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Published dally, Including Sunday, by the Sun Printing- - and Publishing Aaanclatlon at 170 Naenu street. In the lloroufh of Man. hattan. New York. President and Treaiurer, William C Itelik. 1J0 Nataau afreet! Vice. Preeident. Ednard P Mitchell. 170 Naaiau treet! Secretary. C. E. l.uxton, 170 Naeaau treet. London office, Keingham House, 1 Arundel atreet. Strand. Parle ortce, Hue da la Mlchodlere, eft Hue du Quatro Septembre. Wiuhlngton oltlce. Itlbba llulldln. Brooklyn oltlce, IOC Livingston atreet. ouf ritndi'uho tavor u$ teltl) nancr(p' and lltutirnllom or puMiruffun icl to hate rejected articlet rtturntil they mvit in alt rutra nnd $lamit tor thai purnn.t. " few III Tempered I'nrl Itims." Eccrolii ry .McAnoo, who has not yet mndo any cxplttniitlou of the nppnr-ontl- y iuhIIcIoum obstacle thrown In the way of the new siibwiiyn by the United .States tint eminent as represent eil by lit ni. promises to make clear within a few days hit reasons for the nttitudo of obstruction he has mummed. So much has beeu Kiilned by the unnnl-rnoti- s ronileinnatlon tlint has been oecn-tdone- d by his mysterious conduct. Itut Mr. McAnoo Is badly Informed when he says that ho has been subjected to criticism "by n few 111 tempered parti- sans In New York city." There Is and has leen nothing parti- san In the temper of the citizens of New York In their treatment of Secre- tary McAnoo. They have undertnken n gigantic public euterprlMs for the Kood of the community and are pre- pared to tax themselves roundly, If need be. to carry It to success. They llnd that enterprise blocked and an effort made to Increase their burden by the United Htutes 'ovininicnt, which In the abseuce of 'Jin explanation now lu process of preparation seems to have sunk to the level i( , sharp real estate manipulator or dc-iti- maliciously to play the part of a doc In the mnnper. They have not Inquired whether the Influence at work to produce so sur- prising a result is political, tlnanclal or personal. They are itndersoInK an entbarrasslug holdup, anil they are Irri- tated over that surprising experience, regardless of their views on the tariff, tho associations of scholarship with religious, the anti-trus- t bills, or the Itlver of Doubt. rendliii; the appearance of Secretnry McAnoo'a formal statement, that gen- tleman shows deep solicitude about the relations of this city with the Inter-boroug- h company. JThere cannot bo In this a hint as to the real unluius d tho unsympathetic attitude of tho United States (ioverumoat I The Torpedo vs. the nig CJtin. When Admiral Sir Putcv Scott of the British navy declares over his own signature that the Admiralty Is wast- ing money In building dreadnoughts because submarines nnd submerslbles have rendered battleships obsolete, It will not do to answer him by saying that he Is a wild theorist who does not weigh his words. As a matter of fact. Sir Pebcy Scon Is the most prnctlcnl nnd hard headed of nnvnl otllcers, per- haps also the greatest living authority upon handling guns of the largest cali- bre ; he Is, besides, the Inventor of n nf nlmht Klf'tiiilllni? now used In the Hrltlsh navy. Ills greatest dis- tinction Is that of n battleship tact! elan, and when he retired from nctlve -- ervlce a few months ago uo olllccr In the navy was accounted more compe- tent nnd valuable than Sir Pkkcy Scott. If he has spoken out now lu terms Hint mny not be relished by the Government it must be from n soupo of duty. When Sir Pkkcy Scorr urges tho Admiralty to construct a great tleet of submarines and to build no warships but fast crulFers ho must have In mind the rapid Improvements recently made tn torpedoes, the most powerful of which now have n range of 7,r0 yards, Tho Germans havo 11 121. rt Inch tropedo ilmt In the Judgment of the experts could put a I!7,(KX ton dreadnought out of commission no matter what part of tho hull wns hit. A good deal of time Is devoted by the Germans to night torpedo mnnumvros with masked lights nt the stern. Great sed Is nttnlned In handling these boats with the ut-i- t security. In an article upon tho jnau(pnvn:s the A (lt d and Military Ittvnnl said recently that "a flotilla working nt night moves with nn as- sured precision that Is nothing short of marvellous." The German special- ists ht'iievo that three llotljlns of thlr-l- i Miree boats would sink a battleship luadron of eight ships without much difficulty. They express the opinion thut tho torpedo will dccldo tho next great naval war. Croat Itrltaln Is not neglecting tor- pedo practice. Sim Is building more submarines and submerstbles tlmn Ger- many, carefully concealing Improve- ments. It tuny bo doubted, however, whether tho rnnk and tile of the Brit- ish toriiedo boat personnel Is as well trained and cnpable us the Ccmiitu. In tho opinions he expresses about tho use of destroyers and submarines In modern warfare and the decline In HpMIng vnlue of tho nil big gun war- ships Kir Pehcy Scott Is probacy giving utterance to Ideas that are be- coming prevalent In the Hrltlsh navy among progressive ofllcers. Whnt It Is to llo I.ovcd. A conclllabiile of what are called by courtesy but most Incorrectly "I'ro-gresslv- o leaders" has bleated over the State and under thy tea n tender rind passionate cry for help. There Is and can be but one Progressive leader. Without him, unless he Is n candidate, the Progressives can't progress. Though It builds niiijesllc plutfornis, collects and emits beautiful principles by the yard; although the rich devotees give chocks with full hands, there Is no liody. bowels or soul to tho party. There Is nothing In It except the Colonel. It Is his shndow and reflection. The feel- ing of the adorers Is something be- tween lovo and religious fanaticism. It Is personal. It lives on iwrsonallty, not on dogmas. If tho Colonel could be subdivided, cut up Into little It's, to speak Julletl-cally- , all would be well with his tloek. As things are, he must shepherd every where. Kvery State howls for him. Any Progressive campaign without him Is nleepwnlklng. He Is the whole show and no supernumeraries need apply. The tearful pleading of the New York faithful Is at once n confession of weakness and n mark of Indiscipline that they wouldn't have tin red to make were not the alt feared mid all loved Feofawfum far. far away.- - When he wants n nomination ho will give the orders. Meanwhile these sheep nre making themselves more "than n little ridiculous. Their faith Is sublime, but their Implied confession of absolute po- litical Impoteucy must be annoying to their boss. Poor little babes! Hardly has he tucked them up and told them to be good than they boohoo and bel- low for him. Tho Colonel can't very well remind them that the pitcher that goes often to the well nnd so on. If be did they wouldn't lielleve him. Hut he now has the opportunity to moralize to himself upon the dUcomfort of being an Idol and a totem pole. Why doean't he get some of his numerous sociological friends to found il School for the Po- litical Kducatlon of the Prosressltes? Nature nnd .Man. The Hon. William C. ltmHELD, Sec- retary of Commerce; travelling "pros- perity talker" and nsslslnut professor of Psychological Condition", bids the Tarheelers look tiiwn this picture and be glad: "From fur off California and from Flor- ida; from tho field of Oklahoma nnd Kan(i, Missouri nnd Nebrnska, comes tliu Klsd cry of a harvest all but ripe for tho Hlckle. There waa no mourning In tho orunge groves of California when I saw them In Mitrch, nnd Florida utters no cry of distress in Mending 23,000 carload of , her fruit to market," Whnt n bitter and true reviling of the Department of Psychology nt Wash-- 1 lngtoii. what a cruel If unconscious stab at tho Professor! No pragrat tlcnl med- dling mar-all- no marabouts of the new freedom, no Malvollos nnd Dog- berries of regulation nnd suppression, have been nblo to tnmper with the bowels nnd fruits of tho earth. There Is one fountain of wealth that all these lurdnn hands have not stopped up. Thero' la no Interstate Weather Com- mission. The farmers are a beloved nnd favored class which the Adminis- tration and Congress the phrase Is tautological won't hurt If they can help It; against which the statute book doesn't bristle and snarl. The crops have been snfe. Doubt- - less an ecstatic nnd Illuminate Wllson- - lan like JosEriius Siccus won t admit It, but It has to be confessed generally that the crops are beyond the Jurisdic- tion of Mr. Wilson and oven of Colonel upper House. In tho only prosperity visible the Democrats have had no hand. Busi- ness, subject to legislation nnd regula- tion, haB wilted or still trembles under the blighting olllclal touch. Tho pros-perlt- Is of God. The adversity comes mnltily from Democratic stupidity, fa- naticism and "Idealism." The Militant Climax-- . Nothing the suffragettes had pre- viously done was so much calculated to estrange public sympathy from them as the outbreak nt the court levee on Thursday night. The F.ngllsh hatred ' of "a scene" Is proverbial. Hut n scene In the presence of tho King, a scene In the midst of a decorous social function, a scene wantonly created here we have tho unpardonable, tho unforgct- - j table, tho act unutterable. In the eyes i of average Englishmen It will appear more outrageous than tho burning of Hreadsall Church at Derby with Its chained Bible, although tho latter crime may seem to Americans tho last word lu wilful malice. It Is perfectly plain that militancy has passed all bounds of toleration or leniency In the last few weeks. Tho "cat tnd mouso" act Instead of ojierat-lu- g ns n check has directly encouraged It. This was1 foreseen by peoplo who took u common sense view; but the Ministry, which seems to have a con- stitutional aversion to strong notion, hoped against hope. Now the situation has reached such a pitch that there Is danger of the Indignant public's taking the matter out of tho hands of the au- thorities and denllng wlbh It direct. In other words England having Incurred the disgrace of appearing helpless In tho fnco of organized crime Id tn dnnger J of the still greater dlsgrnco of seeing lynch law Invoked lo restore peace ntrtl order. It cannot be disputed that tho Gov- ernment has a task of magnitude and dltllcully on Its hands. This Is tho re- sult of lis own weakness. Militancy, nt the outset, could have been crushed with a little timely severity. Now It has such headway that probably ex- treme severity widely exercised will be necemnt.v. Numbers of hysterical women nro iossesetl with n frenzied desire of martyrdom, and their tlenlre mny have to bo gratllled pretty freely to check the rising Impulses of hun- dreds of others. Kngland owes It tn herself to deal with the evil by legal process before the leo-pi- e los their heads mid take to mob law. The often promised and never real- ized campaign of repression as broad as