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where the Blame Lea.

To THE EDITOR or The 6uN-Sir: You
citizens Of New York who now howl In the
streets Of police tyranny are blind indeed.
Rather than denounoe tho police for doing
what You have trained than TO do; you should
curse the selfish folly that has led you TO
neglect the preservation OF your rights and
privileges. Its YOU that have given license
to policemen to club and shoot citizens at
will. 1t 10 you that have taught them 10 feel
Themselves above tho law. You. and you
alone. are responsible for the conditions that
make 1t unsafe for citizen to address q civil
question to . policeman.
Did you believe that the license for law
breaking You isMed long ago 70 your police
humble would never be invoked to protect
Did You think the man whose unjustih liable
assault on q day laborer guilty Of the crime
of mapping In q public park was treated as
q Joke would not coon assault the little clerk
and then the small tradesman and then the
bigger shopkeeper, and 40 on up" the line?
Did you feel 1t safe to allow per1ured test.
mony by your police TO send unfortunate
women to jail. comforting yourselves With
the reflection that the same police would.
never use per!ured testimony aSainst your
ssb .ecPon' You .il0Nsd e b ussd sanst
Be- turned AGAINST the otherS "o''a never
IL you have cherished these delusions You
are ignorant a. well q. wicked. and the terrors
tor your SHORTCOMINGS and vsskncsses.
NEW LONDON, AUG. -.
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Personal Liberty in Now York.

To THE EDITOR OF The suN-Sir: In Lon
don feel that the policeman Is my friend:
here ! confess I 60 more or less In terror
Of him. Bey ond all question OF doubt We
are greatly b ehind the English In personal
liberty. and the explanation Is In the tyran-
nical power Of the police. do not say that
every policeman 10 tyrant. but the spirit
OF the police body as a whole Is distinctly
tyrannical-which define as q CONTEMPT for
the private citizen and q disposition when
ever occasion offers To show who's boss"
think this IL one Of the penalties We have
TO ply for being 80 cosmopolitan. There ID
no HOMOGENEOUS public sentiment such "a
there 10 In London among us. and the police
man. feels safe when he sets out to show
who's boss Hardly ever IL he interfered
with except in the case Of some exceptionally
gross optrage..-some humanity staFgerer.
so TO speak. The onlookers. being. OF hetero-
geneoua. nationelities. are moved to no kim
dred indignation or alarm for their liberty.
and are all selfshly CONCERNED about trying
to preserve their own skins. 1t H. at once
an odous and lamentable state Of things.
see no remedy for 1t except In a stern
determination OF the Commissioner and the
Magistrates to make examples OF the uni
formed culprits brought before thenn. Often
have heard on the lips Of TRAVELLING 9, English.
men, who had wltneRsod some OF the street
scenes familiar TO our eyes. the sneer: .This
New York police and the New York populace
IL certainly not the American spirit. M.
NEW YORK, Aug. "a
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tho Lsnden and the New Ysrk Police
Contracted.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: Refer
ring to your editorial In to-days SUN headed
"Police Outrages In England and comparing
them with those In Now York, should like.
II permitted. to add one moro reason why
the brutality OF the policeman here 10 20
much more forcibls than In England. 1t ID
TO be found in the material Of which the
police foroe IL composed.
The English policeman Ia more decent and
respectable a. an individual and Ii himself
willing to conform to the law as we'll as to
Sec that others do 30. He ID not permitted
to carry his club in his hand. but under his
coat and belt. 10 be used only In case OF actual
necessity.
The New York policeman. on the other hand.
IS soon as he is placed In uniform and re-
ceives q club and pistol and 10 wrongly called
an Officer. considers himself above ali law
and takes great pleasure In dispensing Inn
pudence and rutaiity TO all lawsbidlns citi-
sens. and siyin9 impudence even to the Mac
II Is DANGEROUS 70 approach one Of these
sptocfstS , on the street ard to hesitste 70
to risk o broken head or limb.
To sum the matter up, the London police
nan y the servant Of the public, while the
master. make these statements from 1 my
years have ! lived in this city. but ! know now
nas sbs any IN To- t. hs courts
be also 70 risk my own life.
some day the American citizen Will rise
present suppose We, must all kneel .humbly
the telliGeni and brutal men who consti-
tute q large percentage of tho New York
NEW YORK. Aug. ~.
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Shaw Scores Against Fairbanks.

