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The Cost Of BRildins.

To THE EDITOR OF THK SuN-.Sfr. Your ed,
toriAi In this mornings sun who Is Rich Emo ugh
TO Build q Housed" recalls a talk had week ago
with an architect Of prominence who has been In
tercsted In the construction OF some OF the nncst
buildings erected By New Workers., In and out Of
the city. We were talking generally Of house
building In New York but after while turned to the
expensveness OF building here labor being the
chief cause OF the increased cost. He mentioned
one large buldiae In Fifth avenue put I'D about
siI years ago al a cost OF 8, cents q cubic foot A
year O, 80 ago the owner wished an annex bull
on tho opposite corner Of the same outside con.
struction but much less expensive inside. and tbe
lowest estimate the frm could get was as cents A
cubic foot He mentioned another new BUILDING
completed within the last ninety days which had
cost o. Q cubic foot. BY comparison he said be
had been In . Western town two years ago where
. friend had erected . I'VE story brick business
block at cost Of II cents cubic foot Certainty
not no fine as our New York buildings, but there
should scareiy be that much difference I su1
gested that the rich New Workers who had money
to pay any price for what they wanted were 10
blanc 70 some extent for the excessive demand.
Of labor. He ssid Il was true for he had more than
once received Instructions to pay any price dc.
manded rather than delay building, especially
Of residences: but there was one rich man who took
different view and had stopped work on a erea,
house he was building until labor afairs became
more settled This man thought that would hnppen
within two y 'ars; but no matter how long II might
be. he TO wait for his house until he could
get y st fair and reasonable price. Kiln
, N1r YoRK. Aug. -
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riors 30 eager TO meet death. Moreover,
the Arab converts to Islam were flesh
eaters, to whom danger was no novelty,
for they had been accustomed to lead
a predatory life. The rank and file
Of the Mikado's army, on the other hand,
are largely drawn, as we have said, from
agrioulturists, who as practical vege-
tarians have been unused to see blood
shed. In the face OF peril they might
have been expected to evincs certain
amount Of hesitation and timidity. But
here the electrifying effect OF ancestor
worship comes In. They simply dare
not leave the heritage Of dishonor TO
their children. Shame il = moro ap-
palling thing than death. A people
in whom such sentiment is ingrained
can be vanquished only by vastly su-
perior numbers. It can be extermi-
mated, but can hardly be conquered In .
fight on anything like equal terms.
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addition, the increase in the poll from
1880 to 1895 was:
1880 70 1885,. s277se isss to is32 ... 7y5,54e
1894 to 1885,. .. 1.2toos3 ispa 10 1soo isSo iss
III 1900 there was diminntion in the
combined poll Of the two parties Of
44,4oo, due, as we have explained, to
the falling of in the poll in the eleven
States Of the old Southern Confederacy.
The Republican votes In the Union in
creased by 100, e,746 votes, but the Demo-
cratic poll diminished by i61, ,24s, wholly
on account Of the lessened poll in eleven
Southern States. Outside Of those
States the Bryan vote was increased in
1900 by 124.ss3.
It is notable that in 1900 BRYAN got
S42,9l6 more votes than In 1896 in the
States Of Delaware, Indiana, Illinois,
Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Rhode Island, Vermont and West vfr-
ginia; that is, in the States where the
revolt Of the Democracy against him was
greatest In 1896. or such States, only
in Ohio and Pennsylvania did he get
less-in the first 1912 votes and in the
second s,e96 votes.
Throughout the States OF the West
and Far West where Bryanism ragged
most intensely in 1898, his poll fell of in
1900 by an aggregate of 2oo,475 votes.
The "enemy's country" as he called it,
did better for him in 1900 than the coun-
try Of his friends Of 1896.
The ratio of voters to the whole num-
Der Of citizens was about the same in
1900 as in 1880, in spite Of the large dimi-
mutton in the poll in eleven Southern
States. If those States had polled as
many proportionally to their citizenship
in 1900 as did the rest of the States it
would have been much larger.
The diminished poll for BRYAN in his
second run in the Far Western States,
where he had his strongest hold in 1895.
and his increased poll in the East and the
Middle West are significant. The very
narrow margin of popular votes, rela-
lively, by which national elections are
carried is also noteworthy. So far as the
last State elections afford a criterion,
that margin next November will be in
favor Of THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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THE PARKER ARMS,
Escut confess Suckers Cry fer Aght on
stags and Cheyrsn,
From the Bslleeal QNl Adsoeafl.