the disease should be begun. Penal ser- vitude with long turms with total aboli- tion of tho "cat and mouse" nonsense should bo tneted out In largo doses to the active rioters nnd smashers. Hut tho work should go further. A search- ing prosecution of nil who give moral nld or financial support, together with tho breaking of up of Juntas, the stop- page of seditions meetings and the seiz- ure of money and p.iors wherever found, should be pursued In order to cut tho ground from under the move- ment. Tho people lu the background who supply the sinews of war nro the worst criminals of all. Tho suffrage rimwlnn Is In no way Involved In this mutter. It Is merely a finest Ion whether civilization Is nblo to protect Itself against the Inroads of modern barbarians. A Hot Time Ahead In IYnii.vlimlii. Whnlever the range of temeralure may be In Pennsylvania this summer, the political atmosphere will be torrid and sultry, with frequent electrical dis- turbances. The people nre to choose u United Slates Senator for the first time, ami as Colonel ltoom:i:t.T will be I on the firing line tn help his friend Mr. GiiToitu Pinchot there ean he.r.o truce with the regular Itepiibllcuns lu general or with the Hon. Boikh Pen-nos- t: lu particular. Tho Washington party (Progressive lteptiblleans), whose candidate Mr. Pi.nciiut Is, ndopted a platform In Its convention lit Iliirrlsburg on Thursday In which It wns declared that "the paramount issue In Pennsylvania to day is I'ENitosn nnd Penroselstn." Al- though there was u long list of other Issues, quite u catalogue lu fact, the campaign Is to be made on the para- mount Issue. The contest will be du ll and not triangular, according to Mr. Pinciiot. "This Is our year." ho said at the convention; "this It. the year when Pcmiose goes down to defeat. PcNitosr, Is a moral Issue nnd that Is enough. The Dcniocratlc or- ganization will count hut little In this campaign." Yet lu Itopresontntlve A. Mitciiki.i. Palm eh the Democrats have a respeelnblo and enterprising candl-ilnt- who will have tho backing of President Wilson-- , nnd. regardless of that fnct. cannot be considered out of the running If the Progressives nre half ns strong In Pennsylvania ns Mr. Pin-cu- believes they nre. This Is that gentleman's logic of victory : "We curried Pcnnnylvanla for the Colo, nel In 1812. In 1914 he will help to carry It for uk We are etronser now thsn wc were then." If the Progressive party In the State Is stronger than It was when 417.-12- votes were polled for the Colonel, all Is over but tho shouting. But In other States where elections have been held since 11112 the Progressive party has proved considerably weaker than It was two years ago. IS Pennsylvania to be the great exception because Colonel Itoosi'.vEi.T will make some speeches, not for himself, but for Giffodd Pin- ciiot, who, unllko Mr. Palmkr nnd Mr. Pk.nhosk, Is not n Pennsylvn'nlnn? By the wny, It Is a curious fact that the Hon. A. Mitchkli. Palmfk was born at Moosehend. About tho result It would be fool- hardy to hazard a prediction. Un- doubtedly Colonel ItoosF.vKi.T will make more votes for Mr. Pinciiot than he enn attract by his own personal efforts. which are not always characterized by tempernnce of expression. If Mr. Pin- ciiot Is contldent of election, ro Is Sen-nto- r I'ENnosK, who, nothing loath, em- braces the opportunity to bo the para- mount Issue as candidate of tho Itepub-llca- n voters by a large majority In the primary. Mr. P.u.Mrn'B hope of course lies tn the breach of the old party. Tho light will be triangular. Tho Itespectalilo Woman In the Hands or thei I'ollre. A young woman of respectable stand- ing In the community was nrrested on an absurdly trivial charge n few nights ago on Itlverslde Drive. There was apparently no real necessity for molest- ing her lu nny way. But the police- man In the .case hnd Impulses of per- fection nnd could not brook the frlskl-nos- s of her small dog. In his mind the ense wns one for condign punish- ment, so ho gripped her by tho nrm and made her a prisoner. Condensed Into n few words, this wns her account of her experiences, and nn doubt It Is substantially accurate: "I not only was, cruelly treated, but I wan tnken to the police station and then put In n patrol wagon with n negress. At Jefferson Market I was put In a prison pen with drunken women and was com- pelled to listen to their foul language. I nked for a drink of water, but my request was denied," Thin Is one of those Incidents which make tho Judicious lament. Heaven knows on what ground the arrest can bo Justified. Tho plea for tho subse- quent treatment of tho victim wilt Isi that the lnw Is even handed und shows favor to none. Of course this defence Is balderdash of the worst kind. To shut any young woman of clean life In ii pen with drunken nnd foul mouthed sliitterns Is ail nnspenknblo outrage. This would be true If she hnd pom- - ml'tted n serious Instead of a comic opera offence. It It not the even hand of the Inw but tho olllclal stupidity which devised tho system nnd the off- icial brutality which falls to correct It In practice that figured In th,e entlro proceedings. Tho nffnlr Is a dlsgraco to tho city. If there Is no existing way by which a superzenlous isillcerunn enn be mndo to i servo a summons Instead of Inflicting , tho humiliation of nu arrest In small change cases of technical' violations of foolish ordlnnnces. a wny should bo sieedlly found. As for the Jamming of resioctnblo peoplo Into- - dlsgustm court liens. Miss Katiiarinf. Bkment Hams, our reforming Commissioner of Correction, hns the opportunity of a lifetime for nn Improvement that can le made .with a word and that will win universal Indorsement. There Is n grent deal of tnlk thesa days nbout organizing our pollco for social service. Before tnklug up a new fnd It will b well to extirpate such utterly nntl-socl- blunders as wo find In this case. SxnAit Bernhardt Is going to piny an- other Shakespearian character In her next farewell tour. Sho will bo seen ns Nhulock; For this roller, much thanks. It might hnvo been Juliet. Instead of financial starvation, Canada seems inclined to subject her rnllronds to forcible feeding. Premier Houdbn has Introduced In Parliament at Ottawa n bill to Kuarantco 116,000,000 of bonds for new construction In development of tho Grand Trunk Pacific. Hut the doctrines of tho "new freedom" have not yet made any grent headway across the border. Over there they nre still con- tent to grow In an unscionUIlc way. If tho Prlnco of Wino should call It an abdication nnd unit, he will leave ns pretty it dlah of troublo behind him In Albania its Kuropn has had to digest since the great Joint coup of Austria In Bosnia und King FicitniNANn In ntil-garl- n. Tho famous Hnlknn wnr cloud will hnvo to bo dragged out of the property room nnd touched up for use. The offer of $R00 with permission to keep tho stolen Jewels for tho return of n film bearing n, young woman's pic- ture suggests that a new star will soon fln.Hh In the theatrical sky. Two British navy aviators were killed on .lunp A, nnd yesterday two French nrmy nvlators lout their lives. The death rate among tnllltnry airmen seems to be on the Increase 111 spite of In- ventions deHlKiied to make the aero- plane stable. The nrmy nnd navy avia- tors nro nlwnys on perilous avtlvo ser- vice, and this fnct should be taken Into account In fixing their pay. I pray Ooo tho boya there IVera Cruz will not have to light nny more. Presi- dent Wilhon. Not even In a war of sen-Ic- e to Mexico, let us hopo. On General Carranza's cabinet elnte the name of Francisco Villa does not appear, not even us Secretary of War. But no-on- u bun been colectcd for the portfolio of Agriculture. As General Viu, hns been conllscatlnx the big estates In Chihuahua and dividing them nmong his peon friends, perhaps he Is to be Minister of Agriculture. The sail stretching spin of Shamrock IV. on tho Solent leaves no room for doubt tha' Nicholson has produced a racer ns well as a freak. Her speed cuunot bo Judged until the sail maker has finished his work and the bout has a re.il test over the measured course with Shamrock III. Tho question will remain to be answered whether Sir Thomas I.irroN's Ingenious racing ma- chine enn cross tho Atlantic without strnlnlng her hull and Injuring her chances in the International races. ST. .lOllN'S IN VAIllCK STHEET. A Vtonl In Support of the Attitude of Trinity CTiuroh. To the Kditor or Tub Sun Sir.- - May It bo HURgeated that neither Trinity Church nor Trinity Corporation hns any duty to perform In the matter of pre- serving buildings as muaeum pleceH? May It also be Intimated, of course mildly, that the directors of the religious organisa- tion ar the final Judges as to the pro- priety of maintaining un edlflco for pur- poses of worship, and the olllcera of the tmelnesH corporation occupy a almllar po- sition with relation to tho administration of Its tlnanclul affairs? As to St. John's Chupel, In Varlck atreet. In the Judgment of the rector nnd vestry of Trinity ltn religious usefulness was long ago Impaired to an extent Juatlfylng Its abandonment ; Its historical iisvooln-tkm- s are of the slightest Importance, and as an architectural monument It Is en- titled to very little consideration. Its demolition would not rob New York of a notable feature, deprive students of an inspiring example of art or consign lovers of benuty to a bairen life. If the time has tome for It to go, 'here Is no cause for tears beyond the Immediate neighbor- hood of its site, whera dwell these com- municants nnd others to whom habit and association havo made It dear. One of the high privileges and stern duties of Now York outside Trinity Church Is to oppose, condemn and chastlaj Trinity Corporation nnd the Institution whose cslnto It manages. Tor a good nrnnnrt nn nf the 1 feel lie thi.l Inn' been engendered against It Trinity Is It- self responsible Uut' In the Ht. John's dispute church nnd corporation have nil itHiiiinplutlmis nlmpd nt them nfA Decnltnrlv I unjust nnd nonsensical. Churchman. Nbw.York, Juno G. lines the Tcnilorn I'.miity Into the Salt? To the Kmtor or Tub Run Sir.- - By alt moans let Theodore Itonsevelt run for Governor of New York on tho Progressive ticket! The result will be very Interest- ing, Inasmuch iih It will show Just how badly tho Progressive party Is disinte- grating. Incidentally the election will qulle prob-nbl- y b tho "swan song" of that party's brief though not wholly uninteresting career, There will bo many a dry eye among Itepubllcans and when the last and rltea are performed over what was once a very "nice," though constitutionally rather delicate, llttlo party. ' HEruBucxN. Newark, N. J.. Juno 5. n u..,r,...,ir mill "tin. IMnell nf Put rlv n - - TO THK Kbitor or Tim Sun Sir.