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SOCIALISM,.
II would Equalize Conditions by Making
All Hands Poorer.

All Hands Poorer.
To THE EDITOR or Il SUS-Sir: Among
all the definitions and attempted definitions
of socialism 1t Is doubtful II there 10 any better
than that given by oliver Wendell Holmes
IN his Poet at the Breakfast Table" when he
refers to An Act to Make the Poor Richer
by Making the Rich Poorer That 10 the
Socialists remedy for the evils and the faults
Of human society.
The socialistio movement Of to-day draws
much support and announcement from .
number Of worthy people who, impressed by
unequal social conditions. are disposed to
harbor q notion that the conditions which
excite their pity might be alleviated by legal
enactments; but socialism il not q matter
Il sympathy; IF emotion or II sentiment;
and unfortunate. Tor the struggling MASSES
,sociisiism's object is Away. some method
OF correcting evils by destroying the system
n which they exist. qsi~ia to BE- ConstrHe.
Socialists assume that under the system they
m mSf1d p ssseSieshfi m f. s2', ana E tsat pr wsHls Fsl
system, This Is equivalent to assuming that
much and win run as well as a watch with
The handspring OF human activity is some
one or other OF the many phases Of individ-
Within narrow limits the possible fruits OF
Individual ambition and activity. The result
sened production and deprecated value Of
wealth. The. Socialist" says Prof. Rae.
"for the sake Of eapallzing poverty and wealth
at once a more fatal and q more offensive
form Of. injustice than that which 1t was
designed to redr ess."
The poor man gets a smaller share Of this
worlds goods than he wants, and many think
that the rich man gets more tn an lie right,
legally or morally: but no scheme yet sub
mitted for making the. poor richer by making
the rich poorer. could have. any other Issue
than that Of making both rich and poor poorer
than they are now, r.
NEW YORK., August D.
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Works Both q

To THE EDITOR OF THE uS-Sfr So far not
one Of the solutions published has been correct,
as can be shown BY calculating the dimensions Of
the triangle formed by the side Of the carpet and
the end and side walls of the room from the dimen-
sions given for the small triangle. For as they are
right angie triangles with complimentary angles
the ratios OF their sides must be the samo.
Tue original problem may be solved by letting
& and v equal the long and short sides Of the small
triangle. Then =, Va equals q, and as the tri-
angles are symmetrical. the long side 10y Is to
the short side l0-r as Is TO v. Therefore, aOv-ys
=loI-r,. Solving these two equations for Z and
v rives r==1. s4i and p=.7sl6. From these figures
the length OF the carpet Is the square root of (eO-us
.S77s feet. or 20 feet 10. So Inches.
To prove this correct. the side 20-p of the large
triangle multiplied by 2+I should give the same
result. II gives %, s77e, 80 the ngures are correct.
nv YoRK, August B. r. II.
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From Ohio to Maine.

The Hon. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT ia
going to make n speech in the Second
Maine Congress district in behalf of the
Hon. CHARLEs.EDGAR ~LITTLEF1EID, who
has been blacklisted by the Hon. SAMUEL
GoMPERs.
Nothing better was to be expected OF
TAFT. AS a Judge he did not hesitate
TO resort to government by injunction,
that thorn in the side of the manifesto
producing classes" Now he volun-
tarily involves himself in the fortunes
of LITTLEFIEID, who has been tabooed
for his defence of injunctions and other
means for the oppression and suppress
sion of Mr.. G~oMPEPs.
Unnecessarily, wantonly, in sheer
gayety of heart, TAFT disobeys orders
and resists the supreme tribunal. In
the name of every age, in the name of
every sex, SAMUEL GoMPERs must defy
and denounce him.
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Premature Revoits Suppressed ir
Russia.