From the Bsnepdlt uH) Advocate.
We trust that our suggestion to the Hon. j. Nick
Perrin. Democratic candidate for Congress IN this
district. that he get magic lantern and procure
. slide showing Judge Parkers coat of Anna viii
be received as Idle Jest There Is an Intense
public deslre TO hear our frcnd upon this subject
and 10 see boldly thrown upon q white shec, in
dark these three stays with chevron cha vve6
and . trefoi slipped that constitute the coat n,
arms OF the Jenersonian candidate for the pv.,,
dency. Give him night shirt or . coat Of arms ,o
discuss and be Is on his native heath We are cor.
tain that when comes 70 an explanation OF th.
meaning OF three stags with q chevron chnr,,S
and . ,refoh slipped. no man u ahIer 10 make II
than Mr.. Perrin. Hc can veil us why II u tbrr.
stays instead Of one or two. and what the oheyrnr
Is charged with and who charged Il, and nov The
trefoil wns caused 70 alp and where II sl,ppsd IN
and can inform US 10 what particular stsde Of ard,
tocracy this coat Of ssus ensitea judge psrker IA
belong. When II comes 70 arlstocracy our friend
Ia . sensitive plant. II Affects him q long NHy al,
and he can describe with clairvoyant insisht And
In robust language.
Should y be inconvenient for NJ. Perrin 10 eIuc,.
date this subject We hope our neirhbor the N,,r,.
Democrat will procure . cut Of Judge Parker.
coat Of Arms and give Us . picture Of those three
stays with the chevron and the trefoIl We Serl =
sad need OF enlightenment on the subject OF coats
OF arms as owned by Democratic candidates. The
Jetcrsonian simplicity that sports q coat of arms
puzzles US not little.
We plain suckers have q right 10 car unc, IN.
nristocracy for Information. We must know vbst
this coat OF arms means and whether IL has anv
bearing upon free silver. or the Mrin. or the dir.
ging of the Panama Canal, or militia rtsm. oy IN.
reclamation of arid lands. These three stars NAV
commit Judge Parker 70 sbsolute free trade-the
chsvron. charged ~ Ia. might Indicate his lean.
Ing toward . military dlctatorsAip and the tySfpu
slipped might refer 70 the rssu1t of TIE election.
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The Voting at National Elections.

We showed vest erday the fallacy Of
the assumption of Philadelphia paper
that the poll in the Union for President
in 1900 indicated that million Demo-
Gratis and Republicans stayed at home"
in ia0O on aooount Of free silver on the
one hand and imperialism on the other.
Actually. as we demonstrated, the
staying at home was in tho States Of the
old Southern Confederacy. where, there
being no political opposition, there was
little incentive to 60 to the polls, and the
number Of votes cast In 1900 was less than
in 1895 by SIC, ,495 votes. Elsewhere In the
Union there was an increase Of moro than
half million in the poll over that Of four
years before.
This table, which we make up from the
Tribune Almanac gives the Republi-
can and Democratic poIl in the Union at
the elections from 1880 to 1900:
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LIVED 100000 YEARS AGO.
Remains Of Many Extinc Animals Gathered
in wyoming.

AMHERST, Mass, Aug. 27.-Prof. Fred
erick B. LooInis, who was at the head o7 the
expedition to Wyoming in search Of the
remains of extinct animals, has just re-
turned, having been absent about ten
weeks. His assistants, T. c. Brown OF
Fitchburg, Amherst '04, and w. w. Palmer
Of SouthReld. Amherst 'O5, will remain in
Wyoming for about two weeks longer.
Prof. Loonis reports that the expedition
was a very successful one and that more
than five hundred specimens were secured
The party first went to Rapid City, s. D.,
and started from there with the team OF
horses used last season. They drove $50
miles to the Big Horn Basin in wyoming,
and on Gray Hull River gathered about half
Of their collection. On Bridger Creek
they. found their choicest specimens. many
Of which were entirely new. The best speci-
men is that Of prehistoric horse, which is
nearly complete. They also have speci-
mems Of early monkeys, SQUIRRELS and piss.
Prof. Loomis says that 1t Is estimated that
some Of these animals lived 4,oOO,0O wears
ago. The best Of the collection win be
mounted at Amherst College.
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FOR OUR MEN ON THE ISTHMUS.
Minister barrett Urges That Branches Of
the Y. N. G. A. He Established There.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2o.-John Barrett.
the United States Minister at Panama, has
written letter to the secretary Of the
foreign section Of the Y. M. G. A., at New
York, urging that branches Of the associa-
ton be established at Panama and Colon.
Mr.. Barrett says there are already about
200 young American engineers on the
Isthmus and that this number will be in
creased to 400 within d short time. These
young men, he says. have no place of rem
devious for entertainment, amusement or
worship, the only two social organizations
at Panama being too expensive for the
great ma jority OF them.
There are also 400 United States marines
within short distance Of the city OF Panama
who are in the same fix. Mr.. Barrett thinks
the Y. M. c. A. branches at Panama and
Colon would do great deal Of good, and
says his views in this direction are indorsed
by President Roosevelt, Admiral Walker
s;on ana every Ts nsneer of The Carl Commits
proved and forwarded the letter.
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STORM WARNINGS NJ WIRELESS.
Ocean Metsereissy Transferred 70 tho
weather iBureAu.

