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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22

Gratifying news that Gen. NfIAs ID coming
home --Bosfon 6Sspatch.
The Hon. EsKK BYLEs Is already home
from his frugal holiday At Puddle Dock
The Hon. SAN BowLHs. tho Soul Of Aga
wan, turna from the meade to hail the
heroes Of the hour:
Nov NELSON A. ID ON his way
Across the laughing soa:
The doiphins play. the rainbows-saH.
They're sober hued TO no.
O, soc II loom. that lovely boom:
Old Massachusetts, Gmilss:
O. GUILD. give room 70 Sword and Brooml
Hurroo for BYL1s and AILnsi
O, hurroo for Mills and BYLAsi"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22

Is his apparent assumption that the
development Of trade with the west
coast Of South America is to the Ameri-
can people one Of the most important
purposes OF the isthman canal. II this
premise we're as sound as 1t is narrow.
the argument which he bases on 1t would
be irrefutable. Omitting his base and
dealing only with his argument, the
correctness Of his position is beyond
question. The route to the east coast
of South America Is Us open as the route
to Europe. 1t Is blocked by neither
isthmus nor mountain range. We now
supply that area, which clearly lies
within the sphere Of our commercial
influence, with only a little more than
ene-tenth OF It's import requirements.
The remainder, which goes to our COM
petitors, amounts annually to nearly
five times the total Of all the import
trade OF the entire west coast. II the
acquisition OF the west coast trade were
the only or even the main object or
an item Of any special Importance in
the construction OF the canal, the work
would be gigantic folly. 1t would DO
grabbing at shadow while substance
escaped. Brazil alone buys so per cent.
moro than all Of the west coast countries
put together. and the imports Of Argen-
tina are greater than those Of Brazil.
The value OF Mr.. BoLcE's otherwise
excellent article is greatly lessened BY
the narrowness OF his view regarding
the ends to be served by the cutting Of
the Isthmus. But there is much In It
which will repay it's perusal. Nearly
two years ago we called attention to
the potential influence Of the favorite
project Of PoRr1R1o D1Az, the Tehuan-
tepeo Railway. which will soon be in
active operation, and which Mr.. BoL'cE
says 'has suddenly assumed Significance
as an Isthmian rival This Mexican
line Of only 100 miles in length from
coast to coast with It's first class equip
ment and excellent harbor and docks
will surely be factor In interooeanio
trade. Coatzaooaloos, its eastern tor
minus, is only 800 miles from New Or
leans, and Salina Cruz, its Pacific port,
is more than 1000 miles nearer to San
Francisco and Puget Sound ports than
is Panama. Most OF US have been so
preoccupied with our special interest
in the work at Panama that we have
lost sight Of what has been going on
elsewhere.
Mr.. BoLcE's argument against the
value OF the Panama Canal and against
our wisdom in constructing 1t may be
dismissed. The canal will be built and
its usefulness will greatly outlast that
OF Mr.. BoLcE and most Of the rest Of
us. But his argument that increased
facilities for trade extension are OF
limited value until there stands i'm
mediately behind them determined
purpose to take proper advantage Of
them echoes a sentiment to which we
have often given expression. Until
we are ready to pick up that which lies
at our feet, We shall only waste breath
in talking about what lies on the other
side Of the fence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22
Russian Estimate Of Japans Strength in
the Field.

According to the RussH Invalid, the Japan
csc armies In the field number from 550. 900
to 10000 men. That IL the Russian official
estimate. This force consists OF nineteen
divisions. six OF which are newly formed.
and twenty two reserve brIgades. The bat
talions number from s5s to &oi, giving q total
OF from $4,000 to $50 900 bayonets Leaving
out tho reserve and depot foroe. the cavalry
numbers at least seventeen regiments. Gen.
Kuroki Of the First Army has from i0A to
1903 battslions, equal to lls.oo0 to 10000
bayonets; Gen. Oku OF the Second Army
has 100 10 loA battallons. numbering 10000
70 $4,000 bayonets. Hen. Nosi Of the Third
Army has 10 to 90 battalions composed Of
$500 to 10000 bayonets. Gen. Nodxu.
Fourth Army. occupies the center Of the
japanese armies with 10 battallons and $1,000
bayonets den. Kawamura. Fifth Army.
closes the list with % to 10 battalions, COM
prisina 1900 to 10000 bayonets.
All these fve armies have telephonio con-
neotion and are so placed that they can act
In quick conju notion with each other In
addition. an army 10 mobilzed for the mari
time Provinces
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22
Mormons and TuYks,

