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Old Soldiers.


ron ~ oUStUH 4 IuNstftP.
Soldiers Of the Revolution can be remembered
by men who are not 10 day in their old age. Sew
eral OF the rear guard OF the Continental Army
saw striking episodes OF the Revolution and were
able TO narrate them when more than seventy years
had passed. Benjamin Abbott. q drum major.
who beat the death march at Major Andres exc
cution ,>died at Nashua. n. H, In 1851. Peter Be
sancon. who was one Of Lafayette's followers. and
who died at Warsaw. n. Y, in 1885. Is believed 10
have been the longest surviving witness OF Andres
death, which occurred October ?. 1850.
The annals of many countries bear witness TO
occasional Instances Of longevity In those whose
business tits to die" Samuel Gibson. who was
a soldier al Waterloo, died December is, 1891, aged
lol. Who was the last Waterloo ofhcer is the sub
lee, of considerable doubt. hut the distinction was
claimed for Lieut.. Maurice Shea. who died Feb
ruay 5, 1892. and who fell short one year OF being
a centcnarian. Veteran sailors are almost as
common as veteran soldiers. Admiral Sir Provo
Wallis, who died February IS. 1902, in his lolst year,
was one OF the Lieutenants OF the Shannon when
she CAPTURED the Chesapeake in 1913. Rear Ad'
miral Thomas o. Sclfridgc, the elder, Of our own
navy. who was born in 1904. was a rival Of Wallis
in length OF days.
Lives that span the historic past and the present
are commoner than are generally supposed. On
June 10 theSson Of a Revolutionary soldier took
part In decorating at Saugus the graves Of hts
fathers comrades.
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Adv,c. TO a Youth With $4,000 a Year.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Were I In the
position OF your correspondence. D. NJ should
by all means adhere to my prefe renee to increase
my knowledge by travel and literature rather than
increase my purse unnecessarily by engaging In
business at the sacrnce OF my natural incllna-
lions. should carefully choose a wife before
starting upon my travels. for she, as a companion,
would give an added iustre to the pleasure derived
therefrom. Upon my return l would lead the Ideal
existence of a country gentleman. which embraces
the pursuit otliterature. outdoor life. social inter
course and an active interest In the local political
welfare particularly, and ofthe country generally.
This ! consider TO be far pref rable and more
dignined In every respect, without going into de
tails, as compared to a business career. which tends
to destroy rather than develop the inner sentiments
Of mankind, as many who have attained promi
nence In the commercial world prove the sincerity
OF their charities being often doubtful, consisting
as they do OF a hurried signature at the bottom OF
a check, in many cases Itself bearing the inherent
mark OF barter by the presence OF a string" at
tached thereto.
Our friend may consider himself fortunate in
having the means to lead a life OF refinement with
out being compelled to risk contamination with a
business world where the possession OF refinement
Is almost unknown and certainly not appreciated.
NEW YORK, June II. a. v.
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For the Common Good.

It Ia just to the Interstate Commerce
Commission, a body some Of whose
members have not always been con-
spicuous for their discretion in speech,
to say that it has been doing of late the
best and most fruitful work in its history.
It's Investigations have disclosed collu-
sive. graft bearing and morally dishonest
relations between railroad officials and
employees and shippers, and have MADE
certain a reform in railroad manage
ment. By whatever strictly illegal or
merely doubtful trick and device one
customer has been favored at the ex-
pense of others and of the stockholders,
honesty is going to be the best railroad
policy henoeforth.
What with the exposure Of rebaters,
the prosecution and the conviction OF
some, and the determination of the Ad-
ministration to hunt the whole pack
down, the gentlemen in the railroad
business who have been making money
on the side have got to purge themselves
and live clearly. The rebate taker and
the rebate giver are both frightened.
For some time to come, at least, railroads
will be run for the benefit Of the stock
holders, as some of them are run now.
After all, public opinion is even more
effective and salutary than statutes
criminal and civil, or the known DISPOSE
ton OF the Administration to Use all
means in its power against the violators
of the law and the eaters of the stock
holders profits.
THE SUN has insisted from the first
that rebates are the essential evil of
railroad management. In n form or
another unjust discrimination is at the
bottom of the whole trouble. The tenn
per Of the public and the present temper
Of the railroads insure a better system
in the future. Habit, seeming necessity
sometimes, and a low standard Of COM
mercial morals, may have excused some
of the offenders hitherto. The habit
must be broken, the standard must be
raised, the necessity exists no longer.
In such q complex and giant bust
nees as the railroad business Of the
United States, injustices, bad prac-
tees, must grow up; but the need of
reform is clear, the public resolve to have
it is equally clear, and we believe that
the railroad managers understand that
resolve and that need.
Under existing laws, enforced, and
under the pressure Of popular sentiment.
this new departure in railroad manage
ment is being made. No better thing
could happen to the railroads, innocent
or guilty, than a restoration Of public
confidence and respect. Those people
who buck the Wall Street tiger may try
to use the investigation and reform Of
railroads for ursine or asinine purposes.
The value of every railroad property will
be increased as the result of that ipvesti-
oation and reform.
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The Lights of London in A, d. 1905.

