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Municipal Lighting In Detroit

To rHr EDITION or THE SuS-sir' ] was sur
prsed 20 notice In . recent issue OF your paper an
editorial antasonistc 70 the proposed public ngh''
ing plant for which certain citizens OF THIS Guy are
w.rgina,
Haylnx every confidence In tne rooo in'enaons
~ Tas Sun where matters OF public inNteU arc
concerned, ] take the liberty Of calling your a.
tenton 70 the results accomplished n enoinen GU
where after long and bitter ntht puono ms ~,
lag plant wss Installed and Is no" I'd suoS'~1'
operation. M, ~n.v~ A.
eurAte and indisputable Statistics snow N1.s .ne
ightlns is not only better In both Qualv AZ quan
,iiv nut that IL Is actually costing we oW m.s n
ess than under the old contract system sna .. sns
came ume lsse recent letter 70 'ns n,nans,rog,
Vsms from President lockwood Of ,ns ue, asss
in isw year, VIII resire the eon,t ,n SSaI Il
Ana rive the city OF Detrot the plhnt. xncn -
ms,.ss,ped in high state OF efficiency and repair
entirely ires .Iom sm, .frer about d. OF seven
"a. 81 tIstence, the surplus thus Accumnlated
amounts, ~ my memory serves INC eo''e>N' ~
more than $4,000 -..,...1 A, r,.ec,,,
al ~ s pss Is Ns Wv oIfi -,
ErSy ne s,n,s |" ~or" v m Il. O.
NEW Yoax- Apn
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The phenomenal home demand fully ac-
counts for the drop In export OF iron and
steel manufactures from Si?i .ooo. 900 In 1900.
10 SOS. 900. 900 In 1909.
OF the twenty-eight manufactured articles
or groups OF articles which exceeded one
million dollars exports each In value an
nually. not slnRle one aggregated as much
as q million dollars In 1890, and only thres
groups exceeded one million dollars az late
as 1850: In 1890. eight groups so exceeded
In 1850. the number was thirteen: In 1890
twenty. and In 1907 as already indicated. IL
was twsnty-sisht.
In view OF these great results. practically
all attained under the policy, In It's various
forms. Of protection to manufactures. where
could the boosted benefits Of a general tariff
revision or OF q low tariff come In? Under
protection our factories have reached the
large number OF S2S. 900. directly supporting
7 600. 900 workers. or. including their families,
q probable total OF about 20. 900. 900 persons.
This army OF workers aud dependents.
constituting one-fourth OF our population.
must be taken care Of. and the Republican
party is the party aud the only party, able
aud willing TO care for them.
WALTER J. BALLAD.
SCHENECTADY. y. Y. April T.
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A. to Gen. Leonard Wood.

We quite agree with our neighbor
the Tinee, that the fact that BELLAIRs
b . scoundrel and has managed to fool
. largo number OF good men proves
nothing against the character OF Gen.
LEONARD WOOD. No evidence has yet
appeared warranting the conclusion that
Cen. WooD was a party to any OF the
scbsmss devised by BBLLAIRs for his
bsueft. Gen. WOOD may have been
the constant beneficiary OF his useful
friend BELLAIRs's efforts, and at the
same time the blindest of his dupes.
The extent to which the swindler BEL
LAyRs served, or, as the Evening Post
puts It, made Gen. WooD, both at
Santiago before the removal OF Gen.
BROOKE from command at Havana, and
after the establishment Of Gen. WOOD at
Havana, is q different question, on which
various revelations of the highest his
torical interest are beginning to shed
some light
The extent OF the protection afforded
to BELLAIRs by Gen. WOOD is also a
different question. and likewise of con-
siderable public interest.
How did it happen, for instance, that
RxLLAIRs was enabled to 60 to Manila
to attack Governor TAFT for the sup
posed benefit of Gen. WooD, even after
the true character Of BELLAIRs had come
to Be suspected?
The statement made yesterday in the
World by Mr.. STONE of the Associated
Press Is important:
AT the request OF Gen. Woop. BErLAIRs was
transferred from santiago to Havana ! heard
ramors concerning him and proposed 70 dismiss
him. but Gen. WOOD said ne ras oil r0hi. and begged
~ 10 keep Mn.
While stn had the matter under consideration
resigned - General Manager Of the Associated
rress 10 org snize corporation In New York known
as the Associated Press When returned to my
once found 80 assistant had sent BELiAIRs to
China. and later he WAS transferred to Manila
Those whose only desire is to ascertain
the exact truth concerning this extraor-
binary episode will be as slow to follow
the Times in acquitting Gen. LEONARD
Woop, offhand and without full knowl-
edge OF the facts, Of responsibility in
the remotest degree for the perform
sDces OF BELIAIRs. as they will be in
assuming Gen. WOODS completely.
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With the ending Of winter the troubles In
Macedonia have become more widespread
and serious. but 40 long as there Is no out
aide intervention. they should not be be-
yond the ability Of the Turkish authorities
70 deal with. What the Sultan has to zee to.
Il that the Mussulman civil population and
the Albanian buHobaks In the cities and
towns ar. not let loose on tho neutral Chris
tian population IN the bashibazouks were on
the Bulgarians In 1879. The Turkish Cen
erals, a. rule. are too intelligent to permit
massacre and loot so indischminate as to
bring about foreign intervention.
The gravest news, II true. u that the Al
banians OF Koesovo hare made an attack on
the town Of Mitrovit.a Ut the Issue Of the
road from Her segovina through the Sapdjak
Of Now Razar. II this movement 10 not
repreescd It may spread north TO the Aus
TRAN frontier. In which case n would be q
mstter Of q few days only before Austrian
troops would b moving south, which In its
turn would cause tho liveliest excitement
In Montenegro and Ssrvia on either flank
Of the Austrian march, and perhaps force
the whole Near Eastern question to def
mite ssttlsment. That there 10 moro going
on under the surfaoe OF Balkan politics
than the world IL aware Of. IL shown by the
Blowing up OF an important bridCe on the
railway from Ccnstsntinopae 70 Philippe
polis near the Bulgarian frontier. Il = %
oct Of both political and military signin-
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Direct Nominations in Bsitim ore.

