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Adams Ample.

To THE EDITOR OF THB SUS-sir: In regard to
grapefruit. mentioned by ". D." in THE SUN Of
March 20 as being considered by the natives Of
the West Indies as the forbidden fruit mentioned
In Genesis. ! am OF the opinion that this idea is
erroneous. Many people dislike grapefruit, and
Adam and Eve would not. with their uncultivated
taste, have taken kindly TO this bitter fruit.
! have before me a work translated from the
Ethlopic entitled The Book OF Adam and Eve, or
the Conflict OF Adam and Eve with Satan" This
book was In use by the early Eastern Church. and
contains TRANSACTIONS from the Kufale, Talmud.
Mldrashim and other Eastern works. The story
Of the tree OF knowledge or forbidden fruit Is that
the ng was the forbidden fruit and that figs grew
as large as watermelons, for the fruit OF the Garden
was much larger than that OF other lands. II Is
stated In a footnote that the legend OF these ngs
amt ng trees Of enormous size reached further east
than Egypt. where the original Of this Ethiopia
translation was probably written.
AS the whole story is unquestionahly ~alleRory,
we may as well take 1t at first hand and have our
forbidden fruit the luscious hg rather than the bitter
Juice OF the grapefruit.
ARLINGTON II. CARhAN.
pITrunnIrR March ~
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Under old constitutional usage Members were
paid what was termed their wages by me
constituencies that sent them TO Parliament. m
drew MARVEL was the last man to receive his raflia
mentary wages, but before his time 1t was Qui'"
common for Members chosen by counties and
boroughs 10 exact payment from those who sent
them. The custom OF paying Members wages
only died out. 1t was never abolished by act o'
Parliament, though In the reign OF Charles IL an
act was introduced for that purpose and read a
second time. Therefore there may still be a com
mon law obligation on constituencies TO pay thcII
Members wagcs-i. e.. the expenses TO which th"S
are pu: by representation-if such Members DE-
mand It. Lord Campbell, indeed. some forty
years ago expressed his opinion that a writ could
still be sued out by a Member OF Parliament re
qulring his constituency 10 pay him his wages
To test this, why should not some Member OF Parlia
ment who Is Interested In the matter. but who be
lieves with us that local payment is a far better
solution than payment out OF the national treasury,
bring a friendly action against the borough OF
county for which he sits. asking for his wages
II the courts decide, as We believe they might,
that his contention was good, and an order was
made for his wages. a very interesting point OF law
would have been settled, and a favorable answer
accorded TO those who say that II a constituency
desires TO be represented by a poor man Il should
not be debari I'd from exero Sing its cholci because
II is impossible for him TO attend at Westminster.
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MIR. williams on the Issues.

