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Now. -York's HIk Kiamplo to the
(.Nation of Free Uclcsalcs for
"an Open Convcntlmi.
ICcw York's ltepubllean Miliary
rote was n superb vindication of the
prlnciplO necessary to the fulfilment
of tpe'leals of this Itepuhllc thnt tbe
party delegates to select its cundl
tlales for President should not go into
the national convention tia Into a cor
ral, haltered, hobbled mid wearing th0
brand of an individual like privately
owned live stock.
Whether lor Wooo.t for InvorN,
for Johnson, for Hoovr.ii, nr for
whatever seeker of the Presidential
nomination, tbv enrolled Itepuhllcans
of this city and State have refused to
make fl, sincje one of their scores of
delegates a mere puppet either of per
sonal political machines or of man
agerial barrels.
.The sre.it Hepuhllenn party of the
preat State of New York lias left all
its nntlonnl deleRut.", whether the
Mr Four delegates representing the
whole SUUe or the Congress delegates
representing their localities, perfectly
free to consult, plan and decide in an
open convention with any and all dele
gates from the rest of the nation upon
the wisest course for the Ifeptibliean
party to pursue in choosing the ticket,
framing the platform and launching
the campaign for the next President
of the United .States.
It is for this honorable principle
and square deal programme, nothing
more and nothing less, that The Sun
and New York Herald has strongly
contended ever since the unseemly,
unrepublican and indefensible scram
ble began to round up the party's del
egates on the hoof and settle tbe
fltiestion of who should or could be
nominated before the national con
vention Itself assembled, before even
the delegates to the national conven
tion had bought thelrTallwny tickets
to Chicago. It ecu use of the fight
which we have thus made for an un
shackled convention we are particu
larly proud of the Republicanism of
our Empire State which has so clearly
sensed Its highest duty of the hour to
the party and to the country and has
bo powerfully rcsimnded to its oppor
tunity of performance.
Other Itepubllcans of other State
will be grateful to New York for
what our example means to them in
their honest efforts to obtain a na
tional convention that will hnve the
chance to perform the functions for
which, under our theory and practice
of government, conventions meet.
And while it has been for New
York, with its scores of delegates and
millions of voters, to lead the way to
an open Chicago convention, we can
nil feel at the same time a large de
greo of satisfaction with the work
finally done in the Michigan prima
ries. As the crusade for hand picked
delegates had long ago begun in that
State, with all the carloads of per
sonal propaganda, the manoeuvres and
tricks of skilled machine manipula
tors, the brass bands and fat check
books, there was no chance at a late
day to restore the Michigan situation
to the high and true level of the New
York primary election. All that was
left to do under the circumstances
Was to pit candidates for the Presi
dency against candidates for the Pres
idency, so as to prevent the Michigan
delegation from being appropriated
outright by those who sought absolute
control of the convention in advance
of its assembling.
In this way, whatever it may mean
to his future primary course and in
Its' political result to him, Senator
Johnson's tremendous fight so that
pledged candidates of one delegate
might offset pledged candidates of an
other delegate keeps Michigan from
being delivered bag nnd baggage to
those who hnve aimed to own tho
Chicago national convention.
The same thing may now be said of
Minnesota, North Dakota and even
South Dakota. So that after his fash
ion Senator Johnson, bold campaign
lighter nnd hard hitter, has contrib
uted much to tbe cauo of nn open
convention.
To the adventurous spirits who be
lieved they rauld lay hold of tbe Chi
cngo frntherlnff of Republican dele
gates as their private property It must
now be as clear an sunshine that the
fight which The Sun and New Yobk
Hkrami has been making for nn open
national convention of free nnd uu
trammelled delegates is bucked by tho
American jicoplc.
A Bad Flan In the Stato Income
Tax Law Is Corrected.
One of tho sensible things recently
done at Albany was tho correction of
the State income tax law so as to pre
vent n discrimination against certain
non-productivo holdings. As tho law
was passed, by sonio inadvertence it
provided that money on hand or on
deposit "from which any Income Is
derived" should, while taxed on the
Incomo by the State, be exempt), from
local personal taxation.
Tho result of this mistake was to
leave open to personal taxation money
on hand or deposit from which no
Income is derived. A man who owned
$10,000 of first class bonds on which
Ills annual Income was ?500 would
pay to the State an income tax of $!i
and would not have to pay a local per
sonal tax on the bonds. A man who
owned $10,000 of defaulted bonds
would not have to pay the Stato tax,
but lie would be subject to the per
onal tax on the market valuo of the
bonds. Perhaps this -ould amount
to 51..0.
Another hardship was Inflicted by
tho law us It stood. Some of the
best banks In the State are banks
which do not pay Interest on deposits.
.Money dejWHlted in them would not
bo exempt from the personal tax,
while another tank, paying say 2 per
cent, on dejwsits. could assure depos
itors that while they would hnvo to
IKiy n State income tax on their In
terest they need not pay iiersonal
taxes on the principal.
It Is obvious that no man will let
his funds lie idle to escape a tux of
1 per cent, on the Income which they
can produce and, as corrected, the
aw will reach Incomes and at the
same time will cot penalize, by sub
jecting to the jwrsonal tax, moneys
on which the owner is not making n
profit.
Inspector Faurot Should Succeed as
a Deputy Police Commissioner.
If Inspector Faubot doesn't give
satisfaction to his colleagues and to
the public in his new olllco as Deputy
Commissioner of Police a great many
New Yorkers will be surprised and
discouraged.