/ VpJNn MCtDVhU40wy At0aSsVshVs ~ s~~N
! weather Bureau.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1e.-Ths first step
| In the direction OF carrying out the recon.
mendations of the board on wireless teleg-
raphy, whose report was approved by Presi'
dent Roosevelt recently. was made to-day
by the transfer OF ocean meteorology from
the Navy Department to the Weather Bureau
under the Agricultural Department. The
change Is considered to be indicative OF
great advance In the general plan Of utiliz-
ing wireless telegraphy for Government
purposes.
Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief OF the Weather
Bureau and at present acting Secretary OF
Agriculture, said to-day that this means
that soon there will be wireless communica-
tion between vessels Of the merchant marine
and the navy and ooastwise wireless sta
tions when such vessels are within 800 miles
Of either coast Of the United States. Prof.
Moore added.
This arrangement removes question
which for many years has been disturb.
ing factor in these two departments, and
leaves a result acceptable to all. The re-
suit will be much more thorough fore
cast relating to storms approaching from
men le thronsh S tine the sas to
establish at least fifty stations on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts. and think there Is no
doubt that all commercial as well as army
and navy vessels will be equipped with wire
less apparatus within half dozen years.
~The Weather Bureau Ia greatly handi-
capped In getting forecasts from the Pacific
Coast owing to the small number OF stations
installed on the coast and the few vessels
equipped with the wireless apparatus.
Looking into the near future can see nearly
all the frat class coastwise vessels equipped
and constantly sending in information as
to weather conditions at their respective
points. The Importance Of this can be seen
when it Is realized that all the storms come
from the west. and as we Will be able to
maintain communication 800 miles at sea,
which IL about one days movement OF
marine storm, we can keep at least one day
ahead Of the weather on the coast.
-The advantage will not be 50 great on
the Atlantic Coast, except In the treat
ment of the destructive tropical storms
which originate in tho vicinity Of the West !
Indies. With the 300 mile margin for COM |
munication we can keep all coast points |
advised Of the conditions prevailing at sea.
We will also be enabled to forecast any
and intensity of these storms, and
can issue warnings to ships at sea many
hours in advance Of the gale. At present |
the Weather Bureau, through the Navy
Department. is receiving daily obserya-
tions from more than ZOO ships, and with
the increased facilities this number will |
be multiplied almost by ITSELF
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HERE TO STUDY OUR BUSINESS
Delegations or Austrian and German Mer-
ciiante Herr on Their Way to ~. Louis.


The delegation Of forty from the Lower
Austria Industrial Association which ia
now In the city on it's way to the st. Louis
Exposition, spent yesterday seeing New
York.
In the morning thoy were guests OF the
Produce Exchange. where an informal re-
ception was held. The party Is composed
OF well-to-do manufacturers and trades
men who came to America to study our
methods and to strengthen the commercial
relations OF Austria and the United States.
They arrived In New York on Thursday
on the Deutschland and 60 West to-mor-
row.
Members OF the party yesterday made
short speeches of thanks to the officers
OF the Produce Exchange and expressed
themselves as greatly pleased with what
they had seen OF the New World.
On the same ship came party Of sixty
merchants and their wives from Berlin and
other German cities. also hound for st.
Louis. They also spent YESTERDAY IN see
ing New York from the top OF big auto
mobiles, tall buildings and the decks OF a
steamboat that took them about the harbor.
The Germans represent no particular
organization. The Austrians are at the
savoy, the Germans at the Park Avenue
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Judge Taft's Reply to Judge Parker


