ssw lilmilras, mi , ,ir. i.iiiiie n.i.iu.,. ggW,liri
and went in th" Mini piai e siet htiny 1 Pttte i egt .trul inn loiiubei, druei's 1. ene
hrielf .ifc iln but this lime n failed in j tulmbei. limn nf jiiu'nifi,i. drUei's sIbui-ii.,-
hei ni Hms, Ai hhm wis .ibniii ienneftiit" and address V hiie I h" cliii'ittrut in
when Mi lib-kson found h.r, .ind si lleiu-igid lu lie eil (lit p.iiiici nf Die
drosHsd bet We bad hl'l tnr Ijsoiici-'s luxl Unijiil h" w in If lie sliit, n,, lt (n
builnbii illiinei I hi., ben " is lav ing ! liaiilt--ili and niisened If ihe lereipi n.ts
sm d,i Mr 111 Usui and nn la'her j pMI'ei hied In
subs, rlbe tnr niir pipet and lUet were
lmth wltns-sfs in llll-i
VV hv
III l '
t'liller-al lllll.
To Tin; Kihiiii, in 'f il I- si v ir
In r.erv nianN nam. -iiii,,e I i In
n these diivs'' Tralniie-u ir I'litidui
tnra. itrangers, everybody whu huts ins
Milt me "HIM ' Why? John.
Nsw Yobi, March 21.
A TRAINED RESERVE.
The Country Nlmulil Ho Ahlo to Urinv
on Its Supply of Specialty Talent.
To Tim IliUTon or TIIK Ht'S Sir." I
r. . ...ii i v- ... .. i
was lornieriv a navy niin-cr in ono......
and have followed eleetrlrnl and struc-
tural ensliieerlmt for fifteen years. At '
the prexetit time there ceeins to lie a ,
. t .. ..Alit.r.i ncr. .
lliim.ll llt'lll.lllll ivi nun n iiutun.ni .....
M(l , lp BtrcnirthenlnB of the rte -
fern o of .the nation, and t mihmlt tho
followlni; for your consideration :
A lanre and expensive part of the np-1
proprlatlons K..es for the malntotinc
and trulnliix of technical service, such
as signal corps, mine, laying anil en-
Kntcniin
I,. II,, .ninlnc nf tl.A IttTnP.fltlh title
ilmno nnd flertrto comp.mkn of thla
iiini.ih,ia rtf mxprtn m. '
."' ""V r 7 .
. iptli.o . mid "their work as llm-noi. In-,
a, .1ni. -.hli. -nli'Pr- fltnl impM.
-" ....... ........ ,
tors tieee.Kitates a kn"wledEe J' f.
snnli additional education for elTlele.it
ork with the war material used !.. tho
ml erv ce ; an J the mine ?d
work with the war material used III
. ' -
., . ....... . ....
worK all year in their own vicinuy. anu .
'". '" ' . I
;&nffin
en alVacmmThr work
would take a considerable expense to ,
"'"VJ".' 11 I.
' " 'J n in is c- im.
brhUe n-cnters
"oney men. educattd by th
i iirru is himi in uun luuuu j m hi.
nn.l emer.
the railroads
k -u.... iin-n, u, ...
, ..,.,,,.. , ),ichlv einelent team
,Jk0Br,ll5!1Sf;;; n Sould ba of coniS
quenen in tne corps oi engineers.
navj .
KducatlnK these men for their spe
clalty In the army nnd the navy should
make nn eUlrlent and economical re-
ml nn eniclent and economical re-
eervc, and jelectl.iB the off reasons for
, . instruction of these mechanic ana
Ml(,crmen, nn,, b. vacation arranKements
wl,h the conwatlons for the operators
.,,, t,0rmnneiitly employed mechanics.
il suimi.ni numuer """;
...n i.. i .......i.i v. . .... ii..v.i.
... - .
"'" . r'cvr,." J"r.p"i"f"l,,.l..".rJ
vice, and the nennaner.t service wouirt
not n.ive to do all tne training oui uraw
rrom tne rcf.rve.
The maln troublo ln enlisting a mill -
tl.i U the aversion of any educated man
10 nn occupation which place him In
usefulness on the level with men of no
education theoretical or practical, where
he Is drll e l Into mass discipline, while
v.. J....V-.I l. 1 .V.
IIIO IS raptum Ul ueim lli-u n,-i win ,.,ii
1 n training and discipline nnd netds lit-
'tie sp-clal Instruction outside of the use
, tirpfirin,.