As a policeman Mr. Faubot has
displayed intelligence in the applica
tion of scientific methods to the de
tection, pursuit nnd capture of law
breakers without allowing tine spun
theories to obscure the primary pur
po'-e of his profession, which Is to
protect the public. He has not sacrl
ficed results for the sake of technique,
but has made overy modern Invention
serve police work.
Nobody who knows the conditions
which make the task of the Police
Commissioner and his deputies dim
cult would have the hardihood to pre
diet success for any Individual In the
House of Kuinetl Reputations on Cen
tre street, but Inspector Faurot
knows Its dangers, has demonstrated
that he litis a mind and a conscience,
nnd if he docs not make good In It
this newspaper will be enrolled among
the disappointed.
Opening Pandora's Kox.
Kvery once in a while .some bright
person with more imagination than
common sense stirs up a hornets' nest
by suggesting certain shifts of terri
tory in the western hemisphere. The
most recent proposal of this kind took
the form of a plan whereby England
might cancel a portion of her war
debt to this country by ceding to us
certain of her colonies in the West In
dies or even Canada.
It is surprising that those who orig
inate such schemes do not draw still
further upon their imagination nnd
stir up widespread discussion by con
footing plausible projects for other
possible transfers of territory in the
two American continents. .Here are
a few hints:
Reviving a suggestion made several
years ago, we might round off the
continental area of the United States
by tradlug n part of the Alaskan
panhandle to1 Canada in return for
British Honduras, England consent
ing to the sacrifice, of course, out of
consideration for her colonial cousins.
Wo could then trade British Hondu
ras to Mexico for Lower California,
To be sure, Guatemala might object
to having Mexico on both sides of It
and other inconveniences might be
seen, but such obstacles need not be
taken into consideration here.
During the war the Allies' sympa-
thizers in Venezuela hoped that their
country might cast aside its neutral
ity and as a reward for participation
in tho struggle receive Curacao and
the other Dutch Islands, together with
British Trinidad, all of which belong
geographically to Venezuela. Why
not revive this Idea?
The Gulanas have never been prop
erly developed by the three European
nations that share them. Negotia
tions might lo Instituted for their
partition between Venezuela and
Brazil, both of which claim tho region
anyway. The French West Indies
have long since censed to be profitable
to the mother country, and it might
be possible to create a new Pan-Gnl-llc
republic through nn alliance of
those Islands with French speaking
Hayti with the consent, naturally, of
the Marine Corps. Argentina has
always clnimed the Fnlklnnd Islands
and would gladly take them over, of
fering England perhaps certain com
mercial Inducements In return. As
suming that British opposition to tho
transfer of her West Indian posses
slons conM bo overcome, with Canada
Independent in theory as well as prac-
tlco, and with tho French tltlo to tho
fishing stations of St. Plcrro and
Mlquolon extinguished In Canada's
favor, North and South America
would then bo entirely in tho jrosseS'
slon of American nations. If these
transfers of territory could bo con
summated by 1023, tho centennry of
tho promulgation of tho Monroe Doc
trine, the celebration to bo held In
that year would obviously take on
much greater significance.
Tbcso are suggestions only. Wo do
not attempt to dovelop or justify
them. That may bo done by the
visionaries who seem to think that
Great Uritnin will over willingly re
llnqtilsh Its Caribbean colonies.
Now York Barroom Where Mnscllcld
Worked Is Closed.
A doleful sign, Informing tho pass
erby that tho place Is to let, has becu
placed on tho Columbian Cnfe In the
little block in Greenwich avenue be
tween Christopher street and Sixth
avenue.
It must bo very saddening to the
members of the legal profession of a
literary turn, whoso duties take them
to tho Jefferson Market Police Court,
to flud that respect for tho prohibi
tion law has led Mr. O'Cosnob to
close up rather than continue to run
his recently celebrated establishment
under changed conditions.
Thcro was nothing affected about
the concern. It was Just a plain, sub
stantial bar, llko those for which the
old Ninth Ward was famous long be
fore Greenwich Village was turned
Into a profiteering Imitation of tbe
Latin Quarter. Yet It will have Its
commemorative tablet some dny on
account of the poet who mado it
famous and of thoso who visited it
for his sake after he had ceased to
be a Now Yorker.
Washington Ibving never lived In
tbe so-called Irving homo on Irving
place, and though Poe wrote "The
Raven" In the cottage now on tbe
Grand Concourse tho little house was
In another part of The Bronx at the
time. Tho identity of Georges Ci.k
mf.nceau's New York home is in
doubt, and many other places that
housed notable men have a false tra
dition put upon them.
But there Is no doubt that John
Maseheld swept the iloor, oiled the
counter, polished the brasses and oc
casionally helped to keep the peace
In tho Columbian Caf6, thereby hold
ing body and soul together while lie
was turning over In his mind the plots
of "The Everlasting Mercy" and "The
Widow in the Bye Street."
Poets have been great frequenters
of Inns, wayside nnd otherwise. But
there is a vast difference between one
taking his ease In such a place and
making a living there by tbe sweat
of his brow. Tin young seafaring
man who dropped Into the Columbian
bar one day In search of a drink, only
to find a job. was-never suspected by
the proprietor or the customers of
being a genlns. And, unlike Roiiert
Louik Stevenson on a well known oc
casion, he did not complain because
nobody spotted him as a literary per
son in disguise.
