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What DO They Want?
Senator BAnEY's warning to the Sc

. Senator BAmEY's warning to the Sem
ate suggests some curious reflections:
All. Senators, you had better be candid with
the people. II when they ask for bread you intend
to give them q stone, be bravo and honest with
them, and refuse 70 give them anything. Give
what thoy want or give them nothing, and let us
try this issue anew before that great Jury of Amen'
can voters"
But what sort Of rate regulation bill
do they want, II they want any1 If rate
regulation Ia another paramount" issue,
ga Senator TILLMAN says, its popular
paramountoy has been very slow in show
ing itself; and 1t is very singular that
the Congress cannot find out what sort
Of regulation the people are crying for.
The House didn't have to take the trouble
to find out. 1t left that work to the Sem
ate. Tho Senate seems unable to find
out. Democratic Senators differ among
themselves. Republican Senators differ
among themselves. How can the para
mount issue be tried II there Is no sharp
division OF parties on itP Meanwhile,
in Mr.. T1LLMAN's own State, Democratic
newspapers are asserting that not the
railroad issue, but the tariff issue, is going
to be paramount
Until 1t is known more clearly what the
people want, how can the Congress give
IL to them?
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Use and Abuse Of Postage Stamps.

To The EDITOR OF THE ;iUN-str: HS+ing been
for several years in q poftion 10 MAKE obServA.
lions, I have always notices that the man who has
the dlrnculty In afhxing postage stamps described
by "scnbbler," In your issue Of March 10, adopts
the following mode Of procedure:
Firmly ~grasplng one corner OF the stamp ne
shoyes It about two thirds Of the way down hi'
throat, chews on II like q Harlem goat on an old
tin can, reverses the stamp and repeats the process
on the other end TO make doubly sure that no muei
lage remains, Then laying the letter on the shelf
or desk he endeAvors 70 hammer the stamp on
with a vtgor that rattles every window on the
block.
Such men always impress me as having GOT
I'D too late for breakfast and as trying to obtain q
free lunch at Uncle SANS expense.
Done In a proper manner q stamp will stick closer
than q brother. srAhrA
NKW YoRK, March n.
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The abandonment or at least suspension
Of the Chinatown park project need be no
cause for surprise or regret to those familiar
with actual conditions in the n~eighborhood
Of Chinatown. At the hearing on Mon
day before the Bowling Green Local I'm
provement Board the chief argument Of
those who opposed the project was that II
there were moral evils to be corrected they
should be corrected by the police, and If
unsanitary conditions prevailed they should
be amended at once by the Tenement House
Department.
Alittle to the south Of the proposed China
town park Is the Mulberry Bend Park OF
2.750 acres, which cost the city 81, 652 900,
and a short distance further south ID Para
disc Park. These, with the City Hall Park,
constitute veritable breathing places for
the people Of a neiRhborhood in which
business structures have succeeded tone
ments with such rapidity that the present
population 10 much below what 1t was ten,
fifteen or even twenty years age. Worth
street was cut through this district many
years ago at large expense to the people
Of the city, and Chatham Square. to the
east Of Chinatown, il q genuine thorough
fare, wide, broad and open.
The policy Of buying for parks city blocks
which lave ceased to be profitable to their
owners is not a desirable n for the city
Of New York. 1t 10 not likely to get much
support from the present Board Of Estimate
and Apportionment.
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The recent a greement between Brazil and Bolivia
provides for the construction OF o railway 10 open
UP Acre with $4,000 square miles OF what are be.
lieved to be valuable rubber lands. Brazil Is 10
pay Bolivia $40, ooO,o 900, the whole of which is 10 be
devoted TO the construction of the railroad, the
management and profits TO be Jointly shared,
Brazil has already paid half the money, and this
source Of supply, says the London Ttne!, hitherto
but lightly touched. may be freely tapped In the
near future. Tho production OF rubber last year
amounted to 5000 tons. and the exports from
Brazil TO more than $4,000 tons. or more than 50
per cent. Of the entire production. In 1900 the
total output was $4,000 tons. and the Brazilian
export that year amounted TO 300 tons. Under
the stimulus OF high prices BraZil's export Of rubber
will further increase this year.
Congo exports OF rubber in 1905 were $500 tons,
but no increase in this production is likely for
several years, as the Congo Government has re.
Gently made severe regulations TO stop the waste
full methods Of collection: systematic replantation
is also insisted upon.
As the prices Of rubber have advanced 100 per
cent. in the last I'VE years. and as they are. in Bra.
Eil's case at least. returning extraordinary prohts,
there Is untold wealth In the yet sparsely pene.
trated rubber forests OF the Amazon. More capital
for development and transportation facilities will
convert that reserve of wealth into gold.
Ceylon and the Malay Peninsula easily lead In the
intellig emit cultivation OF rubber. In Ccylon rubber
raising dates back thirty years. when great disaster
10 the coffee crop forced planters TO turn to other
| products. There is a hint there for Porto Rican
| coffee planters. Tea estates In Ceylon have also
| been largely interplsnted with rubber. Twenty
companies are now interested In rubber cultivation
| In Ceylon and fifteen in the Malay Peninsula,
| The cultivated rubber area In Ceylon is IS 900 acres,
and 81! 900 acres are under cultivation in the Malay
Peninsula.
Rubber trees are also being planted and de.
yeloped In various parts of Africa, India, Samoa,
Mexico, Central America. the West Indies and the
Philippines.
The total area OF rubber cultivation In the world
is hhnMl LIZ. 600 Acres.
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Strike. In the Anthracite Field.

