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under the faculty Of arts and sciences
BY At least S75 600; several courses Of In
struction have been withdrawn. num-
Der Of prominent instructors have left
their posts for better paying engage
ments elsewhere, and an additional bur-
den has been imposed upon the teach
ers who remain.
Yale's revenues in the last year ran
$3.50 behind her expense account.
Several elective courses have been with
drawn, tho treasurer reporting that the
elective system was largely responsible
for the deficit An increase in tuition
fees Is TO be made and this, with a RE-
adjustment Of the work Of assistant
instructors, Ia expected to solve the
problem for the present. The divinity
school is t25, 900 in debt, and Dean F. E.
SANDERS has resigned, because some
curtailment of expenses seems inevitn-
BILE and he considers that course the
best means Of adjusting the schools
expenditures TO its income.
Princeton's annual deficit IL $4,000,
which has thus far always been made up
by gifts from generous graduates and
trustees; but the new plans Of administra-
ton call for an extensive increase in the
universitys endowment. Columbia had
a large deficit last year, and the alumni
are making an organized effort TO raise
a large sum g be used by the trustees
without any limitations upon their dis
posal of il. Cornell, likewise, is financially
cramped, and the University Of Pennsyl-
vania ran S89 coo behind in 10000, only
one department going through the year
with a surplus.
Dartmouth solved her perpleKities by
rejecting 100 candidates for admission,
the authorities asserting that the increase
in the number Of students, hence in the
amount received from tuition and sim
liar fees, did not cover the necessary
additional expense Of instruction.
Apparently, then, the colleges are
living beyond their means. Remedies
vary; but whether they involve the cur
tailment of the curriculum, cutting OF
salaries and weakening of the instructing
force Or rejection Of qualified applicants
for admission, the evil which they are
meant to care Is the same: eXtravagant
ambition. While the average deficit is
not large in proportion to the total
expenses, it is growing proportionally
greater, not less; and there is limit to the
patience and pocketbooks Of alumni,
College administrators are learning two
lessons in the school Of experience; that
in a course Of study multum is better
than multd, and that endowment is better
than aims.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22

To TIE EDIroR or THE sUN-,Slr: IL would Be
a distinct gain 20 the business Interests OF this
country n the worse than worthless Weather Bureau
were Abolished Altogether, l cay worse than
worthless Advisedly for - u IL now conducted
II entails loss on those who follow its inaccurate
predictions Every department Of the Govern
ment hAs gone forward except the Weather Bureau.
That has reJrogTaded. II Is not a. good o-day as
Il was twenty years ago. Losses Of hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars have been entAiled on shipping
By false information, OF course, this Is not recent
because thlppeu no longer place the slightest
reliance 90 what the Weather Bureau says
Storm warnings arc sent out I'VE or siI hours
amer the storm has starred; we have rain and snow
predicted and clear weather follows cloudy, and
we have ran-in fact. for about hfteen days In the
month the fact h precisely the opposite Of the
prophecy. A department that 10 hight only half
the time, and then by guess s not much account
The Weather Bureau should be under the control
OF the War Department, where II once was and
where Il wa worth something. In the DepGrt
ment Of Agriculture II seems 70 be run By a parcel
OF politicians who know nothing OF the science
OF metooIoloEy IL h the laughing stock OF evsTy
department Of meteorology In Europe: and the
mariners OF the world have long since ceased 70
place any dependence on H. What excuse therefore,
d there for iu continued eIisteneet o. NJ. J.
NHW YoRK. March n.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
Who IL the Employer