A Mayor OF Baltimore will be voted for
on May S In place OF THOMAS G. HAYES.
elected in 1890. The Democratic State
Committee OF Maryland. at a meeting in
Baltimore on Jan. %, adopted q resolu-
ton designating seven Baltimore Demo-
Gratis as a campaign committee and EN-
powering them to take such action as
may be lawful and necessary to AZ the
method of election at the primary for
the various city Offices.
This committee, pursuant to the pow
ers vested in 1t. has determined that the
primary election on April shall DO held
undsr the direct method OF nomination;
that is, each enrolled elector OF either
political party is to vote directly for the
candidate for each ofice, without the
aid Of delegates, convention or caucus.
This system OF direct nomination will
therefore be applied to the choice Of a
Democratic Mayoralty candidate, there
being, at present. three aspirants for
the nomination: Mayor HAYES, former
Mayor LArRoBE, who has served seven
terms, the first beginning In 1878, and
ROBERT M. McLANE. generally described
as the organisation candidate.
There are $4,000 Democrats In Balti-
more, and under the provisions Of the
Direct Nomination law as applied to
municipal elections. as many OF them as
take part in tho primaries will have the
opportunity Of indicating in advance
OF any nominating convention, and re-
eardless Of the Intervention Of any dele
gates, their preference as to the Mayor
atty candidate. Whichever one Of the
three secures a plurality will become
the candidate.
The experimental test OF this system
of nominating will be watched with in
terest in New York, where Mayoralty
nominations of either party have, for
many years, been made not only without
contest, but actually unanimously in
every case. The merits claimed for the
direct nomination system and the serious
obje ctions urged against it will be prac-
tically tested In Baltimore.
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nesrshss uninpntrod; llipsoSsd. ipdssA
According 70 srss>ssppsd contemporary
IL Rochester Pess- Erpssss, ths western
New York farmsu azs seeking hin 80
gsrly. They have raised the waepe Of
their hired men TO 90 month. They
used 10 pay 80 OF t76. Thh includes
board and lodging. So tho 90 . month
10 clear profit Thus The economic
position OF the hired man y superior
to that of almost anybody else. He b
above the common worry Of rent and
subsistence. He needs little moro than
suit OF store clothes for Sunday, his
day Of or courtin' day. In the inso-
lenoe Of his indispenssbility he can take
his girl driving In the farmers buggy.
He . sits at the farmers table, a. Of old.
and partakes OF the same food his
employer eats and the employer has
to be q good provider or there win Be-
mutiny. II II Is not true, It will be. that
some hired men have demanded ice
cream on Sundays. and one farmer in
Livingston county announces salad on
Wednesdays and Saturdays, which y .
more lavish display than one secs In some
high-prioed city boarding houses The
evolution of the hired man ID rolling
rapidly. The old-fashioned hired man
would have spurned salad as darned
grass But the spirit Of the age moves
in him. and We dare say he has already
substituted highballs for stone fence
III can't 10 morn iodap>pdnut than he
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Financial Proposition From "Bel-
lairs."