To THE EDITOR OF THR SuN-Sir: In John
Mltchell's latest letter to the anthracite operators
he either makes a wllful nlsstatement OF facts, 10
call 1t by no harsher term. or is lamentably ignorant,
for one in his position. OF what is occurring In the
anthracite helds.
II one cared TO look up the files OF the newspapers
OF this region he would doubtless be surprised at
the number Of strikes that have taken place during
the past three years. ! mention a few from mem
DRY, and II l were to study over the list a while /
am sure ! could double the list. A strike Is now In
progress at Jemyn colliery. and there have been
setIkes at Markle's, Jeddo: at Coxe's, Oneida; at
the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, Beaver Meadow;
az Dodson's, Morca: at MacTurk's, Hazleton: at
VENTS, Mary d. and at the l.. V. and L, and W. b.
at wllkesbarre, These were all In violation Of
the commissions award.
An agreement with the United Mine Workers IA
not worth the paper It Is written Upon. as II Is al
irresponsible body. W.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, March 20.
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The House Committee on Labor.

1t would be interesting to. know how
President GoMPEBs and his oomemo-
rialists would make up the House Com
mittee on Labor, Of whose hostility to the
workingman they complained to Speaker
CANNON. They told him that the COM
mittee was instituted at the demand Of
labor to voice its sentiments, to advocate
its rights and protect Its interests"
The interests Of American labor or only
Of union labori The distinction Is i'm
/ portant, for II it is the duty and province
| Of the committee to protect the interests
of American labor as such, as well as to
pass upon the claims Of organized labor,
then the federation Of which Mr.. CON-
PERs is the head and inspiration may
have cause for complaint. Ii, too, it
should be the committees concern to
see that capital in its relation to labor
has a square deal" there may be fur
Their ground for dissatisfaction.
The composition Of the House Com
mittee on Labor is not plutocratic, nor
such as to justify the charge that it vas
packed to misuse and defraud labor.
| 1ue CHAR Hail. MI oOhN " ShhDNEU
Of New Jersey, is acceptable to MIR.
GoMPERs; he said 30 yesterday, and
paid Mr.. GARDNER a handsome tribute.
When the chairman Of a Congressional
committee in which organized labor is
interested suits Mr.. GoMPRRs the other
members must be a bad lot il the COM
mittee is to be convicted of antago-
nism to American labor. Mr.. RICHARD
BARrHoLDT of Missouri began life as a
printer, has been president Of the st.
Louis school board and is famous for
his advocacy of international arbitra-
ton, a cause that is dear to the heart
of the workingman in all countries.
Mr.. SAMUEL W. MCCALL of Massachu-
sets is perhaps the most intellectual
man In the House, and without doubt
the most independent. Mr.. EDWARD b.
yREELAND Of New York was superin-
tendent Of schools for five years in
Allegany county, and the only thing
that could be urged against him by the
discontinued is that he is president Of
the Salamanca Trust Company, a saw
ings bank. Mr.. JAMES P. CoNNoR Of
Iowa was for many years a circuit and
district Judge, and SO good a one that
both parties supported him the last time
he was a candidate. Mr.. HERMAN p.
GoEBRL Of Ohio was formerly a probate
Judge, a responsible and honored Office
to which he was twice elected. Mr..
KITTREDGB HAsKINs of Vermont was
United States Attorney for the District
of Vermont for seven years, Speaker Of
the State House Of Representatives for
two terms, a State Senator and trustee
Of Norwich University. Mr.. GEORGE w.
NORRIS of Nebraska was born and
brought up on a farm, taught school to
get a legal education and has been three
times a prosecuting attorney and twice
IL district Judge, So much fer the
- @A@A-@ - ~" IL 1919
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MFR. Jenkins Discovers a M~onstrosity.