The Hon. JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS of
Mississippi and the House Of Represent
atives displayed before the Wilmington
(Del) Young Mems Democratic Club
Saturday evening an assortment of four
paramount issues on which he expects
the Democratic party to elect a majority
of the members of the House in the
Sixtieth Congress. Mr.. WILLIAMS cata-
logued his collection as follows:
corruption in public once; the tarlr; the trusts
liberation OF the Fillpinos."
Taking these subjects in order, what
can the Democrats say or DOH denuncia-
ton and punishment of corruption and
corruptionists in public Office that the
Republicans will not match? After Sec
rotary HITCHCOCK and the prosecutors
of the Post Office Department thieves,
Mr.. WILLIAMs's party will have con-
siderable difficulty in convincing the
voters that the Republicans approve and
sanction maladministration, robbery of
the taxpayers and the various crimes of
similar character for which il is sought
to hold their party responsible.
In tariff matters. stalwart Republicans
are working within their party for
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DIR, Funk on Unions.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: As the
printers strike has now about failed, IL Woulu
be we'll to extract a lesson or two from is
history. The battle. 1t is now apparent. was
lost to the strikers at the beginning when
their leaders suffered themselves to be out
generated: they permitted the boss printers
to make the public believe that the dominant
issue was not an eight hour day, but a closed
shop. With an overwhelming majority OF
people IL Is common sense that a man should
rule his own shop, have the right TO choose
the men to set type In his own place, 10 set
type there himself. or to put his son or daueh-
ter at the case II he and they 80 wish. When
that Is made the square issue the boss Is al
most sure to win.
Il Ia hard, [ know, IL all this is permitted
for the union to maintain itself. But a way
must be found. Let the union appeal to the
public on the issue OF an eight hour day. iair
wages, healthful conditions In the shop and
equal liberty TO all. and the public Will be
with 1t every time. and in one way or another
the public In this country is bound d to oSn n :
omnipotent, and II is a kind of mule that has
a way Of so planting lts heel as to INSTRUCT
count the voltage power Of that heel. The
w woGGGRRiGn INA xi RpSarlSS s sed 1utsl ib b ! for on hi 1me
self BY denying the rights Of any Of his fellow
workingmen or Of his employer
we UeeQ HOI6 ldltu III uuildii'y ", ops
Is colnciding closer and closer with that OF
the Golden Rule. There ls an effective picture
in one OF the European galleries OF Robes
pierre squeezing a human heart in a wine
glass-a picture that Is rapidly becoming less
typical Of the ruling classes In their dealing
with the masses, be they politicians. capital
lists or officers Of trade unions-and as Carlyle
would say. "Begad, it Is well for them 1t is.
Union organizations have been and are
tremendous Instruments for improving the
condition of workingmen, but they can easily
become instruments for terrible evil il they
teach the ~workingman that loyalty to his
employer does not matter and that loyalty
to the union is everything, that the liberty
their own members and end In oppression to
other workingmen; that simple merit ceases
to be the ladder by which the workingman
climbs, thus paralyzing legitimate ambition.
and making 1t true that. once an employee
always an employee; that the initiative in
the iaborer is to be discouraged and his indl-
viduaiity to be sacrificed. l once heard Father
McGlynn say. speaking of this matter;
Rather than be such a workingman would
climb q tree and howl"
II is high time that the employer and en-
ployee strike hands, turn their backs on selfish
greed and show the better way of service, one
TO the other. Let us all prove that the Golden
Rule applied to business is to so make money
as to make money also for the other fellow.
NEW YORK. March 80. I. X. FUNK
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The Real Constant Readers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE UN-Sfr There are
two peculiariues about SUN readers that may no,
have been generally noticed: They very seldom
discard their papers when travelling to and from
business on the ferries or trains. and they never
seem to covet any OF the other papers left behind
by their former readers, Why Is this thusH From
my own point OF view, perhaps, my explanation will
NJ the case. The reader Of THE SUN has only time
TO glance at a few OF the subjects that interest him
most. and he hangs on 10 his paper 10 enjoy the
rest at home. II Is too "meAty" TO throw away
And the reason you never see him pick up another
paper that has been thrown away is because he
doesn't think II worth while. He knows that he
already has the very best paper on earth.
WILLIAM l.. DooLRY.
npnnuENA March Qt
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THE PAN.AMERICAN RAILWAY.