To rHR EDITOR OF TIE suN-str! Common
Sense" In advocating polygamy 10 improve the
fscc. 10 utterly false In his premises No one ever
cav or wrote of any unusual health or intellect
among Mormon children. II shcy were strong
physically, II was due 70 the hne. invteors.sns
climate Of Utah and their outdoor lifc which would
apply also 70 the savaecs. A. for the Turk, the
provcrb quoted is not as ssrong ~ a Turk." but
"as savage a. a Turk" ! never heard they e.
cclied In anything hut touGhness and ssvagcry.
Their health and strength should be attributed 70
their total abstinence a. their religion forbids
drinking liquor. !. ID. GROWN.
BROOKLYN, Aug. 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22
Docs Japan Employ Foreign eua.srs,

TO TEE EDITOR o. The sus-st.: / read Mr
CArmsn's letter In to-dsy'a Issue Of your paper and
can inform him that no foreigner arc employed
in the gunnsry department Of the japanese Navy
while 10 japan year ego tried 10 join the Jspa.
ness NAVY. think1ng. like . crest many people,
that WET would b glad 70 get ezperienced gm.
nsss but found that thsy oonHderea their own
eunners experienced enough and positively weuld
not hire Foreigners. There may possibly be for
eitnofs ID the engine rooms, but doubt even this
! have seen Japanese crew. at muster and an
certain that They man their own ships. In regard
70 she army. can say that saw a great many sol
diers leave for tho front. and took particular no
tice that there were no foreigners among theil
artilerymen. T. b.
SOUTH ORAHaE. N. j., Aur. 10
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22

The Secretary Of tho Third International
Congress Of Public Art, to be held at Lege
from Sept. Is to Sept. 81, asks US to say
that information can be obtained by any
intending participant by addressing him at
the Hotel Ravenstein In Brussels. He ex-
pects that the Congress will consist Of about
one thousand members. with no fewer than
sixty-nve reporters from various countries.
The Belgians wore the pioneers, 80 far a.
We know, In organized effort in the direc-
ton pursued here BY the Municipal Art
Society and tho Municipal Art Commission,
and they have done much to propagate ideas
Of the true, the beautiful and the good In
public construction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22
A Prosperous Autumn. Ahead.

The growth Of the school registration
In New York suggests thatthe estimate
OF the present population OF the town
at about four millions is notexaggerated.
Last year this increase over 1908 was
more than 7per cent, andthe indications
are that at the opening OF the schools
in September the annual percentage OF
gain will not be less and that the total
number of pupils registered will exceed
six hundred THOUSAND.
This great and rapid increase in the
number of children seeking instruction
In the public schools necessitates a cor
responding multiplication Of the school
accommodations, That the increase in
these has not keptspace with the demand
ia excusable, for the growth Of the
demand has been extraordinary. The
erection Of new school buildings has
gone on this year 80 extensively that
It is expected that In September some
thing like sixty thousand new sittings
will be available, and by midwinter
nearly forty thousand more, yet the
supply will still beiinsufficient.
The late State census enumerations
have not yet been published, but it
may be assumed that the population Of
New York Ia about+four millions, or an
increase since 1900 of about half mill
lion. Such an increase issuggested by
the growth Of travel on all tfte urban
lines of transportation and by many
other indications.
For example, the demand for the
tenements, flats and apartments in which
all except a relatively small part Of
the inhabitants live was never so close
to the supply as it IL now. It seemed at
one time az II, more especially. the build
ing of apartment houses Of the higher
class was being overdone, but even their
accommodations are now hardly suffi-
Gent for the demands on them.
Meantime business property is rented
advantageously. Far up in Harlem and
The Bronx great business oenters have
grown up.
The hotels Of the town, too, report that
never before in August was the demand
for their accommodations for visitors
30 great. Never was New York SO
much crowded in summer as 1t is now.
Nearly every one Of nearly a hundred
great hotels is filled to it's extreme
capacity. Restaurants are filed with
patrons, and the theaters now opened
for their new season are drawing crowds
of patrons. All the great department
stores are reaping handsome profits.
Allaround appear indications that New
York is approaching the most prosperous
autumn in its history.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22