How large is the cabman vote? It
must be great in the aggregate. Per-
haps the cabmen could control national
election il they stood together. The
Hon. LESLIE M. SHAW has won that
vote, won it by a single act, won it
in a single evening
Secretary,SHAw, alighting from train
at Denison, in the State he honors by
calling his, found only one nighthawk
at the station, or, as the Iowans say,
the 'deepot." The driver OF this lonely
conveyance was sleeping the sleep OF
tho just, perohed on his high seat, when
the Secretary espied him. To waken
this skilled navigator Of Denison's high
ways and byways would have been q
cruelty. Secretary SHAW is kind man.
He clambered to the seat, planted him
self beside the driver and held the reins
until he reached his destination. Then
Mr.. SHAW awakened his cabman, paid
his fare and went his way.
Would Mr.. FAIRBANKS Of Indiana
thus treat sleeping cabman? Mr..
FAIRBANKS is a many sided man. 1t
would be,unwise to say what he would
or would not do under similar circum-
stances. The point is that he has not
done it. He has ridden in an engine
cab, but'his presence there relieved the
engineer Of none of his responsibilities.
Although Mr.. FAIRBANKS endured the
heat and wind and dust OF the locomo-
tive, after all he was but passenger.
Mr.. SHAW worked his way. He showed
his oneness with the worker, his ten
derness for the toiler.
The cabman vote Is consolidated and
solicited for SHAW. SHAW and Slum-
berl" Is the slogan. The Secretary of
the Treasury has made master stroke.
The jewellers in other spheres. who can
see more plainly than earth's people the
topmost pinnacle of CHARLES WARREN
FAIRBANKS, report that his hair is curl
ing. Envy has done it. He has lost
the cabman vote to the Hon. LESLIE
MoRrIEB SHAW Of Iowa
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OPPREsSED NEW YORxERs.
Need OF an Organization 10 Protect tho
Indiytdual's Rights.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: The
occasion OF this letter Ia your editorial OF this
morning concerning the supine attitude or
Americans toward the police and the Maais-
trate courts. and your news item relative
TO the conduct of one Of our Magistrates yes
terciay In calling back q woman whom he
had found not guilty OF q certain charge
and passing sentence upon her because she
laughed at the prosecuting witness as shs
was leaving the court room.
Conduct on the part OF Magistrates such
40 Is here described has been altogether too
common, and indeed never ought TO have
been endured. The same may be said con-
corning the police. Some society In this
city. such a. the Legal Aid Society. the
Social Reform Club or similar organization
ought to take this matter up.
Ny attention was called to II some years
ago In very painful manner. An old friend
had become disabled through Whist after
ward proved to be paresis. He was In re-
a ps e cali for I
w wls nso P' fsn asaI
i wh sn' hsr 1ss "a" s30
IA Sss she St boarding xe aSS:s
bosdeT aceused her q H. thst. Of o AZ ar
ever except the assertion Of the complainant
hers. Tho .Judss dlsmissed the r.. ease Re 40 bor
the court room was q. imprudent q 70 show
ssSsd xs sei :ss but IT.
e * afsd ss Rs o.sa FAY
Ss spS .s q B: hsa
o as snd No. q h - sos
e.. snd ., h h.S Rsd pron 70 &
noS "a sppSescSsd any y of 81 nIepds about i,
us were advised. When We were advised
we prepared an appeal 70 ne Gog Se hnd f in
the 1 meantime me- Isfs the city, vas . angry
the Governor advised us that Without ~
Endorsement the petition could NOT be srante o:
compelled = undergo. Q punlshment Which
in any event. was utterly disproportionats
te the alleged o1e4se. merely because the
Mss'' sssss rs ' ;ss az
been had any ,orssnisation In the city been
in position. to take Il up, inyestleAte y thor
e efios 70 IS. e. S1oss TT II cem@on Yth ctSsI
have ve BEEN sied to have aided IN sioh PROSE
cutlon, but Is was quite impossible Tor us 70
e 9 qsaS Set the nS
friend his mental plight being rendered Torse.
Of course. by this added ah1iotion. and let the
hss ny.s sS that 4sslsrs .s u BIZ
checked Il win perform public service for
NEW YoRK. Aug. ~. Mills N. DAWSON.
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Tho Couchant smoker.

