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The Limit Of Safe Prosperity.

Replying to a question regarding the
probable results Of the present session
Of Congress a distinguished Senator
said that he hoped that nothing would
be done which would tend to increase
our national prosperity. The state
ment is a little startling until it is care
fully digested.
1t is a question whether this country
is not to-day very much like a youngster
who has eaten more jam than is at all
good for him and yet is hungry for more
Nothing is of real value unless it can be
properly utilized and controlled. The
United States may be said to be crippled
by it's present prosperity. We have not
laborers enough to do u work; we have
not cars enough TO move our crops and
our merchandise, and there is even a
shortage of money for the proper con-
duct of business. 1t is true that there
are many who have less than they want
and some who have less than they need.
That is inevitable under any circum-
stances. But never before in the his
tory of this country, and perhaps never
in the history of any other country, have
the comforts, the conveniences and
even the luxuries of life been so widely
distributed as they are among the Ameri-
: can people to-day.
in 1870, a single generation ago, the
total wealth of the United States, as rep
resented by the aggregate value OF all
real and personal property. was Off
cially reported as $50, O8S, SIS, 900. The
total for the present year is officially
estimated as a little exceeding 500, OOO,-
900, 900. The population Of the country
in 1870 was 80, 55S ,3l1. Il is now APP
proximately SIS, 900, 900. Within that gen.
Grafton wealth has travelled at a much
swifter pace than has population. Within
six years the value of our agricultural
products has increased from So, 764, III, 7O6
to very nearly So, 800, 900 900, according
to the figures of Secretary WILSON.
Within five years the value OF our manu-
featured products, according to figures
given by the Census Bureau, has risen
from about $4,000, 900 900 for the year
1890 to nearly 81, 600, 900, 900 for the
year 1905.
The condition of the country is amaz-
ing. Our 80, 900 people actually en-
gagged in gainful occupations are unable
to do all the work there is to be done.
We need both skilled and unskilled work
men. Our present supply of more than
1000, 900 freight al is inadequate for
the transportation Of u merchandise
Nearly So, 1000, 900, 900 Of money in actual
| circulation is insufficient for our bust
ness needs.
As a nation we are Gorged with pros
perity, and it may be that we are near TO
the danger line, if not actually upon it,
Wisdom may lie in effort to hold what
we have rather than in efforts TO obtain
Immediately a greater abundance.
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private confusion and bewilderment,
without defining at the same time any
corresponding. benefits to science, lit
erature or mankind at large. But what
are the conclusions of mortal men,
reached through obsolete and futile in
tellectual processes, compared with truth
rescued from chaos by a superhuman
divination?
The Hon. FREDERICK H. GILLETT will
be remembered when those inferior per-
sons who on Friday last overruIed him
shall have been forgotten by a reformed,
an exalted, and a practically deifed
people. We shall not, however, sub
scribe without reserve to the sentiment
that the House Committee on Appro-
priations is "a little committee" How
could it be with Mr.. GILLETT as one OF
its members?
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ments TO operate an automobile can soon become
an expert Jones orthopter aviator.
1T Is provided with q cabin. within which the
machinery. supplies and passengers are Installed.
80 equipped as 10 render luxurious comfort and
enjoyment to the person travelling therein
Mr.. PULLMAN grew rich from the
sleeping car; Mr.. WESTINGHOUSE air
brake was a mint; Mr.. SINGER, inventor
Of the sewing machine, left sl3, 900 600;
BELLS telephone was laughed at in the
beginning; FULToN's steamboat revolu-
tionized navigation: therefore the kindly
proprietors of the orthopter are willing
TO sell stock at a dollar a share, full paid
and worcestershire. Only a small sum
is needed now, sufficient to build two
$4,000 machines. For the first machine
to be sold @the company has received
an offer of $500, 900 from responsible New
York parties Net profits OF 100 per
rent. on the capital in the first six months
are the lowest hat the conservative air
ship constructors can figure.
1t may cause some wonder in small
minds that the responsible parties"
who offer $4,000 for the first machine
to be sold do not invest in the manu-
featuring company, and thus make a
profit out of the premium they will pay
for a $40, 900 machine. This is one Of the
mysteries of high financial operations.
It's solution is beyond US. They are
undoubtedly men of large capital, else
they could not raise $500 900. Why
do they not raise more and get for
themselves the huge returns the trade
promises? Perhaps they are foes OF mon
opoly; altruists. anxious to let the poor
man in, unwilling to increase further
their swollen fortunes; perhaps they fear
Mr.. ROOSEVELT and hope to escape his
wrath; perhaps they plan to abolish
poverty, and perhaps they want no part
in the commercial exploitation Of aerial
navigation at this time, but are perfectly
willing TO offer any price for the first
orthopter completed and exhibited for
sale to the public.
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Backstamping.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sir: Several weeks
ago q letter bearing a special delivery stamp was
delivered TO me some two hours and a half after
II was due at the post once, which Is four blocks
from my once, TO which the letter Vas addressed.
1t was a matter OF great Importance to me to know
precisely the hour when the letter reached the
New York post once. wrote the postmaster,
who made the best explanation he could, which
was that he didn't know either why the letter was
delayed nor when II was received at the post ONCE.
| replied thanking him for his courtesy In looking
the matter up. and called his attention TO the fact
that II the date and hour OF receipt at the post once
had been stamped on the back OF the letter. as used
TO be the practice. ! would have had the
without troubling him. To this he made answer
yesterday as follows;
81 have to acknowledge receipt Of your kind
favor OF the 5th instant, In response TO a communi
cation from this ONCE OF a previous date, and In
reply beg TO say that under date OF March I, 1906
this once was instructed by the Honorable Post
master. General TO discontinue the practice OF back
stamping letters: hence the absence of same can
not be regarded as an irregularty."
I hadn't complained OF any "lTregularty." or
course there was none, since. on the
ton. as | understand II, OF our postmaster. the
Honorable Postmaster General (sic, Instructed
our postmaster TO discontinue the practice OF back
stamping letters" II was a most III advised thing
for the Honorable ostmaster-Genea to do. To
know precisely In the oficlal way evidenced by
backstamping the hour at which a letter has been
received at the post once is frequently of the vt
most importance In business matters. To do away
with the practice is a step backward.
/ shall write to the Postmaster. General asking
that the practice be resumed, and suggest that other
business men interested do the same. We are en-
should have II. BUSINESS.
NEW YORK, December g..
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DOOmedI