From me LONDON Ddup Graphic.
The decision to use gas In preference to the cleo.
the arc for the artificial lighting OF the Now sta
ton at Victoria marks another stage in the duel
between the two illuninants. Few OF us, perhaps.
realize how long that duel has been in progress,
Il Is nearly hfty years since the arc light was used
In the building OF Westminster Bridge; II is nearly
thirty years since It hrst Illuminated Waterloo
Bridge, a portion OF the Embankment and the
entrance OF the Gaiety Theatre. Since those early
days II has passed through many stages OF improve
ment, but at each OF them 1t has been met by a cor
responding Improvement in gas lighting, and II
has had a hard struggle to keep a place In London
streets. Apparently even the rosy glow OF the
flaming" arc fails TO Illuminate the atmosphere OF
darkest London as successfully as pressure gas
and II is more expensive.
But II electricity cannot hold Its own In the light.
Ing Of large open spaces in London. there Is a stead
lily widening neld for II indoors. The time Is neal
at hand when, with the cheapening OF the produo.
ton OF electricity and the discovery OF q more
economical nlament for the incandesoent lamp, the
use OF gas will be confined 70 the kitchen and the
street
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The silver City vindicated.

Relying upon assertions made by the
Meriden Record, The Sun spoke severe
words the other day about the, noble
Nutmeg city Of Meriden. No words could
have been severe enough If, as was 70
ported, the civic or ceremonial officials
had dared to repudiate or even to be
surprised at the size Of the bin for the
entertainment of those thunderbolts
and legs Of wal the Putnam Phalanx OF
Hartford. The legs minuetted for the
benefit of Meriden, concentrating the
hundredth anniversary Of her birthday.
Not in another hundred, not in ten times
ten thousand years, will Meriden see a
pageant 80 brilliant as that procession
Of martial and consummate legs. They
deserved not merely magnums, but
maximums of champagne as well as
the lasting gratitude Of the city.
1t appears from an article in the Mert-
den Journal that Meriden did not fail in
a high duty:
As the guests OF the town Of Metden the Put.
nam Phalanx were entitled 10 not only receive tho
best treatment that eould'be accorded. but aiso as
a matter OF common courtesy be protected from
unfair or unjust criticism. There has never been
any criticism Of the expense incurred by the Colonial
ball committee"
Mr.. FRANCIS ATwATER. corresponding
secretary Of the Meriden Centennial
Committee, writes us as follows:
THE Centennial committee and the people Of
Meriden feel deeply the disgrace attached TO the
false reports in regard to the Centennial and the
Putnam Phalanx.
y assure you that the entire story came from
the imagination OF q reporter on the Record. There
was no comment from any source in regard 70 the
bill FOO entertaining the Phalan1. and 1t Is with
deep feelings Of modification and chagrin that the
sownspeople Of Meriden have read the contemplate
statements circulated"
The country will read that letter with
deep feelings Of qualification and Joy.
Meriden has not been disloyal to a re-
nowned institution, to a hallowed artis-
tic tradition, to an unparalleled museum
and wal college. the Peerless Legs.
Long may those legs Of MARS glitter on
the wet ways of war! Long may the
accompanying hands uplift. the daunt-
less outlets empty, the beaker, the mazer
and the can!
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WATER TUNNEL 500 FEET DOWN
Getting the Esopus Supply Promises to BE
Expensive.