The other day we celebrated modestly
but firmly the joy Of reading in bed.
and added to DR.. OsLRR's prescription
therefor another and q still moro salu-
tary simple. Bed, book, cigar; and
the greatest OF these il the last. He
who knows not in combination these
three elements Of intellectual and physi-
cal comfort, this triple alliance Of the
Kingdoms Of ease, he knows you not,
you heavenly powersl
Mr.. CHARLES B. WHITING Of Hartford
has lifted the only voice yet given against
tho big three. He has proposed fire.
proof bedgear for the eouohant smoker
reader. As il the mere fact Of having
a fire in your pipe or cigar or cigarette
we're not enough to keep the reader
smokers vigilance suboonsodously awake.
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Tho only peril to be apprehended Is
that the weed you are smoking may 60
out. In cold weather this Is particularly
annoying. We have seen couchant
smoker-readers of 40 acute and trained
perception that they fall asleep the
moment the cigar Is out. It falls as
soft as down, yet the trained sleeper
awakes and doth that light relume.
Besides. persons given TO read in bed
are OF that quiet conscience that has
no reason to be afraid Of fire. At worst,
out Of the nettle danger they pluck the
flower safety.
This letter, with It's friendly and in
formal address, supports us In the cause
Of right and should be profitable for
reproof and righteousness to our Hart
ford friend:
"DSAH OID 5uN mir. wnITI55 has added
nothing 10 your comment on tho osisr theory
Of reading in bed. know. I've tried II for the
past ten months. You can read and smoke In
bed without asbestos bedclothes OF tin patamas.
Possibly cigarette smoker might sot himself on
hro. but cigar and TIE SUN are safe 70 smoke
and read In bed. snuoks. wHrrnoI Try cisarI
NORWICH, N. y. AuS.7A An INVALID
Try cigari There's the rub. Is 1t
not fact that Mr.. WHITING has Sworn
of for . month"; The word cigar Is
odious TO hin. He basks In the light OF
bis new halo. He loves to dwell upon
the noble resolution Of little RoBERT
REED. When the first Of September
comes he will stay himself once more
with the holy herb nicotine. He will
wrap the drapery Of his couch about
him-weather permitting puff placidly
and devote to tho dark undergods all
oounterblastes, all foes Of tho tranquil
brotherhood OF human chimneys and
smoke absorbers.
Smoking in bed is more healthful than
health, safer than safety. In million
Of years, II one smoker out Of billions
should perish Of bis own flames, what
Of IT. Euthanasia. He will die like a rose
In aromatic pain. like phenix on his
spicy pyre.
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0ignless New York,

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuS-Sb: You are hight.
Mr.. Gokey Of Oswego. I am . native Of this city,
born here nfty-odd yearS ago. and have lived here
most Of my life, and yet am daily embarrassed
by tho lack Of street signs The fact that the city
Of New YORK has no good systsm Of street signs
may well attract the criticism Of the native a
we'll - that OF the stranger.
few years ago We had seemingly . very good
system Of street Ggns and tho signs were expen
sive and attractive. With tho incoming OF the
present administration land each administration
seems attack the street signs Of Ito predocessor
these signs were removed. aud but few have been
substituted for them. ! saw In TIE SUN land II
must be so) about one year ago that $4,000 had
beon Appropriated for street signs. There seems
70 10 no sign Of these signs.
NEW YoRx. Aug. ~. A BRlLIvsH IN SroNs.
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a CHINESE BoYcoTr.
How Foreigner Learned It, CapabiliticS
In Ono Experience.

To THR EDITOR or THE BUN--Sir: Having
read with considerable interest your articles
on the present Chinese boycott OF American
goods. beg to give you In the following my
actual experience In 1889. when was In bu.D.
ness In ono Of tho Chinese treaty port,
Swatow.
My firm were the agents OF a marine in
surahoe company: We wrote marine risks for
tho company. Ono day our compi ador carne
TO me and said that a Chinese merchant Of
Swatow. Quong Loong. had chartered tho
Danish steamer Norden to run up In ballast
to Newchwans and take there . cargo Of
beancakes To swatow. The charterer wanted
policy from us for $4,000. insuring the risk
f. p. g." rfree from particular average,
Before We issued the policy We sent for him
and pointed out that should his cargo he
damaged. unless the steamer be stranded,
sunk or burned. he would have no claim,
and admonished him that he had better take
insurance wv. a." t"with average), espe-
clally as tho return trip Of the vessel at that
time Of the year was almost certain 70 be q
rough one.
At his request We read the policy Then In
blank to him. We told him that tho difference
OF premium between 4. D. a." and w. a
Sns soSa ns # n1 g sua 4f smss
against all hazards. He persisted, however.
IN venting =; .. a.. insprAnce. paid us the
p 1gs%tisan. and We Issued the policy as re-
IN due course the Norden arrived In Swallow
with considerable list TO starboayd. and when
hss ea iAG sons hs n r been s
steamer BY her owners) IL developed that
che had had q most tenn pestuous voyage,
during which her cargo OF beancakes had
iPmsdi.teiy tstss sp and as there ss' was vas
with all possible des patch About s's"v week
efterward our comDr ador informed us that
q claim Tor S9ss damage done to beancakes.
, which he claimed we should pay under his
>. We. Of course. refused to do this, sent for
coHside!.bIe length that. as he bad taken ssn
conformation. We. proposed. however, to
write to Europe and lay the case before our
The Insurance company fatty refused to DO
POM thsr Point Of view Soon ~s ar we EN- IN
formed Quons. Loong that nothing could be
cSns. 60 sd q spssSet Tss
that our firm was boycotted; for weeks We
were absolptely prevented from doing bust;
ness; nobody would charter from us I've had
no COO lies could be got for the Very simplest
and their coolies left US. We saw e our Consul ,
Who sent for 0uone loonnE. explained TO
Wh H: sy q ep s Alter had been sapi.nsd
TO him what It meant, All our Consul tried
to do with him was Of no use--no money. no
business. was his one answer,
paid $685. to Quong LoonR out Of our own
e: sace oniy amounted 70 q Iittls more than
e .:s ssa IL sa As sa s's ss f' sst
ness once more. JULIAN RUBESs.
NEW YORK, Aug. ~.
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The Public and Private Ethical Stan.
dard.

