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Has II Increased in the Measure Reported
by the Census Bureau7

ny uUb AFnWub nWT
To THE Enron OF THE SUN-Sir. The
following abatement Of the wealth Of the
| limited States. credited 10 tho Census Bureau,
Ia heing reneated in the preas of the whole
country without. 40 far as the writer knows,
hain0 challenged nv any one. Even Secre-
tarv Taft In his excellent speech at Bath, Me-,
| quoted approyinRly A similar statement.
This is the statement In fun as IL appeared
I'm a recent issue of THE Sun.
tn. w..,,h -, an. rr,,,.a e,,,.. ,,,,..s.A from
,ss ga 40 7e IN ,aoo On sioe ssi AN ooo in taOa nc-
cordlng 10 a bulletin made public TO day by the
Acting Director OF the Census. This Is a gain OF
SIS. SIS. Oes. elI, or .0.7 per cent, In the four year
period. The eleventh census. 1890, estimated tho
national wealth at Sos. Os7. osl 1877. The increase
registered in 1900. compared with the estimate OF
1890. was scs.tsi ,2S7 1901, or se1 per cent; and In
tho fourteen years from 1890 to 1904 Ai'sA'ssS'siz'
or es's per cent
Has there actually been any such increase
in the wealth OF this country in the m
specified as these figures indicator To sub
stantiates this claim 10 must. OF course.rbe
shown that the measure has been the same
at each Of the periods referred to. But most
certainly the measure has not been the same.
The dollar OF to-day. with a gold pr oduction
OF $780, 00.0 900 a year, Is not the same unit or
the same. measure as. the dollar with a pro-
duction of 500. OOO, 900 a year. as in the early
'70s. The admitted fact that price levels
that Ii, general p~rices-have risen Is equivalent
to saying that money has fallen In values; in
other words. has become deprecated.
The value OF single things. relatively to
one another. may vary and does vary. under
the law of supply and demand. and the value
OF all things In money-that Ia. prce-may
vary; but all things cannot rise or fall. rela-
lively to one another. any more. as the older
economists have illustrated It: than every
horse in a race can outrun all the others.
or than every tree in a forest can overtop
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-27

The Hon. PAUL THIEMAN Of Color ado
explains that the terrible troubles" Of that
State have resulted from excessive polit-
ical imagination" There is no discount on
the imaginative powers of many Colorado
public characters. The air breeds enthu-
siasm and redheaded rhetoric. The Hon.
JAMES BUcEPHALUs BELFoRD, the Hon.
DAVIS HECTOR WAITE-to name only the
older school Of Colorado p~oets-what 6 riot
Of exuberant speech wa theirsl Their
poetic and artistic temperament has its
drawbacks. Unfortunately IL sometimes
runs over into fierce and sanguinary action.
MIR. THrEMAN says that Colorado has fully
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-27

The resolutions Of that great Gompersian
Parliament OF Man, the American Fedora
ton OF Labor. declare that -our principles
comprise the fullest and highest scope Of
human activity, and from time to time
will be enhanced and advanced with the
demands to satisfy human needs Why
enhance and advance perfeotioni -Unre-
ienting protest. against the use Of tho
injunction in labor disputes; municipal
ownership Of public utilities; nationaliza-
ton Of the telegraph and telephone; woman
suffrage; the initiative and referendum;
1t may be long before human needs will
climb to those breathless heights, where
the seer SAMUEL reposes on his sovereign
throne OF thought.
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TIE Dcun.