The movement for the abolition Of
man began in Kansas and has spread
to southern Texas. A Houston despatch
to the Galveston NeDs sounds to petty
man Gallia Braccata. gall in trousers,
the quick coming doom. Mrs. MARY
+. HAYDON, a Chicago novelist, is to buy
5000 acres Of land in Refugio county.
There she will establish a colony Of
women, for women, by mn The plan
is simple and severe:
women colonists may have husbands, but they
viii be merely tolerated and will not have q word
to say regarding the conduct OF the colony or its
government. To this end she will endeavor TO
secure permission from the Texas Legislature for
women to exercise the right OF suffrage in her col
ony so that they may be Independent to govern
II as they wish. II any OF the eolonists wish to
marry they may do so, provided the home remains
in the wifes name and the Mere Man attends to
the chores and lets the head OF the household
the woman-sttend to the more serious Affairs Of
managing the property and voting on the method
OF government TO be exercised in the colony.
Everything that is usually undertaken on TEXAS
farms will be attempted by the Adamless colony.
Mrs. HATDoN proposes TO embark In truck farm
ing. fruit raising, beekeeping ~dairylng, poultry
raising and other kindred pursuits. The women are
TO control absolutely all the Industries Of the colony.
while man will be considered In the nature Of .
necessary evil, kept about the place 10 do the dis
tasteful and laborious work"
The federation will be only temporary.
Long g We looked into the seeds of
time and predicted that Mere Man would
| survive for a time as a servant and finally
as a curiosity. There will be many Refu-
gios. Swiftly these commonwealth of
women will swallow up the present man
made system. The acrid Texas railway
official who dares to speak of the Refugio
colonists as a bunch of hens" unequal
TO agriculture, industry and government
may yet be glad of a job as a washer and
ironer or plain cook. This insolence will
be remembered.
While destruction lies plainly in the
path of Mere Man he continues TO camp
in the grocery shops and on the railroad
station platforms, to talk politics and to
expectorate for want Of thought. He
might at least read the news from Texas.
As the Hon. HUCKLEBERRY FINN says
of the Pilgrims Progress, The state
ments was interesting but tough"
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rHE HoNoR on rHE NAVY.
nc VIII he Kept stainless without Giving
the President Arbitrary Power.

