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Keep Your Eye on the Datto.

Judge PARKER's repetition of the old
question; Why shouldn't the next Demo-
cratic candidate for President be a
S~outherner? has caused a certain flutter-
ing, premature and essentially academic
as that question is. The South has
almost an excess of men competent for
the job; it has in Senator BAILEY, if his
talent for administration is even a quar-
ter of his talent for legislation, a candi-
date of the very highest qualifications.
But, as usual, the South will continue
to be the Patient Grissel Of the Democ-
racy.
Meanwhile the universal activity of
the Peoples Plutocrat, the Hon. WILL
IAN RANDOLPH HEARST, gives goose
flesh to the we'll wishers of conservative
Democratic principles" He of the
open heart and open purse has not
grown any more bashful than he was in
1904. Doubtless he is prospecting for
delegates. CLAIMS and Thane of Cawdor;
all hail, BILL HEARST, that shalt be
King hereafter! Congressman and Gov
and Presi-, but here the leading
a 8 of A~LNAsCHAR and the counting Of
the unmatched eggs rise inthe memory.
Municipal ownership of public utilities,
the slaughter of corporations, many
wild dreams of half baked Socialists
and reformers that need to tarry at
Jericho are on the programme; and the
familiar figure of the rich demagogue
looms very large. But all these projects
and ambitions of the freshman and sub
freshman class of politicians and spouters
amount to about as much and little,
perhaps, as the amusing suggestion of
the candidacy Of Democratic seniors,
antediluvian names long submerged by
the flood of radical;sm.
Remains one ardent and ]unconquer-
able sophomore, he of the silver trumpet
voice, the shears of lightning and the
pen of fire; orator, editor, lecturer,
actor, soldier, traveller, WILLIAM JEN-
NINGs BRYAN. The result of the 1904
election " indicated him. The "reor-
ganizers" had their way. He let them
have it, and with it rope enough to hang
themselves.
He needs 20 check book to spread
his popularity or to hunt delegates.
Like him or loathe him, there he is,
incomparably the most popular Demo-
crat. His health is good. In 1908 he
will be As. If he wants to be the Demo-
cratic candidate for President in that
year, who's going to prevent him?
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The Proposed Tunnel Under Boring
Strait.

The proposal TO connect Siberia with
Alaska by means of a tunnel under
Boring Strait seems to be taken seriously
by the Russian Government. Baron
DE LoBEL has succeeded in interesting
the Emperor NICHOLAS H., Premier
WITTE and other members of the Min
istry, and half the members of the com
mission formed for the purpose of exam
lining the project have pronounced in
favor Of it.
According to Baron DE LoBEL, the
representative in st. Petersburg of the
American Transalaskan Siberian Com
pany, the plan of that corporation is to
construct a railway through Alaska to
Cape Prince of Wales, which road by a
southern extension could be connected
with the transcOntinental lines of Canada
and of the United States. From Cape
Princeof Wales to East Cape, the extreme
northeastern corner of Siberia, a tunnel
would be built which, according to many
experts consulted by Baron DE LoBEL,
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Work Of the Jewish Removal Office

