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The English Policy Toward Religious
EduCa ton.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUNNI: The
words of the Constitution Of the State of New
York sound familiar to those who remember
the discussion in England and Ireland before
the Intermediate Education net was passed.
Objection to that act was made substan TALLY
in the words of the Constitution quoted in
your editorial to-day-thnt no public money
should be used. directly or indirectly. In aid
or maintenance Of any school or in
stitution Of learning wholly or in part under
tho control or direction of any religious de-.
nomination or In which any denominational
tenet or doctrine IL taught,
The view taken by MIR. Gladstone. by British
j,frists and by Parliament was that the time
Il pnst for bigotry and penal laws, that no
one should be refused Government employ
ment on acceslnt OF being Catholic or q
Protestant and that public money, paid TO
Individuals for public services rendered.
did not constitute direct or indirect aid to de-
nominatibnal institutions. simply because the
Individual paid for public services happened
TO belong to some den0mina tional institution.
Under this Inter mediate act. then passed.
my sister, who Ia head Of the Lorsto order OF
nuns In the British Empire and IL now trav-
cling on "a tour OF inspection Of her converts
in India and Australia, receives payment
from the State. US nm ind vidual, for public
services in education. from the Protestant
British Government. The same applies to
the other religious orders Of men and women
In the empire. MICHAEL CORcORAN.
kRDOkLlN, Oct, ].
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fear Of their oppressors and dare not
take action against them. For pedler
or small tradesman to incur the i'll will
OF the police ia serious matter. For
man Of small means, u wage Garner,
or a person on small salary to maintain
an action until its final settlement means
a drain on his resources that he cannot
afford. For these reasons the relief
and redress which the courts afford are
IN some eases practically beyond the
reach Of injured citizens
This condition of affairs makes an
opportunity for a person Of public spirit
and wealth to do a substantial service
TO the community by establishing a fund
for the investigation Of improper acts
on the part of public officials and the
institution of appropriate actions in
cases in which injustice has been done.
The administration of such fund might
take cognizance of violations Of the law
by public service corporations in matters
that might not move an individual to
action. Its duty would be to act as a
watch dog over individual rights. It
would begin by devoting its attention
to the graver infractions of the law
by officials, employing the best legal
talent to carry test cases to the highest
courts.
The authoritative definition Of tho
public rights by the courts would put Q
stop to the worst abuses that are suffered
by the public now. The punishment OF
one offender for oppression would mean
the end of the particular form Of OPP
preston Of which he was guilty. Within
short time there would be complete
understanding among all classes OF the
population of the rights of individuals
and the rights Of the officers exercising
the police pow ,rs of the State, and adj
illustrative oltrages would no longer
be attempted
The founder of such a fund would
earn both fame and gratitude.
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Progress In the TransvaaI.

Notwithstanding the many obstacles
presented by local conditions, Industrial
recuperation in the Transvaal is proceed
ing with surprising rapidity. This,
however, applies rather to the mining
industry than tc general industry. In
the department of agriculture develop
ment is and win probably long continue
TO be limited in scope and slow in prog
ress.
The reason for the almost inevitable
delay in the conversion Of South Africa
into vast productive agricultural area
was terseIy stated by Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN,
in his speech on the South African budget,
last May. He said: What is the good Of
growing cabbages on the veldt which
sell at half a crown in johannesburg If
there is no railway to take them there7"
The principal obstacles to agricultural
development in the Transvaal are three
in number. Very much the same may be
said regarding conditions in the Orange
River Colony. These are: Lack of popula-
ton. insufficient rainfall and Inadequate
transportation facilities. II seems en-
trey probable that the rainfall must be
supplemented by vast and costly systems
of irrigation and the difficulties in trans
portation overcome by the construction
of railroads and highways before there
will be any important increase in popu-
lation
With the opportunities presented to
him by Canada, the United States and
by other broadly promising areas, the
emigrnnt will be slow to turn, his face to
the lonely veldt where for IN unknown
period his life must be one of hardship and
isolation, in which he can feed himself
and his family by his industry but will
have no market for Surplus product
which would stand as the representation
of accumulated profits England pro-
poses a partial conqueiH of these diff
culties by appropriations from the South
African loan; but even under that sys-
TEN results can come only by slowly
tagging steps SO long,as more promising
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sectarian Schools Opposed as Nurseries Of
BisOtry and intolerance.