Expensive.
The new Board of Water Supply has re-
tanned Prof. Kemp Of Columbia University
and Prof. Crosby OF the Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology, expert BIOLOGISTS,
to analyze the borings of rock under the
Hudson River at Pegs Point and Clinton
Point, where it is planned to build the great
tunnel to convey the Esopus supply under
the river to the east bank.
Behring'S nave already been made on the
shore on both sides Of the river at these
points to the depth Of 500 feet and no sure
bottom has yet been found for the tunnel.
This means that the tunnel will have to be
at least 500 feet down, near the shore and
probably deeper under the river, so that
the cost will be much larger than had been
estimated. Compressed air ann be
used at such a depth for tunnel work and 1t
will be necessary to pump fresh air TO the
workers.
The bornings on the banks Of the river
showed slate on one side and limestone
on the other. The borings in the bed OF
the river are now being made, The slate
and limestone so far examined by the en-
ton for the tunnel, but no action will be
taken until the expert biologists report,
There is also some question about the
sites selected for the reservoirs in the Esopus
region. 1t seems That a great deal OF
swampy land has been discovered in these
places and it may be necessary to strip
these lands before their actual wctcth for
the purpose is determined. In the mean
time the board has established a laboratory
in Varick street in which specimens OF the
land taken from these sites can be examined.
The tunnel under the river will start at
Marlborough near Kingston on the west
side and land at a point near New Hamburg
on the east side. The TUNE will be ,lree
miles long, but only 5000 feet OF IL willtO UNI
der the river.
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wicked. wicked Publishers.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE sUS-siE presume
Author" has found out by this time that rs per
cent. Of publishers feed like MIXTURES on carcasses
lclassies) Of authors who have passed away long
ago OF hunger and In PERJURY. because there are
no royalties TO be paid. OF the remaining Is per
cent. there are some who deal only in literature
which Is found In aah barrels or sent to them
anonymously In yellow or blue boxes, and does
not cost anything. either. Others depend only on
the OUTPUT OF jailbirds or OF authors OF criminal
notonety. Only a few pay fabulous prices lin stage
money, to their pet authors tmembers OF the hrm
or stockholders, and compel people 10 read them,
whether they like II or not. There Is not. with
out exception, a single publisher who viii make
himself an ass to spend money In order 10 adver'
ttse the birth OF a new author. be he OF whatever
originality or merit.
My ADVICE TO the disappointed author t to nigh,
his own battles. blow his own horn, for nobody else
will blow II for him. Let him publish his gem
himself as did ANOTHER AUTHOR.
FLORAL PARK. L. l.. June 2f.
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MONUMENT TO BARRY.
Sons OF St. Patrick 10 Double the Congress.
slonal Appropriation.

To erect a suitable monument to Com
modore John Barry, the Revolutionary
naval commander, Congress has voted
5O,ooO.' The Friendly Sons of st. Patrick
intend to add an equal sum.
The monument is to be in Washington.
To select the site will be the duty of a com
mittee on arrangements, of which the
Secretary of War, the Secretary of the
Navy and other Cabinet officers will be
members. Augustus Saint Gaudens, the
sculptor, will be asked to design the monu-
ment.
Commodore Barry was one Of the earliest
Irish Americans Of distinction. He was
born in Ireland in 1745, came over the At
lantic as a young ~man;--eettled in Phila-
delphia and received his ship from the
Continental Congress when somewhat
over 80. Thomas Barrett Of this city,
Congressman McCleary in Washington.
Gen. st. Clair Mulholland of Philadelphia
and other influential Irishmen have taken
active interest in the passage OF the bill.
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40 cHEAP SCHOOL LUNcKEONs.
Board OF Education Doesn't Approve OF
Or. Haupt's Plan.


