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the oldest, richest and most conserva-
tive OF American labor organizations, v

the oldest, richest and most conserva-
tive OF American labor organizations, v
womeh are about 10 per cent of the
membership OF $4,000, including about
a quarter OF those In the trades. The
indisposition Of women to organization
is suggested by the experience Of the
laundry workers, OF whom the great pre-
ponderance Is feminine. In 1904 only
7 per cent. OF the workers were in the
union.
Miss HERRoNs general consldera-
tons" regarding women and labor or
ganlzations are interesting. She says
that while II is harder to organize them
than men, to get them to pay dues when
admitted, to attend meetings and take
an interest in union principles, in time
OF strike the woman's qualities show to
the best advantage; they are ready to
sacrifice their own immediate interests
and hold out to the bitter end, and,
moreover, lin the excitement OF strike
they resort to violence even az their
brother workmen do" But ain many
trades the majority Of women are young
girls who could not be expected to con-
slider their industrial situation as a very
serious matter" They may not be
wholly dependent on their wages. and
they are looking forward hopefully to
marriage and release from wage earning.
Still another and very remarkable
reason ia given by Miss HEBRON for the
indisposition Of many women" to go
into trade organizations. 1t ls that
they hesitate to join union because
they do not wish to be identified with
the laborng classes
The whole study" indicates that there
is very much the feminine human nature
among women workers. Romantic sem
timent rather than hard practically Is
dominant in their breasts. The or
ganization into which they aspire and
expect to enter is the organization at
the basis Of society-matrimony.
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New York has its department or bureau
OF agriculture "a we'll as Washington. II
there are no scandalous leaks In the Informal
ton which percolates from this bureau at
Albany it is because the reports 1t publishes
are honest and mildly instructive Recently
the literature Of agriculture in the Empire
State has been enriched by the appearance
under public authority Of book Of leaf
lets" on the farm. garden, forest, moor and
trout preserve. The monograph on the
subject Of mosquitoes Qeahet XXI Is per-
haps the most sensationally startling.
From it we quote:
spite of all the efforts Of scientists and nature
students 10 popularixe the mosquito. It's reputation
as public nuisance Is as well sustained as ever an
It seems destined 10 remain As unpopular as were Its
ancestors. There seems TO be no escape from tn Q
attention OF these persistent. mps o evil Though
we travel to far Alaska ~ TO Icy Greenland we can
not be free. Since we are doomed to existence In
the same world with the mosquito It behooves us
to discover II possible some way TO turn the creature
TO account for our entertainment or instruction.
Forget for the moment that YOU desplse mosquitoes.
and let us study their ways. BY making Its life his
tory the subject OF some OF our lessons We may
at least learn how the mosquito lives and develops,
and later we can turn this knowledge 10 practical
account"
ana Nnls'
Resides man, the mosquito has many natural
enemies. In the water especially they fall easy
victims TO the thousand and one insect ogres."
Those who wish more minute information
are referred to Federal authority. with the
suggestion that they obtain from the Di-
vision Of Publications, Department Of Agri-
culture at Washington. the published results
OF DR.. l.. o. HowARD's studies of MOSQUE
toes from which it may be learned that
those scientists who had.to do with the nam
ing Of the many species of mosquitoes had
certainly a sense Of humor. A few OF the
names are as follows:
Cuicx exctans. CuleA stiniulans.
Culex pungens. Culex per,urbans.
Culex iTTitanS, Culek cAcTuCanS.
II may be a solace to many sufferers to
know under what classification, officially
recognized by the Washington Department
and the Albany Bureau, their particular
pest belongs, Leahet Xxx. is of undoubted
value.
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Prosperous Argentina.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir. ArRen.
tina is highly prosperous. BY reason Of
increased customs and other revenue her
taxes are being reduced; exports are also
increasing steadily; forest and mineral re-
sources are being exploited: new railways
and canals are being constructed and new
ports are opening: there Ia a constant increase
in cultivate ed lands; the population lie gro winE
in marked manner right along, and the
public credit is much improved.
All this is certified to us by reliable foreign
authorities on the ground. This year 8
wheat harvest is 1873 100000 bushels. against
1875 900, 900 in 1904 and 90 900 900 In 1909 About
2.Oo0.Ooo more acres were grown to wheat
this year. Fully 10000 900 bushels will be
available for export, says Mr.. John 1nR lis.
the representative Of Watson 4 Co. OF New
York. One thing Ia needed. namely. better
management as to freight carrying of the
existing railways. Rolling stock 10 scarce
and dock accommodations poor. particularly
at Bahia blanca. The Buenos Ayres Great
and AZ kA .SnSs oM aters 70 get Ss
in Tay desys nat M dTeot9r Of the
' fhs "H Ilnistss q finans. wants to cancel
ward and to reduce by S per cent. to IS per
cent. the duties on textiles. boots, hats rice,
or ' for neWspapers and Other articles spsen.
tina's Congress- is protectionist and may not
agree to this Revolutionary" program.
American exports to Argentina are in
rreasng nicely. Here Is the record for the
eleven months ended May i Of each Of the
wears named:
l,no
ltNi lb,UO.OO
1905 ........,............ ..,.....,..,. H.6e,000
A more than 100 per cent. increase In two
wears. is a good showing. Increased effort
would give us still more.
WAITER J. BALLARD.
SCHENECTADY. July rs.
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Congratulations to Akron,