II the formidable mutiny which broke
out on Monday night in the island fortress
OF Sveaborg, adjoining the Finnish city
OF Helsingfors, had occurred a few days
earlier and had proved for a week III
~cessful, the 20 per cent. instalment Of
the last Russian loan, due on Wednesday,
August /, would almost certainly have
been withheld and the Cars Govern
ment would have found itself in perilous
financial straits. The revolt came too
late to produce a serious effect on public
opinion In the financial centres of Eu-
rope, and it wal at the same time prema-
ture, because the arrangements for
simultaneous movements at Cronstadt,
Sebastopol, Riga, Reval and Libau
had not been completed. Nevertheless,
the mutiny In Sveaborg was quickly fol-
lowed by an uprising Of the sailors at
B%katudden, another island which Is o n
neoted by a causeway with Helsingfors,
and the news of the instruction spread
inc to Cronstadt excited disorder there.
Reports are conflicting as to the extent to
which simultaneous outbreaks took place
ON the Baltic feet. There seems to be
no doubt, however, that a part Of the
war vessels in the Gulf Of Finland bonn
barded Sveaborg and contributed ma
terially to the surrender Of that fortress.
By Thursday night, according to official
kilograms, the mutiny was over every
where, but It had lasted long enough to
make NICHOLAS III. eager to leave Peter
hof, which stands on the coast, under
the guns Of Cronstadt, for the inland pal
ace OF Ts~arskoe-Selo.
What, probably, will be the effect OF
the premature and futile uprising of a few
soldiers and sailors upon the reactionists
on the one hand and the revolutionists
on the other? If it were possible to
credit the Gar with wisdom, sincerity
and courage, he would not permit
himself to be diverted in the slightest
degree from the Stolypin programme,
which he has pledged himself to sup
port. The aim of that programme is to
convince the Russian people that their
ruler IL as firmly resolved as ever to
give them representative institutions, and
that a new Duma, based on more liberal
electoral conditions, will be chosen about
four months hence. With that end In
view the sovereign would sign without
delay che ukases submitted TO him on
July 81 at Peterhof by Premier SToLY-
PIN, ukases appointing well known mod
crate reformers, Count HEYDEN, Prince
NICHOLAS LYoFF and ALEXANDER OUCH
KoFr, to portfolios in the reorganized
Cabinet. The presence of such men in
the Stolypin Ministry might be accepted
by many persons hitherto wavering
between loyalty and revolt as a guaranty
that the Premier would be permitted to
proceed forthwith to the execution OF
The reforms promised by him. These
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managefs OF the establishment under
confederation, unquestionably with q
malicious and wicked hope Of debauch-
ing tho community, actually urge the
young and the old to view the articles
they put on exhibition. They charge moth
Ing for admission and allow any person
OF ordinarily good behavior to wander
at will through the buildings In which
are stored thousands of curious and
beautiful objects. They 60 30 far as
to pay skilful curators to arrange these
objects 80 that none Of their details shall
escape attention. Books and pamphlets
are printed In which are described some
Of the most notable OF the contents Of the
rooms, and other means IN employed to
entioe the public to Its ruin.
This institution represents In Its fullest
development that which the Art Stu
dents League represents in It's earlier
stages. The purpose OF the league Is
TO teach men and women TO produce
objects Of the kind displayed In the
Metropolitan Museum OF Art. II the
league 10 q menace to the public morals,
the museum Ia far more dangerous. AS
the first he's been raided and It's prop
erty has been oonf1soated, unquestion-
ably the second should be razed, its
collections destroyed and its officials
punished. That gifted and disinterested
censor, arbiter and guardian Of the COM
munity's welfare, CoMsToCK, should halt
at no halfway measures.
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From ne Boston Herald.
The poeulnr notion that the con,in ent OF Europe
suhsis,s on American travel receives a rude shock
from heartiess figures published by an enicial Of
the Chemin de Fer du Nord. He also skaters
another superstition that the English have always,
beyond all people, been the fondest Of travel.
Some go 900 travellers leave America In a year for
all Europe. Let US hide our dlminishe ed heads.
One million two hundred thousand Englishry 20
annually 10 the Continent.
Every one has been told since childhood that the
French are q stay at home folk. That Idea Is now
driven back among the dlsillusions. That Sun all
portion OF the French population which Is dependent
on the Chemin de Fer gu Nord. representing, with
Paris and lts suburbs, ten or twelve millions Of
inhabitants at the most, exchanges with northern
Germany and Belgium moro than S,Soo 900 pas
senrsrs, three ttnea more than the visitors from
England 70 the entirs continent
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To TIE EDITOR or TEE SuN-9tr: Why do truss
companies use the letter ~" In the word trust
instead Of the letter "u-f
The onaciAis OF banks are supposed 70 Be men Of
education and brains and an authority In business
matters, whose methods Of doing b BUSINESS are fol.
lowed on that account.
What reason or authority have they for such an
asinine way Of %spelnngf
How would one Of your editorials look II all the
letters "u- were taken out and you wrote the letter
"v" in their placesf
What would happen to q oler in an up to date
commercial concern II ne were to follow the ex.
ample OF the bank officials and misspell his words
in that nannert No clerk OF mine could do II and
last very long In my employ.
The use Of bad business forns should b pro.
hibitcd, especially the use Of numerals in writing
dates; as 7, 3, 90. Who can tell . year from now
which 10 meant. seventh month or third month";
BROOKLYN, August 8. W. LHsTRR WHITh.
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In Danger,