The whirligig of time again:
Promptly at five minutes to 1 every
night it used to be John Mapekield's
duty to turn the key in the big front
door. Now the wnil of song, stimu
lated by nothing stronger than tea,
arises until early morning. from the
fantastically named coffee houses of
the Bohemia that is all around. 1
John Maseheld, the bar boj, who
left the Columbian Cafe to join Jo
sfj'h Conrad in London's Grub street,
came buck to America a celebrity, to
receive in one week honorary doctor's
degrees from both Harvard and Yale.
A more than Dick Whlttington cli
max to early trials!
As for Mr. Masekield'h genial for
mer employer, no doubt he is making
use of his present leisure to write
the "Perfect Bartender's Guide,"
which it had been for years his am
bition to compose In collaboration
with the poet and on a basis of fifty-
tlfty as to the royalties.
Such a work would be Interesting
even in these modem times. For
though it might have no practical
value It would throw light on the
past customs of this always interest
ing town.
Mayor nylan's Amazing Confession.
If Mayor Hylan thinks that under
a police administration dominated by
himself and ofllcered by men of his
own choice the criminals of New York
have enjoyed a period of freedom
from restraint which makes neces
sary for their repression the creation
of an extralegal association of vol
unteers operating under his official
patronage, which ho now ndvocatcs,
there is nothing In the charter to pre
vent him from issuing a proclamation
to that effect.
Such a proclamation will, however,
be accepted by tho public ns one of
tho most amazing confessions of in
capacity ever attributed to a Mayor
of this or any other city, If not the
most amazing.
We do not recall thnt any other
Mayor, with the vast powers and ex
tensive organizations of tho Police
Department, the nealth Department
and tho Tenement House Department
ot his disposal, with a District At
torney clamorously intent on the pun
ishment of criminals to back him up
in any movement he saw fit to make
against lawbreakers, has felt it neces
sary to inform the public that he
could not enforce the familiar stat
utes and preserve public order with
out calling on private citizens to do
the work they pay n high price for
having him and his appointees do.
It Is possible, of course, that Mayor
1
Hylan does not Intend to make such
a confession.
Ho may have In mind a schemo for
spectacularly shifting from oflldal
shoulders to non-official shoulders re
sponsibility ho himself docs not want
to bear.
Ho may bo attempting to "call a
bluff."
Whatever Mayor Hrtitt thinks he
Is doing In promoting a new body of
vice and corruption hunters Is beside
the point. Tho practical effect of his
latest move Is; thnt of nn official dec
laration that tinder his administration
conditions have become so rotten that
heroic methods must be taken to rem
edy them; that ho Is powerless to
restore good order wllh the authority
the law confers on him, and that he
must adopt extraordinary means to
produce essential reforms.
In all the Interesting history of
New York from its beginning until
this day no Mayor has written such
nn admission of feebleness and Inef
fectiveness ns this which John F.
IItlan, for some obsfurc reason, bus
now been moved to muke.
An Interesting Trade .Secret Itcvealod.
An Interesting trade secret being
revealed, it is disclosed that the profit
the California wine grape growers
made on their crops lust year was not
due to their finding a market for tho
grapes where unfermented grape juice
Is manufactured for tho refreshment
of some, tho despair of others. The
1010 crop of wine grapes wn sold by
the growers at a profit, according to
Senator Phelan :
"DedUiie they wcrs ablo to sell
their wlno grapes an opportunity
which is not guaranteed them in the
future for the purpose, of maJtlns
what? For the purpose of making
wlno. The dried grapes were actually
fold to men who made wine In
their own homes ; and honce there
was a market for them. I am telling
the Senator the secrets of the trade.
They sold the dried grapes for ,the
very purpose of extracting the Julco
from the grapes ; the grapes were
bought by ItaJlans nnd Greeks, who
are supposed to have made wlno for
domestic use. Thirty thousnnd per
mits were granted In the northern
district of California for that pur
pose. "Mr. Thomas Can they not do It
again'.'
"Mr. I'helan Xo; the law b
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nice, um uaiiioruia emorces law
sometimes will give to the thousands 1
who have been preparing In shivering
fear of the Demon to attend the,
National Democratic Convention in
San Francisro next summer! Every
one of thte hateful permits cancelled,
void, their holders' cellars dry ns ash
bins; the vast concrete caverns of
Napa Valley given over to bats nnd ,
the storage of turnips; the oaken
tuns of Fresno filled to the brim with
sparkling water from the San Joaquin
for the watering of mules; every
wine grape vine grafted to produce
luscious table fruit.
The San Francisco convention Is as
safe as we hope it will be sound.
On Valltma at Apia, Samoa, once
the property of Robert 1-ouis Steven
son and more recently tho site of
tho Government House, a garden Is
being laid out that will be a memo
rial to the novelist. Rows of sago
palms havo been planted along the
driveways nnd the island agricultural
department has undertaken to obtain
the plants and flowers most liked by
Stevenson which can be grown In
Samoa. There was formerly no gar
den on the property and tho one now
established will be a gracious tribute
to a man as fond as he was of nature
and outdoor life. Stevenson's ailml,
ers will also be glad to know that, nc
cording to reports, their complaints
havo borno fruit In that to the Steven
son memorials on the Island and the
novelist's tomb on Mount Vaca will
be given more thorough care and bet
tcr protection than in the past.