We are in possession of a document
which seems 10 answer the question OF
the present whereabouts and occupation
of the author OF As II Is in the Philip
pines" Capt. BELLAIRs, late Of the Sur
rev Volunteers, has temporarily turned
his attention to the development Of the
natural resources of the Great Southwest
A circular dated at Wickenburg, Ari-
zona, on Feb. ?, 1908. informs us that the
Wickenburg Mining, Smelling and De-
velopment Company, Incorporated ac-
cording TO the laws OF Arizona, with a
capital stock OF one million dollars.
which will be fully paid up and forever
nom assessable. is offering to the public
it's first issue of one hundred thousand
shares at par, one dollar each. The
shares are to be sold in lots OF one hun
dred and up. The officers OF the COM
pany, the circular announces, feel that
they are Offering TO the public gilt
edged security. one that is assured good
dividends within six months and also
one that will tremendously increase in
value
The names OF the officers who feel this
modest confidence in the gilded quality
of the Wickenburg shares are printed
conspicuously at the top OF the circular,
as follows:
President. Capt. r. G. BELIAIRs
Vice. President. FkIIrR GARCIA.
Secretary and Treasurer. CLAUDE D. BuRsoS.-
Concerning the yice-Prcsident and the
Secretary and Treasurer We have no
other information than that which the
circular affords US. Mr.. GARCIA Ii de-
scribed as a well-known resident OF
wickenburg, born and bred in Arizona,
and a miner Of practical experience
and chemist and assayer Of note The
Secretary and Treasurer, Mr.. CLAUDE
B. BURsoN, is also well known In Ari-
zona, and besides being veteran Of the
Spanish American War has been en-
gagged In mining and other business in
terests in the Territory We have no
reason to doubt these statements. The
feature Of the prospectus which arrests
our interest at once ia the word-picture
IL presents Of the eminent President OF
the wickenburg concern:
capt. BxLIAIRs 10 well and fsvorably known "a
army and navy ofncers. having been closely ssso'
cia,ed with them In Cuba and the Philippines, where
be was war correspondent Of the Associated Press
and Is man Of unaueeuoned Integrity and ability.
Here the statements Of the circular.
we are compelled to observe, are not In
strict agreement throughout with The
facts. 1t is true that Capt. BELLAIss,
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II. s..s, Ir,ss woman and the Ess..

To TEE Enron OF TBu suS--sir In order 10
set the "AeF sddcns Row of Flats" inciden clearly
before your readers let the facts of the memorable
egg fusiilade be considered on their merits The
Issue has been cloudcd BY lot Of over en- thusiAsc
Irishmen and hostile persons Of other nsiionalhes
rushing into print with their views on the aues-
ton: and thus far not one of them he's deal, with
the subjeo, - II actually presents itself
The stage Irshmantxaggerased lunaue and
IN vtsaeed sot that he is-does not enter into the
case from my view OF "NcPadden's Flsts,- not
wfthstanding the fact that was born and raised
In westpor. In the County OF Mayo, where good
lrishmen ere made. Much as ] have felt the hu-
muisiing sting caused BY the appearance OF the
ape faced thing that poses In such plays a. an isn
man. ! have restrained my Inclination 70 climb on
the stare and hammer sense OF deccncy into him.
because realis ed that the picture was an absurd
one and shat oil other sensible persons thought
the same way. OF course. such SHY stage asses
cannot influence the opinion OF in,eiigent pe1ons.
aud 10 70 the inteligen only that Is worm while
for an Ir,shman TO appeal for consideration.
but the -McFadden Fisu" mess not only parades
the runaniy stage irshmsn. II revcls In an orgy
OF indecency In which women. who arc suppos ed
10 personste the daug hters OF Enn. are the cniet
ngurvs. These actresses give an exhibition Of
feminine disregard for propne'y that would onng
blush In q Coney Island dance hall.
II was this feature that disSustsd me. II vas
this revolving par OF the perform ance In the latter
par, OF the rst act that broug ht forth the shower
Of egrs on the night OF March "a.
Don't forget, you people who pirate Of law and
iesai methods 70 cure all wrongs that there Is no
Law that can suppress these outrageous insults 70
q long -su nerne race. There Is. however. that In
herent right possessed BY all men 10 resent an In
sul,-a nigh, respected By every jury 10 every
civilized couniry-snd ! hold that Tie presentaion
of such scenes as those In -hoFaddeu's Flats h IN
Insult - deadly as can be offered 10 any irlshman
or Irish woman OF spint, and thcrc cannot be 700
many ezra used IN the process OF supprcssion
NV YoRx, April Z. WILLIAM McLoroNLn
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The Corner In Hired Men.