DIR, Louis Haunt introduced at yester-
DAYS meeting Of the Board Of Education
a resolution calling on the city TO provide
cheap hincheons TO the pupils Of the public
schools, In support OF the resolution he
said:
LET us start II at a few OF the big elc-
mentary schools and then spread It around
to the other schools as the system proves OF
vslue. | don't believe our public school
pupils are starving, as was asserted by q
settlement worker some time ago.. but
they are not as well nouFished as they
should be. We can have counters put up
somewhere In the school and then enter
into a contract with a caterer to furnish o
luncheon for y cents or 8 cents. There
should be good, wholesome cakes, and bups
and milk. It seems to me that h idea 10
a good one, and should be adopted
i dont think we should turn the public
schools into boarding houses" said Abra-
ham Stern. "The schools are not the places
TO dispense hash and pumpkin pie and roast
turkey and, perhaps, canned goods. we
in connection with the schools; II the
caterer is obliged to sell 30 cheaply, where
does his profit come In? He wouldn't go
into It for love of the children, and how
long would h food be Wholesome az .
or 5. cents a meal? Who would supervise
the quality Of the food?' ,
The resolution was put to a vote and
lost.
The board Of superintendents handed In
a report on simplifed spelling. The board
months the advisabiity Of recommending
that the teachers and pupils OF the public
schools should make use Of a list OF 300
words which had been, prepared by the
Matthews Is chairman.
The superintendents in their report
authorized the use Of the words in'the new
spelling. .
altho, coquet, develop, controller, tipt'
topt, winkt, thore, lacrimal, riPt, rhine
prolog, dript, dropt, subpoena, sultur'
thru, fantom, smolder, similar and prac-
| tise both as a noun and a verb. The report
was referred to the committee on text
hooks.
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The Protest From the Independent
Oil Men.

With due respect for the motives of
the senior Senator from Sowth Carolina,
who does not want people to say, you
have IS. o. on your brow, BEN TILL
MAN" it would work serious damage
and perhaps ruin to the independent oil
producers if the word railroad" were
not substituted for the words common
carrier" in what is called the Elkins
amendment to the railroad rate bill.
That amendment originally read as
follows:
From and after May /. 1908. It shall be unlaw.
State, Territory or District Of the United States,
or to any foreign country. any article or commod-
ity, other than timber and the manufactured prod
ucts thereof. manufactured. mined or produced
by it."
Now an interstate pipe line for the
transmission of oil to a refinery at tide
water or elsewhere has never been re-
garded in law as a common carrier, By
the Lodge amendment to the railroad
rate bill any corporation or person
operating such a pipe line shall be
considered a common carrier within
the meaning Of the act. Mr.. LODGE in
tended his amendment to have precisely
that effect, although his English was de-
clared to be faulty by Mr.. TILLMAN.
If the words common carrier" were
to remain in the Elkins amendment the
corporations and persons owning a pipe
line might be prohibited from carrying
a gallon of their own oil. Senators were
flooded with protests from independent
producers. Mr.. TILLMAN smelled a
mouse: the oil octopus must be behind
all these protests! There can be no
question that the Standard Oil Company
did not want to have pipe lines pro-
nounced common carriers. Perhaps it
aroused some Of the independent pro-
ducers by timely warnings, although it
may be assumed that they are alert
enough to protect their own interests.
But it is beyond dispute that other indie
pendents moved Of their own accord, and
fearfully sent kilograms Of protest to the
Senate. They came from Ohio, Illinois,
hdllbas, texas, WoSt 'HSlnlo ohu otiiSi
States The following was received by
Senator CULEoM:
" Illinois gives promise OF being one of the nrs
States in the Union In the production of oil, ant
Crawford. Clark, Cumberland and Lawrence coun
ties are the centre OF the oil neids. Thousands o
dollars worth OF oil is being shipped daily from
these counties. II the oil amendment to the rat
bill is passed. 1t will ruin the oil industry Of on
State. The people OF Crawford county. as well a
the entire oil neld in Illinois, are most emphatlcAll'
against this oil provision"
Under the circumstances Senator
CULLoM dared to speak up in defenct
of the interests of the little oil men
although he knew he would be brandec
on the forehead by BEN TnLMAN.
Senator LONG Of Kansas also defec
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FEDERALISM AND NATIONALIsM.
The Contemporary Tendency to Substitute
the Latter for the Former.