A brief commun ication from Mr.. GOLD
WIN SMITH, published in THE Sun on
Sunday last draws attention TO a fact
which should be impressed on the mind
OF every American citizen. 1t is that in
this country the producers are also the
consumers. When, by strikes or by
other processes, they increase the price
Of products, they also increase their own
cost Of living.
Mr.. GOODWIN SMITH illustrates this
by declaring that the consumer Is the
real employer. In the United States
the consumers are the wage-earners,
always the great majority Of our people.
Il Is they who eat the products Of the
farm, who wear the clothes and utilize
the many devices produced in shops,
milA and factories, and who live in the
houses erected by the labor Of their own
class. The capitalist, that is the so-called
employer, il an Intermediary who takes
his commission for his services. The
public pays, and the price it pays is fixed
by it's own attitude toward the various
products.
II the farmer must pay a higher price
for his plough or his boots, he must charge
more for his grain and potatoes. II the
cotton mill operator or the coal miner,
because Of a strike in an iron foundry
or briokyard, must pay a higher price
for his house rent or his stove or his frying
pan, he must find some way TO get more
for his services from the public by way
Of the so-called employer,
This will and must remain true as fun
damental principle in prices and in cost Of
living, olong as the people Of the United
States are both producers and oonsum-
ers Of 05 per cent. Of the merchandise
required for their use and maintenance.
Compared with our domestic trade, our
foreign commerce is an item Of little sig-
nihcanoe. The people Of this country
live largely by and upon their own labor,
They exchange their labor among them
selves, and the so-called employer is
practically no more than an agent in the
transaction. The public itself pays any
increase in the income Of any part Of that
public, and the beneficiaries Of a local
increase must, sooner or later, be called
upon to contribute their share Of the in
crease enforced in other localities by
their own act. Incomes and cost Of
living move inoonjunCt.on, and the. bet
ter paid public must pay moro for its
living with no real gain by the process.
The condition most 70 be desired for
all is not high wages and high prices, but
steady employment at fair wages.
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NUMBERING THE PEOPLE.
Dark Predictions by Foes OF an English
Census Bill.
From ths FortniphRp Reneu.

From the Fortnightly RerieV.
II was in 1883 that proposal 10 count the
people was hrst made. Mr.. Thomas Potter,
son Of the Archbishop Of Canterbury and
Member for St Germans. introduced In that
year a bill for taking and registering an
annual account Of the total number Of the
people and OF the total number OF marriages,
births and deaths and also Of the total num-
Der Of poor receiving aims from every parish
and eTtra-paroohial place in Great Britain :
II was inevitable, OF course. that directly
this proposal was made the precedent Of
King David should be quoted And many
we're the jeremiads as to the alternative evils
which would beiall the country. Those sub
mtted 20 David we're mild in comparison.
Mr., Thornton Member for York city. said:
Il did not believe that there WAS any set OF men ,
or indeed, any individual Of the human species. so
presumptuous and 20 abandoned a. 70 make the
proposal We have just heard hold
this subject TO be totally subversive OF she last
remains OF English liberty Tue new
bill will direct the imposition OF new taxes, and
Indeed, the addition Of very few words will make
IL the most enectuh engine Of rapaolty and oppret
sion that was ever used against an injured people,
Moreover al annual register OF our
people Will acquant our enemies abroad with our
weakness
Mr.. Matthew Ridley another opposing
Member, added that his constituents looked
on the proposal as ominous and feared lest
some public misfortune or an epidemioal
dstemper should follow the numbering 3"
However the bill passed the Commons. only
70 be promptly rejected by the Lords. Not
until 1900 was the proposal again made, and
on this occasion II was brought TO a successful
issue. The FIRST census Of England and Wales
was taken in March. 1901.
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the roads can do slmOst in the twinliins
Of an eyer
Thlrty-four years ago Mr. TrLDEN said
OF the Republican party, in speech TO
the New York Democratic State con-
vention:
II has drawn within its power all the banks,
T. has begun 70 create Insurance corporations and
vedrag 10 take Junsdiofton OF az raaroad CON.
pdnbs lie career Of usuphtion, n continued
few ycau longer will Involve ell the business, all
the contracts and all the properly Of individuals
and will populate Washington with the Hobbies Of
thirty seven STATES.
Il oppose oentralsm because II Is Incompatible
with civil liberty. Forty millions Of people. guided
bys single hand. would sweep all dissent and all
resistance Of Isolated or unorEanlEsd individuals,
Il oppose oenTAllsm because II creates IRE.
sponsibe power and an irresponsible power h
always corrupt"
Mr.. TILDRN rarely used the word
State rights, He hardly ever argued
over a loose or a strict construction Of
the Constitution. But he never ceased
deploring and denouncing unnecessary
and undue Capitalization in national and
State governments. That form Of per-
sussion he used in protest against regu-
ating in Washington the railways Of the
country when he said Of the Democratic
party Of 1871:
Its creed Is comprised In two ideas-hrst, 70
limit "a much as possible all governmental power,
enlAVinE always and everywhere the domain Of
Individual judgment and action. secondly. 70
throw back the governmental powers necessary 10
be exercised as much a. possible upon the States
and the localities, approaching In every case the
individuals to be snected These ideas dominate
over the Democratic party. and md In 1t their best
representative. The opposite ideGs-to NEEDLE
With everything properly belonging to individuals
aud 10 centrallIs all governmental powers-eHpress
the tendencies OF the Republican party
His advice in regard to railway rates
would be to throw back the fixing Of
them on the directors created by the
several States in order that they legally
and Loyalty execute the public offices
and trusts they have undertaken.
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Two Appointments by Mr.. COrtelyou