Let ail young couples arranging
their marriage ceremonies consider the
record established on Saturday last by
Deputy City Clerk Cruise. "While City
Clerk Scully was issuing 22-1 marriage
licenses on tho short half holiday
eillelent Mr. Cruise in three hours
obllgea eighty couples by making them
happy ever afterward. That gave
to each marriago ceremony two and a
quarter minutes, including inter
missions and time out for bashful
lovers to overcome their reluctance
to f,tep lively, please. Say two mln
utes net to each marriage ceremony
compared to the two weeks required
for more formal affairs of like nature.
Two weeks or more for last visits to
dressmakers and tailors, last instruc
tlons for caterer and musicians, last
dinner dances for tho bride, last
bachelor dinners -without dancing, It
Is hoped for the bridegroom, nnd, oh,
yes, tho ceremony Itself, to be sure. As
a ceremonlallst Deputy Cruise is an
official to whom fathers and mothers,
aunts and sisters of many brides will
look with - admiration not unmixed
with wonder.
Fifth Avenue,
fifth avenue It la a river ted
Between whoa banks the human atreama
are aped.
Ita common times a common sight dla
played
Black waters harnessed to the wheels of
trade.
And ever gleaming upon pleasure bent
Th (hallow ripples played Inconsequent.
Dut It has known the khaki stream's un
rest Deep rolllni on Ita far avenelnt; quest.
Upon Ita bodom It has seen unfurled
Flats of the Allies, who have saved the
world.
Onee surxlnt on In foamy crested ranks
White billowed atreama of mercy filed its
banks.
And It has teen the khaki atream come
back
With glory shining on tha homeward track.
S In Ita houra of alienee It must yearn
For tides that ebbed and never wilt return.
AlCLlMlECUCU WUSO.Y.
TO SAVE THE PARKS,
Commissioner Gallatin Invites tho
Critics to Support Ills Department.
To The Bun and New Yonrc Herald
I have read with Interest and hope the
letter of Mr. Thomas Maxwell appear
Ins In your paper of Tuesday.
I do not doubt thut Mr. Maxwell, who
attributes to "Ignorance and neglect"
tho condition of tho trees In Central
Park, has made an exhaustive study
of the mattor and Is prepared to offor
a solution of the problem which con
frontn us.
I myself have given much thought to
tho subject and havo consulted with
some of tho ablest experts in tho coun
try.
It will glvo mo much pleasum to re
ceive Mr. Maxwell's suggestions and to
benefit by his knowledge, and I shall bo
most thankful to him It he will write
to me or call at my otllco In the Munic
ipal Building.
Francis D. Gallatin,
Commissioner of Parks Manhattan and
Richmond,
New York, April 7
EYES ON A RESERVOIR.
Washington Heights Hns Plans for a
Swimming Pool and Rink.
To The Sun and New York Herald:
In addition to losing hlstorlo High
Bridge, or two of the nrches at least,
Washington Ilolghts now faces the pos
sibility of having the 1I1J qroton water
reservoir nt I "3d street and Amsterdam
avenuo turned Into a swimming pool In
the summer and an open air skating
rink In tho winter. If the change la
mado the towrr to the eaRt of the res
ervoir may rival tho Statue of Liberty
ns nn observation place. Even now
those who favor turning the reservoir
Into a swimming pool want the tower
opened to tho public so obsorvcrs may
ascend to the top nnd scan the beauti
ful Harlem north and south.
Thoso In favor of tho chanite urguo
that tho old reservoir has outlived Its
usefulness and thero la not enough water
In tho basin to put out a good sized
(Ire. They declare 'that the water needs
of tho Helghta could be served by the
new aqueduct, the only Btnp necessary
to meet the requirements belg a con
nection with one of the big mains cross
Ing tho Harlem at IREth street.
It Is asserted that the reservoir could
be turned Into a swimming pool with
out requiring the city to lay out a large
amount of money to make the change,
nnd thousands of children and adults
would be refreshed In hot weather by
a cool dip in the water. Moreover, It
Is declared that fpwer children would
risk their lives seeking relief from the
heat In the treacherous Harlem If a safe
place were provided for them to swim
In. D.
New York, April 7.
POLICE ASK FAIR PLAY.
Objection to the IIII1 (Jiving Perma
nent Rank to Detectives
T() Tnn j. YoRK ,rB,AtI) .
We poo that tho bill giving permanency
of rank nnd palary to members of the
detective division without any civil ser-
examination bas passed the Cities
Committee in the St-nate,
This bill Ih not fair on the face of It.
If the detectives are fo anxious to Set
permanency of rani; wo arc willing to
have it made permanent, but let It be
open to the entire department in a com-
retitive examination and not the way
tho bill reads. They are doing this In
defiance of the combined associations,
such as the lieutenants, sergeants and
patrolmen's associations, who want noth
ing but fiir play and an equal break
for all.
The Commissioner and the Mayor are
in favor of the bill, and why? Commis
sioner Enrlt-'lit had to fight his way to
th top through tho civil service, and
why should he now favor something that
Is decidedly not civil service?
Committee of Patrolmen no Ser
oeants. Fortt-sixtk Precinct,
The Hronx.
New York, April 7.
THE HIGH COST OF DRINK.
A Wickedly Sympathetic Citizen Calls
for Cooperation.
To The Sun and New York Herald
With interest 1 note tho complaint of
Dr. Straton at the extravagant prices
of drinks. He Is quoted as saying that
the prices at all of tho places ho visited
were exorbitant, even as the prices are
for whiskey to-day, being $1 and $2 a
drink. The bill for one round of drinks.
with service charges, was $9.40.
I quite ngreo with tho reverend doc
tor that It Is outrageous to have to pay
such prices for liquor, and It he had
no better luck than I have had ho found
the quality very poor.