! thinking man In the line of en-
glneerlng or mechnnlc regrets tho fact
that In ense of n(s:eM:ty hi- Is not In
' ,MWiton , use anv t-art of his train-
ng, knowing that a comparatively small
n.I.IIM.,.0l l,,,lnlnf ifonl,! mnU lilm fl
'.nr.... vnlnuliln mini in Ihn nervlce. and
there can he no doubt that a step In th
.IL.lUn r.,,,11,,.,1 nllOV. 1. Ul Hnil ITOoH
A. II.
PoRTt.AVP. Ore., March Ki.
I.AMM.
MAKE MARRIAGE DIFFICULT.
An Agnostic, "drought Fp Mother-
I,,.. r.iiiitili.ln. of III. i I I, nr.. I.
To thi: FniTnK or The Sr.v Mr. I i
am uiVt a church member and the ma-
Jonly of Amerlcm citizen are not
hurch members, but are law alilding
and patriotic, anil we surely hive the I
right to be happy. There is nothing,
an sweet as a home We only pass this
way once, and some of us, perhaps
mmy of us, when we marry tlrst. .liskn
i mist ike Sometimes It Is our own
fault, I adm.t. but oh, we are all so
weak ami bi nd hcn we begin to l.ve.
ind so hopeful
Ci.lldren who am brought up as I
was. motherless, fall oftm to grasp the
real meaning of love anil home until
bltttr experience reveals it to them,
ind then must It always b" too late
fur them'1 To those of u. wh i are
sum of nothing beyond tho grave, why
should loe. even wh n it lom.s a bit
ta'd). be rejected?
Lo is something th.it cannot he
cotntii Hide,) It ,-oni"s wh-n and vihfr -it
will, and t. heart t" uhicn It speaks
in do n i-.hlrg but arswer
I a-n so sbk of thi Church saying,
"fin this-and do that " What is respon
s'ble for the evils causing dlinr, if
not the Church She l In the world
supposedly lo combat sin and to teacn
men and -.."men how tn live and tight
th- gmd tlgrt nf salvation, but what
does sh,- lecompllsh " She has tried
to attract the people with witty sr
iifti". loiely mu.'.c. and ocraslonilly
with picture, hut she has failed miser
ably, f, r the crowds swe p by and leave
her moulding
I d.i n ,t htlieie in eis divorce but
I think the fault llm with the easv mir
nigis. Make marriage more dllllcult.
make i' n .y dllllcult. and i-nuphs wll
think longei and harder before cntei.
Ing Into It Hut don't take away the
Mile avenue of escape for a weiry
lean Citizkn.
Nr.vi Yoiik. March "1.
Relations.
To tiik FntTon or Tiik st-.v - ..n-.- The
war, patriotism that ec eds rational
'Imits, rule hi divine right, votes for
women, women law Judges, women po.
b nn ii. s, ii.,.ii te.o liei -nntlie'-s whoso
hus'in'ids will not support them, the
a .o.iiio , of im d.aiii peniltv, iibs.-m
tr. Htm. nt. Hilly Sunda.vls n do any
o' these hest'i.ik ,i no'de m,l .nmp.e
miisivo liitelllgmee on the part nf man.
to sa. nothing of ., u-ina.l .( ,,t i,.r
put,' .ml pi 'vale Incplliiides'' 1 ir
vv s t li. . .rv .'f innn s intio,-iing and
nffor.l. foid for thnuirht II" proh
ab'.y i i-i . t I m.se 1" lie. ,1 no sc n-n-I'll
use.ite'i tn lent m,. m see a not
aid, t. tut eolitttiral ielationhp be
Pi"n man and that aibllepated.
though more Innocuous, creation con
temptuously called the nss T K. W.
ii ks ltllsu:. .Match 10.
Hi'ielpl- for Taxi fure.
