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The Cotton Report Leak.

Secretary WILSON Of the Department Of
( Agriculture refused to believe that there
was any truth in the charges against the
Bureau of Statistics when they were first
called to his attention. The system of
handling the cotton report made manip-
ulation or the obtaining of advance in
formation impossible, it was said, and
the Southern Cotton Growers Associa-
ton, which formulated the accusations.
was looked upon as an association bent
on airing an unfounded grievance. But
II turns out that the association was
right, and the Department Of Agricul-
ture was sheltering an ugly scandal.
Mr.. WILSON unquestionably feels that
he was justified in placing implicit conf
dence in MIR. HYDE, the chief statistician,
and HOLMES, the speculative subordinate,
was trusted completely, in spite of the
fact that his manner of life was extrava-
gantly out OF proportion to his salary.
Mr.. WILSON, in fact, can do little else
than trust his s,bordinates implicitly.
His Department includes many bureaus
that no layman could manage or under
stand. A good man placed at the head OF
one Of them will not stay long If he is
treated like a scoundrel and a scoundrel
even though watched closely, will find
opportunity to use his position for his
own ends.
Many persons regard the crop report
Ing activities of the Government as
scarcely necessary or legitimate. We're
It to retire from the field, private agencies
would take up the work and perform it
satisfactorily. The Government entered
upon it in response to the cry DO some
thing for the farmer" 1t is safe to say
that the spectators have been benefited
more than the farmers by the Govern
ment reports. Wheat would still be
wheat and cotton cotton if there were
no Bureau of Statistics in Washington.
and the farmer is not such fool as some
politicians describe him.
The discovery Of this serious breach
OF confidence in what was supposed to be
q particularly honest and trustworthy
bureau, it may be added, is not exactly
q strong argument in favor Of increas-
the commercial activities INDUCED in by
the Government.
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Let Columbia Fight On.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: II is such schti-
ments as that expressed by Alumnus." In his letter
published in this mornings edition OF your paper
that tend 70 discourage the healthy spirit Of night
10 the death" which has mapifestcd itself In tho
brave struggles OF Columbia crews for the past few
years at Poughkeepsic.
Let "Alumnus" consider more carefully tho
reason for the expulsion OF Walter Pect: let him
consider the showing of the 1900 crew which had
enough life lnstilled In 1t by Hanlans coaching for
the two weeks before the race after PISS! !..: -
make fair showing: let him consider the best
Columbia ever produced-the 1901 crew-which
WAS beaten by a length In a record breaking race
nnay lie, him consider the reason for the expulsion
Of Hanlan: he cannot fail 10 conclude that Colum
bia with lack OF material" has turned out as good
crews as could be expected. better when the coach
attended TO his business and worse when he neg
lected his crew
Many old rowing men will be ashamed OF the
sentiment expressed by "Alumnus- and can hardly
believe that he rowed on a winning crew II he dbl
the spiri, OF night necessary 20 win has left
him since, or he was the only loafcr In the boat.
For shame! Would you destroy the cleanest sport
at Columbia! WELL WIN YET.
NEW YORK, July g.
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The Father of the Navy.

To IHk EDITOR OF TIE SUN-,Sr: Gen. Porter
In presenting the remains Of Paul Jones TO the
American Government said: 1T is a matter OF eS.
treme qualification that the body OF this intrepid
commander should be conveyed across the sea by
vessels of the navy OF which he the honorc
founGer."
Now, Paul Jones was In his grave two years whrn
the hrst keel Of the 1rst ship OF present navy
was laid. The name Of that historic boat was the
United States Jack Barry was made her com
mandef by the commission OF Washington him
self The famous commission WAS the hrst that tbs
Father OF His Country ever issued 20 any na'ai
ofacer.
AL the histories OF that time give Jack Rarry ne
title OF Father of the United States Navy VINO
will be bold enough TO rob Barry OF the title wni
he holds from the hand OF Washington
Who can erase from the earliest records OF or
glorious navy the deeds OF the who lies In the
soil drenched by the bloSd OF Washington heroes
CENTREPc IT, =. l., July I. AsclSIus
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Complaints From the Isthmus,