For five years the Removal Office
Of the Jewish Agricultural and Indus
trial Aid Society has been transplanting
from this city to other communities I'M
successful New York Jews or recent
immigrants and %, 491 persons have been
removed in that time. The officers Of
the society believe that 10000 Of the per-
SONS thus aided have remained outside
New York. Many have taken their fam
lilies to their new homes. The society
does not give any data of the persons
thus assisted who have failed to better
their condition in new surroundings,
but it does tell some interesting facts in
regard to others who have been able to
establish themselves satisfactorily.
Between February II and June 81,
1905, six men were sent to Columbus,
Ohio. Recently an agent of the society
examined them. Each had a bank
account, the least well to do being cred
tied with SIS, the most successful with
$500. The aggregate savings of these
men were $3.50, two of them had
brought their families from Europe,
and three were sending money to Russia
each month. OF some other men the
report says:
"a man sent to Memphis, Tenn, In 1901. now
owns his own house. or nine men sent to Nash
vile three have their own stores. Two carpenters
sent to Minneapolis have savings OF $500 and 500
respectively. and one shoemaker sent there owns
his own house. One machlnist sent to Pittsburg
IS earning 500 a week, another 81 a day. A lock-
smith is earning SIS a week, a huckster s35. Three
OF the four have bank accounts. OF those sent
to Rochester six have purchased houses and
others have bank accounts ranging from $500 10
$500. Twenty nine men sent to that city have
aggregate savings In bank and real estate tapart
from the value Of merchandise In stores amounting
to 5000"
On an impressive looking ~letterhead"
comes n letter from Nebraska, in which
the proprietor of a tailoring shop asks
that an assistant be sent to him to work
steadily at good pay. or this the report
remarks:
The Interesting fact about this case is that the
writer OF the letter was sent on September II, 1904,
nv This Office, he having at that time been ten years
in the country. He was then $40 In debt and I'M
able to take his family with him. because he had
no money and wanted nrst TO establish himself.
on October 20. 1904, nve weeks later, he sent for his
wife and four children. ON November 20, 1904
our report showed that he was earning SOS a week.
and the letter above quoted dated January 10.
1900. is evidence of continued prosperity. AZ the
time that the city was selected for this man there
was no special reason for the selection as he had
no friends there or elsewhere"
The record of progress made by some
of these assisted men is marvellous.
Take the case of a blacksmith who ar
rived in this country in December, 1904.
On March "a, 1905, he was sent to South
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,nd. Ind. On NAY / be wrote to the

Bend. Ind. On May / he wrote to the
society:
Il thank YOU for sending me 10 such a pleasant
city. l found plenty Of work here and am going
TO be married on May 5 with u girl Of very respec-
table family"
In another case a lOcksmith sent to
Ripon, VIZ, ON February % wrote on
August 25 that he was making a fine
living, and asked that his brother, who,
after three Years in this city was unable
to succeed az u peddIer, be sent to him,
AK he could get work at from $l2 to SIS
a week in Ripon. In June an ironworker
was sent to Columbus, Ohio, after two
years Of non-success in New York. In
September he was earning $50 a month,
and wrote that he was sorry he did not
leave New York before. The CONNER
cial history of an immigrant to Ianes-
vile, Ohio, az told by himself, under date
of December 20, 1906, is a storyof success
from unpromising beginnings:
-Four years ago. when l was not able to make q
living In New York, In spite of the fact that l was
a good shoemaker. you sent me 10 GAINESVILLE and
i worked for IS a week and board. j worked TOT
the same man for two years. until I got 81. a week
and brought my family over. and now, thank God,
/ have a nice business and need a man 10 work for
me. ] have a store and shoe shop. and as my busi.
ness is increasing, although my daughter helps mo
In the store l need some one TO help me in the shoe
shop. II you will send me a shoemaker. a foreigner.
/ will pay him IS a week and board and he can
work up"
The society finds a constantly increas-
ing interest in its work among men and
women without whose cooperation it's
success would not be possible. These
render their assistance without reward,
and feel that in helping to establish their
poor and struggling coreligionists out
side Of what one called "the hell of New
York, where thousands are dying for lack
Of a cent, they are engaged inthe solu-
tion Of zone Of the largest problems which
confront American Jewry, and in 80 help
ing they are laying under obligations the
whole Of Jewry the world over"
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New York's Chinatown has been described
frequently as a neighborhood Of shacks and
shanties, devoted to gambling and opium
smoking and a resort for criminals and
disorderly characters. The Chinatown Of
fact Ia very different. 1t il largely made up
of stores and warehouses, the seat OF the
Chinese wholesale trade, and Chinese people,
who are gregarious in their habits, have
there as elsewhere a settlement. 1t is the
place OF business of the Chinese merchants,
whose probity is we'll known, and the point
of distribution for Chinese wares silks,
teas, lacquer work, fireworks, bamboo ware,
incense sticks, unguents. prints, groceries
and condiments, fans and sandals.
In addition TO being the mercantile centre
of the Chinese population Of New York,
Chinatown contains the Chinese theatre
for amusement, reputable social clubs and
the joss houses for public worship. An
incident OF each Sunday is the assemblage
in this neighborhood Of Chinese from all
parts Of the metropolitan district, some
to perform religious duties, some TO OBJ
tain medical or legal counsel, some to
receive letters from or send them to China,
and others to transact such ordinary bust
ness as the purchase Of a restaurant or the
sale of a laundry,
Searching for crime and vice among these
thousands of transplanted Orientals will
be rewarded with success, but their morals
and manners are certainly not worse than
those Of the surrounding denizens. Among
the Chinese are roughs, murderers, gam,
blers and other undesirable persons, but the
proportion is not 50 great as to condemn
the whole population.
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The Custody OF Negatives.