Tho Secretary Of War delivered at
Montpelier yesterday . speech in which
he discussed several Of the issues Of this
campaign. That part relating to the ques-
ton Of our national policy in the Philip
pines Is printed In full In THE SUN to-day.
It's importance and interest to all voters
require no advertisement. The state
ment Of facts comes from the foremost
living authority. The remarks on the
needs and tho future Of tho islands pro-
coed from the best and most disinterested
friend In power that the Filipinos over
had. The exhibition of the feebleness and
inconsistency Of Judge PARKER 8 reasons
for favoring an immediate promise to
withdraw our flag and sovereignty from
tho islands is accomplished with entire
controversial adequacy.
Secretary TAFTs view Of the future
is set forth in this passage, which We
commend to the attention Of the coun-
try:
The treat object We now have In tho Philippines
Is 10 build up the govcrnmsnt there % as 20 mako
IL more aAA more useful 70 the F1tpanoa % that
thoy may ultimately become a sducsted, intell-
gent and sstf-sovemins people. 1nen II they de-
sire undergraduates. lei thep haveh But II we bring
them In bshind the tsrin walI thsy 80 that ALSO
citation with ths United States beneficial 70 them.
As verify believe v1l b, b quito unukeiy that
they wnn desire FUN ndspendeno~ ITS quite nkely
they viii pester that association which exists be-
tween England and Australia or bssweea England
and Canada
We share Judge TATT's opinion that
the lowering Of the American flag In the
Philippine islands Is an event quite un-
likely to occur either In the near or in tho
distant future.
The same as to Porto Rico. about which
the Democratic platform and candidate
are strangely silent.
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WANING no OFFICEHOLDERs.
Must Not Take Active Part in Politics And
Need Not Pay Political Assessments.

Neeo NOS ray Foilucai Assessments.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 2e.--An emphat3o
warning against partisan activity and the
| payment of political assessments by Federal
| ofloeholders In the classified service was
issued by the Civil Service Commission
to-day. Gen. John G. Black, president Of
the commission, issued a circular in which
tie provisions Of the Civil Service act,
making tho solicitation or payment OF
political contributions a misdemeanor, is
reprinted as warning to Government
clerks and employees.
The circular then calls attention to the
wishes OF President Roosevelt In regard TO
the partisan activity Of Government en-
ployees, and quotes from orders which the
President has issued on this subject In fhe
last three years. Referring to an opinion
rendered by the Attorney General on Oct.
II, 1902. on the question whether the sending
Of circular letter by a political committee
to Federal officers or employees, soliciting
contributions and upon which appear the
names Of Federal officers, was a violation
OF the Civil Service laws Commissioner
Black quotes from letter OF President
Roosevelt as follows:
/ hereby call the attention of all officers
and employees In the Federal service to the
IOTtkOlnR OpUnOu, anu warn InpTl tn1f the
provisions OF law as therein construed are 10
be by them obcyed and enforced. ANY
official in the Federal service may. without
jeopardy to his Official standing. con, ribu'c
or not. exactly as he pleases, provided he
obeys the sections Of the Civil Service act
above referred to.
The President, in letter of June I3, 1902,
said in part:
In consideration of hxity OF tenure and NJ
appointment in no way due to political con-
siderations. the man in the classified service,
while retaining his right to vote az he pleases,
and to express privately his opinions on all
political subjects. should not take any active
part In political MANAGEMENT or In political
campaigns. for precisely the same reasons
that Judge. an army officer a Re gular soldier
or q policeman Ia debarred from taking such
active part.
This, of course, applies even more strongly
to any conduct on the part Of such employees
50. prejudicial to good discipline as IL Inn
piled In public attack on his or her superior
Officers. or other conduct liable to cause scan
dal: Office holders must not use
their offices to control political movements,
must not neglect their public duties must
not cause public scandal by their activity.
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The Mary Jane Campairu.