Come what come may. some OF W. men have been
promised rood homes and . comfortable mainte.
nance whatever DO tho Issue OF this cruel war OF
sexes.-Darou Journal.
good home in a museum, a comfortable
cage In hominiary. Tho Kansas seeress
spoke the blasting truth: Man must and
shall be abolished.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22
Independent New York

For Mayor, to execute tho laws ana 70
dignity the chief municipal Office GEORGE
BRINToN MCCLELLAN.
For District Attorney to enforce the
laws and to keep the pascals on the
further side of the'dead Zine, WILLIAM
TRAvERs JEROME.
Why not?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22
The irou Rail inss of Brass.

From ne Nep York Tribune.
The Iron railing surrounding the wide observA.
ton platform In the OF the train ID Of plainly
turned brass roda
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22
Her Method,

Knicher-How does your wife always manage
10 dress In nest seasons ssyiei
Docker-Dy using next season . money.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22
East India. op,ais. Of Europeans.

FT0m NJ Cd1tUHd 7Ndtdn WONd,
Individual Englshmen arc welcome 10 hold any
opinion they choose Of Indian character. For
that matter. the estimate In which Europeans arc
held by the average Indian Ii anything ben AAstes.
Ing. - -@'-- '--'-' -'--''' --'s----
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22

n our friends ,pho fdsor US nth n'anuser'0o Io1
publication Vtsh 10 haze rejected vnf'es
,nus. N al case, send stamps to,tihai purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22

-MoBn., Ala. Aug. iS.--No reply from you
our telegram asking opinion DooknR iwAsHIsa'
rows action. Docs wANAMAxsA'sf advertising
make your silence goldeni HERALD"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22
Booker Warrington andsJohn Wanna
maker.

From an unimportant newspaper In
Mobile THE Sun has received this series
Of telegraphio communications:
-MosLx. Ala. Aug. 1s-Wire briefly tonight
your optnion Of BooxsR wAsHIHoroNs action at
Saratoga. Entire South discussing and desires
opinion of your paper. HERALD"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02
THRIFT OF THE DUTCH.
Their Large Holdings of American and
Other Loans.

THE people of the Netherlands" says
Consul General Guenther, at Frankfort, in a
report, ARE thrifty and economical. excel
lent merchants, and, in proportion to popu-
lation, their nation is one of the richest In
the world. They are cosmopolitan, and
large minded in the investment of their cap
ital They were the first and most extern
sive foreign buyers of United States bonds
of 1S6l-G5. but did not touch the confederate
issues. According to estimates of official
statistical and financial sources Dutch cap
ital to the amount of S544. 800 600 is invested
In American bonds and shares and $500 Ooo,-
600 in Russian bonds and shares
Very large sums of Dutch capital are in
bonds and shares of Mexican railroad and
industrial companies; also in the govern
ment and railroad bonds of Austria-Hun-
gary, Portugal and numerous other coun-
tries. and large amount is working profit
ably In the Dutch Indian colonies I'm sugar,
tobacco and rubber plantations. the mining
of tin and other metals. petroleum wells.
etc. A financial book of reference places
the capital of all Dutch joint stock COM
panies at $74i 1854, 600, but this does not en-
brace the numerous Dutch companies which
have their headquarters In the colonies and
In foreign countries. The Netherlands. pos
sessing neither coal nor iron. is not manu-
featuring country of note, and in this re-
spect is even surpassed by little Switzer-
land, also having neither coal nor iron. The
Dutch full of the commercial spirit and
have a large merchant marine. The rural
inhabitants are given to daryfng, cattle
raising and horticulture. in which branches
they excel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02