To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: It Is Of
great interest to recall the assertion Of Father
McGlynn, in letter to The SUN when he had
been accommodated. that the Church Of
Rome intended to destroy the common school
system Of America.
What has been tho invarlabls result Of the
sectarian school? A careful student Of his
tory will And that 1t has always been intoler-
ance and bigotry. Beginning with the feuds
Of the Alexandrian and Roman churches.
there followed the Arian controversy. the
great schisms and then the assault on Prot
estants. The same result followed in tho
Mohammedan religion with the numerous
prosecutions Of the lesser sects till the Ereat
divisions Of the Sunni and Shlas, ending
with the Wahsbee sects.
In reviewing the history Of the Protestant
churches we see the Anglican Church perse-
cutting Dissenters till some Of the latter came
to this country and founded the common
school. They were bigoted and intolerant.
but they founded better than they knew. for in
very little over six generations Catholic
church was built in Boston whose centennial
has been celebrated.
Let any one visit the supposed tomb Of Our
Lord and Saviour. and he will see Moham-
Christians from killing one another. Within
the memory OF nd ults a wonderful chan &c has
taken place in Japan, where the common school
has wrought most sa!ntary revolution in
nation that has existed for more than twenty
centuries.
his children to be educated by religionists.
he and not the State %nSt fer IL for the
world, and the State protects them all.
The people being Heterogeneous. the State
insists upon the right Of making them homo
seneoqs by means OF the COMMON z Rs school
WELLESLEY. Mass, Oct
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OUR INTEREST IN MANCHURIA.
Consul Miller's Report as to Trade Condl-
lions aud ODDDrt unities.

To THE EDITOR or The S,'N Sir. Consul
Henry b. Miller OF Newchwang tells VS. that
Manchuria is IA rich and undcvcloped country,
capable Of sustaining many millions more
people than now occupy it. Speaking first of
Newchwang port. the Consul says that tho
trade OF the port for the first quarter of the
year was heavier than ever before known
Snd that the import of American goods WAS
about equal to that Of last year. which was one
OF the bee,
American drills were far in excess Of any
previous half year, and though American
sheetings fell below last year, they were greater
than in any other previous year. American
hour imports were the lowest of any year.
American kerosene imports were heavy but
complaint is made that American on arrives
IN broken cases, in damaged condition and
with heavy wasta4e. The contrary was the
case with the largest shipment of Russian
oil ever received 200 cases which arrived
IN July, Turning to Manchuria proper the
Consul fears the competition OF Siberian lum-
Der. though il Is not the equal of Oregon pine,
especially for bridge tmbers.
Mr.. Miller advises all Americans doing or
contemplating doing business in Manchuria. to
ideals. methods and character. In four lines
cotton goods. kerosene. lumber and flour
our goods will have to face Russian COMPETE
has every advantage in -four and lumber.
In the general trade OF Chnap He says that
Russian oil is cheaper. but inferior in quail
ity that while Russia sales of cotton goods
are growing. it is handicapped by inability
to meet American prices. and that under the
Chinese rule Manchuria was growing fast in
population and trade. Its growth in exports
and Imports was far in excess Of any other
part Of China, and in no part was American
trade improving so fast. This statement
lends interest to Secretary Hays fight for the
open door in Manchuria. All of this growth
was owing to expansion In agriculture. Quot
ing the Consult "Manchuria has great oppor-
tunity for further expansion in agricultural
lines, and under Russian occupation there
should be a splendid market here for ploughs
and. various kinds of American agricultural
implements.
Development of the iron. coal, copper.
silver and gold mines of Manchuria will open
up good field for American capital, machin-
cry and skill in mining. For the present the
market ought to increase for beer. wines.
timed meats. vegetables, milk. fruits, &c.
The cities of Harbin Lao-Yang and Port
Arthur are increasing in Russian population
and offer good markets for the commodities
named.
Bids have been received at Port Arthur by
the Russian authorities for the construction
of electric light plants and electric railways
for Mukden. Hardin and Newchwang.
WALTER j. BALLARD.
SCHENECTADY. N. Y. Oct. 8.
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Ocean Yacht Racing.