To TIE EDITOR OF THR SuN-.Str. Please ad.
wise me OF the attitude and responsibility Of pho
tographing establishments toward their clients
relative 10 their negatives, For instance, a photog-
raphcr is retiring from business and is sending such
a notice TO his former customers. Many OF these
customer are not particular about the negatives
OF old pictures. provided they know that they
are in responsible hands; but I understand tho
present photographer claims the right TO sell them
where and to whom he pleases, unless the custom
ers pay the price that he asks for the old neg atives.
Is this position correct' II could be, in my opinion,
quite awkward 10 have negatives fall into the
hands OF unprincipled parties.
NEW YORK, March q. CONSTANT READER.
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stamps and the woman.

To THR EDITOR OF TIE SUN-!Sfr' The CORE.
spondent who signs himself-or Is IL herself,-
Stamps In your Issue OF March "a viii have IN
guess again. "Scnbbler" doesn't happen 10 be.
long TO the privileged sex for which free lunch
counters" have been established. She Is onIy .
woman who earns her bread by the sweat Of her
brow; therefore she must be UP and doing before
breakfast In order 10 help herself and othcrs AZ
pendent upon her earning capacity.
II seems a pity that Stamps" has wasted all h,s
delicate satire and pungent wit about Tin cans"
and Harlem billy goats, and things, on n mcro
woman. Scptpptrp
NEW YORK, March ~.
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CONSULAR
Defence OF CONGRESSES Modification Of the
Lodge Bill.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: The
criticism has been repeatedly made that the
Congress has "emasculated" the Lodge bill
for consular reform as it came from Secretary
Root by striking therefrom the provisions
compelling the appointments OF consuls 10
higher salaried offices from among consuls
at low er salaried offices. 1t IL true that
these provisions are omitted from the bill
as it now stands. Clearly, however, this
omission is necessary.
Section . OF Article ? OF the Constitution
reads as follows, Quitting inapplicab BILE words:
The President . " shall nominate. and
by and with the Advice and Consent of the
Senate shall appoint Ambassadors. other
public Ministers and Consuls." tFhe capital
zation is that of the Originally consequently
it Is not within the power of the Congress to
limit the President and the Senate in ap-
pointing consuls by creating a class from
which any of such consuls must be appointed.
Any President would he legally justified in
disregarding any such limitation, and II the
Congress made it the attempt would be a
vain thing.
The least the Congress has done is to estab-
lish a system making it easy for public opin-
ion to compel appointments in the higher
consulates to be promotions from the less re-
munerative. Everything that could have
been accomplished by the provisions stricken
from the Lodge bill. had such provisions been
constitutional, can now he accomplished by
proper presidential appointments.
In fact, except as to some matters OF detail
the congress in this bill has gone as far as
II could without meeting grave constitutional
questions. ] am not on the on
Foreign Affairs, and therefore can with perfect
propriety say that to my knowledge the COM
mitteee instead of being criticised as it has
been should have been commended for hard,
conscientious, painstaking and intelligent
work, in which the three Representatives from
New York on the committee. Messrs. Perkins.
Fassett and Towne. took their fun part.
WILLIAM y. BESNRT.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. March -.
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So enormous. says the Knoxville (Tenn) journal
and Tribune. was the product In 1905 Of our farms,
mines and factories that had II been moved ~
one time It would have nlled SO. ~, sH7 freight cas-,
or more than 100000 more than would have hcon
required 10 move the products OF the prosperoWs
year 1904. Thirty three million freight cars. II
made up into one train, would extend for a disrHnc"
Of 224.e0O miles. or would glrdle the earth ahon;
nine times at the equator. II this mythical train,
with the S25. 900 locomotives which would have heon
required TO haul 1t, had travelled out into spac"
on a trip TO the moon. tho leading "moGuls" would
have been puf1ug through the valleys Of tho cHr'hS
satellite before the caboose had rumblcd out Of N"
freight yards at the starting point. Merely Ia
store the cars and engines In such a train would 70
qulre the use OF nearly all the railway mileage In
the United States.
III the grain trade American farmers arc stu
increasing their output yearly. and adding strength
to our claim 10 be called the granary OF the world
In 1905 $50. 900 900 bushels Of grain poured ma
twelve primary grain markets. to bc distributed
again TO all corners Of the globe. American grain
is to-day lighting 10 supplant nee among the
Asatics. and has already partly displaced tyc ~
the food staple OF the pcasantry OF Europe IN 4
few years loaves made OF Am crican grain Will hc
indeed the stan OF life In every country Of Europe
On the Pacific Coast nifty years ago only a lew
gold-made proSpectors: to-day thriving. huS'''rE
towns and cities and thlckly settled farming com
muniues. The huge lumber trarnc OF northern
California. Oregon and Washington is a great attest
OF American prosperity. Annually for the last
three years more than 1 900, ooO. 900 feet OF redwood.
pine and hr has been taken from these almost
inexhaustlble timber tracts and shipped to Call
fornia coast points, and more than zoo, 900 0cn feet
sent abroad.
Americas coal resources. both anthracite and
bituminous, are among her greatest assets, and
have contributed more than any other single prod
uct to make the United States the leading indus
trial nation OF the world, II needed Ct. 0oocN tons
OF anthracite 10 keep the wheels of American com
merce spinning in 1905. while only 81, 5cOoo tons
were needed In 1904.
Figures OF the export trade In raw cotton last
year show that s6 per cent. OF the crop sought for
elgn markets-that Ia. 80 per cent. of tho entire
crop Of 10, 27i .6l2 bales.
Different factors contributed toward the ca 81
plenty In 1905, as in prior years. The hrSt is N
doubtedly our marvellous natural resources
marvellous In variety and marvellous In Q]uau''N.
The American railroad is another factor ~ ot
country's qboundlng prosperity. ny increasing
settlements our railroads have caused two blades
OF grass 10 grow where one grew before" ,''nN
Ing the Rocky Mountains and stopping only A. the
waters Of the Pacific. and then loading ships 'oI'
rlSn ships Mostly with American farm. min" ana
factory products, our railroads have performed
BnobdlngnaEian feats In the accomplishment ana
continuance OF American prosperity.
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Financial Trouble in Brazil.