Many people who were densely ignor-
ant of the conditions of life near the equa-
tor sought places in connection with
the work on the Panama Canal. A few
months, few weeks, and sometimes
only few days of life in the tropics dis
illusioned some of them, just as it did
many of the school teachers who went to
the Philippines, and as it did many others
who went to our insular possessions ex-
pecting an easy life and a rich reward.
Little is heard of or from the many who
have gone to these various lands and,
accepting the life as they found it, have
settled down with reasonable content
ment The walls of the disappointed are
widely heard.
1t is beyond question that several
serious mistakes were made when this
enterprise was undertaken. There was
an excess of optimism. The difficulties
and the obstacles were disregarded or
underestimated. DR.. GoRGAs was to
wave a magic wand before which disease
and pestilence would fly at once. Ameri-
can methods in the conduct of huge en-
t,rprises were to hean object lesson to
the world 1t was asserted that Panama
would be made as healthful as Cuba now
is We were to dig way through the
Isthmls as a snowplow goes through a
February drift. A reaction from this
view was inevitable.
Our Cuban experience is neither a
narallel nor n precedent thourb often
quoted as both. Cuba is an island, nat
urally salubrious, from which epdemics
may be driven by sanitation and excluded
by quarantine. The conditions of Panama
are quite diGerorS. The Isthmus can
never be converted into health resort,
but il can be made and will be made safely
hahitable for NhiSe mcn, A good deal
has alrecdy hnca done 10 make it so.
More " Il sc d - and no time should be
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THE SUN, MONDAY. JULY 10, 1905.
..ures OF the State. concerned a. wen a. of the