The Hon. GEORGE BRUCE CoRTELYoU
has resigned the Craftsmanship Of the
Republican national committee and has
appointed the Hon. HARRY STEWART
NEW vlce-chsirman and acting chair
man until the committee meets and
chooses his successor.
Some Of the political sewing circles
have discussed this expected appoint
ment with portentous gravity. It is not
exactly a world shaking event. Mr..
NEW is an experienced and clever poll
tician and an amiable man. 1t may be
true, as somebody says in Hector 0'Hal-
loran, that Mr.. NEW doesn't regard Mr..
FAIRBANKS as a person whom he would
borrow money to entertain; but the
scales Of politics are not in the hands
Of the acting chairman Of the national
committee. II the heart Of Indiana
throbs passionately for the Skyscraper
Statesman, Mr.. NEW will hear a. nd obey
the throbs.
Mr.. RoosEvKIr's position must be one
OF delicate aloofness and serene impair
TALLY. 1.-The would, how could he hinder
Mr.. FAIRBANKS from trying to become a
dark horse, a favorite or any other sort
OF a spirited, swift and woolless steed?
But can even Mr.. ROOSEVELT bride in
that stormfooted and loud neighing
young colt the Hon. ALBERT JEREMIAH
BEvRRIDGBl
The appointment Of the Hon. JOSEPH
WEEKS BABoocK Of Wisconsin and the
Republican Congressional campaign COM
mittee as successor Of HENRY G. PAYNE
on the national committee may make
the gossips think that Mr.. ROOSEVELT
lie paying a compliment TO the Hon. JOHN
COR SPooNER rather than wishing to
do good to the Badger Stalwarts. Mr..
BABcocK Is illustrious for his distribu-
ton Of Centennial literature and Govern
ment seed, but he is not the man to make
the Hon. ROBERT MARION LA TOILETTE
lose any sleep.
1t il long way to 1908, and anybody
who can get thrills or tremors out Of
these preliminaries has a highly poetic
or neurasthenio organization.
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What Tilden Foresaw -.

The Governor Of Wisconsin, ROBERT
NJ. LA TOILETTE, has been, since the late
Presidential election, selected by the
Legislature Of that State to be one Of its
Senators in the Congress Of the United
States, but he abstains from resigning
his office as Governor Of the State at
Madison and qualifying as Senator Of
the State at Washington until railway
rate legislation now pending at Madison
has been disposed Of, Then he will 60
to Washington TO take part in railway
rate legislation there pending.
Each OF the pending measures will
affect railways in Wisconsin. There
are no railways in the State that do not
do State business, which makes them
subject to Wisconsin laws. There are
also few, II any, railways in the State
that do not do interstate business, thus
becoming subject to laws enacted at
Washington. The same railways are
subject TO two governments and bound
to obey both masters. The roadbeds,
the tracks the cars, the stations, the
shareowners, the directors and trafiio
agents doing the State business, are the
same a. those conducting the interstate
business. The State and the United
States have concurrent jurisdiction,
divided only by intrastate and interstate
traffic. 1t il no wonder that foreigners
do not understand it.
More than that. The railway corpora
tions doing the various classes Of bust
ness come, in every case, from State,
and not from the United States. Some
Of the charters may come from Wiscon-
Sin, but others come from other States.
Those charters prescribe who shall man
age the corporations, who shall choose
the directors and what their powers over
rates shall be. And yet Wisconsin and
the United States both assert the right to
exercise power over those corporations
and directors fixing rates. Governor LA
TOILETTE is now working over rates in
Wisconsin, and when he has finished
there he will take q hand at the similar
work in Washington, and over the same
railways. What a muddle il isl
The things aimed at are precisely the
same.
They are reasonable rates, no rebates
and no determinations.
Those things are, under the State
charters Of the railways, 10 be done by
the directors; and what Mr. la Fol-
LETTE Is Governor il endeavoring, and
AZ Senator will endeavor, to obtain is
reasonable and lawful rates from the
directors. There il nothing else aimed
at. And yet forty-fve State govern
monts, one national government and two
national party organizations are busily
engaged. Is Il not rather absurd that so
much force should be expended in the
accomplishment Of what the owners Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
Pre-RevoIution Irish -.