Sir THOMAS LIPToN's offer Of valua-
BILE trophy for an annual race Of yachts
across the Atlantic Ocean will set the
blood tingling in the veins Of many an
enthusiastic salt of the older school.
These brave brethren of short canvas
and tall seas will hail the new propo-
sition az the first stroke In the death
knell Of tin canoes with elongated stove
pipes for masts, OF Liliputian courses
for overgrown nautical kites, of sprint
dashes out of port in landsman's weather
to the footing OF brass bands and excur-
sion boat Whistles.
Tho oldsters will bark back to the
days of BENNETT and DOUGLAS and
LoRILLARD, who paid the piper when
ramping. roaring SAMMY SAMUELs
cracked on sail from the red lightshp to
Daunt's Rock when the Henrietta, Fleet
wing and vesta struggled for victory
across the western ocean; to the days
when the Dauntless and Cambria swept
westward in a 3OOO-mile race, or those
later days when the Coronet and Daunt-
less fought seven gales Of March and yet
raced in>safety. The tin canoes Of the
Americas Cup cannot do these things
When the winds do blow they generally
20 below and seek the seclusion that the
Horseshoe grants.
Everything points to the Atlantic Yacht
Club az the custodian Of trophy for
ocean yacht races. There is a coterie
of blue water sportsmen in that club,
with Commodore TOD as tho leader.
They go out and chase one another
around the Brenton's Reef and Cape May
lightships just for fun, while the New
York Yacht Club cannot get an entry
for the cups it has for just such races.
Let the Atlantics take Sir THOMAS at his
word and try to build up series of races
which will encourage designers to elab-
crate clipper models for cruising yachts.
The New York Yacht Club has all it can
do to guard the historic mug which rep
resents pure speed on the sea.
But it will not be easy to revive the
old sport. 1t is a long winded game.
1t is a game in which smart navigation
and the favor OF the winds may make
the slowest yacht in feet the winner.
And it can never satisfy that large per-
centage Of yachtsmen which, not with
out reason, believes that the longer
the race the more likely the element Of
luck to decide the victory.
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The Wedding Trading Stamp.

A Justice Of the Peace at Nanticoke. Pa, an
nounces that he will give trading stamps to all
young people married by him. awarding the stamps
in accordance with the amount OF the fee paid
A large fee means many stamps and a small fee
means acorrespondingy small numbcr.--Ncrs item.
Stamps.
Trading stamps.
Dis,r.hu:sd with breakfast food or. medicine tor
cramps:
With brc,I'sst and with dinner
And you md you're growing thinner
For you dom what you eat II you can only
get the stamps.
Your loved one sits beside you and your snow
white hand she clamps,
With her head upon your shoulder. she looks fondly
in your lamps,
SAYING. Take me TO the Justice who will give lis
trading stamps
Though you give him but dollar
You will get rubber collar
Or A large, back handed hair brush TINT wifi
make the baby holler
Or II you give him two.
He will hand you out few
OF the loveliest nasturtium seeds that reals,
ever grew.
An aggregate OF three.
WIN bring 70 US. you see.
A portrait Of dear mother. done In Dragons.
size by
with an aggregate Of four
which Is but dollar more.
III have nice kimono or sweeper for the
floor.
Or let W. think OF hvc.
What them Why. sskes alive,
Wen get some mustard piastcrs and chance
TO take drive
Just hand him ont n ten.
Youll receive a fountain pen.
nickel plated breastpin or a rooster an d a hen
Or. In case You feel ik. twenty,
We can get things good and plenty,
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The Surrender OF the HOnourables.