g. II is n relief 70 know that President
ROOSEVELT is safely returned and again
in the White House. We looked askanCe
at his leaving the country, and we were
glad to learn from his address to the
people of Panama that he himself fully
> appreciated the momentOus character of
his absence and its gravity as Il prece-
dent,
We are forced to admit, however, that
Che country gave no sign Of any anxiety
whatever during Mr.. Ro~osEvELT's FIX
posure 10 the traditional dangers that
attend those who go down to the sea in
ships and who brave the inclemencies
of the turbulent tropics. The truth is
that there il a universal belief that
whatever the President chooses to do is
right and that nothing untoward can
attend his doing of it. If, therefore, it
seemed good to him to set aside the law
established by custom and tradition, the
so-called unwritten law which holds, or
rather which used to hold, that our
Chief Magistrate is not to quit the
try in his term of Office, the people gave
themselves no concern, feeling that all
must necessarily be well, inasmuch as it
was President ROOSEVELT that had done
F, IL and not any other President. This
idea has governed the popular under
standing of all the Presidents proceed
mgs and has made it possible for our
national idol to engage grizzly bears
hand to hand, descend to the bottom of
the ocean in a deadly submarine and
face the still more lethal Stegomia fas-
ciata without in the least disturbing the
emotions of a devoted and loyal people.
If it be the privilege of age to tremble
at the hot impulses of turbulent youth
and if it be permitted to experience TO
deplore the seeming excuses of a too
ardent temperament, it is equally ac-
corded to both TO rejoice when confessed
perils are happily evaded. Neverthe-
less, we would prefer to love Mr.. RoosE-
WELT less for the dangers he had passed
than for those that he had not sought
to incur.
Is the view tinged with morbidity of
the sensibilities, and is Mr.. Secretary
TAFT right in his belief that all the real
danger and anxiety fell to the lot of one
who stayed at home?
All the same, for that our President is
rome back to us safe and sound, we x
press without reserve our most heartfelt
thanksi
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The RIack Mans burden.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: For two
hundred years the negro in this country was
educated to be a brute; to see his wife sold
from his side. while he was expected to turn
satisfied to any other woman. His finer
feelings were crushed out OF him. And yet
to-day he ia expected to be a better law abid-
ing citizen than the white man.
To obey the letter of the law regardless
OF sentiment ia asked Of the black man of the
Twenty-ffth Infantry.
What white student or white man will
tell on" a comrade?
have seen a colored soldier in, the streets
Of Nashville struck because he did not take
on his cap when passing a crowd OF well
dressed white ~loafers. We all know the rom
sequence to himself and other unfortunate
black men had he resisted. +. SHERMAN.
NEW YoRK, November 20.
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..HIlnf."

To THE EDIroR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
general attitude OF the people OF the State
OF New York toward their alleged represen-
ratives in the United States Senate suggests
the story told OF a well known naval oficer
who was stationed in Havana during The
American occupation Of Isee-1e02.
One evening he entertained a large party
of his friends and discovered among them
an unlimited and unwelcome guest. He
made his way to the intruder and said 10 him:
What are you doing here2 Get out!
- you, get outi Can't you take a hint"
A similar hint" Ia being cordially ex-
tended to New York's distinguished but.use-
less Senators. r.
NEW YoRK. November 20.
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woman in the Law Courts.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir, No woman
goes in court 70 day unless she is absolutely obliged
TO, and then the uppermOst thought In her mind
Is. How can l keep my picture out OF the papers,"
Every scare head" Injuries some innocent person.
II any woman appears In court she may walk out
branded a street walker. Some one may nnd a
love letter she wrote TO the boy In the next room
when she went To school. That IL quite sufncicnt
excuse TO ruin a womans reputation In some Amer
lean courts. Ask any lawyer II he wants 10 20 in
court with a woman who does not know her bust
mesa lawyers term. As women OF refinement
rarely know their business l think this answers
your question. Why does she hesltate7"
Lawyers rob women every day In the week. II
woman threatens them with punishment they will
tell her to try Il. and see where she viii be at when
she Is through with the notoriety. Half mad, she
tells her relatives. What do they say, You can
not AFFORD the newspaper stories and what they
will make you suffer for the sake OF recovering a
few hundred dollars. Let It go. and In future keep
away from lawyers"
A young lawyer recently had q claim for $500 nut
In his hands by q lady. When her husband heard
Of her action he went to that lawyer and told him
the case muS he dropped. Settle n you want IN
7 don't care what you do" said the husband. -bu,
my wife will not go 20 court. n she Insists. and
goes against my wishes, I will swear that she has
not been In her right mind for the past six months"
The case was never pressed.
Now then. II a woman does 20 TO court and abe
Is a lady. she must FIRST prove that she Is not a liar
After that, II she be the plaintiff. she must submit
10 trial. not the defendant. This Is the case IN our
courts of all degrees. | should much prefer going
before a jury composed OF twelve policemen in A
Civtl action than before twelve men Of tho kind
usually found on juries. I think 1 could feel safe
with the former twelve that at least SIX could not
he bought.
As for our streets, II was said by men who knew
things. during the days OF Sunbeam" Irving, that
the day would come when II would not be safe for
New York women to 60 out alone. That time has
arrived. Particular women are very careful to-
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To THE EDITOR or THR SUN-Sn: The Massa
chusctts ballot seems TO be the favorite now. but
objections 20 Il arc that IL takes too much time.
Unless we Increase the number OF election dis
,rIcts late corners might he dlsfranchised.
why not add to the alphabetical lists OF candi
dates blank spaces for the respective partiesI
Just one cross would vote a straight ticket. Then,
II in a scratched ticket instead OF putting a cross
be fore each name voted for. why not adopt the
good old fashioned scratch Of each name not voted
for, This would also save timo. The last plan
has been used for years in many Grand Army Posts
and works well. ID. r. q. 3.
NEW YORK. November 20.
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Victor EmmanueI's Hobby.