The April number of Scribner's Magazine
contains q review Of the present stage OF
the Interoontinental Railway by MIR. Charles
NJ. Pepper, United States and Pan-Ameri-
can Railway Commissioner. 1t shows that
of the 10, sci miles of the projected line be-
tween New York and Buenos Ayres, 6,7O9
uRilsnHuaNnsGalseady in operation and 7OS
haies mpf6cess Of construction. The gap,
or rather the series Of gaps, in which no
construction work has yet been UNDER
taken, represents a total OF 5000 miles
The northern end is gradually thrustng
its way southwark and the southern end 10
moving northward. 1t is now possible TO
make an all rail journey from New York
to within twelve miles Of the M~exico-duate-
mala border. Probably within Two years
1t will be possible to reach Guatemala City,
nearly 1000 miles from Broadway. Argen-
tina completed her line to Jujuy, 1000
miles from Buenos Ayres, In 1892. This
IL now being pushed about 220 miles further
north, to Tupiza, ffty.flve miles inside the
Bolivian boundary. The problem OF the
Pan-Amerioan Railway 10 the completion
Of the gap between Guatemala City and
Tupiza.
Here and there sections OF this line are
already In operation or under construction.
The longest and most doubtful gap is the
stretch which lies between the Costa Rica-
Panama boundary and the Peru-Bohvia
border line. The Panama section presents
no serious engineering obstacles, and the
route up the Cauca valley in Colombia en-
counters no great difficulties. From the head
Of that valley southwark to Lake Titicaca
the line must run from range to range and
from peak to peak along the higher levels
Of the Andes Mountains. In Ecuador and
PERU ts stations will stand at elevations OF
from 10 900 to $1,000 feet above sea level.
Its bridges must span deep gorges and It's
right Of way lie along the face OF many a
mighty cliff. The Continental Divide will
be crossed and reorossed.
1t will probably cost 5000 900 900 TO com
plete the entire system. Some day 1t will
be done. From New York to Buenos Ayres
would be a hard and fatiguing trip, no
doubt, but the journey would be a liberal
education. The route would traverse sun
soorched valleys in Central America and
10y submits In Peru and Ecuador. 1t
would reveal a new and growing world,
while q little deviation at any one OF fifty
points would show the traveller ruins OF
cities unknown centuries old, whose con-
struction rivals the work OF the Egyptians
and the Assyrians, II would be almost
worth while to live until the end OF the cen.
tury for the sake Of making this journey.
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To THR EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The abroga.
ton OF the Concordat is unduly perturblng the
minds Of many Catholics, who believe the oblitera
tlon OF the ancient faith will be encompassed
throughout the confines OF France.
such an assumption is not in keeping with con
ditions really obtaining. Count De Nun, the leader
OF the Catholic forces, declares that the disciples OF
voltaire have composed the bulk OF the population
for many years. The work OF defamation, begun
under the ruthless influence OF N, WAldeck Rous-
seau. has time and again been Endorsed by the ma
FORTY Of Frenchmcn, American Catholics should
understand that the eldest daughter OF the Church"
has been lost 10 the old mother.
Atheism, Socialism. infantlclde, degradation Of
the marriage bond. have sounded the death knell
OF France and blazcd the pathway that leads from
Berlin to Bordeaux. where within a generation the
ticolor Of the Teuten shall he famed by the four
winds OF heaven. W. 8, Lone.
CAMDEN, n. j, March 81.
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Bank Book Juggling,

To THF EDITOR or H SUN-Sfr: II bank mail
clerks were TO make a memorandum OF checks re-
ccivcd, and the entries were verified by this every
day. 1t seems TO me the bank book Juggling would
be eliminated,
In the banks In india, and | believe the Scotch
banks, whence most OF the bank officials OF India
are derived. every transaction Is recorded on a
printed slip. which passes through three hands.
duly lnlualled. The day book is checked by these
slips, which are preserved as original entries Of
more Importance In q court of law, like the blot
ter" familiar in our commerce, than the books into
which their records are transcribed.
ENLIGHTENMENT by Juggling is impossible by this
system. BANK OF MADRAS.
NBw YORK. March 81.
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The Right to Work.

For the fourth time within ten years
the country is threatened with loss and
suffering through a strike in the anthra-
cite coal regions. There has perhaps
been no month during that period when
q strike was not on in some one or more
of the widely distributed bituminous
districts. The earlier disturbances in
the anthracite regions occurred in 1897,
1900 and 1902. Each of these was accom-
panied by rioting, violence and intimi-
dalton which necessitated the calling
out of the military forces. In each the
rights of the public were disregarded,
the laws of the land recklessly violated,
and public opinion was ignored.
The strike of 1902 brought the public
to a realization of its place in such pro-
ceedings. The strike leaders have only
partly appreciated this fact. In an
interview last summer JOHN MITCHELL
said: I'VE know that both the operators
and the miners must defer to the public
and that a strike is the last thing the
public wants" Yet it is impossible to
see just where, in the present case, Mr..
MITCHELL has deferred to the public.
He formulated his demands nearly a
year ago, and began a vigorous campaign
among the miners for the strength
ening of the union in support of those
demands. He has proceeded to the
execution of his plans regardless of his
complete failure to demonstrate the
justice of his aims, and in equal disre-
gard of both public opinion and public
welfare. As he did in 1900 and 1902,
he has now taken the country by the
throat.
Mr.. MITCHELL's purpose in the anthra-
cite region can be achieved only by one
influence That is the intimidation of
men who are content with their present
condition. With that factor eliminated
there would be no strike. A consider
able number, perhaps a large number,
would quit their work, as they have an
unquestionable right to do if they see
fit. More than that they have no right
odo; and there will perhaps be no better
time than the present to establish, once
and for all time, in that turbulent district,
the principle laid down in the award Of
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John Mitchell,s laundering Begins.