mfr. Jenkins Discovers a M~onstrosity.
According to a published summary Of
the report Of the House Committee on
the judiciary, prepared by Mr.. JENKINS,
that report will declare that it is a MON
strous doctrine, subversive Of u dual.
system Of government, to even suggest"
Federal regulation of insurance.
This declaration by the Judiciary
Committee is based on the fact that the
Supreme Court has decided, In the first
place, that insurance is not commerce;
and, In the second place, that Congress
cannot impair the police powers of the
States. 1t Is unnecessary to follow MIR.
JENKNs's further argument that even
should Congress legislate insurance into
commerce, and even should the Supreme
Court reverse its opinion, the Federal
Government could not reach the insur-
ance business toSegulate it.
Now, this 'monstrous doctrine, as
propounded by President ROOSEVELT in
two successive messages to Congress,
was ~propounded tentatively only, with
the purpose of gaining for the subject
OF t6QeTdl COuJLOl VI AhSulohOo INV
weighty consideration which the learned
Mr.. JENKINS and his learned associates
have been devoting to 1t. 1t Is scarcely
necessary for Mr.. JENK1Nsto explain that
when he calls the main proposition a
@monstrous doctrine he wants to be
understood as speaking kindly and not
Extensively A judiciary committee
| capable of speaking unkindly and Of
! fensively ought to be hanged, or at least
peremptorily discharged.
But does the Jenkins monstrosity re-
port exhaust the subject? Let him re-
feet a moment before he dismisses Fed
eral supervision Of insurance companies
to the limbo of absurdities. Let him
turn back the hands Of the clock for
about half a century Inauguration, and
ask himself what would be his line of con-
stitutional reasoning on the monstrous
doctrine that in som way or other,
i at some time or other, the Federal Gov
eminent might be exercising effective
/: supervision over the local business of
national banks situated in every State
of the Union.
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msmbsrs Of the commltteo

Republican members Of the Committee
on Labor.
At the head Of the minority is WILLIAM
RANDOLPH HEARST, who should be
satisfactory to Mr.. GoMPERs. MIR. JOHN
T. HUNT of Missouri is q s~tonecutter by
trade. Mr.. HENRY T. RAINET Of Illinois
is a lawyer, a member Of many benevo-
lent societies and has been q master in
~chancery. Mr.. AUGUSTUS o. STANLEY
Of Kentucky has been a professor OF
belles-lettres and Is the gentleman who
intimated In the debate on the rate bill
that II 1t became a law some more thieves
would be hung on the cross. Mr.. THOMAS
B. DAVIS Of West Virginia had a common
school education and is a banker and
railroad builder.
Speaker CANNON told the memorial
lists that he selected the committees with
all fairness" Certainly the committee
on labor doesn't look dangerous to labor
even to organized labor.
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ern Brigadier has been notable by his
exclusion from campaign orat0ry. So
completely healed are the wounds OF 81
that Congress has voted unanimously
TO oonfde to appropriate Southern au-
thorities the battle flags Of the Southern
troops, and not q voice was raised in
opposition.
To-day Northern Democrats are urg-
ing the nomination of a Southerner for
President in 1908, a programme that no
politician would have dared to advocate
twenty years ago. Only on rare occa-
sions do such words as those used by
Mayor MCCARTHY recall the bitterness
Of feeling, the raging hatred, that existed
between men of the two sections a gen.
Grafton ago, and when they are spoken
they are mild and tame. Mr.. MCCARTHY
does not recognize the Stars and Stripes,
but he says they ARE all right In their
way" instead of calling on all true men
to tear them down, as a Southern Mayor
might have done In the seventies or even
In the eighties.
The spirit so bitter and uncom-
promising in 1870 has mellowed with the
passing of time, and in spite Of Mr..
MoCARTHY's formal remuneration OF the
American flag 1t Is safe to predict that
he harbors In his heart no deep animosity
against the nation and would be very
reluctant to see 1t suffer any real injury.
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THE MAGYAR MALCONTENTS.
A Hungarian Editors Description OF the
situation in His Country.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: The
bloodless revolution In Hungary Is nearing
a very critical period. After the dissolution
of Parliament the three months Of the lawful
| time within which new elections must be held
will soon elapse. 1t becomes daily more and
more certainly apparent that the Fejervary
Cabinet has no intention to make new elections
on the present voting basis. for an absolute
| majority Of the independent party OF as will
arise out OF 1t.
The dissatisfaction throughout the country
has reached It's highest grade already. and
only a sincere and determined announcement
by the heading committee that this revolu-
ton is to be a bloodless revolution" can keep
the people from rioting. The Government.
whose aim is to force q bloody day or two
80 as to be able to begin open absolutistio
| rule, Ii doing its best to provoke discomfort.
Every day some new orders are published
s Ssssinfs S ses s arg the OF pdrFC SSfb5G' mni "a the %sas-
RSRer who fES'P are mostly fEe charged With = insaHitRtns
the present situation and its causes. and many
others which Ensemble nsSt IN the lS a Enss strTc+ Eysy 5r OF
RRlRbited and the national festival OF March
is has been suspended.
The bloodless revolution Is chiefly concen-
trated in the county governments where
The authorities al resign and leave the stt9 "a
t nSl1cis 1TS% t and ae so@e of e fhs the eo Iaat Of ht shs
and city halls are empty and deserted.
the keys being sent to the Ministry of the
Interior. Nobody pays taxes or duty, for
even II any one would pay there is nobody
to take it. Those officials who remain at
their places do not accept any taxes. and the
money that. comes In on other sides will not
be delivered into the State treasures.
But the greatest opposition is displayed In
military matters As long as the Hungarian
words OF command will not be accepted by
the King nobody joins the army and for
two years no recruiting has been lone In
Hungary.
or wants to pay taxes. is subject to the boy
colt OF the people.
The near future viii BRING great events In
some change must take place In the situation
either through drastic measures or through
hold up matters in this way, for the army ia
rapidly approaching absolute ruin. and not
even grand manPuvres will be held this sum-
mer: on the other hand the want of money is
causing much trouble in the Treasury.
JOSEPH SZEDENYEI.
KAssA, Hungary, March ~.
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A Forecast.