iatures Of the States concerned as well as Of the
Congress"
SECTION 8. "The Congress shall have power"
ARTICLE V. Tho Congress whenever two
thirds OF both houses shall deem II necessary
ARTICLE V. Proposed by the Congress"
AMENDMENT XIV. The Congress snoll have
power
AMENDMENT XIV. The Congress shall have
power
We should not take all this trouble II
we believed that our esteemed cores
pendent possessed at the present time
a copy Of the Constitution. He seems
to have committed it to memory when
boy, and then to have thrown the printed
text away as superiority. 1t is scarcely
conceivable that he would write upon
the subject in so cocksure manner with
out verifying his recollection, if he had
the immortal instrument at hand.
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DEFENSE OF THE SUBWAY.
A Conductor Who Thinks That the Criti-
cism OF II Is Not Justified.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUE-Sr: l would Ike
10 say few words In favor Of the Interhorough
Rapid Transit Company. lam employed by 1t as a
conductor. 1t has been say that the subway is un
healthy and the air impure. II YOU would take
trip the terminals at present at I45th and 18th
streets on the Broadway division and see the fine
class OF men that run the trains you would no;
think So
The subway was built with solid cement walls
on the four sides. and can honestly say II is as
dry as bone. There two or three places where
there Is a slight drip OF water. One is between
Ninety sixth and 10th streets. on the Lenox ave
nue division. Another is in the rock cut near
Forty second street and the slight amount Of water
runs direct to drains whence II Is pumped Into the
city sewer.
During the last week the company has. In addition
to installing fans At the principal stations. placed
two largo exhaust revolving fans for the purpose
Of drawing the air from the subway to the street
They are placed on nav cars and are operated hy
electric motors. One Is located between Four eentn
street and Eighteenth street. and the other at the
side track south OF tho Brooklyn Bridge station
They pump the air directly TO nanhoes through
which It Is conveyed TO the street. The wheel on
one Of these Is al least seven feet In diameter.
notice the public Is complaining about the dust
down here. We wear our white collars two or
three days. and they are not solled then.
>Of all the passengers have spoken with have
not found with Just cause for complaint
against the road.
II Is my opinion that the people who are COM
planning about the air. &c, persons who do not
ride In the subway. VINO make practise of knock
ing every New York city Improvement The road
way in the subway Is OF broken stone laid on ce
ment floor. and one thing noticed Is the absence
Of spring In crossing rail Joints which Is found
the elevated
The signal system Is. In my opinion, the safest
III the world tbar none) Signals are placed about
500 feet apart and are worked automatically. A
train running past signal set at danger releases
a safety arran cement under the nrst car. imme-
daely setting the air brakes and stopping the train
Another safety appliance Is the motorman's
controller handle. II Is q small knob. which has
TO be held down. To let go for one instant VIII
shut of the power and apply the brake at once.
NEW YORK, July 7. CONDUCTOR BLANK.
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lost in doing II. Americans cannot do the
manual work, but hundreds of them viii %
needed there in many different capacities
But American lives are not the only con-
sideration. If the work is to be done
speedily and effectively, every possible
safeguard must be thrown around the
lives of the thousands Of toilers indNpens-
able in its execution.
careful attention to three of the i'm
portant factors which bear on the work
Of the canal will be Of marked assistance
in the attainment Of the desired end.
First, the work OF sanitation should
be pushed to it's utmost limits, and no
question Of expense should be allowed
to stand in its way. A few millions OF
dollars spent now in that department
will save many millions later on.
Secondly, no clerk or other employee
should be sent down or taken on down
there until there has been laid clearly
before him fair idea of the conditions
with which he will be surrounded. The
risks he must run and the discomforts
he must encounter should be plainly
stated. The conditions will improve
steadily, but whatever they are at any
particular time should be fully under
stood by every applicant for a place.
At its best, life on the Isthmus is no pic
mic for an American, and none should be
permitted to go without fair under
standing of what lies ahead of him.
Thirdly, American papers will do well
to exercise discrimination in publishing
the doleful walls of the disappointed.
There is no more real reason for their pub
LEGATION than there is for printing the hard
luck stories, or airing the grievances
of those who do not like or who have
been disappointed in the conditions of
some city, town, or area in the United
States. Too many Of these tales are told
by the irresponsible. The fact that JOHN
SMITH has been to Panama and did not
like it does not necessarily make JOHN
SMITH an authority on Isthmian affairs.
The country is beginning to under
stand that canal digging is bigger job
than many thought it would be. But
that is no reason for making it harder
job than it really is.
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generation Of the clergy passes away the
Government appropriation for religious
purposes will shrink to the vanishing
point. Then, but not till then, shall we
witness in France 30 far as the payment
OF stipends Is concerned, that abso-
lutte divorce Of religion from the civil
power with which we are familiar in this
country.
From another point of view, however,
the situation will be profoundly different.
On this side OF the Atlantic any form OF
religion is exempt from police super
vision and interference 80 long as it re-
Trains from violating the State or Federal
laws. Islamism might be propagated in
our commonwealth with impunity, just
as Mormonism is, 80 long as certain
tenets are not reduced to practise. II
votary OF either of those religions should
be prosecuted it would be as bigamist,
not as a Moslem or Mormon. That is to
say. in the United States the Church is,
in deed as we'll as word. absolutely free.
1t will be otherwise in France, which for
upward of hundred years has had an
intensely centralized and unified form of
government which, nominally autono-
nous, has in practise been paternal The
French have lost what habits of local self
government they ever possessed, and
have been accustomed for generations to
lean upon the central authority. The
demand for incessant interposition rem
ders incessant surveillance necessary,
and as result all Frenchmen, whether
dwelling in cities or rural districts,
find themselves involved in the meshes
OF police inspection and control. The
associations" to which Paris churches
and cathedrals will be leased for terms
Of years under specified conditions will be
no more exempt than are purely secular
combinations from the rigorous provi-
sions Of the law concerning all associa-
tions. The civil authorities will possess,
and, If they choose, may exercise at
any moment, an oppressive power Of
interference and coercion, which may be
carried to the point Of closing particular
churches and cathedrals, on the ground
that the terms of the leases have been in
fringed. A Government inspired by an
equitable spirit or DESTROYS Of concil-
ating the pious part Of the community
would, OF course, refrain from applying
such pressure; but if Jacobin or So
cialist were Premier the religious "asso-
Citations" would be likely to feel the
weight Of his hand.
1t is impossible to forecast the out
come OF an event which by both it's
promoters and it's opponents is felt to
be momentous As we have formerly
pointed out, the members of the French
Catholic episcopate, all Of whom have
been consulted on the subject, take
divergent views Of the future. The
majority OF the opinions expressed are
pessimistic, and even those which are
suffused with optimism seem to be based
on the experience of Catholicism in the
United States. where, as we have said, the
political structure and the political spirit
differ essentially from those of France.
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Tunnel aAA subway,