From p. 7. q.
Victor Emmanuel has his hobby. As the Prince
NJ Wales has devoted himself 10 philately, so the
King OF Italy has given much OF his spare time 10
the collection OF coins.
HIS MaJesty's collection OF the coins OF his own
country alone amounts TO more than $4,000 speci-
mems. with a catalogue OF nearly 5000 slips. lie
is A member Of tho Numismatic Society of London
and mas received the society's gold medal In recog-
milton of his distinguished services 20 the pursuit.
strangely enough, King Victor hath no music
In himself" much to the regret OF his musical sub
iects, Of which there are so many In that land Of
sun shine and sony.
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The InstaIment Of Home Rule offered
20 Ireland.

Some weeks ago reports came from
Dublin to the effect that MLessrs. JoHN +.
REDMOND and John DILLON, the leaders
consultations with The Right Hon. JAMES
BRYCE, Chief Secretary. and Sir ANTONY
MAcDoNELL, Under S~ecsetary, in regard
to the form which the ~devolutiOn' pro-
gramme of the Government should take.
BY devolution, of course, is meant the
RELOCATION by the Imperial Parliament
TO an Irish body Of a more or less
considerable share of legislative and
administrative control over matters in
which Ireland is solely concerned. Now
!, we are told that a definite plan has been
agreed upon, the outlines of which are
made known.
observe, in the first place, that the
r project does not contemplate any impair
ment of the legislative union between
Great Britain and ireland. Without an
affirmation of the union it would be
vain to hope for an acceptance of the
scheme by the House Of Lords. Ire
lands representation at Westminster is
to remain what it is now: in other words,
no attention will be paid to the wishes
of those Unionists who hold that the
representation ought to be cut down SO
rs TO become propOrtionate to popula-
ton. But while the supreme authority
of the British Parliament with reference
10 the collective interests of the United
Kingdom is not 20 be disputed, its time
T. not 10 be occupied with questions
purely Irish. These, on the contrary,
are to be devoIved upon an Irish Council,
two-thirds or three-fOurths of whose
members will be chosen on the existing
parliamentary franchise, while the re-
mainder will either be appointed or
elected on q restricted franchise. IL is
obvious that the minority is intended to
safeguard the interests of those classes
which otherwise would be unrepresented.
Manifestly, this feature Of tho project
Is mean to conciliate the House of
Lords and win their assent TO devou-
. ton. Other efforts at Precipitation are
discernible in the provisions that the
present relations of the Irish judiciary
TO the Crown shall be unaffected and that
the constabulary shall remain under
imperial control, though it is to be re-
drred in numbers. Another provision is
as plainly designed TO please the priests,
the provision, namely. that ~clergymen
of all denominations shall be eligible for
membership in the council.
Tie oudines of the scheme which are
thus far forthcoming do not define the
limits within which subjects for legisla-
ton shall be transferred from the Parlia-
ment at Westminster to the Irish Coun-
Gil. On the other hand. the proposed
administrative changes are stated ex-
plicitly: the forty boards by which at
present the work of Irish administration
j. performed are 10 be abolished at
one stroke and replaced by four g
boards namely, a central department, an
education department, an agricultural
department and n land transfer depart
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Str: New York
has Its slang. but Boston exceeds any other town
Of the United States In capacity to employ words
or terms that reek OF provlncialism.
\ case in point: In an account recently printed
In a representative Boston journal of q society"
function In Beacon Street the young women who
served tea were called "pourers."
This Is only one OF many instances where Boston
journals make grotesque the claim OF this com
munity To a higher level OF culture" T.
BOaTOs. November "a.
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Commenting the President.