The official announcement from ESQ.
pus that Judge PARKER will refrain from
= stumping tour because he believes q
stunning tour by Presidential candi-
date to be improper will particularly
interest Col. BRYAN.
Sometimes the frank appearance of
the candidate on the stump and the
free expression to the people Of the can
didate's opinions win votes in Presi-
dental campaign.
Does Col. BRYAN, for example, believe
that he could have acquired on two sep-
arate occasions the vote Of the Hon.
ALTON B. PARKER II exaggerated notions
of propriety on BRYAN's part had de-
prived Judge PAnKER OF the opportu-
nifty to ascertain Just what sort of a
statesman solicited his vote in 1898 and
in 1900?
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PROF. MOORE STOPS AN ABUSE.
Reduces I'm Gfado Three CLERKS Who EveFy
Year Take . Months Sick Leave.

SSUtsCtO "a &sIU4sO AmMGO NhCIR1 WR0 EsveHy
Year Take . Months Sick Leave.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2e.-wIllis L. Moore.
chief Of the Weather Bureau, who is acting
Secretary Of Agriculture in the absence
OF Secretary Wilson. has determined to put
q stop to the practice Of clerks taking a
months sick leave every year. he made a
beginning to-day by reducing In grade
three clerks who have each summer for
several years taken q months sick leave
In addition to the regular thirty days vaca-
ton, and promoted other clerks who had
been more faithful to their duties.
1T Is clear to me. he said, "that II clerl,
is actually III thirty days every year and
needs an additional thirty days for rest and
regeneration, besides Sundays and other
holidays, he cannot be classed as q healthy
man. In fact, such q clerk is physically
incapable OF holding responsible positions,
and favor the promotion OF strong able
bodied clerks to take their places. In
following out this idea have reduced three
Of the clerks holding important positions
In this department and have filed their
places with clerks who are able to work
eleven months out OF twelve. Az other
similar cases are brought to my attention
! will take similar action"
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TURBINES FOR SCOUT SHIPS,
Engineering Experts CeIisidering the Sub.
Ject with That End In View.

WARRINGTON, Aug. 76.-The board Of
United States engineering experts that
is endeavoring to adapt the steam turbine
to the propulsion of. modern ships OF war
bas just completed an examination Of the
Turbinia, one Of the latest Of this class of
vessels, with particular reference 10 the
scout ships soon to be constructed for the
United States Navy. The results OF the
examination of the Turbinia are considered
90 satisfactory that 1t 10 probable that one or
more Of the scout vessels will be equipped
with turbine engines. The board found
that there is an almost total lack Of yibra
tion-a vital consideration In ship CON
struo tion-no friction and no noise largely
centre Of gravity.
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HANNA'S PERSONAL ESTATE.
Appraisers FIX Its Value at Nearly %, ,OOo,.
100000 United States Bonds,

CLEvxIANp, Ohio, Aug. 2e.-Notice has
been issued by the Board Of Review to the
executors Of the will Of Senator M. A. Hanna,
directing them to make return OF the per.
sonal property OF the estate. The three
appraisers Of the estate placed q valuation
on the personal property Of t2,olA,50o. This
Il apportioned a. follows:
Five hundred per cent United States
bonds, $40, 900; 400 per cent. United States
bonds, 4532 900; 1890 shares Of the Oeve-
land Electric Railway Company, 81, ,1os 900;
1000 shares of the Union National Bank
el7o, 900; interest in NJ. A. Hanna & Co,
1S2 500; good will Of the same, $3.50 600;
$50 shares Of the Guardian Trust Company,
o62 500; zoo shares OF the Commercial Ma
tional Bank, 80, ,000 shares Of the Union
Club. q, 400; share Of the Roadside Club.
$500; share Of the Country Club, $3.50; /
share Of the Clifton Club, 500; 100 shares Of
the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Com
pany, 90, ZOO; $50 shares Of the Massillon
Coal Mining Company, So, ,45o; 20 shares Of
the Scenic Railway Company, 5000; ITS
shares Of the johnson Company, $1,000;
l6 shares Of the Federal Trust Company,
$50; 100 shares OF the Citizens Savings
and Trust Company, t26,500.
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Old Guard Marksmen Win Prizes.

SEA GIHr, ~, Aug. 7o.-The members
Of the Old Guard Battalion Of New York,
In camp here for four days, shot to-day for
special prizes. In the match for the Euest is
cup, won in 1902 by F. ". Seybel and In 1908
by George E. Libbey Lieut.. Lee Town
send was successful, " ith total score of 7s
The match for the Dewar trophy was won
by James McNevin, who also won 1t in 1909
His score was Is. The three Col Leslie
Bruce medals were won by James McNevin,
F. T. Alder and T. W. Timpson. The
Rixey medals went to T. W. Timpson,
George Libbey and James McNevip