To THE EDITOR OF rHE SuS-.Sfr: IN the Journey
10 and from New York city via the Central Harlem
or the New Haven railroads. what with the par.
boiling In the tunnel and the roasting In the subway.
or tother way round the toughest become the
tenderest And. by the way the tunnel and the
subway-coming through the former at snail's
pace often. the windows and ventilators having
been closed sometimes before crossing the Harlem
think, and going ont As soon as the walking boss
OF the car can get slone-wth the result of sitting
lueless atmosphere-every one most uncomfor,a.
ble-some In absolute distress. I would suggest a
trial for public approval dlsapprova Of leaving
the windows and ventilators and even the doors
open, believe. notwithstanding the vitiation to
acme extent OF the air from the imperfect com.
buston and smoke OF the engine that the air itself
would he more vitalizing and the discomfort IL
breathing less than under present conditions
NEW YORK. Julys JOHN Y. CuLYIR
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Religion and the Civil Power In
France.

eswe expected, the French Chamber of
Deputies has passed the bill for the sepa-
ration OF Church and State in France by
a majority of upward of hundred, and
there is no doubt that the Senate, to
which the measure now goes, will concur.
We may therefore regard as definitely
assured the abolition of the Concordat,
which for a century has regulated the
relations Of the French Government not
only to Catholics, but also to Protestants
and Jews. That not oply the Catholic
priests and Bishops, but also pastors OF
the Reformed (Huguenot Church and
Jewish rabbis, have since 1904 received
stipends from the State is fact some
times overlooked, because of the vast
preponderance of the Catholic element
IN the population Of France.
Ostensibly, the abolition of the Concor-
dat will give Catholicism in the French
Republic precisely the same position that
il occupies in the United States, What we
undoubtedly see here is a free Church in
free State and, nominally, it is a corre-
spond ing phenomenon that we are to
behold in France. There are some minor
differences that have been prescribed to
the French Legislature by sense of
equity, and there is fundamental dis
tinction due to the fact that the structure
Of the French political system differs in
principle from our own. The ministers
of religion are not to be cast abruptly on
the world to seek from laylnen support
which the latter have not been accus-
toned to give, except indirectly, in their
capacity of taxpayers. If, indeed, the
Catholic, Protestant and Hebrew laity
are as pous in France as they are in the
United States they might be trusted to
accept with alacrity and cheerfulness
their new responsibilities. Some doubt
upon this point, however has been ex-
pressed by the clergy themselves, and,
assuming that their approximations might
! prove well grounded, the Rouvier Cab-
net has mitigsted some Of the harsh
features of the bill as originally framed
by M. CoMBEs.
The ownership Of all churches and eccle-
siastical buildings by the State is still as
( serted, but leases of them will be granted
to associations locally corresponding to
parishes. These units may be grouped
to form larger associations, which by
lease may acquire the right to occupy
1 cathedrals and other diocesan edifices.
I Moreover, the stipends hitherto received
( from the Government will continue to be
| paid to the existing members of the
Catholic priesthood and episcopate, and
also, of course, to those Protestant pas
tors and Jewish rabbis who have been
dependent on the treasury for their sal
aries. No additions to the lists of sti-
pendiaries, however, will be recognized
by the State. All new priests, ministers
and rabbis will have to look to their con-
gregations for their maintenance. For
awhile, therefore, the public worship
budget will undergo no material abate-
nent, butss time goes on and the present
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Besides comparison Of population OF
bank clearances, of school attendance or Of
tax valuation, method Of determining the
real importance of an American city is af-
forded by the volume of its post office
business.
Under this test, New York, of course,
stands at the head of American cities with
a years postal receipts to July OF l5,50O,-
900, New York and Brooklyn having sepa-
rate post Offices. There was a clear profit
to the Government on the New York BUSH
ness done.
Chicago, second In population with 2,275,-
900 inha bitants as now estimated, is second
also in postal receipts with total Of &c.,
10000. Philadelphia, with only $500 900.
is much further behind Chicago in postal
revenues than in population.
Among American cities Boston usually
ranks high and Baltimore low in postal re-
ceipts. St. Louis has $4,000 more popula-
ton than Boston, but while the receipts Of
the St. Louis post office were 81, zoo, 900 last
wear, those of the Boston post office were
81 200 900.
Baltimore has $4,000 population; San
Francisco has 375 900. The postal receipts
of Baltimore last year were 81 sos 900; those
of San Francisco we're 81 $40, 900. Pittsburg
has 50 900 less population than Buffalo, but
the postal receipts of Pittsburg we're 81 500,-
oOo last wear against 81 $50 900 in Buffalo.
Washington and New Orleans have about
the same population. 900 900 each, but the
postal business of New Orleans last year
was $500 900; that of Washington was ST.
ooo. 900, largely contributed by the business
with the Government.
New Yorks Post Office receipts for last
year, SIS SOC. 900, are unprecedented. They
not only exceed any other city, but also are
in excess of the postal receipts Of many
European countries.
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At Panama.