WYNN
Thus far in the anthracite coal situa-
ton that which gives the hardest jolt
to the American spirit of fair play and a
square deal is JOHN M1TCHELL's order
for miners to stop work in spite of the
fact that negotiations for peace are still
pending. Following his order to tie up
the anthracite industry, Mr.. MITCHELL
telegraphed to Mr.. BAER, representing
the operators and the coal carrying
railroads, suggesting a meeting in New
York next Tuesday, "for the purpose Of
further considering the wage scale in
the anthracite fields" No wonder Mr..
BAER refers to this as a most extraor-
binary" thing. In effect, Mr., MITCHELL
says: we have declared war or you
and on the American public. However,
let's get together comfortably next
week and see if you can't come to u
terms without mountaineering us by
putting up any opposition
There is a CLEAN Of grim humor in the
comment of President THOMAS of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad when he remarks:
we are most graciously allowed, how
ever, the privilege of operating our
pumps and to do other acts which will
prevent the absolute destruction of our
property
Suppose the mine owners had sud-
denly declared a lockout while negotia-
tions for peace were pending; what a
howl would have gone up from every
blatherskite newspaper and demagogue
in the land! What roars for vengeance
on vampire capitalists; what a fren-
zied demand that the Federal Govern
ment step in and take charge of the
mines, operating them in the interests
of the downtrodden people"
Whether Mr.. MITCHELL acted on his
own responsibility in declaring war
while negotiations for peace were pend
ing we do not know, but by doing so
he has made perhaps the most serious
blunder of his career thus far. Develop
ments of the near future will indicate
whether he has altogether lost his power
OF calm judgment.
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The New Jefferson Davis.

Although victory at the primaries in
Arkansas is claimed by Senator JAMES
H. BERRY, who has represented the Bear
State at Washington for twenty years,
1t NAV be assumed from the lead that
Governor JEFF DAVIS has on the face
of the returns that the old order has
given way to the new. The only resem-
blance between the new Senator and a
certain historic person will be in name,
not in achievements, intellect or char
acter. The new JEFFERSON DAVIS will
not be as a ghost stalking in the Senate
chamber and haunting committee rooms
no one would mistake the husky,
hulking, bold faced countryman who
will figure as JEFFERSON DAVIS III. for
o statesman.
The man he will supplant is a Confed-
crate veteran who lost a leg at Corinth;
like WADE HAMPTON, a gentleman of
the old school, and as faithful and honest
a public servant as can be found under
the dome of the Capitol. He made a
gallant stand for the old regime, but
his Confederate associations and his
respectable record in public life could
not save him from defeat at the hands
of the hero of the hill Billies." 1t was
the Butler Tillman campaign owe again
with the scene changed to Arkansas.
BEN TILLMAN was the idol Of the Wool
Hats, and his appeal to them to turn the
aristocrats out has been repeated by the
new JEFF DAVIS.
Arkansas will have a picturesque pair
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-ssfr: Augustine
Berthe's lately published life Of S. Alfonso Maria di
Liguoh shows the real meaning Of true socialism"
which 10 nothing more than Christian charity. In
Chapter Z OF Book 4 We read: Death and mortal.
ity continue TO reign here. At Sicignano, in Cam
paana, a father. horrible TO relate, devoured his
three children. Thus the calamities OF these latter
days have surpassed even the woes Of unhappy
Jerusalem" Liguon's orders TO his servants were.
"Give TO every one; they are only asking for their
own" When all was given. and when he had sold
everything he could have sold. he then went into
debt for the poor. my God" he exclaimed, why
have l not the merits Of ST. Thomas OF villanovaf
Why cannot I md granaries nlled with corn as he
did,"
Such was Alfonso during the whole course Of
his long lifc-the father, support and consolation
OF all who were in misery. He was q nobleman
In every sense OF the word-birth. culture. virtue;
one TO whom the highest ofices In the State were
open, and whose connection even princely antilles
desired. but who devoted himself heart and soul to
the Amelioration OF the poorest and most neglected
OF his brothers In Jesus Christ.
what alesson TO the multlmillionaires OF the pres.
ent dayi N. D. c.
SOUTH ORANGE. March 81.
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No Issue In Sight.
From the Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-Both parties are
becoming q little anxious because nothing
has yet developed that can be safely relied
Upon for political capital in the campaign.
About this time in each long session speeches
by the hundred are delivered. generally to
empty chairs and galleries. for the purpose
Of being reprinted from the essiondl
Record and mailed broadcast at Government
expense for home consumption later In the
year. Little has been accomplished as yet
at this session, however, because Republicans
and Democrats have been alike divided on
almos every important question that has
been considered.
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Fight for the Pie Belt.