Akron, Ohio, is ruled by a wise and ex-
perienoed city government. 1t has no
police corruption, no police outrages, no
too officious patrolmen, no law breaking
detectives. Akron's government realizes
that no man is fit to be policeman until
he has reached years of discretion, and
the last addition to the list Of her peace
officers is the name OF man who has
passed the century mark
The wise policeman, the policeman
whose hair and mustache are gray, whose
bay window is SO developed as to compel
him to square his shoulders and walk
erect lest he should tumble over forward.
is not the clubber He is not the man who
makes unnecessary arrests and concerns
himself unduly about the affairs of those
who pass along his post. If he catches
sight OF hilarious gentleman home
ward bound, the policeman of thirty
years experience is more apt to lend a
helping hand than to run him in" For
him the glory Of the complainant place
on the police court bridge does not
compensate for the lost sleep and the
mental agitation it involves.
1t is the young policeman who allows
his zeal to lead him into excuses. His
authority sits heavy on him. He is new
to power and he likes to exhibit his au-
thority. He yearns to make an Arrest or
club man whenever he can. He is not
satisfied to use the extreme Of his power
only when he must. He is the one who
moves on the bibulous to whom the
old policeman says II wish wor wild ye!"
The young policeman courts trouble;
the experienced, bestriped peace officer
avoids II whenever he can.
A man who has passed the century
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He Is All Right.

Secretary BoNAPARTE's letter to Presi-
dent ROOSEVELT in regard to the names
of certain golfers, seagoing tugs and
submarine torpedo boats reveals in him
an enforced and genuine humor. This
ID a precious quality often denied to ear
nest and thoroughgoing rcformers, and
Mr.. BoNAPARTE seems to be as capable
and stern an administrator as he has been
severe critic Of measures and admins
tratons.
His letter shows delicious want Of
humor in the Office of Naval 1ntelli-
gence. Diamond" and PEARL ara as
absurd, ironic and essentially feminine
names as could be found for two boats
which are to pursue the respectable but
by no means ladylike or bejeweled &C.
cupaton Of Juggling coal.
The Chief Intelligence Officer and the
Bureau of Navigation tore out Ola
mond" and Pearl, but yielding weakly
to some unfortunate Renaissance of the
Greek Reader or the list Of classical
names in the back part of the dictionary
proposed to sink those poor devils Of
golfers under the majestic appcllations
sNestor" and "Orestes' Names that
may look we'll on great British battle
ships and have certain Etonian flavor,
but our navy has small Latin and less
Greek and it BELTS collier to be modest.
MIR. BoNAPARTE's remarks on this ques-
ton Of nomenclature supersede all Others
Tho name 'Nestor suggests great are and tn Q
name Orestes insanity. both OF which appear TO
mo undesirable for vessels OF our navy. submit
Is appropriate names for these golfers Prone
theus and 'vcstal. as 1t appears to me that COL
Her may with propriety receive the name Of mytho
logical character who introduced nre, and also OF
historical of,cer whose duty twas 10 supply fuel"
For the tugs the Secretary suggests
"Patapsco" and "Patuxent. both of his
Maryland, of the old stock honest Amer
ind. Are two names of tugs too much
to give Maryland at this time? That is
for Mr.. ROOSEVELT to decide.
To only one point in Mr.. BoNAPARTE's
system of nomenclature can reasonable
objection be found He mentions "Octo-
pus" as the name of submarine torpedo
boat. He forgets that the gentlemen
who have hunted the Octopus 80 long and
with such satisfaction to themselves will
never allow it to show it's head above
water.
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The black Hole. Of America.