To TBR EDITOR or THE SUN-Sr: "A
Womsn's" letter most clearly sets forth the
wisdom and justice OF President Roosevelt =
action in d~ischarging the in~fanerymen who
deliberately chose their own fate. and I am
glad to hear a word from the right side in
reply to the maudlin sentiment that has been
expressed for these cowardly soldiers. who
have been dislOyal to their country in shield
ing the lawbreakers OF their own companies.
NEW YORK, November 20. JUSTICE.
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In 1906 we also imported other Injuries,
a. 245. OIo; books, maps, &c.. O. .oOI. Ol9; min
eraI waters, SO7s, 63I; watches. 81. SOS. 343
china porcelain and parlan ware. Sl2. s77. S2s:
fruits and nuts, SIS. 9I5. TAT; musical instru-
menta, SI,277, AIS; fancy perfumed soap,
s477, 6O5: malt liquors. o.. 79s. ss5; distilled
spirits. IS. S24. 787; still wines. sl.ses e06' toys.
S., Ss7. S0S. making our total for 1908 OF i'm
ported Injuries fully 5000, 900. 900. This
Gigantic total throws new light upon the
prosperity of the country.
- We get our diamonds from Great Britain
South Africa, the Netherlands. Belgium
and France. The laces, embroideries, &c.
reach us from Switzerland, France. Germany,
and Great Britain. Our artificial flowers.
fruits. &c, come from France and Germany.
France sends us 90 per cent. OF the cham
Dagne we import. The tobacco comes from
Cuba. the Netherlands and Turkey. and the
cigars are almost all from Cuba.
WALTER y. BALLARD.
Los ANGELES, Cal, November II.
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Our Letters % EnKland.

From the London Ddgv NsUs.
lrcsDOnse tol a request from Hcnnlker Itr3'1l.
NJ. p. tho Postmaster General has furni,lta a
return 10 show the increase In our foreign posl:s
since the year 1877.
Returns for the United States In 1877 are rpt
available. and the year 1891 has therefor naS1
given. In that year we despatched To the >fa 9
7.7oS.OO letters and postcards, as contrasted y"l
iS,5Oo.OO0 In 1905. In 1881 we received from 'us
United states las .OO0. as agslnst Is.osl. OOOIn sou.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-27

All Iowa r~ejoices over the prospect Of Senator
DoLLIvER's Observation-Disclosures Pres.
All Iowap The Iowa Republican party
is divided into Perldnsites and CImmins-
ties, hating one another too heartily to
rejoice even in the uncommon l~oveliness OF
the Hon. JONATHAN PRENTIss DoLLIvER.
And why do the Iowa Democrats rejoice
in JONATHAN Do they think it's a good
thing for their party to have him IN the
Sapafa9
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The phrase Hand me a lemon has now
passed out OF the region OF slang into d.
viner dir. Mr.. HENRY JAMES says that 1t
conveys no m~eaning.' Therefore is it
pure sterling HenTioo-Jaoobean and worthy
OF a place in all select v~ocabularies.
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The Hon. BoIEs PENRosE says that he
has heard no talk OF revision or anything
else affecting the tariff Mr.. PENRosE's
attention has been devoted to higher things.
For instance, decorative art in the new
capitol at Harrisburg.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-27

Sociologists will notice with grief the
theory of DR.. POWERS OF the Census Bureau
that pride and vanity are the cause OF high
prices. Car evil beget good1 Now high
prices are a positive good, and are well
coined by every good man, as the Hon.
LESLIE MoRrIEB SHAW loves to preach and
the world loves to hear.
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The Old Homestead.