- - I am n UUDIIIi'na mull, uniuiil, u entail lliflliu- - fuctory. Thero is no business; things are at a BtanUBiui, i nnve ueen onugen to "lay off" my workman and I am told that it U not real, It Is "psychological," I I don't know what that means, as 1 ' never set foot In a college, but I hope to "'"r1?' ..""K ""I1" ? yJ'"r of ,":yatchful waiting" pinch poverty" seems real to me. I Can our meat anarchist of philosophy nnd his first adv ser yodel when we can expect an end of this "psychological" con- - dltlon? New York, June S. U'.iT- THE BAIt ASSOCIATION AT TUB NATIONAL CAPITAL. Comment, Partly tJ.tjuit. en the Ccmat of Iiwjrri in i nnirrria. To tub KorroK or Taa Sun Bin In searching for the causes of the reckless und Ignorant legislation which has been placed upon tho statute books or la now being considered by Congresa the maltAim rf ik.t 4 . . .L...I, ... l - overlooked. Tho Senate Is composed of ninety-si- x members. Sevcntv-ele- ht of them are lawyers, nine business men. six farmers, one teachor, one journalist and one doctor. Tho nt Ii also a lawyer, making seventy-nin- e out of a total of ninety-seve- n. Tho House of Ilepresentatlvei has a membership of 435. Of these 283 are lawyers, slxty-nln- o aro In business, twenty-fou- r are Journalist!, ten farm- ers, four laborers, eight teachers, alx doctors and one architect. Thirty do not give their occupation, but If the tame . proportion of lawyer exist among them as with the others there are eighteen. Add them and the Speaker and we havo 302 lawyers out of a total membership of 436, twelve more than two-thir- Tho two Houses together number S31, of whom 381, or nearly three-quarter- s, nro lawyers. Not only are they lawyers, but they are, a vast malnrlty of them, country lawyers, not well versed In business and Its needs, and with no comprehension of tho laws of trade or knowledge of historical commercial evolution. This Is a business country and the only way to secure Intelligent con- sideration for Its vast Interests Is to send a good many of the attorneys who have been doing such harm back to their county courts nnu elect a business Congress. Not one In fifty of these lawyers can earn anything like tho salary at home, nnd they constantly manifest their readiness to inako any sacrifice, even to wearing Gompers's collars, In order to stay here. After nil, tho country ought not to complain. It It continues to send the sort of men to Congress who tumblo over each other In their eager hnsto to abaso themselves at the nod of the union dictators the worst legislation It gets will be better than it deserves. But Isn't It time thnt business men mado up their minds thnt tho time has come, no matter at what cost, for them to get Into the game? Old Hand. Washington-- , Juno 4, imrsE YE SLAVES! Cnntless. Frre Mrckcrt. Hegln Another Trojan War. To tux Editor or Tub Sun Sir: I seo that an Anil-Coll- League has been launched In Paris to wage n crmade against "the silly habit of locking up the Adun's npplo In a prison of starch" Mqat excellent Idea I Tho masculine collar Is certainly not hygienic, neither Is It a thing of benuty. and, with nil regard for tlie chief Industry of Troy, It should be abolished, As n physical trainer 1 know by experience that n linen collar de- creases physicat etnclency by pcr'iaps 80 per cent. Imnglno a boxer, oarsman, runner or other athlete wearing a collar whllo engaged In tho practice of his sport t And while we are discarding our collars, which are especially undesirable In the summer, why not at the same time throw on our coats? To be forced to wear a coat In tho heated reason Is nothing short of tyranny, and by concerted effort mas- culine lium.inlty could cast aside this bur- den. Haughty ticket takers at theatres nnd head waiters at restaurants could soon be taught not to look with scorn upon a man sensible enough to put aside unnecessary clothing. Health and comfort go hand In hand, nnd both collar nnd coat nre uncomfort- able In summer and therefore not health- ful. The best argument the Parisian de fenders of the collar have been able to think of Is that its degree of cleanliness Is nn Index to character. "Tell mi whether your collar Is clean and I will tell you who you nre," says one writer, with more humor than sense. Any man who can keep his collar clenn nnd unwilled on a hot summer day is either an idler or a "dude," und probably bbth. Down with the constricting cellar nnd the swcltry coat! Ye slaves to custom, nrlse! Mac Livt. Badtlon, Juno E. NO aVAIllt MANtEVVHES. The Adjutant-nenrra- l. and Not the legi- slature, Nnhl to He Itesiinnaltile. To tub Editor or Tun Sun Sir: It Is unfortunate that the Legislature of 191 f failed to make an appropriation for tho summer nnd fall maweuvrcs for the Na- tional Guard. The fault must be at the door of the Adjutant-Oener- In falling to' Impress upon the Legislature the Impor- tance of Held manoeuvres for the National Guard. The legislators have been more thsn liberal In appropriating money for the usa nnd vocntlon of the National Ounrd when tho subject matter was prop- erly presented to them. It Is more seri- ous at the present time that this appro- priation was not made In view of the fact that the National auard of this State may be cnlled Into service to the Mexican trouble. The enlisted men and ofllcers of the Guard look to the manoeuvres as an appre- ciation by the Rtnte of their voluntary Hcrvlces, New York Is the only State In the Fnlon that hns n complete division In the mllltln reserve of the United States, due to the fnct of the liberal appropria- tions by past Legislatures. Louis A. Cuvillier. Alimnt, Juno 4. Subject ror n fircat I'latnrleal Painter. To ritr. Editor or Tub IIun Sir; The dramatic setting wns superb. On the one sldo a quiet gentleman of philosophic poise, with u glance of confident intelli- gence through cold glass. Here wan n remarkable human monument to mental l.lu(p. us surface polished by the ".-;,.- ? ... .r....hi. .L;."0.? '."fJ - .' ' " '" perfection. On the other side n delegation of ner- vous men, only bread winners, represent- - Inn. nun. "II AftA mnnn.. I....LI.. . ". ".'T. ".'.' " ",..1"3. "ininca tlous of that proposition, think nf neh hive as the nervo centre of Its supporting units, the home. The petition of these nervous men for relief from a fancied condition was, of course, Impertinent; the answer of tho great father, "merely psychological," is already a clusslc. Thero Is one parallel In hldtory when the great old King Canute had words with tho disobedient sea. Take heart, nervous men, your petition has been indirectly, If unconsciously, granted. "Merely psychological" will crvstalllie and electrify the burning Issue "Duslness for business men." ' Jambs A. Bapclifti, New York, June 6. Domination. To the Editor or Tin: Sun Sir.- - How naughty when a groat man dominates the tiollcles of a htsr rnllrni.il n.,,1 mK - v.i..i.., '. . Him. (,o) muiuKii'tii expert dominates the pollclta of a big country how noble! 1 can see somo folk deniaiidlm- - n nhvuin. logical Investigation ns to whether Mel- - n ruuu uKrees wiin a constitution, James IIelu Torhinotow, Conn., June 4. " A Ntutlrnt of Mere l')ehnl(igy, To tub Em or The Hun sir; Could ,- - tell mo how to ncoulre hai)ll7 My Income has fallen Voo month since the rtrst or .J naturally I feel gloomy. If I could t i the proper :"hunch" on the "vision" per. . ". lira w kUNr up. IIurrALo, June t. W. C. TIIE UNDIMINISHED COLONEL. A rollowcr and Admirer of lilt Harks Back to ITilcago. i- To the Editor or Tub Sun Sir: The outpourings of certain old Itepubllcans which you havo rocently printed remind me that I too am an old IUpubllcan, tho on of a Fremonter. And when I voted tor Roosevelt In 1912 the fact Is I voted for the choice lately expressed of tho large majority of the Republican voters of the country, the candidate who on elec- tion day, with SO per cent, of his con atltuency left behind In the old Republican machine, made a respectable second. Roosevelt was then and Is now the rep- resentative of the largo majority of the Individuals composing the opposition to the Democracy, and his opponents are nnd always have been a comparatively smalt faction favored by the circumstance of having possessed themselves of the ma- chinery of the old Republican party nnd by the cooperation of the press. It waa thlt minority faction which team rollered Roosevelt In Chlcaro In 112, and right there lloj the featuro of that episode which distinguishes It from all similar operations In the past. A lot of people will tell you that what the con- vention did to Roosevelt had been tho practice time out of mind, with this dif- ference, that whereas former unlucky can- didate! had taken their medicine Roose- velt put up a kick nnd called heaven to witness. The only trouble with the argu- ment Is that It doesn't fit the record. It Is a matter of record that Roosevelt won out at the primaries In Mny nnd went to Chicago with the vote of tho overwhelming majority of the Republican voter who then constituted the whole of the opposition to the Democracy. Thereupon the minority faction threw out hla dele- gates, packed the convention nnd nomi- nated the loser at tho primary election. Then they say this has always been done. If they are right tho fnct Itself ought to suffice to terminate their public ex- istence. But II never wns done before, nnd I venture to predict never will be done ngnln. True, misrepresentation from rot- ten boroughs In the Houtli "had nlwnys been, Hnd the steam roller had a long list of honorable achievements to the good on the day they got It out to flatten Teddy, nut never before In the history of nny political party or this country had n den-nlte- known minority chloroformed an and definitely known majority suf- ficient tn nominate. The fruits of thnt dny's work are, brlerty, a demolished opposition to the Democrats nnd tho Federal Government In the possession uf the llrynn Democracy, which has mnde It the tool of n clnss at home and n laughing stock abroad. And one of your correspondents serves notice that the Teddyphobes are ready to do It ngaln If Roosevelt doesn't efface himself, and doubtless will nsk with n solemn coun- tenance If you don't think Roosevelt would efface himself from patriotic Impulses It ha hnd nny. Unfortunately we are not nil parn-nolnc- s. The dny when mnjoritlea efface themselves In a free country will be time enough to exnet that demonstration of T. It's patriotism. Meanwhile, what wo havo on our hands netunlly Is nn undiminished Colonel, with all the natural consequences thereof, nnd this we will continue to hnve until the dny dawns. If It ever does, when ho Is fairly nnd squarely rejected American fashion by n majority, not bv a minority masquer- ading In the trappings of party. Howard M. Canounb. PLAIrrriELO, N. J.. June 5. CIIIES OF NEIV YORK. Mysterious Mechanical Croaks or Cynical Itinerant. To the Epitor or Tun Hun Sir: Man's place In nature has In lato years been precisely defined In nil aspects except the relation of fruit and vegetable