The Constitution Of the Republic OF
Brazil went into effect, nominally, on
February "a, 1891, after a little more
than a year of provisional government.
Concessions granted to banks by the
provisional Government, and the con-
ditions which attended the administra-
ton of the next few years, virtually a
dictatorship, resulted In a food of paper
money. Business was good, coffee
brought good prices, and what seemed
to be money was abundant. For about
ten years Brazil enjoyed a financial
and commercial boom. The abundance
Of money and the readiness with which
it could be borrowed led to large increase
in the production of coffee. The in
creased output reduced the price and
planters suffered.
During the days of artificial prosperity
born of abundant money the Govern
ment plunged into extravagant expendi-
lures. The inevitable followed, and for
a time the Administration sought to
avert disaster by issuing more paper
money. In 1893 the country faced a
crisis. Foreign creditors were asked,
and consented, to waive interest on the
national debt for three years, and the
traction of currency. The retirement
and destruction Of paper money has been
going on ever since. The money remain
ing in circulation has advanced in value
and loans contracted in cheap money are
now payable in dearer money. This and
the reduced market value Of coffee have
put the producers Of Brazil in a serious
position.
Among the plans proposed for relief
is one which provides for using the credit
of the nation in buying up and holding
from the market enough of the coffee
crop to effect a reasonable shortage,
which would tend to increase prices.
The plan is for the Government to re-
coup itself Embarrassing the export duty.
This system of artificial relief is little
if any more sound as a fiscal proposition
than would be a relief through more
paper money.
Brazil has a serious question to adj
Just. Like many another land, she has
f1irted with the seductive financial siren,
cheap money. 1t is most probable that
she must, as others have done, pay the
penalty. A drastic dose and a period
of convalescence may be her portion in
the early future. If her people will keep
their heads level the country may be
only the better for the experience. Bra
iii has an inexhaustible store of natural
]resources. With political and financial
stability will come the development Of
those source and Brazil's establish
ment as one of the richest countries Of
the world.
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The Girl and the TIckets