Sir CAspAR PURDoN CLARKE will
have to guard himself carefully II he
wishes to avoid arrest. In the estab-
lishment over which he presides and to
which every effort Is made to attract the
public are many so-called works Of art
in which the nude figures of men and
women are depicted in the most shame
less manner. Not only do many persons
of mature years, who should know better,
resort to this debasing institution, but at
certain seasons Of the year large parties
OF children, OF both sexes, pupils In vari-
u public and private schools in and
near New York, visit it for the alleged
purposes of improving their minds and
obtaining O true conception OF what
good art is.
Incredible though It may seem. the
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Looking At What Is worth Looking At.

FroW MODERN NtTfeo.
Perhaps the mort strlkineiy odd thing an AMeri.
can GIRL sees In Mexico Is the way the men rubber"
at che theatres. Between acts they win PCT on
their hats, stand by :he!: chairs. pick out q par
tIcuiar girl, shift their opera glasses until they get
the proper focus, and gaze steadily at her until
they get tired. IL seems never to occur TO them
that n may be embarrassing for the girl. Indeed,
they mean Il a. . compliment. for Mexican men
act on the theory thatnot TO look at a girl Is TO imply
that she Is not worth looking at. And they GER
tainiy live up to this theory. An American girl
who likes occasionally TO feel that she Ia being
seen need merely don a shirt waist sult-a style
OF dress worn here exclusively by Americana
roll up her sleeves. II she wishes 70 make sure of
the result. and walk down the street as II she owned
II. She has proclaimed her Americanism as COM
pisteiy 40 II she were wrapped In an American nag,
end incidentally he has been looked Of.
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Brook Trout Weight Record.

Worcester letter to Forest ana Stream.
have seen a speokled trout, that had been caught
in a pond in Maine. that weighed lax pounds. This
trout, which was q regular red spotted. square tail
brook trout. was mounted here In this city by C.
X. Read. about SIX years ago. II was caught by
a man named Eaton l made . claim at the time
that II was n world beater. The Maine papers got
hold OF the piece I had Written: then the State De-
partment at Augusta sent here and bought IL; and
I am informed that 1t Is In the Maine State House
now. I believed then ~ ! do now. that II Is the
largest brook trout over taken In American waters.
1t was Just as perfect In form as any pound trout
I ever saw.
Eaton. who caught It. sent II to his brother here
to have II set up. His brother. knowing I was
-nshy," sent for me TO come and zee It. II had an
afAdavtt OF the Sheriff Of the town. and sever raj
others who had seen It. attached. date caught,
weight,
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sou,h.rner, and the National Anthem.

To Tan EDITOR or THE suN-St: I have fire.
uuented the theatres for years In every part OF the
United States and I have yet to md a Southerner
paving the same respect to the star Spangled
Hammer" that he does TO Dixie" and people living
In New York city know II. as 1t has been the cause
Of remark many a time. ] realize that the South
Is full Of chivalry. but Southeners alone will not
admit that It exists beyond the Mason and Dixon
line.
thoroughly agree with the original letter pub
lished In THE SUN. and ! think 1t Is about time that
some one brought the subject TO notice. ] have
travelled extensively throughout the United States.
and l nnd the chivaIrous gentlemen Just as plentiful
In the North as In the Southern States.
SAN FRANctsCo, July 20. DAWSON.
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AN ARMY RESERVE.
A Militiaman Holds That n 10 sumcientiy
Provided for by the Dick Law.