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0mcer q a navy ~ on &c., nsriod
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cnsnseu since my sc.lVo HNupSt 30 trial
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IlIenu . my Ia'nst upo \ p,.La. Ven are
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1880 70 DC enuo"% ill., = .ound
Vi rnnu una. tasnanoas ana nv devious
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ways now ano 'hen a. onnoe SH -, a
lehnIene oy H9 n"nnN .SinL ,hs entity
Soui'i'IeI e.,ahar .w,horitv :
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Advertising OF Early Printers.

From ne Saturday Rerfep.
The earliest printers were by no means ignorant
Of the gentle art OF advertisement. Some Of them
certainly employed travellers. even as publishers
Of the present day employ Them. and from the
Innings Of old bindings there have been unearthed
specimens OF the Latin placards these men took
with them. announcing the names OF the books
they had TO sell, praising the beauty and accuracy
with which they were printed, and promising the
purchaser who should come to the Inn where they
were for sale that he should md bonum venditorem.
an easy salesman. CaXtOn himself is known to
have issued one brief advertisement announcing
his edition a the Sarum Directorium. or "Pye. =
and adding the prayer "%supplicO stet ceduIa, 4"
please do not tear down the bill, so that we may
guess that his agents posted II up where they could
md an appropriate space. without obtaining any
formal leave. But printers who wished 70 become
known seem to have found an advantageous form
Of advertisement In Issuing some popular booklet
the grammar Of Donatus and Almanacs were
most often chosen for the eXperment-And pub.
fishing this at the outset of their career. mainly
to give book buyers a chance OF seeing their types.
For aught we know CaNton may have printed such
a DOnatus, Ike Sweynheym and Pannartz At Subj
AGO and Lavagna At Milan. School books have A
way OF disappearing from the face OF the earth.
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Not Altogether a Little Committee

"Who are we," says the Hon. FRED
ERICK H. GILLETT of Massachusetts;
who are we, a little committee Of Con-
gress," to stand in the way Of a grand
work Of reform inaugurated by SO great
a man as the President of the United
States? OF course, nobody ventured a
reply TO an interrogatory so Pverwhelm-
ingly delivered. AS everybody knows,
the House Committee on Appropriations
is now one of the many insignificant
bodies connected with our modern scheme
Of government. IL is still useful as
part of the make believe of consti-
tutional government. Even the wisest
and most inspired system Of paternalism
needs a certain machinery for the formu-
lation and PRONUNCIATION of its ediCts.
But Mr.. GILLETT is wholly right in as
suming that the committees Of Congress
have no longer any proper function
save that of registering the decisions and
understanding the prOclamations Of
the supreme authority.
The fact that the rest Of the little
committee" somewhat emphatically dis
agreed with Mr.. GILLETT, and finally
decided with practical unanimity against
the employment of the reformed spelling
in documents turned out by the Public
Printing Office, does not in the least de-
tract from the force and dignity of Mr..
GILLETT's attitude. Ii il true that Mr..
TAwNEY identified certain members Of
the "simDIi6ad E~nallinu hoard as promi-
nent publishers, and elected from ex-
pert witnesses the admission that an
adoption by the Government of the re-
formed spelling would necessitate the
publication of reformed dictionaries,
encyclopedias and school books. II
is true, also, that the inquiry disclosed
a future of enormous public outlay and
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An English GrowI at tn. American Christmas.