n IOUN tft butSfO w.
The town OF Shawmut. Me-. shipped 100000 nie
plates on one day last week. or these 2,oOO,oOO
went to Providence. r, l.. and 2, 100000 TO Baltimore,
Now Piei Pie, the survival OF the honey OF Hymcttus,
has been considered peculiar to New England.
whereas Baltimore Is not New England and Prorh
dence Ia SO far over the border that 1t Is almost IN
Philadelphia. Yet, here we see the land Of tcrrapln
and oysters calling for Pie: Pie the exotic; Pie tie
imported article. or II not Pie then the receptacle
of Pie, the undercrust OF Pie. the foundation n'
PIE, indicating the growth and development Of tho
Pie industry south OF Boston. Now Pie has long
been held by philosophers to be the real brain food
OF Maine and certain other New England States
Especially has Pie been the substratum OF the ma
tional eminencc of Maine men. On 20 they nave
reared the fabric OF their greatness mine" pie,
for endurance; custard pie for sympathetic ten
derness: apple pie for philosophy: BURBERRY PIE
for rhythm; squash pie for eloqucnce and hoW ~
words; pumpkin pie for old fashioned common
sense and strawberry pie for polish and the crarr'
OF society. All of these come from Pie. Baltimore
and Providence have evidently discovered tn iarl
and cmulous of our greatness have decided to hlId
on Pie and wrest the supremacy of intellect, States
manship and art away from Maine. But ih'y
will never do II. For here we build not only IN"
pie but also the mothers who make them, No
pie factory can compete: no trust made goods can
approach those made here In the homes OF the
folks. Shawmut may sell plates for Pie, but Maine
hangs on TO the woman with the apron who mou'ds
and fashions with INFINITE nicely that gitt NJ me
gods passed down from Olympus and nattcncd IN
its fall into Pie.
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To Make the Bill Constitutional.

The extraordinarily able discussion Of
the Hepburn bill in the Senate has made
IL clear that the measure cannot becom9
a law without an efficient provision for
a review by the courts of the rate fixing
Of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
On both sides of the chamber opinion has
been growing in favor Of such an amend
ment. Mr.. ROOSEVELT himself, as SEN
ator FORAKER reminds the Ohio General
Assembly, expressed himself in his
message of December 8, 1904, in favor
OF making the commissions decision
that a rate is unreasonable subject
to judicial review" He has again de-
clared himself in favor of a judicial re-
view. The nature and extent of that
review are now to be considered and
determined.
The sober common sense Of the coun-
try is already beginning to do justice
to the wisdom and motives of the Senate.
II there is to be a rate regulation bill
it will be a constitutional bill. The
Bedlamite dervishes who have been
shrieking at the Senate have wasted
their wind.