TO TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-lstr. In your edi-
torial summarizing Of an article by Major Weaver
Of the Artillery Corps, United States Army, on An
Army Reserve" recently published In tho JoHrndI
Of ths Maaarv Service Insttuftoa, you omit 10 make
mention OF the footnote TO the original article.
which recites that Il Is from a report made 10 tho
War Department. March. 1880; and therein lies the
damage. In other words, In galvanixins into life
a ghost you did not give the inscription on the
tombstone, which should read: Sacred to the mem
DRY OF q scheme for an unconsttutlonal fed era allied
militia as a remedy for the woes Of 1908. Died Of
the generosity and wisdom Of the United States
Congress in building up the constitutional state
militlas."
when Major Weaver bases his advocacy Of An
organized militia federalized to the limit, and.
speaking consttutionally. away beyond the iimi.
It must DO borne In mind that he referred to the
dark days OF 1893. when neither the War Depart
ment nor the militia was beyond reorganihng TO
advantage. But since that Jolt the War Depart
ment and the administration Of military aYaln
generally have been overhauled, army of1cers have
been studying the militia. Congress has acted. and
we now have a militia armed. uniformed, equipped
and organized by law like the Regular army. in
spected annually by Regular army ofhcers, camp.
Ing and manruvring with the Regular army. out
shooting the Regular army. and gradually over.
coming the prejudices OF the Regular army, 90 that
II In the next war we can't obtain, distribute and
cook our rations and impress the Regular army
with our ability, our only recourse thon viii be
to amend tho Constitution and give the Federal
Government q chance to duplicate the twenty. Ave
million dollars worth OF armores In New York
State and the many millions more In other States
and the privilege Of paying the othor four-nfths
OF the cost. which the States now pay, TO main
tain q National Guard OF 100. 900 men along the
lines laid down by Major Weaver.
NEW YORK. Augusta .. REGULAR MrLIT1AMAN.
1t should be said. in Justice to Major Weaver,
that his article. AN Army Reserve" 10 not
q reprint Of the report made to the War De-
partner In 1899. but Ii q contribution based
upon that report and recognising the enact
ment OF the Dick law In 1903 Matchmaking the
militia. Major Weaver and Regular Militia.
man are not In accord as to the promise OF
the law. although 1t may be said that as yet
1t has not been sufficiently tested. the term
OF Ave years for the o organization. armament
and discipline Of the organized militia" on the
lines Of the Regular army not having elapsed.
Evidently Major Weaver does not believe that
the militia 30 recognized and tralned as pro-
vided for In the Dick law would prove such
q reserve fghting force a. "Regular-Mflitia-
man" In sure Il will be.
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To rHl EDITOR OF THE uN-st In this are
Of commeroialism. greed. graft and selnshness, II
10 refreshing to note charity a. e%Iemplined BY the
will Of a self made man. who accumulated a for.
tune, though not 4 quarter OF q million, and left the
bulk Of II 10 twenty seven institutions OF charity,
education and religion.
The amount bequesthed for the maintenance Of
the poor and the orphan. for educational purposes
and the support Of religion Is 81, 500. The obitu
Of this practical philanthrop,st declares that
Patrick F. Sullivan was the soul OF honor In husi.
ness life. nrm Of character and hgidly exact In his
business dealings through nfe."
He died In Boston on July 10. The example Of
his large hearted generosity should be proclaimed
far and wide. that II may be an impulse to active
charity on the part OF our Weather fellow citizens.
wAITEh ]. SnAKLsY.
DlHpUEY. Conn, AuRust q,
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y,rtuous Jersey Democrats,

The Hon. CHARLES CLARKE BLACK, the
Democratic candidate for Governor Of
New Jersey in 1904, sees in the struggle
between Colbyism and Drydenism a
fine chance for Democratic success:
II the Democracy takes advantage OF It's OPP
~portunlty by putting forward men who are not
contro lied by sinister Influences. and who are sin
cerc and have the confidence OF the people. the
Democrats will win in this state this fall without
q doubt"
III Mr.. Colby and his friends are
fighting no merely fractional and partisan
fight. Government by the people in
stead of government by the bosses is
the essence of their platform and their
hope. If the people of New Jersey really
care t. rule, iftheir will and their ability
to rule have not been atrophied by long
disuse, it might be thought that they are
not going to knock down one set of bosses
for the sake, of setting up another; but
the immaculate purity oftIc New jersey
Democracy is known to all reformers.
It's bosses have been suspected
of being in cahoot with the Republican
bosses.
Sinister inhue nces'? Why. the Jer-
sey Democratic bosses possess already
the confidence of the Jersey people, who
are tolerably well used TO confidence
men and games. The leaders of the New
Jersey Democracy, like those of the New
Jersey Republicans, are absolutely Sin
cerer in their attachment to good gov
eminent. Every" Jersey ~"schoolboy"
knows that as we'll as he knows that the
Railway is longer, wider and deeper
than the Amazon.
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The Hon. GEORGE DOUGLAS PERKINS,
sometime Of Baraboo and now Of Sioux
City. has in a high degree a not uncommon
gift, He 10 the worst loser In Iowa. Mr..
SHAw's great heart is riven, but does he
complaint Does he beat his breast and
ululatei No; he suffers and Is strong; and
a great people, taught by the sage the love
Of high prices, whimpers bitterly in syn
pathy with that grief.
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"Approximat,ng" tho Hundred.