To Till llbiroll or Till- si ... -.s.i-' .V'.th.iin,n
111" iilllilal. lu
r..iu In ll'eM
lurk-- nf th t.il..ib Im-
1'lftv -seientii nrrsi hav
'rl"d t spreinl the infiirmatlon thrnuuh
tho ni-dtuin of th" new spajiers, .ipp.irently
Here are m.i i, rsni i.ho us,- i ivb ib
hi urs nut .ware I'm the , rniurteiii nt
the .ibl mlm ale lirilind In i,,w to Issue
reeeipu mi ilemaud la pussengers II la
nli I'Cis Ihil If ittnre iienjiie iioijiil keep
till- tn mind thrre WtlllM b (m vrillg
ling over tires. Hie number nf nrnl.itnr.'
ihaulfeurs would be redm ml and taxis
would hit Letter pstrnuUeil
Article VI nf th i in bub nr llaatns
stuns Hmt "ths bureau of lleeni' -hall
tunille eieh public hurk ih s pr.nled
reedpt pad mid every public hsi knniii
shi I kisp nn hand i tupplj nf tlio ,ine
sn1 sh'l'l. nhstlelm- mi ri-rirslr, t, rt
piener bivh ihe ins.engsi n rereipl on
in il p luted Mllrlil fntm 'nr I lis far
,ia I '
VV In ii IC ii'ii 111 ill, ii ,,,,' ne . li , nn, nr
i uee r.iiip". ai- n-.b,' nil ik ,li
puten arising fr.nii ovrri b li lies er ,illrs.
n in i Ii irs'es When thn rr sipu .ire pmn
I'
'r' t1 e 1 111 I no ,, in, in hive :i , nm
piil- ht-tiM ,.r liie . i-h in ii, 1, -,,
irk im, II Rein lllll if pallium h ,
, itt'iili 'lei ire ItntiK nfi,hirKed refits.
In diMn.ui 1 ihsse iserlpis. tiiiiMum. hev
n-e hi i onip.inlfd tiv wonirn. thry h.mipei
thn oltteirtii and wsnhen their own esse
Nr.iv Yoim, March Sl, niuotsiis.
COPPER IN GERMANY.
A Minim; r.tiRlnecr Holds Tlmt There
Will He Plenty for Ammunition.
To TUB KfltTUIt OK TlIK St'N-
-fllr; It
,,,im in..... iimnd ritf i-i-iimi.ti lit mnni-
Iiiih been taken for grunted
III some
....... n .. . .,
quarter that CS.-rniaity would lie unable
to carry on tile wnr ticcaiiso or a nnun-
iikc oi enpper nei .. r m ,,,....,.
fnrtiiin nf n tnmnnll Inn. fltiri ttentleman.
......... - .
1 evidently of (lerman sympathies,
"prineil" that the Oerman army required
a dally allowance of three tons i nf con.
per. while another expert," this time
an Kntllnhman. showe,! just as . en-
, nltely that they could not carry on their
cntnnalKn on less than an avernne con
sumption of 3(Ti tons a day. rne nrsi
man prenumalilv went on the suppowl-
tlon that thP Merman fought J
t hi r h.ittlrn nv m;irrninc or !raciiini;
on railroads, and. moreover, were ab.e
lo recover at leas. 00 per cent, of their
(MMr UEO tMfr. A Cm WIUIC mV lnSM?l
- - -
V'0"'.,
rrv nrrnnn wini inn mmr
on the tiRhtlm.- llne.and con.lnually em -
p oyco inrouKi.out tne :v7nlV'"V'"u."
' "l hdJ 'Vr'ocou
the part of the
. .,. ,.,. him
-"" '. r "
,. ., .,.,,! i. ,i,; n.,m .
. Mertor. A Co., Ll.m.cd, of London.
and ..rrlnted In -M ncra. .tidustry
information on the metalH tiroiluced all
. ........... . .... ---- .
over the world. Germany produceil 25,-
30 tons of copper, while Austria pro-
duced ,135 tone, maKinR a ioi.ii pro-
; dtirtion for the dual alliance of 20 .444
- - - - - .
produced nearly 43.0(o tons. Ilncl.md
only 30.1 torn, and Kranee, necordln
to the flRUrcs. produced no copper.
AI"1HH irom in.- iuu iii.il. ou.ii
, trla slid Germany must have
able copper In stock, since t
consider-
able copper In stock, since tney weru
the larKest factor In the hardware In-
uusiry in curope. u nm.i v..-
sldered that while the above IlKUroo
show the production of copper for 101.1,
hen there wm free communication
" V he n.
u- tn inn iicita ennrpr iiriMiiK-iiiK luiiii'
Pl.n mU n. tho T'nttH K!:it. !hl
i , 'i:h.m,i.v.
' Alining, use even quit niuuan,.
, piiiu. m m "i"" .v....u,..,
A mine may be full of copper, but if It
! cannot be brought to the market within
' the limit of the prevailing price such
J copper will not be mined, but Its placo
I will be taken by metal imported from
' forelcn countries,
The Herman mine cannot compare
...HI, tli. Inrr... .nlioslls Cxlut MIT n thH
,i..n .,j ... i
country. The mineral does not exist
tn as easily reducible form; the de-
.posits aro siatler-l and their transfer-
matlon Into a marketable state Is so
expensive that only the more fnvorahli
'ocaled mines are worked to capacity.