begin to arrive few minutes before mid
night and they proceed at snails pace
along street, each one of the drivers keep
ing a watchful eye on the place which he
wants on the curb. One is instantly re-
minded of the maneuvers of yachts just be-
fore the starting gun for a race. The skip
per-farmers are skilled in the tricks, End
they keep weather eye out on the time as
the minutes bringing them nearer midnight
are licked away. When the clock Is heard
slowly ringing out the hour of midnight the
scene becomes suddenly one of animation.
There is a rush for the positions which have
been wanted for some time. Although the
thing has been done many times before,
there are always new features for the par
Elephants After each has obtained the best
stand that he couldn't grows quiet again
and the rivalry between the skipper-farm-
eTs is soon lost sight of for another week.
The wagons have been backed up to the
curb in the position they are to occupy until
the load under which the wheels creaked is
entirely sold. But from midnight until
o'clock there is business to be done.
1t is an opportunity for those on the wagons
to sleep They unharness the horse or
mule, the case may be, and tie him to
the head of the wagon. Enough of the
barrels are removed from the wagon to
give room for all who desire to sleep. And
each, wrapping a blanket around him,
crawls into the wagon and stretches out
on the bottom. Soon they are sleeping as
we'll and as easily the millionaire on
his hygienic hair mattress.
There is a wide divergence of opinion
among the dealers on the curb as TO the
best time TO get to market. The large ma
jority, however, seem 10 favor coming at
the hour when they can snatch some re-
freshing sleep and thus be better prepared
to make sharp bargains with their patrons
on the next day. Many OF them, probably
the majority, would have TO be on the road
all the night before, If they were to get to
market al the time of opening They prefer
to start earlier in the day, on the day
previous to market day, and take their
sleep in their wagons at the end of their
trip. One veteran in the market. who has
been bringing the products of his fifty
acres to the market ever since Ii was
shed on 3 street, said to Star reporter on
the subject:
When 1 was young and could stand IT,.
l used to drive all night, getting TO the
market about o'clock in the morning
But l can't stand 1t any more, and the
boys don't like to come to market so
start in good season, getting here the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02

afraid to be seen around the market.
The buying on the part OF tne .3roi ekeep-
ers and the hotel and restaurant keepers
has been going on for some time, before the
first housewife appears on the scene. She
catches an early car to the market before
breakfast and arrives at the source of sup
plies al about ; O'Clock or a little after. Up
to O'Clock there is no crowd of such pur-
chasers. Most of those who come before
that time are men who prefer to get down
to market before breakfast, not TO be
late al their places of business. Shortly
after o'clock, however men and women,
with huge baskets on their arms. swarm to
the street curb. Within an incredibly
short time the empty baskets are piled full
OF the freshest vegetables and fruits of tho
season. Some Of the brushes that occur on
market mornings in the market remind one
of those bargain counter raids just before
the holidays.
Among the early purchasers on the mar
ket are the proprietors of the travelling pro-
vision wagons, which are a familiar
sight throughout the city. Those wagons,
which are a miracle or construction, con-
venience and capacity, are driven to the
market just after IL opens, and for couple
of hours deliveries are made 10 them from
various dealers. The wagon is stocked
with n good supply of almost everything to
be. found along that curb. Many of the
choicest articles to be found on the market
find their way to those stores on wheels.
II takes a small fortune to stock one OF
those wagons to its capacity, but their own
ers buy for cash.
From all that has been said II will at once
be recognized that the large purchasers on
the market do their business in the early
hours OF the selling. While probably on
each regular market day from 81, 500 to ST.
GEO worth of provisions are sold on the curb
on b street, fully two-thrds, and perhaps
three-fourths of that business is transacted
before o'clock. when the rush of the pur-
chasers for home tables begin to arrive in
large numbers. In other words, before the
great majority of the people of the city
have stirred from their homes the busiest
part of the business day the market Is
over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02
FIELD OF MARKET WAGONS.