pedlcrs to the universe. It does not require close observation to determine them to be of cynical and satirical temperament or they would not cry their wares without dis- crimination as they paas parks, churches, charitable Institutions or other places where they are certain to receive no Their contemptuous nnd Inarticu- late offerings In language unknown to the rest of the human family betoken hatred of their merchandise und desire to banish It from their minds by speedy disposal. Apparently their own voices have ren- dered them deaf in the left ear, and fear- ing the same result to the right ono they press the palm of the hand over the member and howl In unconflned de- spondency. The other dny I met one of these gen- tlemen who proclaimed his desire to sell "prahh" and "pyenppah." ith no ac- quaintance with the articles, nnd my curiosity being awakened, I apologized for the Interruption, nnd asked him for n confidential communication ns to the character of his product. Then hj scorn- fully exhibited some potatoes and pine- apples. "G'wnn! couldn't yer hear me?" "aid-du- Whoal Back!" The last remarks were addressed to a gloomy object that was once a horse, and being somewhat contradictory In terms, the ghost of the past concluded to take no action. Alt pedlcrs' horses are either sleep walkers or doxe ns they stand, at all times wear- ing n bitter expression, or ono Indicative of movement only through personal friend- ship for their owners. Then among other Itinerants we havo alleged "tinware to mend" nnd "cutlery to sharpen" men, whose tools betray them although they strive to escape notice by unintelligible utterance and a speed of walk that the fastest housewives of the universe cannot overtake; henco another Item of high cost of living through cast away tinware and cutlery thnt no one can be caught to repair. Walker. New York, June 6. And Tnerfi Is No Peace. To the Editor or The Bun Sir- - "Of old, bo long since you may have forgotten It now," It wne quite common to say "Give us a rest." But y the Idea would seem to be nrchalc. What with W. W. and I. W. W. there Is no peace any more In the land. C. 8. r. New York, June 6. The lUthtub. To Tin ErtTnn or Tub Bus Sir: inthlng haa become ao reatrlcted thnt, aa a hungry victim of theories exclaimed. "Well, I have come to the conclusion that the only really safe thing to take upon the stomach la a muetard plaster." It is to be hoped that bathing l not to be counted a dally hatard, llathtuba should 1m multiplied and kept clean. This la eaally doneeven In helpleas houaebolds. A bathtub mop, with a handle n yard or leu long, can always hang by the tub, to be used, and Uaed only, for awabtung tne tun Dy each bather. A few dropa of household ammonia or a little borax la cleansing, and the rlnalng, by let ting the water run aa one dreaaea, makea the tub fit for the next comer. This dally treatment, together with the weekly scrub, will keep even the Croton water sediment In check. Practical Nw Your, June S, Halt Creek of YorkTllle. TO Tn EoiToa or Tn 8cx Sir: I came to New York to live In 1171. At that time a ealt creek made In from the Katt Itlver In the Yorkvllle rtletrlct of the town tome, where In the neighborhood of nighty-nlxt- h atreet. crossing Third avenue. To the weet of that avenue there waa a patch of aalt marsh. Ia my recollection correct? Or are thla creek and marah but a memory mirage of some scene somewhere else? Net Yoax, June 1. Manhattan, The Golfer, Knlcker What la Hmlth's score? Ilncker lie can't llnd the holee; he aaya they muat bi psychological depreailona, Modern. Stella Was the divorce Impreanlve ? Delia Very! she wore aome of the tame lace her mother waa divorced In. Toe Much for Taurus. Stella How did you eacape from the bull? Ilella Preaenee of mind! I waa too acared to run, ao I tangoed. U.S. STOPS TOBACCO "MONOPOLY" HERE GovcrnmcRt's Troubles With JLctropoHtnu District's ni? Four" Virtually Adjusted INDEPENDENTS SATTSF1 P.li Hcports Indicate Tlint Compctl tion Is Established and That Fair Play Exists. WAattwOTON. June K, The ,overn. ment'a differenced with the foureomwnen-- , of tho former tobacco trust In New chnrged with violating the United H'utc .Supreme Court's decreo of dlsolution have virtually been adjusted, The four companies were ncctutd 0f maintaining a monopoly through m"Uli-th- e Metropolitan Tobacco Company M, distributer of their products. The foun dntlon of these charges has been rcmovM tho Department of Justice believe through a declaration of nn open marke' on tho part of the four manufacturing concerns. Tho result of the reestabllshmrnt of competition nmong the distributers of to- bacco products In tho mctroyoll tan district Is that tho Government nil withhold Its milt In equity under thr Sherman net, which had been drawn for the purpose of compelling tho four om panics to slop their alleged monopolism operations. The Government also purposed proceed Ing against tho four corporations for al leged contempt of the Hupremo Court by violation of that tribunal's decree of ills solution. No Final Decision Itenched. The Department of Justice has not vet reached n Hnnl decision as to the nil, rjuacy of measures which have been taken to restore cotnpotition. urtlclals of the Department believe, howevor, that a fair test nlrcady has been mado of the nctlon of tho four companies und aro contldent thnt n long ns tho cxlstlm; condition la maintained no cause will nrlse for charg- ing that u monopoly of tobacco products distribution U maintained through the Metropolitan company. The declaration of nn open market, whereby all tobacco Jobbers In tho metro- polian district b.ivo tho right to pur-Cha- the products of the components ot the former tobacco .trust nt tha name icile of prices ns tho Metropolitan company, wns agreed upon by tho four corporations nearly nix weeks ago, when tho Depart mcnt ot Justice served notice that an Indictment would be sought on n certain dnte unless before that time sulistnntl.il evidence wns given of nn Intention to operate within the limitations ot th Sheilnan luV. Until the Usunnce of thla declaration the Metropolitan company. It Is alleged, had been allowed t' purchase tho prod- ucts of the four compunlcs nt u ucale of prices so far Wow that charged to com- peting Jobbcra that competition waa de- stroyed. Iteporlrd to District Attorney, With the Issuance of the declaration th Government ngreed to withhold the sul' pending observations ns to tho extent t which It would restore competition. The" observations wero mado by tho Unlte.l Htates District Attornoy'n office nt New York, to which the four manufacturing companies have forwarded weekly rcporta of the sales of their products. Thesq reports up to date. It Is under stood, show that flftv-elg- Jobbing con- cerns have entered Into competition with the Metropolitan In the distribution o' the products of the former trust. The volume of bulnoa dono by these com- peting Jobbers has shown n considerable weekly IncreHHe, with the result tint In roads have been made upon the alleged monopolistic buslnesa of tho Metropoli- tan. The amount of business done with com petltlve concerns by the manufacturing companies has not yet attained a volum to Justify the formal nnd Pnul announce ment on the part of tho Department o Justice of Its Kdtlsfactlon that competk tlon has been fullv established, The Government feels lUt-l- f hound, n fairness to the Metropolitan companv nnd to tho manufne'urlng conunr cs to regard ns confidential tho reports r' celved by District Attorney Marshall on the amount of buelness done by compel tlve concerns. Tho confidence of officials of the De partment of Justice that a solution hn been found of the New York tobicco situation was considerably etrcnrftht-nu- l this week by assurances received from tho Independent dealers themselves. Indrprlldrnta Are Sntlaflrd, Henry II. Hunter of Xew York, cmir.v for the Independent Hetall TolmccoriHM Asportation of America, has written Atto- rney-General Mclteynolds that the Inde pendent dealers are convinced that the present nrrnngement Insures them fa'' play. The Independent asoclatlon hat forwarded to Attorney-Gener- Mcltyn-otd- a a copy of n resolution adopted by It Indorsing him for his efforts to restore competition In the New York field. Klnal acceptance b the Government of tho declaration of nn open market in the metropolitan district, which embraces imp nrea enclosed by a circle touching Tren ton, N. J., and Stamford, Conn, w'l bring nn end to the sltuit'on created liv February bv complaints from Indtpcnd nt tobacco dealers that the Metropol tan company mononollres the tobacco Jobhing trade In that district. Other cnmtilnlntH nunlnst the component" .. oi tne iuruiri n uv. - Metrnpol'tnn company, nre now und" vestlgat'on. 'inese nivesiignu"" ; havo not definitely dNclo-u- s" whether or not nn nntl-tru.- it suit wt necessary. , Tha Investigations, howver, n'c "' lead to tho Impression thnt the e .nv i .i.i i,,.ra th. Dnnnrtment or i i were based mora larn-el- on d sea' af ' ' with tno Mipremo i ' solution than with alleged a.-- t o latlon of this decree. MITCHEL CORRECTS AN ERROR TrlU Kxnctly Wlint Mr SnUt In In- - , clnnntl Abont flinrtrr. Mavor Mltchel upon hl return ' City ilall yesterday from a " tlon tour of tho middle West Bawl quoted ns saying In 1 '' I that tho new cnarter oi -- 'provide for the Initiative, referendum recnll, , ... "What I did say," expiatneo jh "was that I was In. favor of tb fornn nnd hoptd they'd be In th. ha As 1 nm only one member of y"rh ' revision committee, I could not say what the char-e- r will contay. The Mayot said that he. r Churchill of tho school board and berhiln Itruero gathered n lot of t. Ideas for tho Improvement of New i HCllOOlB, Srrka to Improve" VnrU. .Miialr. Tark Commissioner Ward appoint. committee yesterday to help him r .we standard of band concert In Tho members nre Victor Herbert i .t Damrosch. John I'hlllP Pousa, tl"? .1. Kovcn. Nahan Kranko. II K. l J Hlohard Aldrlch. Manuel Klein and I Mannos. The committee will corner Mr. Word on Monoay.
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6 THE SUN, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1914.
SATURDAY, JUNK fl, 1914.
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Published dally, Including Sunday, by theSun Printing- - and Publishing Aaanclatlon at170 Naenu street. In the lloroufh of Man.hattan. New York. President and Treaiurer,William C Itelik. 1J0 Nataau afreet! Vice.Preeident. Ednard P Mitchell. 170 Naaiautreet! Secretary. C. E. l.uxton, 170 Naeaautreet.
London office, Keingham House, 1 Arundelatreet. Strand.
Parle ortce, Hue da la Mlchodlere, eftHue du Quatro Septembre.
Wiuhlngton oltlce. Itlbba llulldln.Brooklyn oltlce, IOC Livingston atreet.
ouf ritndi'uho tavor u$ teltl) nancr(p'and lltutirnllom or puMiruffun icl to haterejected articlet rtturntil they mvit in alt rutrannd $lamit tor thai purnn.t.