If. on the ether hand, thu foreign
supply Is cut off. the inarkel price .
rnOOer Will naturally HSC I'M'll If 110, tl-
'ni but ei-onoillc !lll- alone Mi le SC-
Mve and the laws of military necessity
ll'.i llOt aid t'lUlll, IltHl flirmCll.V Utl -
but that eien to-rla the output or ino
i opper mines uf tletmaio and Austria
lias been douhied or treuieii u inc ue
mand for copper requires It.
Taking into Hceount the aiiove con
siderations It can hardly be claimed
as a foregone ion, !iislon that a short
age of cupper rxls'ji in iermany and
tlmt the ammunition works will fail to
produce the requisite amount of their
product on that a.-' ount.
II ms ViTTlNi..totc
HosTON, March i0.
....
WALT AGAIN.
s
Verse Not Crude, but
Artlllclal and Artistic
Highly
To tiik LntTon ni" Tiik Si'N Mr A
serious but s' it.' what mat 'icula'e i say
on Walt Vt mini tli repals C.i woun
eaten shbboletli a., out the "crudi
ties"" of Whitman's erse. This absurd
fillaey ha gone the . rltlcal rounds so
long that It Is time some one exploded
It. To tne the pteilse thing that Is
temarkable about Whitman's book I
It- extraordinary literary quality This
shoti.d 1" obvious to any one who has
any tr lining or practice In su"h mat
ters. It Is true Whitman's line. hae a
superficial appearance of abandon, but
this Is pure artifice However careless
they may appear, and no man ever
-tu'dled harder to give his writing this
appearance, they were In fa. t got up
with as much cre as Hrum.ncl'
cravats. All hi. Hf" Whitman tinkered
his lilies, as any one miy sec hy con
sulting the variorum edition of "Leaves
of ilrass ' It Is not ple,is-int reaiHug
In fai It is a kind of giveaway, for
tn-lead of .list tine ripture. you see u
man posturing before a glass
ln support of the aboie I may In
wncc the fact that the Wh tmiti cult
is made up almost excusliciy nf
dilettante, and amateurs Pteun line
gentlemen and not at il; of the "giay
necked and tinrellned" element he pio
fesses to addrcs ,l-o it may be pre
sumel that so Invete-ale a poseur would
be equally affected and -elf-, niiscinus in
his writings Independently of this- any
one with hilf an eye c,n see that there
never iis 1 more attfu: Isiok wiittnn
than Whltm tn's It slicks nut nn every
nice, and tlio wonder I. that "critics"
wll! go en repeating a thing that Is so
transparently fal-e. The very title of
the tiook. "Leaves of 1 trass," Is enough
to give the whole thing away It Is
impossible to conceive how anv critic
w"'i ei'di a sin ittei ina of gunptlnn ,-an
run h.- eve over W'dt nan's title. ,is i
whole ith .lit t il.iM'C nt on-'e that
we have here, (list of all. to doll with
a Iterary man
Wither faiacy of equal nliMtrdm and
the sime class 's the alleged want nf
'form" in Whitman. 1 do lint know of
anv bonk more perfect In form than
1,. ive of dt.is- " Tins wis the flr.t
tiling t'lit s.ii-l, nn- in reidmg it .'ear
aire ami the conviction hae been s'tet gth
ened by siibscquei t icidittgs How arn
nan of anv .r't'cal faculty can re-id
through the Thiyer and i:idrldge edition
and not be inipn sed and vtn astonished
1 by lis lltirarv form Is mote than I can
understand Personally 1 care nothing for
Whitman lie does not appeal to me
except upon the Uti rafy side 1 used
lo ion! hlin because he was con.ldeierl
roln.1lftn.ibl. .itld "I oinrillier " I flo not
1 lead him any more, but I stick up for
him a. an artist
I My own Inclination would be to re-
I verse completely- the accepte I critic il
view nf Whitman, viz: that his writing
are cnide in tone but of Immense sig.
1 nlfl''anre In content and to say that his
willlngs are of greit Interest In a llter
rv point of view' and wonhle.s In any
i other It I" ie-'aln thit thev cont i'n
nothing new. ind It Is certain that thev
tine tnnde tin appeal So far an thev
ten eh un thtritr It Is Idleness, sepsuillty
and V'lu.ibnndiR-o C O Hohvoh
I'li'Tlllilii. OU.hi . March 17
Sorrow In Vewark.