We were brought up TO regard the
hired man as one Of the most precious Of
American institutions, a pillar and an
exemolar OF neutrality-suspicious. self
government. Nobody could be more in
dependent than the hired man, except
the hired girl; and the hired girl has Pc
culiarities and advantages that make her
a distinct variety, neither TO be CLASH
fed nor controlled. The hired mans
general name was, and presumably Is.
HIRAM. He indicated tempered in
difference or superiority by wearing ono
suspender Of his overals a. q side
arm instead Of a supporter. he chewed
tobacco calmly and for the purpose Of
developing a philosophical mind. He
ate at his employers table and was per-
fectly frank in his criticisms Of the diet
and the cooking.
He was firmly convinced OF his su-
periority in all lines Of knowledge and
exercise OF teamwork. He was always
solemn and often wise in oow-lore.
the education OF steers and calves,
the breaking OF colts; and Arm In his
belief that he was the only man in the
world who knew how to pitch or load
hay. He was usually opposed to the
political views OF his hirer, agin tho
government 40 to speak. Arguments
between Wing farmers and Democratic
hired men have been known to come to
the point of pitchforhs. He was friend.
helper, censor, privileged grumbler.
II he had a weakness. his particular
vanity was hard cider. Often he had
a gift OF prayer. He could fight upon
occasion. He seldom took criticism
kindly. Il don't hev to stay here IL ]
don't want to was his motto. City
folks filed him with wonder and con-
tempt. There was much marrowy humor
In him. He was one OF the freest and
most equal Of citizens.
We read 90 many Populist and Bryanits
lamentations over the down.troddsn
farmer eroaning under ~ jugesrnaut
Of capital that We became doubtful about
the fate Of the hired man. But he
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Sinoe 1895 this growth In the expectation
Of manufactures is especially marked. In
that year the total of such exports was sis3,-
Sos.7a. having Increased ssi 100000 in the
fifteen years between 1880 and 1895. In the
eight years from 1895 to 1908 tof which only
one and one-half years were hampered by
the Democra attic low tariff. free trade. Wilson
bill) the increase was 10000, 900. This
latter increase Ia peariy three times as much
- In the hfteen years. 1880 TO 1905
In writing OF our Aladdin-like commercial
progress. one has 10 record such startling
results that one might fairly say with Ovid
i am about TO sing Of facts, but some will
ssy ] have invented them But. Is Burns
Gays Facts are chiefs that Wilma ding. and
downa Be disputed
II 10 a fact that practically one-half OF the
manufactures we export go TO Europe, ana
that such export to Europe has grown from
$4,000 900 10 1902 to Sls1 .ooo.O 900 In 1907 This
grand result IL all the more striking and
astonishing when we call TO mind the vast.
cheap labor manufacturing industries OF
Great Britain, Germany. France, onsested
Belgium. and Other European countries.
To North America. other than the United
Statea, ne sent s33. 000 900 10 1892. but $780,
600 900 In 1907. Of which So. 100000 went to
the Dominion OF Canada. In spite OF Canada's
one-third tariff preferential In favor OF Great
Britain. Certainly. for sales Of our maud
features to Canada, We need not emasculate
our wonder working protective tariff with
Canadian treaty Of reciprocity. Good goods
AT low prices. possible only under industrial
capital combinations. the nightmare trusts
OF our low tariff. free trade opponents 10
doing the business for us In that country.
II 10 a fact that the British Empire takes
one-half Of our exported manufactures, or
500 900 600 OF the ssos 100000 exported In
1907 OF this. the United Kingdom alone
took 500 oOo, 900. or one.fourth OF the total.
Considering these exports By great grrups
Of articles. We get the following results 10
millions
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Uncle Joe Canno on. Democratic Reformer.