I do wish that we of the "better ele
ment" at least I hope the reverend doc
tor and I can be so classed could get
together and perhaps bring about what
ever changes nro necessary In the pres
ent situation to Insure a man a drink
at a fair price.
As the doctor says the other condl
tlons of which ho complains are hope
less nnd cannot bo remedied anyway,
let us get down to cases and try and
reduce tha high cost of drinks, as that
will certainly tend to relieve a suffer
ing section of humanity.
Stmpatiietio Citizen.
New York, April 7.
As to Doubling tho Exemption.
To Tun Sun and New York Heraid :
Although living expenses. Including ren
tal, food and clothing, havo risen almost
100 per cent. In the past three years, tho
amount exempted under the Income tax
law for a married man with a family
still remains $2,000 and $200 for each
dependent child.
Surely If thla sum was deemed rea
sonable when the Income tax law was
drafted It should at least bo double un
der present conditions.
J. II. Trieieman.
New York, April 7.
Clemency to a Kidnapper.
To The Sun and New York Herald :
In regard to the reduction of tho sen
tence of a kidnapper, as recorded In your
r-aper on Sunday, should not Governi-
Smith bo called upon to explain why ho
showed clemency to such a criminal?
A kidnapper is as terrible a menaco to
society as there is, and should not be at
largo. It. H.
New York, April 7.
nepectfullr Submitted.
Knlcker The subway wants an Increased
fare.
Docker Well, If It failed as a transit
company, think how much money It couM
make as a cellar.
Tennessee Hieroglyphics.
From tht Uarrlitoun Jfofl.
Obra Stoncclpher of IJmtjtono was ihi
over Sunday guest of his sister.
.r. .t .rnr riirre
A Proposal to Abolish tho Incomo Ti:!
and Other War Ilovenne Measures.
To The Sun and New York Herald:
At the' time this country entered tho
war It was perfectly natural for tho
Federal Qov.rnm.nt to seek a source
ui revenue 10 prouiuie mo nr iium
which It would bo most suro of getting
results, and consequently real estate,
being the backbone of the country, cap
Ital and tho proflta of big businesses
were at onco taxed to tho limit in tho
form of excess profits taxes, personal
taxoa and surtaxes. There was no protest
mado at the time by any one, aB the
average citizen of this country had made
up his mind to go tho limit ns far as
ho was concerned to bring the war to a
victorious close ; but now tho war Is
over and wo are again at penco It Is
very unjust for the Fedoral Government
to continue In forco the excess profits
taxes and high surtaxes which to-day
are stifling many lines of business.
Doing particularly Interested In real
estate I nm endeavoring to havo the
building owners' associations throughout
the United States pnsa resolutions sim
ilar to thn ono passed last month In
Philadelphia, protesting ngalnst tho con
tlnunnco of tho war taxes and recom
mending thnt the excess profits taxes
and surtaxes be abolished, and that a
tax of 2 per cent, on gross sales be sub
stituted.
Tho particular clause of the tax law
which rofers to real estate provides that
all real estate shall be appraised as ot
March 1, 1313, and the dlfferonco be
tween thnt npprnlsement and tho price
you get for tho property to-day shall
bo considered profit and shall be sub
ject to tho surtaxes under the present
Federal Incomo tax law. This, In my
Judgment, is very unjust.
It Is now seven years since March 1.
1913. and it la ridiculous to think that
property has not advance! materially
Mnco seven years ago, and having this
clause remain In tho Federal revenue
tax law Is simply to compel every owner
of any real estate which shows a mate
rial advance over tho appraisement of
March 1, 1913, to hold his real estate
or to lease It for periods of twenty-one
years rather than pay out a largo per
centage of what tho Government calls
his profit on tho transaction. Tho rule
that that profit accumulates In one year,
namely, thn year the property Is sold,
Is a tyrannical ruling. In leasing prop
erty for twenty-one years you dwarf tho
neighborhood, as the lessee will not fm-
provo the property, and consequently
tho property stands as It is for twenty-
ono years: the owrnr has ins property
on lease and the city Is minus the In
creased taxes that would come from this
property had thn owner sold It and had
It been Improved by a fine building.
Tho real estate owners of this coun
try do not nsk that tho taxes of March
1. 1913, and tho heavy surtaxes ho re
moved from the Federal revenue tax
law without offering a substitute form
of taxation, and therefore we have rec
ommended a tnx of 2 pr cent, on the
gross sales of the country. Tills would
bring a net revenue of approximately
$7,000,000,000 a year and would save
tho Government at least $500,000,000,
the cost of auditing and collecting the
Income tax undrr its present form. "With
a revenue of $7,000,000,000 the Govern
ment could exempt the Individual from
the personal Incomo tax entirely, and
the 2 per cent, tax on gross sales would
act largely as the old protective tariff
did.
This country was built up through
protection to the large interests, and to
day we are operating on the directly
opposite tack, taxing, persecuting and
prosecuting all big intcn'Sts of any kind.
Tho landlord or large landowner la an
asset to the community, but he Is be
ing treated llko a crook.
His value to the community is that
lie has large amounts of money that he
Is willing to loan on mortgages nt a
lower rate of Interest than It can bo
had from other sources ; that invaria
bly he rents his property for less money
than la returned by other sources of in
eome, and that he also has surplus
loney with which to go into new ven
tures and take tho chance which Is
necessary in investments of this kinU
which In some cases prove beneficial, but
In nine rases out of ten do not. To-day
the landlord Is being attacked by the
State, the municipality and the Federal
Government through heavy taxation and
drastic laws endeavoring to control the
prices of his commodity, with tho result
that tho landowner has refused to build
any additional houses. In consequence
of which we now havo hundreds of tbou
sands of homeless families.