The stern New England father had Just turned
bis daughter into the street.
Fine" she calculated. I'm Just pick up q few
mining stocks on the curb
ThIs we see that every cloud haa a silver lInInE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-27

The American A0rteuiturtst gives the apple '."'
OF 1905 as @.l2O.OoO barrels. as against 24.cr
barrels In 1905. an increase OF u. 10000 barre
but sySs0.0OO barrels short OF each of the crops O.
the three years prior 10 1905. The figures sfr''I
at are the specialization OF returns from core
spondents In every apple producing section 's.i
OF the Rocky Mountains. A good many 1905 s7q'
are available for winter storage.
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recovered. Good news: but q certain ten
deney to make split, 10 whirl and levitate.
and possibly to smlte the whangdoodle
may continue for some time. Not in a
moment can Colorado be translated into
prose,
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Our old friend RArsU1I is somewhat Of
standpatter himself.

Another young life bighted. A Chicago
n an who had smoked and chewed for
eighty-seven years has just been cut of in
his flower. Why will men put an enemy into
their mouths to steal away their ivesf
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Failure es q Triple Alliance.

Pluto was Boosting OF his three headed dog.
well II will get left" answered his daughters
sutton. Il have only one pair Of pants"
seeing mat there vas not enough work to 20
round. the old man stopped Dragging.
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When I get to the Senate there will be something
doing .-Ths Hon. JKPF DAVIS OF Arkansas.
Does this eminent statesman and scholar
mean to make his first speech in the Senate
in his shirtsleeves?
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LUXURIES.
FiSures More Than Doubled IN . Decade
Markets That Contribute.

To THE EDITOR OF The SCN-Sir: II Is
not generally known. but 1t is a fact that in
the last ten fiscal years our imports OF luxu-
ries have grown from ISL ,O0O. 900 to SIPS. 900, 900,
an increase OF s74 600 900, or nearly $50 per
cent.
Here is the comparison Bureau Of Sta
tistics iguresi:
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Thercis nothing more delightful than a gray day.
-IndidnIDoitS NecS.
Many Philistines, outside OF the HOosier
culture" belt. prefer a pay day.
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The Mystic symbol in He-s.t', Campaign pm

To TIE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sfr. l no,,, !
The SUN that Mr.. Hearst spent In the last an
paixn t2Ss.S70. The sum Of its digitS Amoun's u
twenty three 09. I understand tho gentIrmaa
has gone TO Mexico. DENVER SuBecRIBER.
DENvgR. Cot, November y.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-05
STERLING CENTER NOTES.
Personal and News Gossip Collected
in That Section.

Charlie Grover and Louis Runke spent
a day at LuTa Lake duck hunting.
Miss Esther Ballard returned to heI
home last Monday.
Miss Johnson spent Sunday at her
home in Mankato.
Several persons from this place at
tended the fair at Iankato.
Mrs Wilbur Stratton was united in
marriage to Mr.. William Bouton of Du-
luth last Sunday.
Cyrus Williams had telephone put
in his house last Fri!ay.
S. NJ. Grover SOLD a fine horse to
Ben Taylor this week.
E. w. Parks is the owner of fine
monograph.
Elizabeth Troy spent Sunday at the
home of Mrs. Rebccca Ellis.
The creamery house is occupied by
Charlie Grotzke and his brother Frank
Mrs. n. p. Anderson and children of
Truman spent few days last week Wis
iting friends and relatives.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-05
BUYS MORE COLORADO LAND.
w. J. Merchant Invests Heavily in
Land on Recent Trip.

from SATURDAY Ddny.
The continued importing of settlers
to the rich farming sections of Colorado,
whose future prospects is excellent, in
fuenced w. J. Merchant of this city to
purchase tract of 5000 acres of till
able land in that state. Mr.. MOrehart
has held an option on the large tract for
sometime past and while in Colorado
the latter part of last week closed the
transfer with the c. C. Young estate of
New York. The tract is located in Lin
coin county along the Rock Island rail
road and is one of the few choice and
desirable large lots left in that section.
Mr.. Merchant had no more than secured
a deed when he was offered handsome
sum for it but refused. preferring to sell
the property in smaller sized parcels.
Both Mr.. Merchant and MIR. Jones re-
turned this morning from Colorado, hav-
ing disposed of 1900 acres during the
past week.