ToTHE EDITOR OF THE SUN-.Sfr: Your editorial
on the unspeakabe conditions existing In the police
station houses OF this city is some might say. timely
think It was too long deferred. don't know why
/, Is that we-and by we mean the people OF thu
whole country-remain so strangely apathetic on
this subject.
The conditions In New York are no worse than
those In Chicago, San Francisco or any other large
city In the United States. station house seems by
common consent N he place to throw In" an &C
cuscd person to herd with the rats. cats bats and
vcrnln Of all kinds. no matter what the charge or
the standing OF the accused.
The Tombs is palace as compared to the average
station house. as Is the Cook County jail In Chicago
as compared with the Harrison street, Thirty
NTH street. Desplaines street or other police sta
tions In tina, town. II Is an outrage on humanity.
The people can rcctify Il. Why don't they get to
gether Just once and do III Ex-RRPoRTER.
NEW YORK, July 10.
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sANTO DOMINGO.
An American Miners y nthusiastic Faith
in lts Futllre.

To THE Enron OF THE SUs-Sir; send
you few facts about Santo Domingo that
may be OF interest to your readers. j nave
been here two months. and ! find that this
island lat least the Dominican part OF III mas
been greatly mallgned. The people are NOT
bad that is. the great majority are not They
flght among themselves, but they never
modest foreigner. They are big hearted and
hospitable to q fault. just now the majority
want the United States to take charge or
things and zee II II cannot put stop TO the
fighting.
The present Government Is doing all In
its power TO put the country In TRANQUIL
and prosperous state. and the people. with
few exceptions. are well contented. The ex-
ceptlons are called "vagabondas. ana are not
representative people at all.
The climate IL simply magnificent, not too
hot nor too cold: and II person wants to sec
tropical mountain scenery let him come 70
santo Domingo and he will get surfet. The
rivers aud hills are grand.
The mining outlook for Santo Domingo is
very bright. am miner. with thirty years
experience. and am therefore capable OF CIV
ing an Intelligent opinion on the subject. inc
Spanish times. and very little then, The
mountains contain much mineral, and some
man to this day. The streams nearly all con,
tnn gold in paying quantities. ana some q
them are bOnnnZaS Tor strOnR company. AZ
ia like all mining. lots OF preliminary work
before things begin to pay. but never nave
seen better prospecting ground. even IN COLO
RADIO or Arizona 1t To common thing to
ones who wash gold here, and they only
scratch the top Of the ground. 900.
! don't want to mislead any one who may
think Of coming here, and to snch would cay:
Don't think that gold Ia to be, picked up IKE
potatoes in a field. To get gold anywhere,
and here II is no exception--means hard work
and lots Of time; 30 dom come here expecting
to get rich in a night. because YOU. will be
fooled If you do" Any one thinking OF coming
here had better bring money brains and Pc e.
succeed in mining. The mining lays have
been revised recently, and are nov fair.
The agricultural future Ia not TO be sneesed
at either. With peace assured. the export
/ 900 per cent. in five years. Land is plentl-
FIJI and cheap. In fact, 1t can be had fr9m
the Government for almost nothing. The
crops are tobacco. cocoa tchocolate). coffee,
sugar cane. heneGuen and all vegetables
grown in the North.
with good people good climate, and good
government santo Domingo will 20 ahead
with leaps and bounds.
WILLIAM q. KING,
SANTIAGO DE os CABALLEnos, Republica
Dominicana. June 80.
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Can Indiana beat that?