He is not considered when It comes
to the matter of exemptions. For In
stance, a manufacturer who has $200,
000 In his business as a company is
exempt from taxation on 8 per cent, of
his capital and surplus, but the land
owner who has $200,000 Invested in a
building Is not exempt from any
amount. This, In my Judgment, Is pref
erence taxation, and that is tho trouble
to-day.
This country is full of preference tax
ation, which Is practically tho samo as
class taxation, which kind of taxation is
the nearest road to Bolshevism. This
country has always preached equal tax
ation, and there Is no more reason why
a man with an Incomo of $2,000 should
bo exempt from the personal Income tax.
whllo a man who has an Incomo of $5,000
is taxed, than thero is why a man who
owns a $2,000 house In th city of Phil
adelphia should pay no taxes and the
man who has a $50,000 house should
pay it nil. The Government would not
think of saying to a playhouse, "There
shall be no tax on your 50 cent tickets.
but you will have to tax your $1 tickets,"
but the Idea seems to bo to pamper and
encourage the laboring classes to work
less houra and get more wages, which
curtails production, and to got out of
all tho taxation they can, and to put
the burden on tho man who has saved
and put his savings Into Teal estate or
business.
This is wrong, and the surest way to
do away with Bolshevism, socialism,
class and preference taxation is to re
peal the entiro tax laws as they exist
to-day and substitute a 2 per cent, tax
on the entire gross sales of tho country
nd exempt tho Individual from the pres
ent Income tax.
A committee will visit "Washington
within the next week or ten days, with
a view to having the proper Senators
present the resolution passed by tho
building owners' associations of this
country. G. Searino Wilson.
Philadelphia, April 7.
Officeholder Ethics.
Knlcker What Is expected of candi
dates? .
Docker To get elected without spend
ing, jervo without saving and retire with.
out anything.
The Hulldlng Crisis.
Knlcker The house divided against It
self will fall.
Becker Nowadayi It won't gat bu.1t.
TTifumnniT mniii 1111
IS ALMOST DOOMED
WndsWOl'tll'S TlCuS for PcatUM
of Army Bill Make Little
Impression.
VOTE MAY C03IE TO-DAY
Knox Siiys flip: War Is Moro
Likely Now Thnn It Was
Ten Years Afro.
Bptcial to Tnn Ron ano New Tontt IIiciui.d.
Washington. April 7. Discussion ot
rthe army reorganization bill in tho
Senato to-day reached tho provisions
for universal military training, and
Interest, which had sadly lagged, was
suddenly revived. Casual investiga
tions of opinion caused evon leaders
of tho universal training cnuso to ad
mit that tho provision seemed doomed
to defeat on the final vote which may
come to-morrow.
Senator McICellar (Tcnn.) filed a
motion to strike tho universal train
Infr feature from tho bill. Senator
Wadsworth (N. Y.), chairman of tho
Committee on Military Affairs, occu
pied most of to-day presenting tho
case for universal training.
"It is calculated," said Senator Wads-
worth, "that 700,000 men annually reach
tho age of 18, when training would be
gin. Of these the navy wants nnd Is
nlrcady prepared to take 60,000 an
nually, nnd tho National Guard can
train 100,000 more. That leaves 640,000
for the training that the citizen army
would give. It is calculated to cost $283
a man in the llrst year of training. But
thnt Is nn excessive figure, because at
tho outset It will cost $91 a man for
equipment, which will' last many years
and train many men.
"As to the Justification for a policy of
universal training the testimony tho
committee took would make one's hnlr
stand on end. Tho cost or tho European
war would pay the cxpenso of universal
training undor this plan and at present
high costs for twenty-one years.
"The country Is now saddled with a
$23,000,000,000 debt as the result of get
ting Into that war first nnd having to
prepnre for It afterward. Will we permit
(hat experlenee to be repeated? If an
other war comes we will have to resort
ngaln to the draft and train tho troops
before wo can use them, and we can
hardly expect again to have two or three
great allies to fight our battles for us
until we arc prepared for It."
'Does not tho t-enator know," in
quired Senator Knox (Pa.), "that
thero is more probability of a great
war now than there was ten years
ago?"
"No. I do not know that, but I think
It Is altogether likely," replied Senator
Wadsworth.
Senator Pomerene (Ohio) opposed
universal training on the ground that
tho country now hnd t.000,000 men
thoroughly trained, sufficient for any
early emergency, and that therefore in
the present financial condition it should
not undertake so expensive an operation
as Immediate establishment of the train
ing programme.
Opposition to tho bill will not be con
fined to either side of the party aisle,
but It uas predicted to-day that a de
cided majority of tho Democrats would
oto no, while the Republicans would
Miow a much larger proportion for unl
ersal training.
NAVAL RESERVISTS
CALLED TO SERVICE
Order Issued to Test How
Many Will Respond.
i'perial to Tnn SfN and Naw Yobk Ilmaii
Washington, April 7. Naval reservists
throughout the coantry. approximately
300,000. have btcn thrown Into a sLite of
niarm by an order from the Navy De
partment calling them Into service In
moctlon with tho naval manoeuvres in
July.