" few III Tempered I'nrl Itims."Eccrolii ry .McAnoo, who has not yet
mndo any cxplttniitlou of the nppnr-ontl- y
iuhIIcIoum obstacle thrown In theway of the new siibwiiyn by the United.States tint eminent as represent eil bylit ni. promises to make clear within afew days hit reasons for the nttitudoof obstruction he has mummed. So
much has beeu Kiilned by the unnnl-rnoti- s
ronileinnatlon tlint has been oecn-tdone- d
by his mysterious conduct. ItutMr. McAnoo Is badly Informed when
he says that ho has been subjected to
criticism "by n few 111 tempered parti-
sans In New York city."There Is and has leen nothing parti-
san In the temper of the citizens of
New York In their treatment of Secre-
tary McAnoo. They have undertnkenn gigantic public euterprlMs for theKood of the community and are pre-
pared to tax themselves roundly, If
need be. to carry It to success. Theyllnd that enterprise blocked and aneffort made to Increase their burden by
the United Htutes 'ovininicnt, which
In the abseuce of 'Jin explanation now
lu process of preparation seems to havesunk to the level i( , sharp real estatemanipulator or dc-iti- maliciously to
play the part of a doc In the mnnper.
They have not Inquired whether theInfluence at work to produce so sur-
prising a result is political, tlnanclalor personal. They are itndersoInK anentbarrasslug holdup, anil they are Irri-
tated over that surprising experience,regardless of their views on the tariff,tho associations of scholarship withreligious, the anti-trus- t bills, or theItlver of Doubt.
rendliii; the appearance of SecretnryMcAnoo'a formal statement, that gen-
tleman shows deep solicitude about therelations of this city with the Inter-boroug- h
company. JThere cannot bo In
this a hint as to the real unluius d
tho unsympathetic attitude of tho
United States (ioverumoat I
The Torpedo vs. the nig CJtin.
When Admiral Sir Putcv Scott ofthe British navy declares over his ownsignature that the Admiralty Is wast-
ing money In building dreadnoughtsbecause submarines nnd submerslbleshave rendered battleships obsolete, Itwill not do to answer him by sayingthat he Is a wild theorist who does notweigh his words. As a matter of fact.Sir Pebcy Scon Is the most prnctlcnlnnd hard headed of nnvnl otllcers, per-
haps also the greatest living authorityupon handling guns of the largest cali-
bre ; he Is, besides, the Inventor of nnf nlmht Klf'tiiilllni? now used
In the Hrltlsh navy. Ills greatest dis-
tinction Is that of n battleship tact!elan, and when he retired from nctlve-- ervlce a few months ago uo olllccr In
the navy was accounted more compe-
tent nnd valuable than Sir Pkkcy Scott.If he has spoken out now lu terms Hintmny not be relished by the Governmentit must be from n soupo of duty.
When Sir Pkkcy Scorr urges thoAdmiralty to construct a great tleet ofsubmarines and to build no warshipsbut fast crulFers ho must have In mindthe rapid Improvements recently madetn torpedoes, the most powerful ofwhich now have n range of 7,r0 yards,Tho Germans havo 11 121. rt Inch tropedoilmt In the Judgment of the expertscould put a I!7,(KX ton dreadnought outof commission no matter what part oftho hull wns hit. A good deal of timeIs devoted by the Germans to nighttorpedo mnnumvros with masked lightsnt the stern. Great sed Is nttnlnedIn handling these boats with the ut-i- t
security. In an article upon thojnau(pnvn:s the A (lt d and MilitaryIttvnnl said recently that "a flotillaworking nt night moves with nn as-
sured precision that Is nothing shortof marvellous." The German special-ists ht'iievo that three llotljlns of thlr-l- i
Miree boats would sink a battleshipluadron of eight ships without much
difficulty. They express the opinionthut tho torpedo will dccldo tho nextgreat naval war.
Croat Itrltaln Is not neglecting tor-pedo practice. Sim Is building moresubmarines and submerstbles tlmn Ger-many, carefully concealing Improve-ments. It tuny bo doubted, however,whether tho rnnk and tile of the Brit-
ish toriiedo boat personnel Is as welltrained and cnpable us the Ccmiitu.In tho opinions he expresses about thouse of destroyers and submarines Inmodern warfare and the decline In
HpMIng vnlue of tho nil big gun war-
ships Kir Pehcy Scott Is probacygiving utterance to Ideas that are be-
coming prevalent In the Hrltlsh navyamong progressive ofllcers.
Whnt It Is to llo I.ovcd.A conclllabiile of what are called
by courtesy but most Incorrectly "I'ro-gresslv- o
leaders" has bleated over theState and under thy tea n tender rindpassionate cry for help. There Is andcan be but one Progressive leader.Without him, unless he Is n candidate,the Progressives can't progress. ThoughIt builds niiijesllc plutfornis, collectsand emits beautiful principles by theyard; although the rich devotees givechocks with full hands, there Is no liody.bowels or soul to tho party. There Is
nothing In It except the Colonel. It Ishis shndow and reflection. The feel-
ing of the adorers Is something be-
tween lovo and religious fanaticism.It Is personal. It lives on iwrsonallty,not on dogmas.
If tho Colonel could be subdivided,cut up Into little It's, to speak Julletl-cally- ,
all would be well with his tloek.As things are, he must shepherd everywhere. Kvery State howls for him.Any Progressive campaign without himIs nleepwnlklng. He Is the whole showand no supernumeraries need apply.
The tearful pleading of the NewYork faithful Is at once n confessionof weakness and n mark of Indisciplinethat they wouldn't have tin red to makewere not the alt feared mid all lovedFeofawfum far. far away.-- When hewants n nomination ho will give theorders. Meanwhile these sheep nremaking themselves more "than n littleridiculous. Their faith Is sublime, buttheir Implied confession of absolute po-
litical Impoteucy must be annoying totheir boss. Poor little babes! Hardlyhas he tucked them up and told themto be good than they boohoo and bel-
low for him.Tho Colonel can't very well remind
them that the pitcher that goes oftento the well nnd so on. If be did theywouldn't lielleve him. Hut he now hasthe opportunity to moralize to himselfupon the dUcomfort of being an Idoland a totem pole. Why doean't he getsome of his numerous sociologicalfriends to found il School for the Po-
litical Kducatlon of the Prosressltes?
Nature nnd .Man.
The Hon. William C. ltmHELD, Sec-
retary of Commerce; travelling "pros-
perity talker" and nsslslnut professorof Psychological Condition", bids theTarheelers look tiiwn this picture andbe glad:
"From fur off California and from Flor-ida; from tho field of Oklahoma nndKan(i, Missouri nnd Nebrnska, comestliu Klsd cry of a harvest all but ripe fortho Hlckle. There waa no mourning In thoorunge groves of California when I sawthem In Mitrch, nnd Florida utters no cryof distress in Mending 23,000 carload of ,
her fruit to market,"
Whnt n bitter and true reviling ofthe Department of Psychology nt Wash-- 1
lngtoii. what a cruel If unconscious stabat tho Professor! No pragrat tlcnl med-
dling mar-all- no marabouts of thenew freedom, no Malvollos nnd Dog-
berries of regulation nnd suppression,have been nblo to tnmper with thebowels nnd fruits of tho earth. ThereIs one fountain of wealth that all theselurdnn hands have not stopped up.Thero' la no Interstate Weather Com-
mission. The farmers are a belovednnd favored class which the Adminis-tration and Congress the phrase Istautological won't hurt If they canhelp It; against which the statute bookdoesn't bristle and snarl.
The crops have been snfe. Doubt- -
less an ecstatic nnd Illuminate Wllson- -
lan like JosEriius Siccus won t admitIt, but It has to be confessed generallythat the crops are beyond the Jurisdic-tion of Mr. Wilson and oven of Colonelupper House.
In tho only prosperity visible theDemocrats have had no hand. Busi-
ness, subject to legislation nnd regula-tion, haB wilted or still trembles underthe blighting olllclal touch. Tho pros-perlt-
Is of God. The adversity comesmnltily from Democratic stupidity, fa-
naticism and "Idealism."
The Militant Climax--.
Nothing the suffragettes had pre-
viously done was so much calculatedto estrange public sympathy from themas the outbreak nt the court levee onThursday night. The F.ngllsh hatred
'
of "a scene" Is proverbial. Hut n sceneIn the presence of tho King, a scene In
the midst of a decorous social function,a scene wantonly created here we
have tho unpardonable, tho unforgct- -
j table, tho act unutterable. In the eyesi of average Englishmen It will appear
more outrageous than tho burning ofHreadsall Church at Derby with Itschained Bible, although tho latter crimemay seem to Americans tho last wordlu wilful malice.
It Is perfectly plain that militancyhas passed all bounds of toleration orleniency In the last few weeks. Tho"cat tnd mouso" act Instead of ojierat-lu- g
ns n check has directly encouragedIt. This was1 foreseen by peoplo whotook u common sense view; but theMinistry, which seems to have a con-
stitutional aversion to strong notion,hoped against hope. Now the situationhas reached such a pitch that there Isdanger of the Indignant public's takingthe matter out of tho hands of the au-
thorities and denllng wlbh It direct. Inother words England having Incurredthe disgrace of appearing helpless In
tho fnco of organized crime Id tn dnnger J
of the still greater dlsgrnco of seeinglynch law Invoked lo restore peace ntrtlorder.
It cannot be disputed that tho Gov-
ernment has a task of magnitude anddltllcully on Its hands. This Is tho re-
sult of lis own weakness. Militancy,nt the outset, could have been crushedwith a little timely severity. Now Ithas such headway that probably ex-
treme severity widely exercised willbe necemnt.v. Numbers of hystericalwomen nro iossesetl with n frenzieddesire of martyrdom, and their tlenlremny have to bo gratllled pretty freelyto check the rising Impulses of hun-dreds of others.
Kngland owes It tn herself to deal withthe evil by legal process before the leo-pi- e
los their heads mid take to moblaw. The often promised and never real-ized campaign of repression as broad asthe disease should be begun. Penal ser-vitude with long turms with total aboli-tion of tho "cat and mouse" nonsenseshould bo tneted out In largo doses tothe active rioters nnd smashers. Huttho work should go further. A search-ing prosecution of nil who give moralnld or financial support, together withtho breaking of up of Juntas, the stop-page of seditions meetings and the seiz-ure of money and p.iors whereverfound, should be pursued In order tocut tho ground from under the move-ment. Tho people lu the backgroundwho supply the sinews of war nro theworst criminals of all.