From a Washington DsSpaieh TO the Phdad1'hi
Lteg-r.
When the fifty eighth Congress meets Speaker
Cannon viii considerably strengthen the Dcrlo
cratic leadership BY appoiniiag william 5. Cow
herd OF Missouri a member Of the Committee on
Rules John Sharp Williams OF Mississippi VIII
succeed Mr. Richardson as the Democratic lead :
In Inc next House aud IL IL TO he presumed that MI
Cannon win appoint him as the other Democral>
mem Der OF the committee. thus making cleai
sweep Of the present. Democratic membershio
The chsngci ex peel ed to be OF great beuen To bo
the majority anu minority In The House, In that the
Democratic leadership will be made stronger and
more Intelligent. Many Of the Republicans. Ia
cludinr Mr. Cannon himself. desire to see we'll
managed opposition, and think they could Gel along
with II h-tttr than with the present CLINE.
Mr. Cowhcrd's appointment Is step In tasa d..
rectIou. He Is regarded as one OF the strongest
member OF the House minority, aud has won the
reputatIon OF having level head and much co mmon
sense. lie e,Joys the respect OF the Rcpuhiiean
fully a. much ~ Of the Democrats
The Republicans have seldom tried 70 conceal
their contempt for the way the Democrats wtre
led and have regarded their opponents as party
OF opport lists. who never came out strong except
upon the River and iIarbor and Public building
hills two measures which are collectively known
a. the -pork- bills. During the last session large
number OF Democrats admitted this charge, ana an
nounccd their intention OF getting rid OF thef pres
ont leadership a. carly as possible. MI. Richard
son RET red but II is doubtful Whether he could have
been reelected leader even " be had stayed In tire
race.
Iiov far Mr. Williams win be an Improvement on
Mr. Richardson remains TO be seen. He Is known
chiefly as brilliant speaker and
OF Affairs, but his capacity for leadership remains
10 be demonstrated. about the value Of M Cow
herds appointments there Is no doubt on eNaef
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An anxious Chicaeo mind seshs light.
u asks . Chicago nevspaper 70 give fun
ADVICE and directions a. TO the proper
times and places Of wearing . bath gown.
We had not looked for such darkness even
In that fuliginous air. The Hon. BATH
Housn JoEs u the one just poising srbiter
Of ali the elegancies Of dress. A Chicaeoen
should b ashamed TO be Ignorant Of that
great authority's epcch-making treatise:
From Pajamas TO Pajamas; or. the Well
Dressed Day and Might
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Distances Between Vehicles.

To rHl Eprroa OF THs SuS-.sf,! Capt. Pipos
and his men are doing woman service In teaching
drivers Of vehicles that foot passenger have some
rights, and re, there u . good deal 70 DO before
the end Is reached. IL no driver were allowed 70 let
his horsss head come nearer than az fse' OF the
reh,r, IN front Of him the problem would be greatly
simu,ned. II al teams were kept slx feet a..art
foot pssssngsrs could EASILY GO through; no, \,
they damned their horses hesds up sSsinst the
vehicles in front Of them. Isn't there % crdlnanes
,siued be,wesn vehicles Ia the strcetsy II theV
IL no ord nance CON pellug . ala foot distance DO.
tWeea vehicles lea IA have quick, And no mercy
10 thr driver who vtolates " PEDESTRIAN.
A0roa PLACE. April .
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Plea fer the .. p. c. 4.

To TEE EDITOR or TIE Sur--Siv: Its dlsGraee
10 the city ofNew York that out Of It's millions OF In
hsb,tants only nfSech hundred should support
the Society for the Peventoo Of Cruelty 70 Animals
II u one OF the greatest and best institutions 10
the ooun,ry-a downright shame that the people
az New YORK should let Il want money. People
stand hack and ssk whA, good ~ does criticise
and blame n for not doing rs duty.
Al the present time the society for tht Prvcn
ton OF Cruelty 70 Animals hes not anywhere neal
the means 70 run itself satisfactorily with. ]!
needs double the number Of men and wagons, and
Inc quicker II gets them the better People Are
TOO willing 10 criticise and fer too unwilling 70
'0u'n vac" ' rsrrsp or rHs 9. P C. 4.
NEW YoaK, April
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The Investor and the Buceaneer.

To THE IDIroh OF TIE sUS-SI: write
to thank you and to express my appreciation
OF your editorial In to-day's SUI. The Buo-
cancers Of the Stock Market
For weeks I have boon wondering wher o
II would AZ end. for unless this shamsless
ralding Ii stopped there can be but one end.
and that 70 panic and big ore at that The
dear public has been dreadfully squeezed
for nearly six months. and now the big nsh
are beginning to suffer.
As you any. the small investor Is absolutely
helpless. Reason cannot help him. and the
soundncss Of his investment cannot help him.
To have a market you must have buyers as
we'll as sellers. and the general public have
been taught now by bitter experience that
some Of the so-called standard stocks are gold
bricks. and some Of the so-csled leaders con-
hdence men.
The natural tendency OF tho market for
weeks has been upward. yet through the
manipulation OF INSCRIPTIONS men 1t has
been forced down and will continue to be
forced down until the conservative banking
interests wake up RAPHAEL HAsKELb.
WARRINGTON. d. c., April I.