To Tin Kfiinn op Till . -is -)ir l.i'n
nm i pur -t nor i .- ainniat i in I en-deav-'t'
ml have ,,o do-., tnr inmy
ie,iis to .unin in ihr slvle ami do,'
trim Tut Si s uses on Its editor' ,1 p.ire
Ibovevii, 1 i in not .ibiii. in use "No.
In d who dues nm want" (Till: pH'sj.
Min'i'li P. eillini nil paue. inbnnti i I
Th'ro Is iinlhliir In the after tet f
.lilstifi. and the whole scnieticii s rot.
ton as an ispnsslon of coniiHctlvo
thoiiKhi N'OHii'V .Merit.
NkWAlih, N .I , March SO.
( iirn nf the I'll. rs .
'nun thi- ljimille HiillrU'i
.Mam n n( iD.ikuiK . r n .ire ki nn
lir tin- slinp'rsi .ire ihr be'tir A Hiird
'l i,l pi Hirers throve ni "U.h an I nil'li
Jill I pons lllld h.ie . Iks I'lllUell.
I i n-1 uvurv li,e li'.l '1, )u' in n ,,f Ui ..
plntissis lo 'onli wtili iii.lt ii nn , nrn nut
lo prefer to scrum It it'r.u lin Hi bIUiii
properties through inhir inrd.iiiin We
have hssn tnUInK our corn bj way of
pork nd hsef,
STATE CENSUS WILL
BETAKEN IN MAY
Mnny 3oro Questions lo Bo
Asked of 11,000,000 Citi
zens This Year.
HUGO TO BE IN CHAltoi;
n- linens m. uvv.n,
!eerrtry of Mute.
At.RANT, March 21 The rjJ
enumeration of New York Hut to b,
; beftm In May premises to he one ef ,h
na most extensive sln.,
h1-111 nlerprl.e. In the coun-rv
omor nuim or ktoup or Mtn sr
iw..n mmvuhni. ik.. . .
"""" ' ' ' ' u
... ... , . . . .
,ho f"Ct ' 0 "
OJ. X"
m kes ho proh ton all the , ere lffl.
Because the number and ro nplcxlty
of tho Interrogatories wiil le mure n.
. .. .
tensive ins year ana a com.lo'M
wJlhn the short nf
b' Constitution . u-.,M A
larso numticr of superi or-t rtnt
enumerators, clerks nnd i-te.-r,..,,
I ,. Ill , ..milreit
i im a. ,.L-ir..n ... i .mh
i hag pule, knowledge of t e t , , u,
, llmount of work whi-n mj., , ,. ,
taken under the dire'lo.-i (t tie ....
t,iry f State durlwr the m .- '
AlreJ,iy cxtenive pre;.,,i t.-, ,,
DCPn mano. ln "onr.patio.i w i-, ,t
. . . ,
1 . . . .
n.ooo.ooo.or mnamtants r.nv t..w
, . . ,h,. s, ...
, , i:.r,.tiir.
""r" "'
In fact the last tnijonf r ,
zen usuilly cons .ler t i
qulrles (lied tit them l.v 1 , , . .
to be nesraviitlriK. em . -
nt-M, and they ,,ie -1. tr 1.
I l,u liL-1 1 1 1 I ml Mil.il n . ,. .
............. ...... . .
on.-n (ery ten year- ll ni, .
hlch every per.on m m- - -.
,iurlas the coming 11 m.-it
cheei full ai.d to .In l -t , -
muwi-r tin- im-stinns w ..
),jm OMc, ,)., th, .... , . ,
rrnsni, ir,.y he as 1,. r . ,
cln
t
' . t)
, to
It
1 It'-
on
i-iirati- us po.HiMo
1'inlet the Ml sl SI it. i ,
census mi8 takii i- 1 , 1
SI.erllT was tequired t., d ,
i t staples tn take 1 1 e n
ItiKahltants, itn linl.tiir -rt i.-
of fin. Invn.ioi. r,f r ,
rXpens! of the count. e. T.
to ho siiinin u ! . i
tie Secietary of St ite. t,,
by blm to Onme. : -
.11 Ion was taken ag ' , '"
was nnt utitll tin- 1 1 i I r
taken In 1 T tin' tin- !,w ' -
Se, retary nf Slate to pr , ' ,
inntalnln the quis'.o . n , , ' n.
cnumerit.on
llowuver, the lit. ., i 'j. ' h
b.i.gs tn Ihls St ite ... ii.'. ig .
rated the decennial oi peil d a - ilt,
of erumeratlon of the pi in. it. m &.-u
r,-otiri'es of the State In 'ir, r not tr
conillct with the Federal si- e- nvf
thelces. the Stale Cnnstltut'-' I ov 1s
that ati cnutner.it! n could tt'
periodically 'tt t'e years In wh.e '
un.t tlgtirf .1 was r'C-er.t
I'nr I'nlllleiil l'nrpnses.