The order gave no explanation of the
reasons, nnd members of Congress and
the Navy Department have been deluged
wnn telegrams of protest and Inaulrv.
The burden of tho telegrams has been
that the reservists enlisted for the war
and they assumed the war was over.
Tho navy authorities aro Issuing a shd.
plementary order, explaining that tho
call Is to discover how many reservists
are willing to respond. "When they were
demoblllztd tho men wero placsd on the
reserve list and kept there at tho rate
of 51 a month to keep tho organization
intact.
It was not expected they would re-
sponu to a call for cervice unless thev
wished to do so, except In case .of war
emergency. It has been the hopo of the
uepariment mat a large proportion of
them would respond to the call to con
tinue their training and maintain tho
reserve personnel In a state of high ef
ficiency. TO PAY LIBERTY BOND LOSSES.
Committee Fnvors Itefnnd to Pn-
tron r Defunct Hanks.
Special to The Su.n and New Ynij Hitiuu,
Washinoion, April 7. Tho House
Ccmmlttec on Claims voted favorably to
day to report a bill granting financial
relief to the natron of thrA ,ie.,
banks who lost money paid In on Liberty
bond subscriptions. Congress la to be
asked to repay to the bank patrons the
money they had paid in to the banks
which failed.
Tho committee took tho nnaitinn tw
this was due to tho bond subscribers,
sinco the Government had advrti,i
that the banks were agents in receiving
subscriptions. It is understood that tho
total amounts to something like $100,000.
The banks wero thn North Penn Hunt
of Philadelphia, the Mineral City Bnnk
-y, unto, anu the San Rose
National Bank at San Rose. Cat.
PORTRAIT PRINTS SHOWN.
Historic Figures In Vrmnh -r
enm Exhibition.
Tho spring exhibition of th r.,..,.
l Fre"f,h Art- whch la now open to
tho public, is devoted to portrait en
gravings on coDner. Not nni o ...
prints Interesting historically, for many
of the sreatest Frenchmen lippear in
them, but a portion of Hie gaHerv has
been arranged to aid In a. ti,rt e .i '
evolution of the art of engraving from
I f O r nnlnnln 1 u L
.... ,u me seventeenth cen
tury.
Tho first portrait
1 T . .... "
Monaru uauner, 1623, whom tech
nique Is elementary. Then follow por
traits by Jean Pcune. 1650; Claude Mel-
mn. moo ; jean Jlorln and n. Vaillant
Tills last Is one of the earliest nf LVon '
memntlnta v...ii tj.u-.,. V,. "
...... ..w.t.u... iiueuutR, t'lerre
Drevel, Masson, Boucher. Janlnet, Allx,
Dobucourt nnd Uonnevllle are repre
sented. Among the moderns are prints
by Edouard Manet. K. Degas, Igros.
Ilajon, IteJon, XIatlsje, Uesnard and
Drlan.
Among those who lent prints to the
exhibition nro JIacDoueall
Walter Pach,
Hamilton Knster Field,
;amnf. Harold Enrich! C
Dr. V Wcltehkamr
Kir.uahaar, Kennedy Si
David Keppel
Co. and
I
tnt
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Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.
For Eastern New York Fair to-da.
and to-morrow ; continued cool, frcsn
west winds.
For New Jersey Fair to day and to-morrow
slowly rlslrn; temperatnre, fresh west winds.
For northern New England-Fair to day nr.l
to-morrow, continued cool, fresh west winds.
For southern New England Fair to-day an'l
o niorrow, continued twl, fn-i.li west winds
For western Now York-I'artly cloidy ana
continued cool tn-oay; to-morrow fair, wt.
rising temperature, frtsli west to nurtliwe'
w Indi.
WASHINGTON. April 7 - Pressure I
low ulong the Northern bonier, from th"
great lnks enstuard and ovur the West
plateau, and It li relatHcly high ov.t a
narrow belt extending from Flnrldn
northweHHar.l to the Dakota i Within
the last twenty-four bourn thern weio
light locil snows In the North At'antl
Sutes, the upper Ohio Valley nnd the
region of tho wekt lukes, and rlni in
Keijtucky, Tennessee, the eist liulf Stat, s
nml In tho north Pacific (.oust aertloiln F-i
weather prevailed generally In oiher re
r. I om.
Temperature remains abnormally lo"
oxer the Northern States east of tfc
Missouri Itlver, while a general chung
to higher temperature Is In progrerH e
the plains States and tho Itocky Jloui.
:alns and plateau regions.
The outlook la for generally fa
weather to-morrow and I'rIJiy In t
Stales eait of the Mississippi Itlver Th
temperature will rise slowlv In the regim
of the. great lakce. tho Ohio Valley. T i.
neei) and the mlddlo Atlantlo Stnte
Con weather will continue In New Yon.
and New England.