The Hon. SYDNEY JOHNSTON BOWIE, Repre-
sentative in Congress Of the Fourth Alabama
district, studied engineering in the law de-
partment OF the University Of Alabama. In
the City Clerks office Of Talladega, and as
Alderman OF the sans estimable city He
speaks with the confidence born OF expert
knowledge when he says:
Il have always agreed with Senator MORGAN,
however, that the shift at the last moment from
Nicaragua to Panama was a put up job and dis
grace. have never considered that the Panama
route was practicable. and think the people who
engineered the deal knew II was not That Is really
the reason they gave 1t preference"
Hang up the shovel and the hoe! Engineer
BOWIE has spoken. If he says that the
Panama route ia impracticable 1t must be
impracticabe
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American capital is pouring into Peru
Many millions Of dollars have been invested
there in recent year,. Word now comes
that the Incar Rubber Company has sold
out its rights and property to a New York
concern with 100000 capital. Another
American syndicate ia trying to buy the
Chilincaya mines with which to form New
York company with $4,000, 900 capital. A
leading newspaper in Peru says; 1T is cal
culated that within five years the United
States will have more capital invested in
Peru than in any other foreign country in
the world
American exports to Peru increased from
81 600 900 in the eleven months ended May,
1908, to $3.857.O 900 in the same months of
1904, and ss.S48.0OO in the same months Of
1908. Our imports from Peru were 1884,
900. 81, 7e1 600 and 81, $780, 900. respectively.
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Thou Shalt Not Steal.

An old, old hook, the wisdom Of an age.
Stamped In the flame OF truth by genius seal,
Declares to all who read the mighty page.
God spake these words and said. Thou shalt not
steal. A."
Is there this God 10 whom our fathers prayedf
We question: and the answer, Who can tell
Is death the wage OF crime and trust betrayed
And shall the felon writhe In hres OF hell:
We do not know. We read the awful words.
Vengeance Is mine the Lord saith" How and
when,
The shepherd Stays the wolf among his herds.
Why walt for he'll to scourge the wolves Of men,
Later OF soon the law will apprehend
The rough cut thug who robs you In the street,
Who BY quick dealt blow attains his end;
We sigh. and praise Our Justice thus complete
But when our bet,ers holding absolute
Control OF millions for the common veal
This trust and power shall grossly prostitute:
Interpret Lord thy words. Thou shalt not STEAL
Read the defense and say. Arc these things men,
Honored among us, leaders OF finance.
Shaving the orphans portion In their den,
Scratching like harpes in a hidcous dance.
This they have done with funds OF sacred trust.
Saved by the loving fathers careful plan
For wife and children when he bites the dustl
Bah! the rcd thug'sa better gcntlemAni
Yet, hold and jes, not: for the thing transcends
In Its vast import any group OF men.
Whether they grace the diamond horseshoes bends
Or. where the river bends, their Sing Sins ken.
The question: Shall this nation under God
Conceived In liberty and rising sure
To power and empire. sanctihed by blood
Ofheroes; shall the nation thus endure,
The answer seems like No! Since not to day
so stands our country on Its blood bought dover
Above the law ;ho State susiains the sway
OF seemingly all potent money power.
Our many crimes OF legal" theft Of gold,
Grimes red with blood from criminal ner,ect.
The viler crime OF legislation sold
These are not matters safely 10 neglect.
Russia neglected them and seemed to place
Grand ducal sanction on the Came OF then:
And sprawling now she hopes Ia save her face
OF ships, arms honor and OF caah bereft.
Now thank the Lord, We have no dishrae Car
But one called Theodore. belov'd OF Cod,
And justly so OF man. In peace and war
Alcadcr. and Of crooks scourgins rod.
Believe In God and keep your powder dry:
And that's Jerome who's gathering hesdway now;
Sustain and watch him closely. keep him spy.
And Get him into his insSrones row.
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mark has seen much. His Judgment IL
ripe, his disposition mellow and charita-
BILE, He has drunk with the drinkers,
howled with the howles, and should
know the bad effects OF overzeal In a
constable. Akron makes him police
man, and boasts that he is the oldest in
the world, Given the opportunity. the
gay blades Of that city will watch and
weigh him, and vote him the best police
man in the world.
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The Organization Women Workers
Prefer.