Suggested on reading NJ. Shonts's recent canal
report.
Hurry up and charter ships.
Load them up with poker chips.
For N play Ia more important than 70 dig;
Faith the men must recreate
And the dirt will have 10 wait Z
So be sure and make the cargo good and biz,
And before the anchors weigh
Add some baseball and croquet
With some tddleywtnks for ex -suburbsnites:
Footballs. golf sticks. marbles, tops
All that erimy labor stops,
Till mere toll is wholly vanquished With delirhts
Rusted lie the pick and AZ.
For ON strength they are tax.
And besides we have discovered pleasant Aida
In a little game you see
Think OF how the dirt could be
E1eavated BY the man who held ave spades,
McLASpBuAaA wrLAoN.
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Glasgow, Active and Passive.

Glasgow, the pride and hope of all advo-
Gates of municipal operation of street car
lines, sent JAMES DALRYMPLE, the super
intendent of her tramway system, to this
country to instruct Mayor DUNE In the
art OF urban passenger transportation.
Mr. DALRYMPLE was not enthusiastic after
he had looked carefully into conditions
in Chicago. Conditions were not the
same as those he was accustomed to, he
said, and municipal ownership and oper-
alton in which politics was to play a
part he could not recommend. Exit
Mr. DALRYMPLE, while Mayor dunno
and THREE CENT Tom scowl in the
background.
President FoRNEs Of the New York
Board of Aldermen was travelling while
Mr.. DALRYMPLE was visiting Chicago.
He stopped in Glasgow, and looked
things over. The net result of his obser-
vatons he recorded thus:
THE conditions In Glasgow are different
from those In any city In the United States that
believe there can be no comparison In regard to
results My advice is to 90 slow on municipal owner
ship. do no; say am opposed 10 1t, but do not
supper, 1t as enthusiastically as heretofore. The
time mas no, come for tho country TO adopt It,"
Glasgow active, in the person of Mr..
DALRYMPLE, advises go SLOW Glas-
gov passive, interpreted by Mr.. FoRNEs,
advises Go SLOW And Mayor dunno
is trying to get municipal ownership
and operation through benevolent
corporation. which is to put up its cash
merely and solely for the purpose of let
ting the city manage it.
Perhaps Glasgow has had its effect
on immediate munioipalzation.'
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To THE EDITOR OF THR sun Str: A VERY inter
estng account of Father Josucs appeared in ycHr
paper and was copied In the Boston r renno T''T'-
ertpt OF June 20.
In speaking OF the claim OF the missionary 70 -
reverence and honor OF posterity you say that h',
torlans have. to a great extent. passed him by =
az least dismissed him as unimportant.'
An exception 10 this statement may be toYr' 'H
Parkman's "Jcsuits In North America" where \
full account OF the Father is given In chapters ''
10 and 20.
PRIpR'6 CROSSING, Mass Julys
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Inc bIbIe on the Home BegiHnInH Of NHr'''
To TIE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sr Perhaps your
Higher Critic" may be willing 10 conce 10 tta'
sufncicnt appro 1imation 10 this statement NAY
be found In !. Timothy. s: Bat any prov >
not for his own and especially for those Of hts "'
house Ckind' ci). ne hath denied the fam ana =
worse than an nnGc! cunt slievcr)."
BROOKLYN, July s H W. r
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MEG.

He was q gentleman and rich
Like them at least in part.
And so the Pittsburg millionaircs
They took him 10 their heart.
But now the p,usburg mi,l,onaires
His friendship all reject
Hes lost his wealth and Is alas
Like them In no respect.
E1oEsI.