The tlrst i ensus numeration In V
Vork State, however, vias Intended ,
for polltic.,1 re ippni tlontnent. i'ir-
qtently, the electoral census of j:t
1T, 1TS0. lTtil. l S01 , 1S07. l-.t -lsjj,
taken under the cons' t t-lon,
provision oi iiii, iimnen me
such Inquiries: in fact, the ti-si t'-i-nf
these were fnr the i-oun's , ' '
electors, dlstrlhuted Into fou- r
cla.-en.. In I:!", other mati r
vntions were added to th. s e-- is
The ensus of 1 IS intnsl. . i
Innuirles concerning t-adc e- -r
newspaper, and period., al- It gr.i!
Increased the number of ipics' s rsli
O. ' ,1 S I O Ull III ,1 1 I T J 1 1 I - ' I - , '
census taken In 1 s 53. ir le' ' 'v
Constitution of ism. , r.-re 1 -, ' d
from all previous nr.b in fa'
first time thi Seireta v of
called upnn tn undert.i l.r f. -s-of
all the work
The next two censuses we-e t,
I'C". and 1 s TT.. when e . - t "
ii 'tieg in the id ice. of tY i i
we-, ."died upon to -o i - -
ton These census tal.-s w-f.
i a day, to be pa il hi ! ,
tins was the I ist o ,
ensus was taken i' th,
of the locality, iltho ig . , ,. -
this time cnntrlbuiid J-'.'
inn census oi is, i r.e '-' i
undertaken by the St it. a ,
prnprlatlon viae d, ,:i e, t a 1 ,
J13S.rtl7.
In 1 Sr and l., n ,-s- . n
taken, although In . o l
consisting of selell riiet'e r -
lntlon, was made, wbet .r r' .
Hon of fl'nf,, (Vou .is ,i I ui
retary of State being re i ,
tli s enumeration
Sttice tr pub!', it , '
last eensu. ta'si o t .,, . -o'
the suh.te.'t h is o.
ognize.t, and I he ,i i ,
paid tn tie cens, s
Kiimi'ii than In tl e tigi, . .
ber of i-.trpiirii s " i
census
i-'-cill-s of
provided for .mil i
tibubitt'd and ai .need i r'
lug to the numbii' of '
elusive of aliens, in d .
aliens In each v illage tow
borough and w aid o' tn -
census sU'ervsi,'
' ending to the Vs-ell .
dttloii to :lio-e tp, , i
th- counties of N. v . i
ijipfiis and Ki e
These Vs-emtiU d
divided into elll.lm ,'
'consist nf fine or it 'e
1 each, winch ate i" ',. ,
specially ipp d
ict umier t M.p. v -re
required to n t' "'
Kxpense In ,
The cost nf lal.e .
cri.ised tapidlv , .
one was taken ,i
S " cent- per , i on ,, i .
cost III lH2 of r, .'
while at the pies' t -t
complete Ihe i -
sluht liicie.'ite i
additional lot, ii ! i'
w ithmii ndd'tic ,ii i
tn ihe tiupivr
Hut nie isk o' ;
ii.a-s nf piiput it " '
lea.nl ihle env-' i f '
I ealli nn, o- bi, e
nfi-ll I'll oi o' nt..
I. hub i Hun tit
of the pi pubii , I
inadi i "I v
v 11'lous i-oni'.ni' it -
With this in. ,-h i, .
to coniple'e 1 1 ' ,
d-it. i 'i 'thin ti '
r ie fon-tltutl
the suites no i"
the poplll'ltlon i l'
bs than hilf "' '
tills .VOI's ill I'm. I
Of Ille I 'lllll" I ,
ell' llfl VI , re l
111 .11 I , I'll- lll.fi ' .
str 'V ed in 'hi " e
summaries ni i le ' t
now on depos t m t he
retary of State.
nn 1 1