To the EDITOR OF TINE SUN-Sr: On Christmas
Eve all over England the boys and girls and tens
OF thousands OF men from the various choirs viii
pass from door To door singing Christmas carols.
Incidentally they will enjoy a harvest in the shape
of offerings and food.
ON Christmas Day the same thing will continue
and brass bands will be everywhere playing all the
afternoon. Every house in the whole country will
be full OF holly and mistletoe. and taken altogether
IL Is made the most Joyous period OF the year.
That's why we Englishmen would like TO see
America follow suit. Everybody will feel better
after 1t: and for goodness sake wont somebody
teach American cooks how to make real English
plum pudding' The abortion that Is made here
and called by that name Is a libel upon the finest
and most delicious pudding that ever was.
Let's begin 10 make something OF Christmas.
An American Christmas is the most lnsipid cele-
bration that ever was. AUBREY LANE.
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Opportunity to Instruct the Aldermen.

To THE EDITOR or THE - Ibeg TO INFORM
your correspondent John p. NJ. Mcneil. whose letter
appears in this mornings SUN. that the Committee
on Finance OF the Board OF Aldermen. OF which
am q member. held daily public sessions on ali
matters included In this years budget, to which
every citizen was invited and at which many were
heard on subjects In which they were Interested.
Anything that he might have wished to say
would have received the most respectful considera
tion II he had appeared. but he must appreciate
that the courtesy Of the floor cannot he extended
to the public at the regular meetings OF the board
itself ON Tuesdays. the reasons being TOO many
TO enumerste here, and IL being against the prece.
dent OF all Legislative bodies. 4. W. y. BROWN.
NEW YORK, December &.
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Bv a curious change in the industrial stu

BY a curious change in the industrial stu
alton the State of South Dakota expects to
be called on soon to use its military forces
to protect WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARsr's
non-union employees from the attacks Of
striking unionists. The Western Federation
Of Miners is behind the threat to strike. Its
methods of persuading its enemies to ac-
cept its rule are not unknown. When the
militiamen are Camped at the Homestake
mine they will read with rare delight the
numerous references to the sanctity Of
unionism delivered last October by the
Democratic candidate for Governor Of
New York.
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The automobile has already revived, in a
measure, the glories Of the country tavern,
and its users are powerful agents for high
way improvement. President VANDERBILT
of the Long Island Motor Parkway sees with
his minds eye a time when automobile
paths built with private capital will connect
all the large cities and return handsome
dividends to their proprietors. Then will
come a rising against the m~onopolists. fol-
lowed by the cry OF graft, and in the end a
happy state of Federal regulation. Great is
the promise Of the horseless vehicle,
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Owing tn some mysteries In the new meat
law. shipments OF hams from Virginia a
eld up at the present tlme.-DGlv paper.
Come all ye eGiled patriots.
Who inly sigh and pine
For that fair region lying south
OF Mason -DiXon's line;
Come. make a protest for those rights
Which all true Southrons prize.
And To your Uncle Samuels ear
Let your petitions rise.
For Is II not enough. forsooth,
That we must finger here.
Far from those daintles that are held
BY southern palates dear.
without this last. which would incense
The mlldest hammered lamb.
This law which holds the shipments up
or Old Virginia ham,
In AlbemAre. in Smithneld. too.
And other spots we know.
The smOkehouse holds a gOOdly store
Of hams. hung row by row.
Which might be ours but for red tape
Beloved of Uncle Sam
Dear Uncle. cut the tape this once.
And let us have our ham
For Christmas time draws on apAce.
But not a hopeful ray
Is seen athwaTt the sullen clouds
Which menace that glad day.
Now. what would Christmas be without
A real Virginia ham
Plague take the luckl Doggone II ALT
Oh, dcrnl on. dArnl Oh. danni
R. L. SAKE.
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The Old Problem.