TO TIE EDITION or TIE suN-Sb' In n sun
Of July 10 20. q. ~" states that there 10 500 OF he
money for any reader who will lay the " loot
strip OF carpet diagonally in o room 10 feet oy "
% that tho four oorners. which arc cut SQUARE
ahAil touch the four sides OF the room.
II I am not too lato I think that Mr.. %. 3. M
had better write out his check for 900, making u
payable 10 me-. and aend II TO mo ct hs esriiess
convenience.
The length OF the carpet will be 10 feet ioH inohes
approximately. 40 may BIO easily demonstrated py
paper pattern. II Mr.. 20. s. NJ" wants tho exact
length I will send It 70 him later after wording II
out by means OF mathematics. EN-
YoNKRRs, August D.
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solutiou nv Approximation.

10 THE EDITOR OF TIE uN7str ! md BY
approximation that the height Of the small triangle
10 i.sG- feet and the width IL 1884, feet. making
the carpet %. s7e+ feet long. The few correspond
enss who understood the conditions OF the problem
appear 10 have made tho mistake Of supposing the
carpet lay on and In line with the diagonal. while
the centre line must cross the diagonal at an anglo
Of about ~ degrees In order that all comers may
touch.
II John 1eattie started by laying his carpet AZ
one end, by his figures Il would lap ~ inches against
the side when the other corner touched the end,
while by the figures above It would lap only about
e-io00 OF an inch. E.. H.
ELIZABETH, August 8,
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sfr. Ny solution
he rewith Is indisputable. l am q carpenter and
and such Q problem very easy to solve with square
and com pass.
think the man Offering 500 to the one solv,nr
It correctly will have to pay ZONE one or back dc wn
I could make good use Of II myself. G. W. A.
BRrDaKPoRT. Conn. August 3.
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Causes Of Juvenile Crime.

FTO" Ntt StttcOs
The causes OF Juvenile delinquency which are
repeated with greatest frequency are:
/. Lack Of proper home restraint and training.
2. The habit of truancy.
8. Lack OF proper outlet for normal physical
activities.
4. Social training In disregard for isw and order,
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sport. 20 sport.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Some days
ago Q correspondent OF THE sun "~coughed on
blum" about having 500 to bet on the carpet prob
lem. 1t looks good to me; please put me next" to
the sports" address. By the way. did he send tho
hundredf f.. 2. THING.
wrLLIAhspoRT. Pa, August 9.
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Sig Weeks To Frost

10 TIE EDITOR OF THH suN-sk, Two weak
winged katydids began saving wood a. Scarsdaie
last night. Six weeks TO frost. the farmers say,
End ssHl our subway freexsrs lie inert on the station
platforms. Why not clear the platforms aed wait
for frostt O. W.
ScAHsDALA, August D.
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One Of Tom Johnssn's Ideas.
From the Louisville Post

FROM me L0tlsrfHf P01.
All the street cars OF Cleveland come to tho
public square. and toward evening chains are run
across tho drivewsys leading into the square. Re.
tween 4sO and o p. N. not . vehicle OF any kind 10
permitted TO cross the square, % that the people
may take the cars home with soms degree Of com.
fort and safety.
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An King.

To TEE EpIroR OF THE suN-sr: Ia the re
room In your Hall Of Fame for Mr.. Sovereign YER
saw OF sodus. Mich.f J.. X. wALkEa.
BENTON HARBoh Mich, August 2.
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In ON

From the Boston Transcript.
White wings have been Il Introduced into an Omaha
packing house.
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Applied Romance.

Mrs. Ouuate-What Is the meaning Of thist
outlate-A'dear. ] took q pony an lot II and lsh
own way home.
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A Street Of Homer.

From ne kapaukss Sentinel.
In q recent issue Of the fortnightiy publication
issued by the Common Council OF Milwaukee Alder,
man Melms speaks OF "conscienceless plutocrats,
most of whom live In Wan street."
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From ne Inter Ocean.
Two hundred and twenty -nvc pcrsons have been
killed by street cars In Chicago during the last
nineteen months.