Secretary WILSON has certainly suf-
fered enough from the follies and indis-
cretions Of his ~subordinates, to mention
nothing worse.
Now, here is the remarkable Mr..
WILLIS l.. MOORE, for whom Secretary
WILSON is officially responsible, doing his
best to bring ridicule upon the Weather
Bureau, and consequently upon the De-
partment of Agriculture, and conse-
quently upon the Administration of
which Secretary WILSON is a part.
If Mr.. MOORE has not the wit to fore
cast the inevitable result Of his W atti-
tude on the question of giving to the
public the barometer readings which
they pay for and which they want to see,
superior authority ought to enlighten
him promptly.
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what the Russian Liberals Have
Gained,

od1ICu.'
Since the primary elections for mem
bers of the State Duma began most Of
the kilograms from st. Petersburg re-
port widespread dissatisfaction with the
provisions for a bicameral parliament
which were announced in the ukases Of
March 8. 1t is pointed out that by those
provisions the sovereign is intrenched at
every point against e~ncroachments upon
his authority, that the Ministers are not
to be responsible to the Assembly, and
that even the power Of impeachment is
withheld from the peoples representa-
tiyes, 1t is also a subject of complaint
that a large number of matters are ex-
pressly excluded from the jurisdiction
Of the Parliament, and that although
the members OF the lower house are
elected for Eve years, the chambers may
be dissolved at any moment by the will
OF the Emperor. Lastly, it il charged
that the immunity to be enjoyed by
members Of the Parliament is vague.
Now, let us admit that all these accu-
stations are well founded. 1t would
nevertheless be- an act of ~stupendous
folly on the part Of a Russian patriot not
to accept the concessions now offered,
inadequate though they may seem, as at
least instalmepts Of the self-government
he desires. Half a loaf is better than no
bread at all. Those Russians must be
ignorant of the history Of parliamentary
institutions who do not recognize that
when the Car, perhaps for his own
sslhAh4 RpSR0aeA. granted I the State
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The Only Remedy.

From ne Baltimore Ddav Record.
Edwin James was one of the most brilliant Eng
llsh lawyers OF his day, but he was Away in nnan-
cin dinncuities. Az one time he lived In some West
End chambers, the landlord OF which could never
obtain rent. Atlast he had recourse to an expedient
which he hoped would arouse his tenant 10 a sense
Of his oblig atoms. He asked him n he would be
kind enough TO advise him on a little legal matter
in which he was concerned, and on James acqulescing
drew up a statement specifying his own grievance
hgalns, the learned counsel and asked him to state
what he considered the best course for a landlord
TO take under such conditions.
The paper was returned TO the lanesord the next
morning with the following sentence subJoined:
in my opinion, this is a case which admits OF only
one remedy-patience."
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Mr.. PEABODY AND DIN. 0RAPSEY
Attitude o. . Churchman Toward me
Protestant Episcopal Hefesy Case.