Tho suffrage rimwlnn Is In no wayInvolved In this mutter. It Is merely afinest Ion whether civilization Is nblo toprotect Itself against the Inroads ofmodern barbarians.
A Hot Time Ahead In IYnii.vlimlii.Whnlever the range of temeralure
may be In Pennsylvania this summer,the political atmosphere will be torridand sultry, with frequent electrical dis-turbances. The people nre to choose uUnited Slates Senator for the firsttime, ami as Colonel ltoom:i:t.T will be I
on the firing line tn help his friendMr. GiiToitu Pinchot there ean he.r.otruce with the regular Itepiibllcuns lugeneral or with the Hon. Boikh Pen-nos- t:
lu particular.Tho Washington party (Progressive
lteptiblleans), whose candidate Mr.Pi.nciiut Is, ndopted a platform In Itsconvention lit Iliirrlsburg on ThursdayIn which It wns declared that "theparamount issue In Pennsylvania today is I'ENitosn nnd Penroselstn." Al-
though there was u long list of otherIssues, quite u catalogue lu fact, thecampaign Is to be made on the para-
mount Issue. The contest will be du ll
and not triangular, according to Mr.Pinciiot. "This Is our year." ho saidat the convention; "this It. the yearwhen Pcmiose goes down to defeat.PcNitosr, Is a moral Issue nnd that Isenough. The Dcniocratlc or-
ganization will count hut little In thiscampaign." Yet lu Itopresontntlve A.
Mitciiki.i. Palm eh the Democrats havea respeelnblo and enterprising candl-ilnt-
who will have tho backing ofPresident Wilson-- , nnd. regardless ofthat fnct. cannot be considered out ofthe running If the Progressives nre halfns strong In Pennsylvania ns Mr. Pin-cu-
believes they nre. This Is thatgentleman's logic of victory :
"We curried Pcnnnylvanla for the Colo,
nel In 1812. In 1914 he will help to carryIt for uk We are etronser now thsnwc were then."
If the Progressive party In the StateIs stronger than It was when 417.-12-
votes were polled for the Colonel, allIs over but tho shouting. But In otherStates where elections have been heldsince 11112 the Progressive party hasproved considerably weaker than It wastwo years ago. IS Pennsylvania to bethe great exception because ColonelItoosi'.vEi.T will make some speeches,not for himself, but for Giffodd Pin-
ciiot, who, unllko Mr. Palmkr nnd Mr.Pk.nhosk, Is not n Pennsylvn'nlnn? By
the wny, It Is a curious fact that theHon. A. Mitchkli. Palmfk was born atMoosehend.
About tho result It would be fool-
hardy to hazard a prediction. Un-
doubtedly Colonel ItoosF.vKi.T will makemore votes for Mr. Pinciiot than heenn attract by his own personal efforts.which are not always characterized by
tempernnce of expression. If Mr. Pin-
ciiot Is contldent of election, ro Is Sen-nto- r
I'ENnosK, who, nothing loath, em-
braces the opportunity to bo the para-
mount Issue as candidate of tho Itepub-llca- n
voters by a large majority In theprimary. Mr. P.u.Mrn'B hope of courselies tn the breach of the old party. Tho
light will be triangular.
Tho Itespectalilo Woman In theHands or thei I'ollre.
A young woman of respectable stand-ing In the community was nrrested on
an absurdly trivial charge n few nightsago on Itlverslde Drive. There was
apparently no real necessity for molest-
ing her lu nny way. But the police-
man In the .case hnd Impulses of per-
fection nnd could not brook the frlskl-nos- s
of her small dog. In his mind
the ense wns one for condign punish-ment, so ho gripped her by tho nrmand made her a prisoner.
Condensed Into n few words, this wns
her account of her experiences, and nndoubt It Is substantially accurate:
"I not only was, cruelly treated, but I
wan tnken to the police station and thenput In n patrol wagon with n negress. AtJefferson Market I was put In a prisonpen with drunken women and was com-
pelled to listen to their foul language. I
nked for a drink of water, but my requestwas denied,"
Thin Is one of those Incidents whichmake tho Judicious lament. Heavenknows on what ground the arrest canbo Justified. Tho plea for tho subse-
quent treatment of tho victim wilt Isi
that the lnw Is even handed und showsfavor to none. Of course this defenceIs balderdash of the worst kind. Toshut any young woman of clean life Inii pen with drunken nnd foul mouthedsliitterns Is ail nnspenknblo outrage.This would be true If she hnd pom- -
ml'tted n serious Instead of a comicopera offence. It It not the even handof the Inw but tho olllclal stupiditywhich devised tho system nnd the off-icial brutality which falls to correct ItIn practice that figured In th,e entlroproceedings.
Tho nffnlr Is a dlsgraco to tho city.If there Is no existing way by which asuperzenlous isillcerunn enn be mndo to i
servo a summons Instead of Inflicting ,
tho humiliation of nu arrest In smallchange cases of technical' violations offoolish ordlnnnces. a wny should bosieedlly found. As for the Jammingof resioctnblo peoplo Into-- dlsgustmcourt liens. Miss Katiiarinf. BkmentHams, our reforming Commissioner ofCorrection, hns the opportunity of alifetime for nn Improvement that canle made .with a word and that will winuniversal Indorsement.
There Is n grent deal of tnlk thesadays nbout organizing our pollco forsocial service. Before tnklug up a newfnd It will b well to extirpate suchutterly nntl-socl- blunders as wo findIn this case.
SxnAit Bernhardt Is going to piny an-other Shakespearian character In hernext farewell tour. Sho will bo seen nsNhulock; For this roller, much thanks.It might hnvo been Juliet.
Instead of financial starvation, Canadaseems inclined to subject her rnllrondsto forcible feeding. Premier Houdbn hasIntroduced In Parliament at Ottawa nbill to Kuarantco 116,000,000 of bonds fornew construction In development of thoGrand Trunk Pacific. Hut the doctrinesof tho "new freedom" have not yetmade any grent headway across theborder. Over there they nre still con-tent to grow In an unscionUIlc way.
If tho Prlnco of Wino should call It anabdication nnd unit, he will leave nspretty it dlah of troublo behind him InAlbania its Kuropn has had to digestsince the great Joint coup of AustriaIn Bosnia und King FicitniNANn In ntil-garl- n.
Tho famous Hnlknn wnr cloudwill hnvo to bo dragged out of theproperty room nnd touched up for
use.
The offer of $R00 with permission tokeep tho stolen Jewels for tho return ofn film bearing n, young woman's pic-
ture suggests that a new star will soonfln.Hh In the theatrical sky.
Two British navy aviators were killedon .lunp A, nnd yesterday two Frenchnrmy nvlators lout their lives. Thedeath rate among tnllltnry airmen seemsto be on the Increase 111 spite of In-
ventions deHlKiied to make the aero-plane stable. The nrmy nnd navy avia-tors nro nlwnys on perilous avtlvo ser-vice, and this fnct should be taken Intoaccount In fixing their pay.
I pray Ooo tho boya there IVera Cruzwill not have to light nny more. Presi-dent Wilhon.
Not even In a war of sen-Ic-e toMexico, let us hopo.
On General Carranza's cabinet elntethe name of Francisco Villa does notappear, not even us Secretary of War.But no-on- u bun been colectcd for theportfolio of Agriculture. As GeneralViu, hns been conllscatlnx the bigestates In Chihuahua and dividing themnmong his peon friends, perhaps he Isto be Minister of Agriculture.
The sail stretching spin of ShamrockIV. on tho Solent leaves no room fordoubt tha' Nicholson has produced aracer ns well as a freak. Her speedcuunot bo Judged until the sail makerhas finished his work and the bout hasa re.il test over the measured coursewith Shamrock III. Tho question willremain to be answered whether SirThomas I.irroN's Ingenious racing ma-
chine enn cross tho Atlantic withoutstrnlnlng her hull and Injuring herchances in the International races.
ST. .lOllN'S IN VAIllCK STHEET.
A Vtonl In Support of the Attitude ofTrinity CTiuroh.
To the Kditor or Tub Sun Sir.- - MayIt bo HURgeated that neither TrinityChurch nor Trinity Corporation hns anyduty to perform In the matter of pre-serving buildings as muaeum pleceH? MayIt also be Intimated, of course mildly, thatthe directors of the religious organisa-tion ar the final Judges as to the pro-priety of maintaining un edlflco for pur-poses of worship, and the olllcera of thetmelnesH corporation occupy a almllar po-
sition with relation to tho administrationof Its tlnanclul affairs?
As to St. John's Chupel, In Varlck atreet.In the Judgment of the rector nnd vestryof Trinity ltn religious usefulness waslong ago Impaired to an extent JuatlfylngIts abandonment ; Its historical iisvooln-tkm- s
are of the slightest Importance, andas an architectural monument It Is en-
titled to very little consideration. Itsdemolition would not rob New York of anotable feature, deprive students of aninspiring example of art or consign loversof benuty to a bairen life. If the timehas tome for It to go, 'here Is no causefor tears beyond the Immediate neighbor-hood of its site, whera dwell these com-municants nnd others to whom habit andassociation havo made It dear.
One of the high privileges and sternduties of Now York outside TrinityChurch Is to oppose, condemn and chastlajTrinity Corporation nnd the Institutionwhose cslnto It manages. Tor a goodnrnnnrt nn nf the 1 feel lie thi.l Inn'been engendered against It Trinity Is It-
self responsible Uut' In the Ht. John'sdispute church nnd corporation have nil
itHiiiinplutlmis nlmpd nt them nfA Decnltnrlv I
unjust nnd nonsensical. Churchman.Nbw.York, Juno G.
lines the Tcnilorn I'.miity Into the Salt?To the Kmtor or Tub Run Sir.- - By
alt moans let Theodore Itonsevelt run forGovernor of New York on tho Progressiveticket! The result will be very Interest-ing, Inasmuch iih It will show Just howbadly tho Progressive party Is disinte-grating.
Incidentally the election will qulle prob-nbl- y
b tho "swan song" of that party'sbrief though not wholly uninterestingcareer, There will bo many a dry eyeamong Itepubllcans andwhen the last and rltea are performedover what was once a very "nice," thoughconstitutionally rather delicate, llttloparty. ' HEruBucxN.