Twas In the year two thousand.
No Ills were left TO veX.
Mans wit and skill had mastered
All problems that perpiex.
The ether had been conquered
And folks new to and fro.
Nor did they ind II trouble
Beneath the sea 10 go.
There was no servant question
To make one curse his stars:
And II had been discovered
II there was life on Mars.
But sim the favored mortals.
When came Deccmber days.
With groans were heard TO humble
This most ~inslstent phrase:
What under the blue canopy OF heaven shall, I
give 10 Tom, Dick. Harry, Aunt Florence. Uncl.
Ebenezer. the Smiths, Bridget. the baby, Cousin
Carrie. Cousin Joe. the JanitOr. May. Helen. Nell
the Greens. Joneses, Robinsons. Browns and IN. con
on the>Peat'" McLANDBuRoH WILSON.
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The Immortal ou~t.trctched Hand.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: vi. .1't
the railroads pay their employees enough stu ''i
a lady who does not care to have her dress lr. 'l
which is nothing hut a farce. generally. ',t ,H'
sake Of IS or 50 cents-wlll not he subjected 10
INSULT
II Is outrageous that the travelling pub. las
to help pay those whom the railroad ought r ~
suficienuy. lNDluNA,L
WESTERLY, r.. T.. December :.
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Views Of a Suspicious Nutmeg.

To THE EDITOR or The SUN--sir: In to DAYS
issue of THE sun q much travelled woman con
cludes when she sees the photograph Of a mans
wife and baby on his desk that he is moral and
faithful.
Probably In a majority OF cases the photog raphs
are put there 10 allay suspicion in the mind of the
wife and mother.
\ much better test would be TO ascertain whether
he passes his evenings under the domestic roof.
HARTFORD, Conn, December =. c. r. w
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From the RdIciqh NeUs and Observer.
There Is only one class Of preachers who deserve
no sympathy II their salary remains the same as
in 1894. IL Is that small number who decided not
to vote for Mr.. Bryan on the ground that the free
coinage Of silver would make their salaries buy
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Doubtful status Of the Gri11ly.

From me Congressional Record.
Mr.. Olmsted- is the grizzly bear a game ar'"''
Mr.. Lacey | am inclined to think that DE N."d
be: but that would be . matter ~ constructive
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From the Sprnq7sIf RsDU1ftcIu
IL Is fortunate for Mr.. Roosevelt that nr s., r''H
for life. Ike the Kaiser, since In time say 'r Hr'
or so-peoplc might conclude that they wcrr'
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We have kilograms without wires, families with
out children, carriages without horses, and maybe
some day we Will shall have banquets without
speakers-GenerdI HORACE PORTER.
And precious small loss, it must be adj
mitted.
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From me Houston Post
The COn0rcsstOnal Record Will stick 70 'r ga
st"le Of printing the name OF John Wesl'. a-.-'
three times on every page.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-SfT. Can Kin Dy,
Of Lyons. Ind, enter the ranks OF the Immortals'
BROOKLYN, December =. n
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sherlock Holmes was b%oasting.
Il have discovered. " he Dragged. thai rs. 0. ~
hIde their surprises In the tor bureau draNag
Considering he was a bachelor this was ci,sTV
doing pretty we'll.
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The Sunnower Theory.


From me Kansas Cttv star.
The only genuine pumpdin pie is mao" ~ COW
pumpkin,
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Published ny The sun Printing and Publishing
AssOCia ton at l70 Nassau street. In the Borough OF
Manhattan, New York.
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Hard to Please.

Knicker-Jones Is always kicking.
Bocker-Yes. he says when It's warm enough To
60 ~sleighing In comfort there isn't any Ice.
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n our friends rho farOr Us uGh manuscripts for
publication u ISL n hare rrjcCted driicS returned they
must In an ,1SrS send stump fOr mat purpose,
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Financing the FaIrbanks Boom.

From the Hartford Times.
The American COW Is a bigger wealth producer
than a gold mine.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-09-05
THE PEOPLE

It isn't the streets nor the buildings
That are reared meath prosperous
skies,
Nor the domes with their splendid
gildings
That we truly revere and prize.
For houses may fall and their
wrecks may strew
The place meath misfortune's frown
But a great voice cries, 1--WE will
build anew!"
It's the people that make a town.
1t isn't the plain nor the mountain,
Nor the ocean that rolls afar,
Nor the waving field nor the foun-
tain
That makes us the men we are.
When the shadows of want and grief
expand.
1t Is then that we know the worth
OF a gentle heart and a stalwart hand
It's the people that make the earth.
: ~ Washington Star.