When the local season was passed and the
hotel steward was compelled to again seek
the importer, he would be met with stun
prices or refusal to sell. Therefore. the
steady patronage of the hotels goes to the
dealers inside the market building, al
though at higher prices.
The keepers of large lunch or dining
rooms, while following the storekeerers and
the hotel stewards. are usually on hand
early to get goods for their patrons. They
are purchasers of good things, and they will
pay much the others who have pre-
ceded them for practically as fine goods
The commotion which marks the first two
hours of this trading Is like that of a stock
exchange after night of feverish rumors
of The large number of wagons be-
longing to the various dealers the curb
has been augmented by those of the store
keepers and the huge express wagons which
deliver the imported articles from the early
morning trains to the permanent stores in
the market. Each wants to stop at the
point where IL will be most convenient 10
load or unload, the case may be, and this
results In congestion of vehicles of all
kinds in small space. This has to be pre-
vented as much possible If the business
of the market is to go on properly and IL
is for the representative of the police de-
partment on the ground to straighten out
the muddes and to prevent them as far
he can. Detective Robert Watson, who is
assigned to duty at the market is the mas
ter hand and master mind which rules over
such matters; and from long experience IN
meeting such emergencies he is enabled to
prevent the blockading of the street.
Detective Watson, while he has been work
ing at the market, has rid the market of
many of the abuses to which IL was COM
mon when he was sent there; and his good
work is generally recognized by the patrons
of the market on both sides OF the curb. At
one time 1t was practically impossible for Il
farmer to leave his stand for a few min
utes without returning to find something
missing. There was regular gang which
hung around the place, and they practically
lived on the products of their petty thiev-
ing. Detective Watson started war
this class of visitors, and now they are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02
EARIY FORMING CUSTOMERS.

evening before and take my nights rest in
my wagon"
For the big market days. especially for
Saturday morning, the wagons begin to
arrive at I o'clock the night before and
from that hour there is almost a steady
stream of wagons and conveyances of all
kinds. pouring into 3 street and lining up
on the curb between eth and 18th streets.
At o'clock, however, the scene becomes
one of real hustle and intense activity, a
veritable ant-hill of industry. The sleep of
the many occupants is suddenly ended and
they rise to the activities and work of the
day. From the wagons, arms are stretched
out blankets are thrown off and there is
scramble to alight. There is a rubbing
of eyes, a stretching of the limbs and
few waking yawns, and then all are ready
for business. And the work that they
complish in the next hour would delight
the most strenuous. Not one of those who
has accompanied the wagon into the city
Is allowed TO remain idle; each must assist
in unloading and arranging the many and
various products of the farm to set them off
TO the best advantage for sale. The dam
test window decorator in the huge depart
ment store is more careful with the
display of his goods than are the dealers
the market who have only barrels and
boards for show cases and show windows.
The first step in the unloading of the
wagons on the curb is the removal of the
ropes and the back curtain of the covered
wagon, which is usually used for these
trips to market AS the end of the load
is exposed to view, one catches a glimpse
of a couple of barrels, side by side, and
packed above them to the very roof are
beets or heads of cabbage, or perhaps
crates of strawberries or raspberries That
top layer is the first to be removed. If It
is beets, they are arranged In a circular
pile, tops the inside and the red beels
themselves on the outside, in vacant spot
on the sidewalk, within that white mark
which limits the space the sidewalk
which can be taken up with the show of
the wares. Then the barrels are taken out
, and they are found to be filed with peas
or long, yellow butter beans. When this
tier is removed, one secs another packed
just as tightly anc conpactly as the first.
In that entire wagon space there Is not an
inch of 1t unused The farmer has become
expert In the packing Of his wagon for
market, and he believes In taking full
load.
The barrels. which contain the stock N
trade are used for the foundations upon
which laid a couple of wide boards.
These serve the counter for the stands.
Upon these boards are spread in tiers the