At the Red Banquet in Boston the Hon.
GEORGE FRIsBIE HoAR celebrated the
glores of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery:
There Is no more delightful martial music than
the ringing Of cut glass and no nag OF truce like
napkin"
Especially when the flag of truce is
furled around large cold bottle. The
Hon. PATRICK A. COLLINS, Mayor OF
Boston, gave this friendly warning to
the English guests:
rIfyou are to be under the guidance of this body
OF the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Of. Boston you will ind that they are men with
splendid constitutions, tough people and of large
experience"
The guests did not need to be warned.
With noble courtesy they surrendered
at once. I'VE will not try to compete, 4"
they said in effect, with the hollow
legged heroes of thousand field days.
In fact. from the moment OF their arrival
in Water street, the Honourables have
done only the lightest canteen duty.
Their cavalry work has been confined
to horses necks And that infantry
ration, settler lemonade, has been their
chief solace. They are mep not ignorant
OF the dangers Of civic feasts. They
have seer Aldermen turn turtle. the
Mansion House spin on its axis. the
Thames run punch. Not from weakness,
but from an urbanity too high for praise,
they resolved to let their hosts carry on
all the honoS Of war. And nobly did
those brave bottle holders rise to the
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De,perate Intentions or a Voter.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: Must
answer any question whatever put to Inc by
the political hirelings Of Morgan, who are
constantly coming to the house where live
and bombarding the inmates with lot Of
very impertinent inquiries?
The house in question has hotel license
and has been established for twenty-five
years 1t is situated in Fifth avenue and has
always borne a good reputation.
II l have to tell these whiskey Laden med
dlers my whole family history. !. with three
other self -respecting men In the house. shall
refuse to vote. and II they call again will also
tell them to go to sheol. II l go to jail for it,
NEW YORK, Oct g. Prosecuted
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The "Decliued with Thanks" Mail.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-tSir: II literary
aspirants would consult the Judgment and expe
Renee OF some wise critic. and would submit to his
opinion to their aptitude for literary expression
there would be a great reduction In the volume Of
declined with thanks" mall.
Every one who en- oys violin music does not think
himself capable OF becoming vlrtuoso. yet. APP
parently every one who takes pleasure In literature
attempts sooner or later to WELD the pen. one
should seriously question whether the artistic tenn
permanent implies, In ones own case. the far rarer
gifts OF artistic capabty and power
Long patient study and a lofty ideal are pre-
requisites to even modest attainment.
One should not attempt 10 write stories without
some mathematical and logical training.
Nor should one write In verse without genuine
feeling for beauty and an Imagination that can
beget new bodies for familiar truths. Much may
he added. but these. II seems to me. are funda-
mentals. ERNEST NEAL LYON.
BROOKLYN Oct. T.
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The Extraordinary Session.

A singular dissertation on the philos-
ophy of the extra session appears in the
editorial columns Of our habitually sober
contemporary, the Providence Journal.
The President had a choice of evils when he
selected the date for the session of Congress
Itwould hardly do to call that body together during
the hot weather. and II the date were before the
fall elections IL would conflict with the engage
ments OF many congressman. After election day
the personal comfort Of the members Of the two
houses may be equally affected. II will not be
pleasant for the defeated TO listen soon to those
jloes which must be expected from their associates
or for one party to hearken to the FIRST vigorous
attacks representing the popular referendum.
II Is easy to foresee that the President himself
may be sorry that he called the session in Novem-
Der He must expect to hear much about the postal
scandals and his ideas on the tariff arc not 50 med
that he can escape feeling for his own partys lead
ers who forced to talk the protective system
while debating the approval OF the Cuban treaty.
But his sense Of his counsry's obligations TO Cubs
outweighs everything else"
This is apparently written on the sup
position that the Congress elections arc
to occur next month, instead of one year
from next month, az is the case. But the
members OF tho Fifty-eighth House were
elected in 1902 and will meet for tho first
time as new House when the extra $685.
sion begins. The defeated will not be
there, unless they 60 to Washington as
spectators. Neither party will be COM
PEELED to "hearken to the first vigorous
attacks representing the popular refer
endum.' The popular referendum oc-
ours in even years, not odd.
As to the personal comfort of the Presi-
dent, we do not imagine that he has con-
sidered it for an instant in fixing the
date for the special session. If there is
any discomfort in prospect for his Ad-
ministration in the postal scandals, 1t
Is bound to come in December, any
way, and few weeks earlier or later
will make no difference. The same is
true with regard to any possible annoy
ance from the tariff The choice Of
evils" so gravely discussed by our Provi-
dence friend is purely imaginary.
The time Of the extra session was de-
terrnined by considerations of conven-
fence for the Senators and Representa-
tives. They are called to Washington
few weeks earlier than usual in order
that there may be time for the redemp-
ton Of the countrys obligations to Cuba;
obligations which, as the Providence Jour
nal correctly observes, appeal urgently
to the President s sense of duty
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Painful Incident in Park Row.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: ! have been
constant reader OF your valuable paper since ist5.
and hope to continue for the balance OF my life.
but with all the good deeds you have accomplished
you seem to have overlooked your duty to the fair
sex.
why not give gentle hint to that class who stlll
contue 10 drag their skirts the dirty streets
hear them say, what next Cleanliness suggests
that skirts should be worn free and clear from the
awful dirty streets. Who will defend or condemn
Last Monday, In Park row. a lady trailing her
skirts suddenly came to grief as gentleman
stepped ON her long trail and held II fast until the
entire outside garment was torn from her body.
she gathered It In as best she could and aft%
giving the innocent man a scorchlng lecture man
aged TO disappear. CLEANLINESS.
NEW York Oct 4
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The Great Brooklyn HumOrist.