The social revolution which has been
brought about in the last generation by
the entrance Of women into industrial
competition with men is discussed in one
Of its phases in University Study
lately published by the University of
Illinois. The student is Miss BELvA
MARY HEBRON, B. L., and the phase is
labor Organization Among Women"
Nearly all the trades unions, she points
out, have now been forced to accept the
policy of bringing into their organiza-
tions the women employed in their
trades, That is, they have been obliged
to give up their old theory that women
were merely temporary interlopers and
to recognize the inevitabeness Of
woman's becoming permanent part Of
the present system Of industry" THE
great majority of American unions con-
nected with trades in which women are
employed provide for admitting them
upon the same terms as men,
For example, in the boot and shoe
trade 142, 920 persons were employed in
1900, of whom one-thrd were women
In the Boot and Shoe Workers Union
one-fifth of the members are women.
These women, Miss HEBRON finds, are
slightly encroaching on mems work, yet
the relations between the sexes are
cordial" for there ia no amount Of
direct competition which menaces the
standard of mems wages.
In the newspaper and periodical Offices
in 1900 there were five men to only
one woman, but between 1890 and 1900
there was much greater increase
among the women than the men, In the
book and job offices women are esti-
mated to be from one-half to two-thirds
OF the total. In the printing trade
direct competition between the sexes
has led to some hard feeling" The
"local officials of the Typographical
Union complain that they can do moth
Eng with women" because of "the friv-
olity OF the sex: but the women say
that the men organizers do not want
them, fearing their competition.
In the manufacture of clothing the
majority, SIS per cent, were women in
1900, and in the United Garment Work.
ers' Union both men and women are
included. In the textile factories, it
seems, the ratio of men employed in
creased from 34,4 per cent. to 44.s per
cent. between 1850 and 1900, and that
Of women diminished from 4s.4 to 40
per cent. Miss HEBRON reports that
the percentage of women in the Textile
Union is about the same as in the trade.
though it is difficult to get women
interested" in the organization. "Or-
ganizers, she says, have amusing ex-
periences when after attracting young
women to a union meeting by means of
q dancing program they attempt to
inculcate union doctrines and find their
auditors bored with the speeches and
sitting with eyes turned longingly to the
waiting musicians; yet when it comes
to the excitement Of a strike thew are
more faithful" than the men.
In the Cigarmakers Union, "one Of
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A new poet in Wisconsin. He is president
Of the State Board Of Control; but he has
uncomfortable bursts of poetry Take
home one stanza OF his ode on the fiftieth
anniversary OF the establishment OF the
State school for the deaf at Delavan:
wisconsln's deaf and dumb TO reach.
The plan they did devise
To learn them talk. andthem 70 teach
The hearing with their eyes"
Can Indiana beat that?
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The Governor and the Boss-A Predlc'
ton,

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN--Sir: II you
think that Governor Higgins will not carry
out any plan or policy favored by his boss and
maker Odell you have another think coming.
ALBANY. July IA. INNOCENCE.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: Congrat-
ulations to The Sun upon having smoked
out the coon" at Albany.
B. b. Odell. Jr., is again about his old game
Of trying to delude the public into the belief
that a casus beli exists between himself and
the Grocery incumbent.
The ridiculous nonsense and poppy cock
that Odell is In favor Of the movement for
legislative inquiry into the Equitable situation
is deceivnR very few, the general understand
ing being that as 'he chief engineer 81 the
machine" he could at once order the Governor
to carry out the will OF the people.
But. We gods and little fishes. can one i'm
agine BENJAMIN investigating Hartman and
causing Furnaceville to smoke again?
New YORK, July is. POLIcYHoLDER.
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The Urchin's Thought.

From the Ntp Orleans Times Democrat
She passed sdown the street.
Immediately neat,
A maiden very sweet
And wtneome and rem ed.
A white shirt waist she wore
That had, behind, before,
Intersticea galore
The perforated kindi
Upon her, thoughtful. gaxed
With rounded eyes up raised
An urchin. wonder .mAsed,
Who said, with. earnest air:
.Geei But 'tud b Immense,
And dat's no Jolly, gsnts,
II d. PARK baseball fsnc0
HAD syahs,ss ltks dss dsesis
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For . statue Of John Paul Jones.

To THE EDITOR OF TIN SUN--.sfr: City Hall
Park would be fair site for q life size statue OF
John Paul Jones. There stands the statue Of Nathan
Hale who represents tho army OF the United States.
The statue Of John Paul Jones. " erected. would
represent the navy OF tho United States.
NEW YORK. July -. FIX. Youso.
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The Drinker, Poetical Handbook.

10 THE Edition Of HE SVN"SV. lnlS COrnes
nearer TO the German original:
"Wine on beer
Take It, dear:
Beer on wine,
Not for mine"
Or. as the Frcnchman would have II:
"Bcer on wine
Makes man feel fine,
Reverse the dose
Not the same chose"
NEW YORK, July IL. As You LIKE IT.