Newark, N. J.. Juno 5.
n u..,r,...,ir mill "tin. IMnell nf Put rlv n- -TO THK Kbitor or Tim Sun Sir.- - I
am n UUDIIIi'na mull, uniuiil, u entail lliflliu- -fuctory. Thero is no business; things areat a BtanUBiui, i nnve ueen onugen to"lay off" my workman and I am told thatit U not real, It Is "psychological,"
I I don't know what that means, as 1' never set foot In a college, but I hope to
"'"r1?' ..""K ""I1" ? yJ'"r of ,":yatchfulwaiting" pinch poverty" seems
real to me.I Can our meat anarchist of philosophy
nnd his first adv ser yodel when we canexpect an end of this "psychological" con- -dltlon?
New York, June S.
U'.iT-
THE BAIt ASSOCIATION AT TUBNATIONAL CAPITAL.
Comment, Partly tJ.tjuit. en the Ccmatof Iiwjrri in i nnirrria.
To tub KorroK or Taa Sun Bin Insearching for the causes of the recklessund Ignorant legislation which has beenplaced upon tho statute books or lanow being considered by Congresa themaltAim r f ik.t 4 . . .L...I, ... l -
overlooked. Tho Senate Is composed ofninety-si- x members. Sevcntv-ele- ht ofthem are lawyers, nine business men.six farmers, one teachor, one journalistand one doctor. Tho nt Iialso a lawyer, making seventy-nin- e outof a total of ninety-seve- n.
Tho House of Ilepresentatlvei has amembership of 435. Of these 283 arelawyers, slxty-nln- o aro In business,twenty-fou- r are Journalist!, ten farm-ers, four laborers, eight teachers, alxdoctors and one architect. Thirty donot give their occupation, but If thetame . proportion of lawyer existamong them as with the others thereare eighteen. Add them and the Speakerand we havo 302 lawyers out of a totalmembership of 436, twelve more thantwo-thir-
Tho two Houses together number S31,of whom 381, or nearly three-quarter- s,
nro lawyers.Not only are they lawyers, but they
are, a vast malnrlty of them, countrylawyers, not well versed In business andIts needs, and with no comprehensionof tho laws of trade or knowledge ofhistorical commercial evolution.
This Is a business country and theonly way to secure Intelligent con-sideration for Its vast Interests Is tosend a good many of the attorneys whohave been doing such harm back totheir county courts nnu elect a businessCongress. Not one In fifty of theselawyers can earn anything like thosalary at home, nnd they constantlymanifest their readiness to inako anysacrifice, even to wearing Gompers'scollars, In order to stay here.
After nil, tho country ought not tocomplain. It It continues to send thesort of men to Congress who tumbloover each other In their eager hnsto toabaso themselves at the nod of theunion dictators the worst legislation Itgets will be better than it deserves.But Isn't It time thnt business menmado up their minds thnt tho time hascome, no matter at what cost, for themto get Into the game? Old Hand.
Washington--, Juno 4,
imrsE YE SLAVES!
Cnntless. Frre Mrckcrt. Hegln AnotherTrojan War.
To tux Editor or Tub Sun Sir: Iseo that an Anil-Coll- League has beenlaunched In Paris to wage n crmadeagainst "the silly habit of locking up theAdun's npplo In a prison of starch"Mqat excellent Idea I Tho masculine collarIs certainly not hygienic, neither Is It athing of benuty. and, with nil regard fortlie chief Industry of Troy, It should beabolished, As n physical trainer 1 knowby experience that n linen collar de-
creases physicat etnclency by pcr'iaps 80per cent. Imnglno a boxer, oarsman,runner or other athlete wearing a collarwhllo engaged In tho practice of hissport t
And while we are discarding our collars,which are especially undesirable In thesummer, why not at the same time throwon our coats? To be forced to wear acoat In tho heated reason Is nothing shortof tyranny, and by concerted effort mas-culine lium.inlty could cast aside this bur-den. Haughty ticket takers at theatresnnd head waiters at restaurants couldsoon be taught not to look with scornupon a man sensible enough to put asideunnecessary clothing.
Health and comfort go hand In hand,nnd both collar nnd coat nre uncomfort-able In summer and therefore not health-ful. The best argument the Parisian defenders of the collar have been able tothink of Is that its degree of cleanlinessIs nn Index to character. "Tell miwhether your collar Is clean and I will tellyou who you nre," says one writer, withmore humor than sense. Any man whocan keep his collar clenn nnd unwilledon a hot summer day is either an idleror a "dude," und probably bbth.
Down with the constricting cellar nndthe swcltry coat! Ye slaves to custom,nrlse! Mac Livt.
Badtlon, Juno E.
NO aVAIllt MANtEVVHES.
The Adjutant-nenrra- l. and Not the legi-slature, Nnhl to He Itesiinnaltile.
To tub Editor or Tun Sun Sir: It Isunfortunate that the Legislature of 191 ffailed to make an appropriation for thosummer nnd fall maweuvrcs for the Na-tional Guard. The fault must be at thedoor of the Adjutant-Oener- In falling to'Impress upon the Legislature the Impor-tance of Held manoeuvres for the NationalGuard. The legislators have been morethsn liberal In appropriating money forthe usa nnd vocntlon of the NationalOunrd when tho subject matter was prop-erly presented to them. It Is more seri-ous at the present time that this appro-priation was not made In view of the factthat the National auard of this State maybe cnlled Into service to the Mexicantrouble.
The enlisted men and ofllcers of theGuard look to the manoeuvres as an appre-ciation by the Rtnte of their voluntaryHcrvlces, New York Is the only State Inthe Fnlon that hns n complete division Inthe mllltln reserve of the United States,due to the fnct of the liberal appropria-tions by past Legislatures.
Louis A. Cuvillier.Alimnt, Juno 4.
Subject ror n fircat I'latnrleal Painter.To ritr. Editor or Tub IIun Sir; The
dramatic setting wns superb. On the onesldo a quiet gentleman of philosophicpoise, with u glance of confident intelli-gence through cold glass. Here wan nremarkable human monument to mentall.lu(p. us surface polished by the
".-;,.- ? ... .r....hi. .L;."0.? '."fJ- .' ' " '"perfection.On the other side n delegation of ner-
vous men, only bread winners, represent- -Inn. nun. "II AftA mnnn.. I....LI.. .". ".'T. ".'.' " ",..1"3. "inincatlous of that proposition, think nf nehhive as the nervo centre of Its supportingunits, the home.
The petition of these nervous men forrelief from a fancied condition was, ofcourse, Impertinent; the answer of thogreat father, "merely psychological," isalready a clusslc.
Thero Is one parallel In hldtory whenthe great old King Canute had wordswith tho disobedient sea.
Take heart, nervous men, your petitionhas been indirectly, If unconsciously,granted. "Merely psychological" willcrvstalllie and electrify the burning Issue"Duslness for business men." '
Jambs A. Bapclifti,New York, June 6.
Domination.To the Editor or Tin: Sun Sir.-- Hownaughty when a groat man dominates thetiollcles of a htsr rnllrni.il n.,,1 mK -v.i..i.., '. .
Him. (,o) muiuKii'tii expert dominates thepollclta of a big country how noble!1 can see somo folk deniaiidlm- - n nhvuin.logical Investigation ns to whether Mel- -n ruuu uKrees wiin a constitution,
James IIeluTorhinotow, Conn., June 4."
A Ntutlrnt of Mere l')ehnl(igy,To tub Em or The Hun sir; Could
,- - tell mo how to ncoulrehai)ll7 My Income has fallen Voomonth since the rtrst or .Jnaturally I feel gloomy. If I could t
i the proper :"hunch" on the "vision" per.. ". lira w kUNr up.
IIurrALo, June t. W. C.
TIIE UNDIMINISHED COLONEL.
A rollowcr and Admirer of lilt HarksBack to ITilcago. i-
To the Editor or Tub Sun Sir: Theoutpourings of certain old Itepubllcanswhich you havo rocently printed remindme that I too am an old IUpubllcan, thoon of a Fremonter. And when I voted
tor Roosevelt In 1912 the fact Is I votedfor the choice lately expressed of tholarge majority of the Republican voters ofthe country, the candidate who on elec-tion day, with SO per cent, of his conatltuency left behind In the old Republicanmachine, made a respectable second.
Roosevelt was then and Is now the rep-resentative of the largo majority of theIndividuals composing the opposition tothe Democracy, and his opponents are nndalways have been a comparatively smaltfaction favored by the circumstance ofhaving possessed themselves of the ma-chinery of the old Republican party nndby the cooperation of the press.
It waa thlt minority faction whichteam rollered Roosevelt In Chlcaro In
112, and right there lloj the featuro ofthat episode which distinguishes It fromall similar operations In the past. A lotof people will tell you that what the con-vention did to Roosevelt had been thopractice time out of mind, with this dif-ference, that whereas former unlucky can-didate! had taken their medicine Roose-velt put up a kick nnd called heaven towitness. The only trouble with the argu-ment Is that It doesn't fit the record.
It Is a matter of record that Rooseveltwon out at the primaries In Mny nndwent to Chicago with the vote of thooverwhelming majority of the Republicanvoter who then constituted the whole ofthe opposition to the Democracy. Thereuponthe minority faction threw out hla dele-gates, packed the convention nnd nomi-nated the loser at tho primary election.Then they say this has always been done.
If they are right tho fnct Itself oughtto suffice to terminate their public ex-
istence. But II never wns done before,nnd I venture to predict never will be donengnln. True, misrepresentation from rot-ten boroughs In the Houtli "had nlwnysbeen, Hnd the steam roller had a long listof honorable achievements to the good onthe day they got It out to flatten Teddy,nut never before In the history of nnypolitical party or this country had n den-nlte-
known minority chloroformed anand definitely known majority suf-
ficient tn nominate.The fruits of thnt dny's work are,
brlerty, a demolished opposition to theDemocrats nnd tho Federal Government Inthe possession uf the llrynn Democracy,which has mnde It the tool of n clnss athome and n laughing stock abroad. Andone of your correspondents serves noticethat the Teddyphobes are ready to do Itngaln If Roosevelt doesn't efface himself,and doubtless will nsk with n solemn coun-tenance If you don't think Roosevelt wouldefface himself from patriotic Impulses Itha hnd nny.
Unfortunately we are not nil parn-nolnc- s.
The dny when mnjoritlea effacethemselves In a free country will be timeenough to exnet that demonstration ofT. It's patriotism.
Meanwhile, what wo havo on our handsnetunlly Is nn undiminished Colonel, withall the natural consequences thereof, nndthis we will continue to hnve until the dnydawns. If It ever does, when ho Is fairlynnd squarely rejected American fashionby n majority, not bv a minority masquer-ading In the trappings of party.