The Hon. PATRICK HENRY McCARREN,
surging with enthusiasm. leaps to his
feet and shows the cause of it:
Col. MCCLELLAN Is a young man who has risen
by his own effort to the proud place he now occu-
pies. We ought to vote for him. anyway.
a. a rebuke to the President OF the United states
for his recent performance on the battlefield VI
Antietam."
We assume that this is specimen of
Mr.. MCCARREN's delightful humor; but
he may have said risen without" instead
of risen by"
This is clear, anyway: Mr. McCARREN
implores the voters to remember An
tietam and forget Vantage; to rebuke
ROOSEVELT and let good old DICK CROKER
have his way, as usual.
Just at present, Vantage has little
more contemporaneous human interest
than Antietam.
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His Vote.

TO THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir:
A panied expression the old man wore
As he scanned the municipal news.
80 pleasantly smiled and said to him:
Pray, sir, your political views?"-
"Oh, am fer Low. and am fer Grout,
And so, sir, az near as kin make out.
Ill have to vote his words quote
"The ion-Anti-Tammany
Anti-Sheehan-G NY d.
Republican Anti-Devery-
Mclaughlin s-Kings-Democracy-
Citizens Union -Sheehanite-
Tammany ticket in this fight
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. o
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An Opportunity for Phiianthropist

The various Constitutional and statu-
tory provisions that exist in New York
State to safeguard the rights and privi-
eges of the citizens are sufficient and
ample TO protect the least important and
least influential. The courts have al
ways shown the most discriminating
care in constituting the laws enacted by
the Legislature and the rules and ordin-
ances established by bodies subordinate
to it, so that to-day the protection of the
citizen Is more complete and his rights
are BROADER and more secure than ever
before The invasions Of private rights
by public officers, the outrages that
attract the attention Of the public are
invariably in defiance. of the law, and are
illegal acts which the courts have never
hesitated to condemn when they have
had the opportunity so to do
The Wholesale arrests made by the
police in poolroom raids last summer
in aanhattan were without support of
law. and in ntter defiance of it, The
same is true OF the arrests in BROOKLYN
some months ago of patrons of alleged
law-defying hotels and saloons against
which no charge was made. The fault
was not, in the laws, but in the admins
tration and execution Of them, as was
proved every time one of these cases
came before competent court.
II In unfortunately true that the or
binary victims of such illegal acts are
persons whose poverty or ignorance.
prevents them from asserting their
rights and appealing TO the proper
tribunal for the redress the courts are
SURF to give. In some cases the victims
of administrative lawlessness stand in
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In the municipal campaign of 1901 WILL
LIAM TRAvKRs JEROME held before the eyes
of the thousands who went to see and hear
him small brass check. It was from one
OF the Red Light houses that fourished
under the protection o. Tammany. 1t
was a symbol of the alliance that existed
between the city government and the most
loathsome trade Of vice that humankind
knows. 1t was to smash the alliance for
which that brass check stood that the citi-
zens Of New York voted in 1901. Tammany
was driven out, and the brass check recov-
cred its self-respect. To-day it symbolizes
no such degraded partnership as existed
two years ago.
Keep the brass check clean!