dard.
Mr.. ALFRED HEMKNwAY Of Boston, in
an address before the American Bar
Association on Thursday, spoke with
proper severity Of the cant Of the day
that 'commercialism has entered into
the learned professions and has lowered
their ethical standards.
It Is true that the growth Of this coun-
try in wealth and in the completely Of
Its civilization has necessitated CORE
spending development OF the legal
profession which has been both broad
ening and specializing. Lawyers are
dealing with vastly larger affairs than
formerly, growing out Of the great cor
porate evolution OF this period. and
questions which concern the manage
ment and relations Of vast aggregations
Of capital bring them into prominent
association with "commercialism, as it
called. This association, however, is not
new except as affects the far greater
magnitude of the interests involved.
Always and necessarily the lawyer was
prominently an adjutant and adviser
in business undertakings. The great
bulk of the practise Of lawyers has al
ways been commercial" in the sense
that it concerned the dealings in which
men engaged for money making-in
trade and barter and the conflicts and
controversies arising out of them. The
only difference now is that the interests
involved are larger and the introduce
ton Of new business methods has null
tiplied and made more difficult the
questions requiring legal counsel and
judicial decision. The principles Of law
and equity to be applied are similar II
the sum in dispute is IS or 81, 900, 900.
The current accusation Of 'commer-
oialism' is due primarily to larger emulo-
ments obtained, by the lawyer at the
present time. A capital income from
legal practise two generations ago in
New York was $4,000 a year. Now 1t is
probably ten times az much: yet. rela-
lively to the value OF the interests in
volved in the matters referred to the
lawyer for advice and settlement, the
present income IL no greater-nay, is
less. Relatively to the incomes made
in trade and in the management of large
business enterprises. 1t is not large.
Business men have been in the habit Of
regarding as excessive a professional
income not equal to that which they
take as a matter Of course in the COM
mercial world. Incomes from the
practise Of the most distinguished law
yers and physicians are spoken of
as surprising and almost extortionats
gains, though hundreds and thousands
Of men Of affairs get more by the ak
penditure OF less special ability.
Mr.. HRMENwAY met the accusation OF
the degradation Of the legal profession by
'oommercialism by declaring specifically
and emphatically that the profession
lis broader than ever before; it's ethics
more exacting'; and he extended the
assertion to include all the learned
professions. It is generalization justi-
fed by the facts. The lawyer, the ply
stefan, the clergyman, the engineer
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MuscAdine.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: Referring 70
tho "pome" In this mornings SUN on Tho Gal In
tho Fountain I wonder II H. p. OF Washington
simply used tho poets privilege or II It was ignoY-
ance OF tho proper pronunciation OF the word
"Muscadine" which caused him 70 make Ii rhyme
with "wecn."
Anybody who has ever seen the big black. thick
skinned luscious grape growing ID pretty apt 10
have heard II called "muscadyne" unless perchance
some nearby darky spoke OF II as a "buls" or
"bvlses- for plural, on what ground have never
.inown. SoUTHERNER.
NEW YoRv, Aug. ~.
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spicy pyre.

Mayor EDWARD +. dunno Of Chicago;
In his address to the League Of American
Municipalities. said With great solemnity:
"MuniopA ownership Of public utilities u no
idle dream"
To this Mayor WOODWARD Of Atlanta,
Ca, replied that Mayor dunno was ma
king a play to the people'for their votes.
Mr.. WOODWARD appears TO hold original
and hardly oommendable ideas as TO per-
sonal dignity, but, In spite Of his peouliari-
ties, he is at least able to tell hawk nom
handaaw
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ThinHs japanese.