TO TIE EDIroR or TIE SuN-Sir: In bis speech
70 the Irshmen on StPatrick's Day Mr.. Roosevelt
was not too liberal In bis praise Of the Irish, but
II would DO no harm 10 point out distinction BE-.
tween the lrtth who came here prior TO the Revo.
luton and those who came 10 the 'fos and later
The former were the North Irish, who were OF
Scotch ancestry. The latter are Of a dirercpt
race the Celtic.
dare say that the great bulk Of those q, the
dinner were OF the South insh stock and doubtless
many Of them are not aware that tae Irish Of our
Revolutionary period were from the North OF Ire
and They were a most important factor In the
struggle for Independence The South Irith who
came 10 the eos and later were an equally I'm.
portAnt factor In saving the Union IA the o0s
NEW YORK, March 20. ERD
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Would GOV. Higgins BE Inconsistent

Would Gov. Higgins BE Inconsistent?
One Of the few bills that have been
passed by both houses of the Legislature
is. a measure appropriating tl7 900 to pay
the debts contracted by the State Super
intendent of Elections in 1904. This bill
was presented to Governor HIGGINS, and
at his request was withdrawn from him
Immediately. He took the ground that
he would sign no measures carrying APP
preparations until the Legislature had
enacted revenue bills capable Of raising
the money the State will need TO meet it's
expenses this year.
Several bills are pending in the Leg
islature the object Of which is to in
crease the expense Of maintaining the
Office of the State Superintendent OF
Elections. To one OF them-the Elsberg
bill for the annoyance and humiliation
of the residents of New York city-THE
Sun has called particular attention. Its
promoters urge its passage on the ground
that under its provisions many New
Workers can be kept away from the polls
on election days and that it will create
a number OF fat offices TO be filed by
faithful members Of the Grocery Gang.
This bill, II enacted into law, will in
crease materially the expenses Of the
State. One item alone calls for the ex-
penditure Of S225, 900 year in salaries.
No good cause would be aided by the
operation Of this proposed law. On the
contrary, much harm would result from
it's enforcement 1t is piece Of vicious
legislation, politically indefensible and
financially extravagant.
Would Governor HIooINs sign such
a bill II the Legislature passed it? Would
he, after refusing to pay the just debts
Of the Superintendent, sign a vicious bill
to increase his expenditures, simply be-
cause there was money enough in the
State treasury to meet them?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
The Decadence OF the Chamberlain
Plan.

Unless Mr.. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN can
discover some method Of infusing new
Life into his movement for closer trade
relations within the empire, the enter
prise so vigorously started and so volubly
doomed couple Of years ago is in danger
Of an early demise. 1t seems 10 have no
vitality except such as ia infused into il
by Mr.. CHAABKRLAIN's own personality.
uhs goes on vacation, activity subsidies.
II he should die, it Is quite doubtful il his
scheme would live after him. Yet this
view Of the situation does not necessarily
imply that EnglRnd's present fiscal sys-
TEN Is TO be a permanent institution.
On March an effort was made to
bring the issue TO fairly distinct focus.
In the House Of Commons, WINSTON
CHURCHILL moved that in the opinion
Of the House the permanent unity Of the
British Empire would not be secured
through a system Of preferential duties
based upon protective taxation Of food.
The measure was defeated, but the special
ground Of opposition had little bearing
upon the merits Of the proposition itself
In bis reply 70 the motion, the Hon, A. J.
BALFoUR laid down the particular OBJ
lection by saying that the passage Of
the resolution submitted by Mr. CHURCH
ILL would produce widespread mis-
conception throughout Great Britain
which would be bad, and also throughout
the Colonial Empire, which would be
worse
The more this question is studied and
discussed the less satisfactory does il
appear, and the less popular does II be-
come. o. lie hrSt brosd enunolAtion,
many Englshmen we're impressed with
an Idea that by the plan proposed a way
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22