Observatloni at United States Weather Ito
reau stations taken at S A. JI. jesteiday, ser
enty-tlfth meridian time:
Temperature Rainfall
1 nt 21 hrs. Baro- last 14
Stations. High. I,ow. meter bra Weather
Al.ileno W 75 . . Cloudy
Albany 43 S3 W01 .. Fair
Atlantic City.... M 7S .02 Clear
llaltiinore 4? 42 23 SI) . . Clnudi
Illsmart-k .. . . 42 IS SO 10 dear
I'.oston 10 31 IS 51 .H Clear
Iluffalo 2S M J1 M .03 Cloudv
CharleMon 76 M n 94 . . Hear
Chicago 40 W .. Clear
Cincinnati 41 SO 04 . Pt CUI
I Cleveland 34 IS 23. 4 .14 Cloudy
Denver 6.5 M 23.7? .. Cloudy
Detroit 32 2 23 84 .02 Cloudy
Ualteston 73 M 29 91 .. Clear
He'ena 51 30 29 8) .. Clear
Jacksonville .... 74 6? S0.03 . Clear
Ksnsai City.... 52 38 00.M .. Pt Ud
Los Angeles 6t ft 30 M .. Pt. I IO
Milwaukee S3 28 29.SI Pt Cldy
New Orleans.... M SI 23 M .. Clear
Oklshoma 70 43 23.3! Clear
Philadelphia....!'; 40 23 S .til Cl-ai
Pittsburg M 30 29 82 .01 Snow
rortland, Me. .. 34 SO 29 48 02 cloud"
Portland. Ore... 54 48 23.30 .30 Cloudr
Salt Lake Cltv.. 64 4 2 29 80 . Pt I
San Antonio.... 84 51 2301 Pt rid
San Diego CB M 30 00 Pinnae
San Francisco... 68 48 2SS8 . Clo-ily
St. Louis M n M 32 . Cleir
St. Paul 30 25 29 61 ( Iear
Washington .... 46 41 23 E0 .. Cloudy
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.
8 A.M. S P 51
naromMer 23.3t 23 70
Humidity 69 80
Wind direction N W. S F
Wind-velocity 20 24
Weather Cloudy Pt Ci-.ad
Precipitation Nono Nono
The temperature in this city yesterday a
recorded by the official thermometer, is shown
In tbe annexed table:
t A. M....41 1 P. M....42 6 P M .
0 A. M....41 2 P. M ...42 7 P M .
10 A. M....43 3 P. M....41 P. M . 54
11 A. M....43 4 P. 3J....40 3 P. M
12 M 42 5 P. SI.... 43 1" P M
1520. 1913. 1920. W
9 A. M 41 41 6 P. M 43 "
12 M 12 M 8 P. M 34 &
3 P. M 43 '. 13 Mid 37
Highest temperature, 43, at 3 P, M
Lowest temperature, 33, at J. 30 A. II
Average temperature, 40.
EVENTS TO-DAY.
Sergeant Alvin C. York will be the pruinpa'
sneaker at the Rotary Club luncheon, llotci
SlcAlpin, 12:30 P. M.
NaUonal Democratic Club, "States' rights
dinner," Waldorf-Astoria, 7 P. 51.
Cltiiens' Union, meeting, Bush Terminal
auditorium, 130 West Forty-second street,
I P. 51.
"Public Questions" will hn ,hi-me.i bv Miss
Janet Rlcbarda under the auplces of tho Elv
Club. Hotel niltmore. 11 A. 51
The Broadway Association will dtscus tie
proposed now vehicular tunnel at a luncheon
meeUng. Hotel Astor. 12 20 P. M.
"5tusle and Liberty." address bv Willlsm
J. Henderson. Chemists Club, W East Fortj
Orst street, 4 P. JI.
, '"o lion, Alfred J. Talley will speak oa
Tbe LeSSOn Of IjTtnrtAn" uf . mofllln ft
the Tammsny Hall Osceola Club, 1036 f'art
avenue, this evenln
Catholic Charities Enrolment Camp.iUm Cera
"e f JSotre Dame Chapel, meeting at tt
tte
chapel, lHtn
8 P. 5t.
street and IUvcrsido
Drive,
k If?. ?"ltaw Compton and Irwin I. Ti.ie
i J!..d,btto ,h0 l,nn' nueitlnn at a dm
a Vv ,Cv7 Fu.b 1,osl ot the American Lesion.
"V'f" Jorty-fourUi street. 7 P. M.
Mesilir ei",! w- Oothal and decree
e'ercTel 2" Sl.S5" the ?
"e ? wi1. .f Mechanic and Tradesmen.
. ' ""-cintn street. S.13 P. M
Veterans of nii.. tii.
with. s Regiment Armory. IJ park avenue,
pS!(i.m,niUnJ Enrineering Societv. meetlnr.
Hotel i-n ('rn,'?rb"?d Huc?, banquet
li?sH ' 'ennsylvanla. this evenln-
ln the iTss ' tejLAjirj?.!"
4 P. jsmoor- Metropolitan Museum of Art.
meVt f- xl- J fti'dne. section of pediatric
Am?J;,U Frt-tblrd street X 30 P M
nrhiN ni2nK,eUe,atl0,v.0, Art' exhibition of
SisZSiS- Pratt In'",u,e L,bnrr
Fn?rrirfnl, h'Wunn. French Tortr-.,'
wSL'Wr,? c0,v.P"nrf Art. U3 Fifth
American Physical Education AssortHlon
r -'Itf nnit . flnrnfloii in.. I
A.tnH,. e""r" ."eejlngs. Waldorf
iirnnMV flTr iorcii ucarcr
Urooklyn Academ? of Music. 1 P M
"J1 "rowers Association.
Waldorf-Astoria. 7 p. si
Association, dinner
PUBLIC LECTURES TO-NIGHT
r'nS?? ft" Wor,', war." bv Mr Harry
ttiSrSl
. "Pur We.tem National p.- Kn ,
iirrrt'nd vi!.s t2 '"-oadway Arafr r
ffiw Unnl, M-ood. . -
tw wSST i"0" U"t Child Welfare '
E itreiu roTlcl1 r s- 6; IIes,er ant,
i