To THK EDITOR oP THE sUH-Sir: I'm a Brook.
Ign boy counting or about 10 court a New York eIrl.
This young lady's conversation deals mostly with
the plays at the theatres, their merits or demer1ts.
] am led 10 believe that attending shows Is her
main source OF enjoyment.
Naturally. ono tries TO please his girl" Here
the question arises; What should a young man
on s5 per week spend on tickets; or what priced
seats does a New York gfrl expect 10 occupy when
accompanied by a young man?
Is there any unwritten law which deterpi,.s
thls' II so please inform me. BROOKLYN.
BROOKLYN, March Is,
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Tell the truth Louisville Courier Journal.
Well, it's never too late to begin, Colonel.

A committee Of the Massachusetts Legis-
lature has reported unanimously a bill
which provides that upon the request Of
10 per cent. of the registered voters Of the
State or Of any county. city or town, any
measure Of public policy must be submitted
to the electorate. This may be the bright
beginning Of the halycon and vociferous
initiative and referendum in its full glory.
Massachusetts, may yet be as happy az
Oregon.
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An Early

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-tsr: In to davis
Springfield Republican is an item copied from your
paper. which says that the Oldest automobile in
America thirteen years old Is on exhibition In
an automobile store In New York. W. W, Austin
OF winthrop, Mass, made and ran an au,omobIIc
moro than thirty years ago. The fuel was hard
coal. He made considerable money with IL AT
county fairs. people paying to ride in IL. II ,s now
stored In Lynn. A Boston man told me he remem
bered seeing II In the streets OF Boston. Mr.. Austin
told me he had run II over 1000 miles and had never
spent a cent for repairs. O.. F.. Suuru
AMHERST, Mass, March "a.
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Equal Rights for All.

From The Phiiddsiphid Record.
The American people will never tolerate
any species OF legislative chicane that would
deprive certain persons. no matter how OBJ
noxious. of equal rights in the courts OF law
and equity. What could be more fagrantly
of these equal rights than the at
to deny 70 carriers the writ OF %injunc-
ton which all other suitors can invoke to re-
strain gdoing and spoliation of prop
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Philatelists have just received a stern
rebuff from the Ameer Of A~fghanistan, and
the quotations for Afghan postage stamps
have reached a very high figure, with the
demand far greater thai the supply. Soon
after the present Amer came into power
he introduced the adhesive postage stampt
handsomely engraved after his Own. ideas
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subscriptions by Mail, Postpaid.

DAILY, Per Month..,..,.,'''',''''''''"..So SO
DAILY, Per Year....Gss'.".."''.".''Eyu' o 90
SUNDAY. Per Year.,,...,.',,"''tvIt,,bu, 2 90
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DAILY AND SUNDAY. Per Month. ssbiHS. 30
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MIR. Roosevelt and Labor.

From the Springfield Union.
The President is known to be a sincere friend
of labor. but he does not consider that this
means that his friendship is restricted to any
particular class OF labor. He stands for the
free American workingman, be he union or
nOn-Mnion.
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From The Hebrew Standard.
Don't you occasionally have companr Al
the house that bores you?"
often. But We have n remedy. We
always let our little Johnnie %recite."
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From The Houston Post.
The Hon. Curtis Hancock Is said 10 want a law
enacted 70 prohibit civilians from bearing or being
addressed by the titles OF Colonel or Major, and
lawyers who have never held a judicial ONCE from
bearing or being addressed by the title of Judge.
1t would be impossible TO secure a quorum of legls
lAtors who do not bear such titles.
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II our friends tOho favor as 18th manuscripts for
publication pt,h TO hare rejected articles returned, hev
must In all cases send stamps for that purpose.
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Published by The sun Printing and Publishing
Association at ITO Nassau street. in the Borough OF
Manhattan. New York.
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Tho selection OF tho most capable and popular
leader for this Congressional canvass Is especially
imperative on the Republicans. ST. Louis Globe
Dsm0e rat.
The Democrats have made the standard
high. Who shall be the Republican Grim
JiRgs?
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Kansas letter 10 fhe springfield Rspuhican,
Long may YOU live TO give Timely warning 10
save Our county from the fate Of poor duke cursed
Russia. toward which We arc now fast tending,