Vn0 lattef Tor inc FORMER.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In all
ages the effort OF men seeking political free
dom has been in the direction Of a decentral-
lied government and the greatest possible
freedom for the individual. Twenty years
ago Mr.. John Fiske "a profound student Of
American history. said; Too much CEN
tralization lie ouf danger to-day. as the weak
ness Of the federal tie was our danger a CEN
fury ago" Mr.. Fiske's opinion Of what is
going on in 1908 would be interesting.
The difference between a national and a
federal form Of government lies in the meas
ure Of direct control which may be exercised
by the central Government in its relations
with individuals. A national Government
may deal directly with the affairs Of individual
citizens. A Government purely federal may
deal only with the political organisms, COM
monty known as States, by the association OF
which, the general Government is formed.
The idea Of nationalism was entirely repudi.
ated by the trainers of the Constitution, and
an absolute federalism trnl Sn. TSs .5 held TO ODE be t In,
Of federalism with a few nominations but
these notifications were so limited in their
mature nSsdoy and and s scope that III Of th nstio Sa.Gy neither
safely be regarded as at least a fairly success
full experience under the system adopted by
those who say that this is all wrong. They
insist that the central, Government must
associations Of individuals: that there must be
a centralized and paternal Government. a com
bination of parent, schoolmaster and police
have seen q great light. The serviceable old
Constitution is a misft. -
The ailmept Of nationalism will run its
com from a little broadening Of the present
system, but the essential prlnGiples of fed
e ef nssloD wIIi Be has sli been Sa d ion the s hpeedde ead. race
WASHINGTON, June ~ CONSERVATIVE.
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Great enthusiasm In the House when the
Hon. CHARLES e. TowNsEND OF Michigan
was hymning and praying for Unole joe
CANNON. II the House was the Republic
can national conventional These raptures
must be considered a. essentially dramatic.
In 1908 the House howled with ecstasy when
another Wolverine statesman, the Hon.
Grand Rapids SMITH. srandly and rapidly
nominated Uncle jon for President. The
oontagion Of crowds has something to do
with this dithyrambic mood. Nobody else
tried to boom Mr.. CANNON: and nobody
could be meeker than these cam onading
statesman were afterward.
Uncle JOE has heard talk enough in his
life and knows what tie value is. Still, the
good feeling Of his boys in Washington for
their schoolmaster must be pleasant to him.
Anybody who wants to be good to him now
should send him books, articles, pamphlets
or letters about Grand Old Men. He is a
collector. Statistics Of political longevity
are his meat and drink. But his passion for
figures is tempered by d sense Of humor.
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Will the Gear Run Away?

Four weeks ago concurrent predictions
came from St. Petersburg that before the
end Of June NICHOLAS II. would dis
solve or at least prorogue the Duma.
Although the month is not quite over
there has ceased to be the slightest like
lihood that the Car will dare to carry
out the purpose formerly ascribed to
him. 1t begins to seem more probable
that a month hence the national assem-
bly, will have made a long stride toward
the supremacy it aims at, and that the
imperial family will have sought a refuge
outside Of Russia.
The march of ominous events has been
quickened during the last few days.
According to a telegram to the London
Times, a leading peasant Deputy, who
has Just returned from a tour in the
region of the lower Volga, reports a COM
plete failure of the crops in four prov
inces where famine has prevailed ever
since the beginning Of last winter, and
that the inhabitants have been wrought
to fury by the failure to take any eff
fective measures for their relief. At
every stopping place on the river throngs
of peasants met him with the shout,
Away with the Ministry" which they
recognize as the impeachment TO the
good intentions Of the Duma. In the
national assembly they have not yet lost
confidence, but the younger agricultur-
lists have learned to detest the sovereign,
and even the older and more conserva-
tive peasants asked the visiting Deputy
if it were possible that the Gear could
have turned against them. Questioned
concerning the attitude of the army,
the Deputy assured his fellow members
Of the Duma that the troops undoubtedly
would refuse to fire on the peasants, be-
cause the latter had made known their
determination to burn the homes of the
soldiers If the latter fought against the
people. This report does but confirm
the conclusion that might have been
reached q PRIOR, that the sons and
brothers of mujiks could not be trusted
to fire upon their kinsmen.
OF the five factors, then, in the Rus
sian situation, to wit, the nation, the
army, the Duma, the reactlonary court
and the Car, the temper of the first and
decisive factor is now known. for the
urban proletariat and the well educated
class had already been won over to the
!, cause of drastic reform, if not to that
7 Of revolution, and il was only as TO the
! disposition of the peasantry that doubt
! still fingered. The evidence concerning
, the spread of ~disafrection in the army
q grows more convincing every day. From