Protestant Episcopal Heresy case
10 THE EpIroR OF The SuE-Str: Ny
attention has been called to-day 10 q letter
from Rochester In your edition Of March 10
making the following statement
George Foster Peabody Of New York has onered
70 buy old Plymouth Church In Rochester, now
vacant, for Dr. Crapsey II he lS found guilty and
unfrocked.
1 beg the privilege Of your columns To make
denial that any such su g~gestlon has ever been
made in any way.
I am q member OF the Episcopal Church
and believe In II and believe In It's ultimate
redemption from the narrow and seotarian
elements that, II seems TO me, are seeking 10
dominate 1t In connection with the persecu-
ton tor persecution l deem III that IN being
practised in connection with my friend the
Rev. DR.. Crapsey. recognize, however.
that all changes in religious even more than
In secular matters are q matter OF groWth,
and II 1t should be that the court which 10 70
pass on DR.. Crapsey's case should De gov.
erned by what I believe TO be q narrow and
unohristian Interpretation. should. as reel
sure the Rev. DR., Crapsey would, patiently
wait for Gods truth to reveal itself IN que
time to the mlnd of the Church.
II It should be That the courts which nave
to pass upon the extraordinary presentment
made by the standing committee OF the do
cese Of Western New York should 90 adJudl-
cate as to make 1t impossible for sincere and
earnest young men in college and seminary
to contemplate taking the ordination VOWS
I cannot but believe that the Spirit OF God
will 80 work upon the minds and hearts OF
men that there will be within o reasonable
time either q revisal Of the language now In
use In the Episcopal Church or the constltu-
ton OF a new organization which shall be
truly catholic in It's recognition Of the histor-
ical value Of ancient creeds and litur gies and
its confident trust in the guidance OF the
Holy Spirit to the mind Of Christ as revealed
to-day in the minds and hearts Of the earnest
students and conseorated clergy and hity
who are concerned about doing the Will OF
the Father and not seeking to define the ways
of the Infinite.
Such an organization would be at once
welcomed by the thousands Of earnest souls
who are to-day repealed by the insistence, as
they feel 1t, upon literal Interpretations they
cannot honestly affirm.
GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY.
ABENIA, Lake George, March 20.
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Parks In Brooklyn and Queens.

From fbf Guy Record,
Under our Jurisdiction there are forty three parks
and thirteen cores, containing In all i,73O acres.
OF which i.lt1 are in Brooklyn and 577 in Queens.
The figures represent. approximately. one acre 10
every i.lss OF the Inhabitants In the borough OF
Brooklyn. and one acre 10 evey So inhabitants in
Queens. There are also forty I'VE miles OF park.
ways under the control Of this department.
During the year four new parks were added.
three in Brooklyn and one In Queens, as follows.
Mclaughlin Park. Fulton Park, Amersfort Park In
Brooklyn. and Ralney Park In the Long Island City
section Of Queens hpEonGh
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opportunity for a Statesman

To THE EDITOR o. TIE SuE-Ss: I'm willing
10 put John Sharp Williams TO a test. Well borrow
q soldier Of Gen. Grant. take him 70 Washington
and put him where the YaEoo poet can't help SEQ
Ing him. Wen take 9 reporter along. too. for n
~. s." does what vol say he will. therein be q
anal incident In the life OF o Representative II
Congress to be recorded Immediately.
Fort wApswoRTH, March Il. ABTnLnnY.
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To THE EDrToR OF The UN-Si The present
attempt 10 ascertain what constitutes q gentleman
will lead. no doubt, 10 q similar effort to determine
the indispensable characteristics of q lady. The
definition OF Z. W. Townsend. given In Days Like
These" Is worthy 10 head the list: "A lady Is a
woman who speaks In q low tone and thinks in q
high tone" LAuRnNrIAN.
CANTON, N. Y, March q.
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The Poet OF the Yszoo.

sheridan was twenty miles away.
That's nothing. " he said, John sharp wllliAms's
Pegasus Is thousands OF miles away from Mount
Dajo."
Putting spurs TO his noble steed. he pressed on
70 WIneheaters