Howard M. Canounb.PLAIrrriELO, N. J.. June 5.
CIIIES OF NEIV YORK.
Mysterious Mechanical Croaks or CynicalItinerant.
To the Epitor or Tun Hun Sir: Man'splace In nature has In lato years beenprecisely defined In nil aspects except therelation of fruit and vegetable pedlcrsto the universe. It does not require closeobservation to determine them to be ofcynical and satirical temperament or theywould not cry their wares without dis-crimination as they paas parks, churches,charitable Institutions or other placeswhere they are certain to receive no
Their contemptuous nnd Inarticu-late offerings In language unknown to therest of the human family betoken hatredof their merchandise und desire to banishIt from their minds by speedy disposal.
Apparently their own voices have ren-dered them deaf in the left ear, and fear-ing the same result to the right ono theypress the palm of the hand over themember and howl In unconflned de-
spondency.The other dny I met one of these gen-
tlemen who proclaimed his desire to sell"prahh" and "pyenppah." ith no ac-quaintance with the articles, nnd mycuriosity being awakened, I apologizedfor the Interruption, nnd asked him forn confidential communication ns to thecharacter of his product. Then hj scorn-fully exhibited some potatoes and pine-apples.
"G'wnn! couldn't yer hear me?" "aid-du-
Whoal Back!" The last remarkswere addressed to a gloomy object thatwas once a horse, and being somewhatcontradictory In terms, the ghost of thepast concluded to take no action. Altpedlcrs' horses are either sleep walkersor doxe ns they stand, at all times wear-ing n bitter expression, or ono Indicativeof movement only through personal friend-ship for their owners.
Then among other Itinerants we havoalleged "tinware to mend" nnd "cutleryto sharpen" men, whose tools betray themalthough they strive to escape notice byunintelligible utterance and a speed ofwalk that the fastest housewives of theuniverse cannot overtake; henco anotherItem of high cost of living through castaway tinware and cutlery thnt no onecan be caught to repair. Walker.
New York, June 6.
And Tnerfi Is No Peace.To the Editor or The Bun Sir- - "Of
old, bo long since you may have forgottenIt now," It wne quite common to say"Give us a rest." But y the Ideawould seem to be nrchalc. What withW. W. and I. W. W. there Is no peaceany more In the land. C. 8. r.
New York, June 6.
The lUthtub.To Tin ErtTnn or Tub Bus Sir: inthlng
haa become ao reatrlcted thnt, aa a hungryvictim of theories exclaimed. "Well, I havecome to the conclusion that the only reallysafe thing to take upon the stomach la amuetard plaster." It is to be hoped thatbathing l not to be counted a dally hatard,
llathtuba should 1m multiplied and keptclean. This la eaally doneeven In helpleashouaebolds. A bathtub mop, with a handlen yard or leu long, can always hang bythe tub, to be used, and Uaed only, forawabtung tne tun Dy each bather. A fewdropa of household ammonia or a littleborax la cleansing, and the rlnalng, by letting the water run aa one dreaaea, makeathe tub fit for the next comer.
This dally treatment, together with theweekly scrub, will keep even the Crotonwater sediment In check. Practical
Nw Your, June S,
Halt Creek of YorkTllle.TO Tn EoiToa or Tn 8cx Sir: I came
to New York to live In 1171. At that timea ealt creek made In from the Katt ItlverIn the Yorkvllle rtletrlct of the town tome,where In the neighborhood of nighty-nlxt- h
atreet. crossing Third avenue. To the weetof that avenue there waa a patch of aaltmarsh.
Ia my recollection correct? Or are thlacreek and marah but a memory mirage ofsome scene somewhere else?
Net Yoax, June 1. Manhattan,
The Golfer,Knlcker What la Hmlth's score?Ilncker lie can't llnd the holee; he aaya
they muat bi psychological depreailona,
Modern.Stella Was the divorce Impreanlve ?
Delia Very! she wore aome of the tamelace her mother waa divorced In.
Toe Much for Taurus.Stella How did you eacape from the bull?Ilella Preaenee of mind! I waa too acared
to run, ao I tangoed.
U.S. STOPS TOBACCO
"MONOPOLY" HERE
GovcrnmcRt's Troubles WithJLctropoHtnu District's ni?Four" Virtually Adjusted
INDEPENDENTS SATTSF1 P.li
Hcports Indicate Tlint Compctltion Is Established and That
Fair Play Exists.
WAattwOTON. June K, The ,overn.ment'a differenced with the foureomwnen-- ,
of tho former tobacco trust In Newchnrged with violating the United H'utc.Supreme Court's decreo of dlsolutionhave virtually been adjusted,
The four companies were ncctutd 0fmaintaining a monopoly through m"Uli-th- e
Metropolitan Tobacco Company M,distributer of their products. The foundntlon of these charges has been rcmovMtho Department of Justice believethrough a declaration of nn open marke'on tho part of the four manufacturingconcerns.
Tho result of the reestabllshmrnt ofcompetition nmong the distributers of to-bacco products In tho mctroyolltan district Is that tho Government nilwithhold Its milt In equity under thrSherman net, which had been drawn forthe purpose of compelling tho four ompanics to slop their alleged monopolismoperations.
The Government also purposed proceedIng against tho four corporations for alleged contempt of the Hupremo Court byviolation of that tribunal's decree of illssolution.
No Final Decision Itenched.The Department of Justice has not vet
reached n Hnnl decision as to the nil,rjuacy of measures which have been takento restore cotnpotition. urtlclals of theDepartment believe, howevor, that a fairtest nlrcady has been mado of the nctlonof tho four companies und aro contldentthnt n long ns tho cxlstlm; condition lamaintained no cause will nrlse for charg-ing that u monopoly of tobacco productsdistribution U maintained through theMetropolitan company.
The declaration of nn open market,whereby all tobacco Jobbers In tho metro-polian district b.ivo tho right to pur-Cha-
the products of the components ot theformer tobacco .trust nt tha name icileof prices ns tho Metropolitan company,wns agreed upon by tho four corporationsnearly nix weeks ago, when tho Departmcnt ot Justice served notice that anIndictment would be sought on n certaindnte unless before that time sulistnntl.ilevidence wns given of nn Intention tooperate within the limitations ot thSheilnan luV.
Until the Usunnce of thla declarationthe Metropolitan company. It Is alleged,had been allowed t' purchase tho prod-ucts of the four compunlcs nt u ucale ofprices so far Wow that charged to com-peting Jobbcra that competition waa de-
stroyed.
Iteporlrd to District Attorney,With the Issuance of the declaration th
Government ngreed to withhold the sul'pending observations ns to tho extent twhich It would restore competition. The"observations wero mado by tho Unlte.lHtates District Attornoy'n office nt NewYork, to which the four manufacturingcompanies have forwarded weekly rcportaof the sales of their products.
Thesq reports up to date. It Is understood, show that flftv-elg- Jobbing con-cerns have entered Into competition withthe Metropolitan In the distribution o'the products of the former trust. Thevolume of bulnoa dono by these com-peting Jobbers has shown n considerableweekly IncreHHe, with the result tint Inroads have been made upon the allegedmonopolistic buslnesa of tho Metropoli-tan.
The amount of business done with competltlve concerns by the manufacturingcompanies has not yet attained a volumto Justify the formal nnd Pnul announcement on the part of tho Department oJustice of Its Kdtlsfactlon that competktlon has been fullv established,
The Government feels lUt-l- f hound, n
fairness to the Metropolitan companvnnd to tho manufne'urlng conunr cs toregard ns confidential tho reports r'celved by District Attorney Marshall on
the amount of buelness done by compeltlve concerns.
Tho confidence of officials of the Department of Justice that a solution hnbeen found of the New York tobiccosituation was considerably etrcnrftht-nu- l
this week by assurances received fromtho Independent dealers themselves.
Indrprlldrnta Are Sntlaflrd,Henry II. Hunter of Xew York, cmir.v
for the Independent Hetall TolmccoriHMAsportation of America, has written Atto-
rney-General Mclteynolds that the Independent dealers are convinced that thepresent nrrnngement Insures them fa''play. The Independent asoclatlon hatforwarded to Attorney-Gener- Mcltyn-otd- a
a copy of n resolution adopted by ItIndorsing him for his efforts to restorecompetition In the New York field.
Klnal acceptance b the Government of
tho declaration of nn open market in themetropolitan district, which embraces imp
nrea enclosed by a circle touching Trenton, N. J., and Stamford, Conn, w'lbring nn end to the sltuit'on created livFebruary bv complaints from Indtpcnd nt
tobacco dealers that the Metropol tancompany mononollres the tobacco Jobhing
trade In that district.Other cnmtilnlntH nunlnst the component"
..oi tne iuruiri n uv. -
Metrnpol'tnn company, nre now und"vestlgat'on. 'inese nivesiignu"" ;havo not definitely dNclo-u- s"whether or not nn nntl-tru.- it suit wtnecessary. ,
Tha Investigations, howver, n'c "'lead to tho Impression thnt the e .nvi .i.i i,,.ra th. Dnnnrtment or i i
were based mora larn-el- on d sea' af ' '
with tno Mipremo i 'solution than with alleged a.-- t o
latlon of this decree.
MITCHEL CORRECTS AN ERROR
TrlU Kxnctly Wlint Mr SnUt In In- -
, clnnntl Abont flinrtrr.Mavor Mltchel upon hl return '
City ilall yesterday from a "tlon tour of tho middle West Bawl
quoted ns saying In 1 ''I that tho new cnarter oi --
'provide for the Initiative, referendumrecnll, , ...
"What I did say," expiatneo jh"was that I was In. favor of tb
fornn nnd hoptd they'd be In th. ha
As 1 nm only one member of y"rh '
revision committee, I could notsay what the char-e- r will contay.
The Mayot said that he. r
Churchill of tho school board andberhiln Itruero gathered n lot of t.
Ideas for tho Improvement of New iHCllOOlB,
Srrka to Improve" VnrU. .Miialr.
Tark Commissioner Ward appoint.committee yesterday to help him r .we
standard of band concert In
Tho members nre Victor Herbert i .t
Damrosch. John I'hlllP Pousa, tl"? .1.Kovcn. Nahan Kranko. II K. l JHlohard Aldrlch. Manuel Klein and
I Mannos. The committee will cornerMr. Word on Monoay.