To TIE EDITOR or TIE sUN-Slr: II may be that
mans acts and destiny are written 10 detan from
the beginning OF the world 20 the end thereof, and
yet Il does not follow that there s free will under
these conditions. Nothing can overcome the fact
that our Will lie free 10 act for good or otherwise.
a. We may determine a. the time. II is simply that
God, In HIS inanits knowledge. can see ahead and
can write down from HIS toreknoviedge what we
will DO In the future Just a. We ourselves, looking
back. can relate what We did In the past.
Neither the writer Of the letter you published this
morning, nor any one else ls a mere AutomAton 10
the hands higher power. We are all free 70 act
our Judgment or conscience may dictate, and
are surely held responsible for such Aets. Gods
foreknovledge OF the same 70 the contrary notwith.
standing. 2, 4. TURNEA
NHv YORK, March 90
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
oonfes,iOnI Of an IN .HanEmAn.

Berry the eG-hsnEmAn, who has come under TIE
influence OF the revival now IN progress, has de-
serbed bis conversion. He had been q bad man.
be said for thirty year., but his household was
nov heaven upon sArih. In his time be lad
seen wiekedness in all It's stages, but he was not
now bothered by his Satanic MsJesty.
For thirty years be had been unable 70 shed
a tear and had not known what sympathy was
When be left his home At Heckmondvike and
!olned the then Bradford police force be became
wicked because be had 70 DO a. the other police
dd OF be would have been sacked he went the
way the wind blew him.
Hh slns had now lsfl him and he was ready
70 die without ANY fear
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22

Mayor MCCLELLAN exhibits lamentable
lack Of the sense Of proportion. He is
unwilling to have the city's business dslayed
for more than a month TO allow the gas
investigators to meet in City Hall. or
all things in the world the gas investigation
is the most important. The investigators
honor City Hall highly by oonsendng to
hold their sessions in it. The Mayor should
be willing to forfeit the Charter rather
than let the investigation 60 elsewhere.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22

To rn EprTon on TIE SUS--Sr: We may believe
cone things We are told. but when the Apcient
order othioemlans ny 70 explain how the japanese
Generals OyAma and Oku are Irish. It's about the
limit Perhaps some other authority viii be
able 10 prove that Napoleon BonApAne was moi
oorsioan, but was Kidnapped from Ireland when
be wtt 700 young 70 remombef Il.
We may expect the japanese 70 show their an.
probation Of the honor BY tolnE In the parade
h.Ll leaI % ~ Ftuekt Day n. J. J.
NV YoHL. kareh a..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
Financial Problems Of Unlversities

That our colleges are too generally
living beyond their means il the only
conclusion to be drawn from a COM
parRtive study Of the reports Of col
lege presidents and the new annual
catalogues. Harvard, Yale, Princeton,
Cornell, Columbia, the University Of
Pennsylvania and Dartmouth are all
facing serious financial problems.
Harvard has been compelled 10 reduce
her salary schedule N the departments
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22

It begins to look as though the safest
place for the Hon. CIPRIAHo CASTRO would
be at the head OF Col. JUAN BAUTIsTA
LAMEDA's pedestrian tour through Colon
bia, Costa Rica Nicaragua and Mexico to
the Mississippi Valley.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
Kentuoky1G Ifts


From fN LovisrgIs coursr,tournaL
iug ot water from the Lincoln spring on TIE
farm In Larue county. KY, Whsre Abraham La
coin Wa born, and block Of wood cut nom
tree which stands neafths sprint, will be presented
70 Pretldsnt Roosevelt when be comes TO l.oylsvIt
Aprn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22

II JENcKs and PEPPER had shown as good
sense in dealing with their former employers
as they did in squelching the dynamite
bomb proposals Of their latest volunteer
allies there would not he as many men out
Of work in New York as there are to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22

SIX Russian prisoners, who attempted 70 escape
from their place OF lnternment at zentsuii In Japan.
were tried by court.martlsl and sentenced last
month. Lieut.. Mlrsky was condemned TO hfteen
yeAu transportation for having been the ring.
leader and made several previous attempts; q
naval cadet 70 eleven years major Imprisonment,
and the remaining four 70 one year minor punish.
ment each.
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johnson was compiling the dictionary.
Yea" he explained. I'm uryinE 70 collect a few
words for the circus posterA-
Starting with 'sgErtgauoR.- he hunted iaT
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