Japans tea crop will, II Is feared. be about $780,.
900 pounds short this year.
American dried salmon 10 being shipped in large
quantities TO Japan. Two cargoes already zone
aggregate over 1900 tons.
Japan has ordered In the United States since
Juno about 400 freight cars for on Its various
railways. principally In MAnchuna. The cars ere
intended mainly at prcsout for Transporting army
supplies.
American pianos arc In demand in Japan In pref.
erence to English and German makes.
Referring 10 Lord Roberts's recent speech on
imperial defense the London Ttmes Of Aug. . odi.
torially says: Lord Roberts wants universal
training In dr and in shooting carried out in all
sorts OF ways TO suit all conditions OF men, That
would give US population out Of which we could
form efncient soldiers 4. .arEu numbcrs With the
very short preparation which tho Japanese have
found adequate. thanks 70 the practical cfhoieacy
Of their education" This IL . striking thbass
TO tho farslghtodness and thoroughnsss Of ~
Japanese.
Fish is ono of Japan's staple products. mat n
their chief reason for wanting SAkhalin. Its nsh.
cries arc Of great value. Now Japan u going Into
the fish canning business. A company with $4,000
cash capital has been formed TO starr the enter
prise. That means tho sale Of American tlnplate.
Sardnss Of excellent quality are now being canned.
Japan by this war has opened the way for tho
sale Of American Agricultural implements Ia Man
churta. Tho farms arc many and largo. for thu
East-from 100 70 100 acres and sometimes 1000
acres. Steam ploutng and thrashins machiaery
will sell. - the war has used up tho draft AMI.
mails The Bnrish Consul a. Nswchwang sends this
information.
Japan has $40 factories wherein professional
chemists arc employed. Two Of them employ over
hve hundred workpeople tho Others range from
thirty up. In the $40 Included gas works. paper
works, ceramic and lacquer works Sugar factories
and breweres arc not included. Many Of them are
stock companies. OF these seventy-nve produce
pharmaceutical products. ninety-nve Illuminating
oils, forty matches, NIFTY indigo. four other colors
four gas and sin incense. Japans chemical In
dustry employs as,Goi workman. In the match
factories there are nvo women operatives To each
man. Some factories run twelve hours. but most
Of them only ten. Mems wages average II cent?
and womons ton cents . day.
JapAn's Government makes . business Of en-
HANGING industrial progress BY means OF industrial
associations, periodical literature and numerous
technical and manual training educational estab.
lshments.
Several Japanese banks arc paying dividends
Of II per esn. tight along. In spite Of the war
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10 rn EDfToa o. Tn SuH-sk: N has asv,y,
Impressed me - tarcioA TO hear . survson ~
"1hs operation was suooeasful" when In isct IA
patient I'D not survive.
u not ~ opssstica successful emily vhsu Shs
patient survivesf The aim Of IN operation N %
benefit he patient. II that 10 not 6ons, vhsrs Il
Ne suoosssf Oeeld he pAssssts cone ipysA non
0e srsye, what would b their rspiyt E.o.N.
East HAMPTON, L. l., Aue. ~
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Portsm osth-Ths Passing Moment,

o marvellous moment Of late time. whose sleiRht
Throws round tho earth swift electric chain,
Binds the lone. scattered island with tho main,
And Joins tho outposts of the day and night:
Scarce whispered thought. compelling In its flight
DEGREES OF thrones. cries from the battle plain,
Th~eAs from tho mine why'd epthems Of the fsns
Murfuurs Of peoples waking 70 their might
And, n this marvellous moment % hath wrought
That now the name of allen melts away.
o 70, who spend With me lfes little day,
See why wc thus together all Arc hroughe
Full knowledge makes for love: 'tis not for nauehs
That Ignorance and Strangenoss lose their svayi
Princes and ENJOYS Of imperial S:atesi
Hourly, IN all your councils, 10 . third
From no ono State but ali beam . word
From out the worlds strong heart shat broods
and Waitai
That envoy hsods MOI civic hates or htes:
II cometh from dim fields where shAdows etrd.
From deeolAted heAfths, where II hath heard
Implied moaning for lost Arcade mA,ss.
That envoy from the soul Of this full hour
II hath transcsaded uiumphs n the asAd,
II saith, Nov have ~ Conquest In your povSr
For now u victory trembling In the soalssi"
And you aloas - coAQuerors II haiis;
BY whom y PeAoe. the browning vctoSy, ssalsd,
EpGx1 u. TnoxAA