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A FREE MANS WlRNINC
Unless Labor Union Tyranny Il Irs,MS,
the End VIII ne ANARCHY.

To THK EDITOR or THE SUN-V,,. H.
recent editorial on Miss Liberty Of BedIow'.
Island In THE 4 engaged NV ttteb,io,
but how sOon will she be Mrg. Anarchy rL',
engagement has been announced. the vsd
ding day may not be- far distant Wbs,
body Of men for any cause may turu hal
the wheel of time To that period preced,.
Morse's distance annihilating inventions who,
another Clique. without even an alleged gr,s,
nnce but purely in u spirit Of loot b. permitted
10 destroy. even temporarily. al -plrops q,
information. IL IL time TO pause and pol,id,r
what W. are coming TO.
H. il not a fight between capitnl and lsho-
ID II a struggle between civilization and ss,
ages. Every act Of injustice pprprtraied n,
capital has been matched aud surpassed bs
organized labor. ] know of numhrrlcss in.
stances that have fallen under my obsery,.
ton, instances OF cupidity. broken r,h.
cruelty 10 other men, thuggery. There sho,d
be no capitulation: II will only defer the dav
OF Anal settlement. The issue has got 10 \.
met There In no better time than now. IL
IL the duty Of the press. Of public speakers. q
every self prospecting man. 20 contend agai..s
this iDtolerable evil.
wish 70 say in conclusion. ap0logilinv "a.
the personal note. that ! am n poor man ana
I know that my services are undcrpaid. r.,
my Independence of action IL worth mora :,
me than an increase OF salary. II the mon
in my craft should organize a union ] would
refuse 10 become a member, even though Il
cost me my position. ! would give no man
the power TO Dust me from my position That,
IL a matter hat concerns me aud MY en-.
ployer alone.
do not wish to see my country drift 1,
anarchy. but the descensus ArcTno +, ineyi.
table unless the press. the politicians and Oh.
legislators cease~ temporizing with men Whose
avowed object Is TO disrupt and denolish.
SILAs OkBIN lIowRs.
GALVESTON, Tex, August ~.
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felt the Ike. But a man nav say; II don't
know what love ~ God means; God In 70 me
improved and unbelievable; Ind " therO be \
say to this obtcctOr-suDpOainR him 10 pc "a
man Of loyal purpose-"Can YOU love what
and tenderness in your fellow beings? Can
YOU love nobility and tenderness In thenl-
selves a. ideals for you TO seekI Can your
will yOu share your bread with the hungry
and your strength with the weaky"' IL one
can say yes to these questions. and turn tnht
yes into act, IL IL quite q secondary matter
whether he has the inspiring vision OF divin-
ny. The one who most intimately felt in
himself the Divine sonshlp asked only human
service es the evidence Of such sonEhip.
"Inasmuch as ye have ADnc 1t unto one OF the
ledat OF these my brethren come
GEORGE s. MERRIAM.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass August 10
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Tho Dangers OF thu d., l.. n ". Tunnel 40
Commuter Sees Them.

COrnmutar Sees Them.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sfy: It Was not ihs
unexpected that happened when a passenger irsin
collidcd with . derailod freight car In the Delaxor,
Lackawanna and Western tunnel . few days sen
Ono OF tho accounts described 10 ~ q lucky" sccl.
dent because only ono person was slightly in ured
IL may DO 20 termed II the authorities OF the rail.
road pront By the experience and prohibit The
passage OF . freight train In either direction while
one carrying passengers. is inside tho tunnel. Al
present no train Is permitted 20 enter until the train
preceding II on the same track has emerged from
tho other end: but this does not Interfere with their
travelling In opposite directions at the same time.
1t Is q common occurrence for trains TO stop iua
before reaching tho outlet on tho west. and await
there the passing of a freight or coal train entering
from the main line tracks and by 90 doing blocking
the local rails. The noise and vibration, the clanf'
Ing Of machinery and brake rods as the heavy CO.
CINE and It's following load get under way se
dcafening. almost terrifying, and the thought Of
what may happen through q broken axle or Q car
jumping the track gives way 10 q sense OF rehs
when tho numbering mass at last gets by and tbs
passenger train resumes Its journey. Contemplate
II you will the horrible possibilities In . collision be
tween a passenger train and q few oil tank carn
that tunnel II the late accident was lucky " suaa
q ono would perhaps DO considered unfortunate
NEWARK. August 10. CoMNUrER
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A Barmccidc Dem on stratIon

just now there is q vast amount OF
gossip and conjecture about the big fest
that was going to the Pacific. Only a
few weeks ago semi-oficial bulletins
gave the names, dispiacements, srnia-
ments and 80 on, together with the per-
sonnet, Of the various vessels composing
the expedition. Then Secretary Of the
Navy MKroALP was heard explaining
to his delighted constituents In California
the benefits the Pacific Coast would de-
rive from tho presence Of Admiral
EvANs's majestic armada. Now men
are wondering why no orders have been
issued and specializing a. 70 the conse-
quences at homo and abroad Of q final
abandonment Of tho enterprise.
Concurrsntly We hear q good deal OF
gloomy comment on the scarcity Of
docks, machine shops and the like in our
Pacific waters. There 10 only one dock
on the western coast OF the United States,
says . p~essimistio wiseacre-refsrring
to Bremerton in Puget Sound. We have
q dock at Mare Island yard In San Fran
CISCO Bay, but almost any well informed
officer will tell you hat our big battle
ships cannot be accommodated there
because there 10 not enough doep water
in tho approaches. The Union Iron
Works Company has IA thoroughly
equipped establishment near San Fran
cisco, With the best Of docks, mschins
shops aid everything complete, but all
that is sC far private propertv Soma
high Officials Of tho Navy Department,
notably Admiral CowLzs and Chief Con-
structor Capri. are supposed to be on
the California opast somewhere looking
into such matters. Perhaps they are
expected to repor, on tho advisability
Of the purchase Of The Union Iron Works
by tho Government. Nobody outside
the charmed circle seems to know.
Meanwhile, the theory that Admiral
EvANs's fleet l. kept in atlantic waters
fol. pvgposs. Of pncfcehsvobuJio rs<.
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Disqualified as a Professional.

The foredoom OF HENRY MELVILLE
WHITNEY as a politician 10 inscribed
high and clear where all mural decipher-
ers may read. Nobody but q mere bust
ness man, accustomed through q long
life TO make politics an oblivion, would
commit such bits OF folly IN continually
bound of Mr.. WHITNEY's amateur bat.
Tariff revision and reciprocity. in his
inexperienced view, are not primarily
slogans wherewith to catch votes, but
real remedies for actual evils, to be
studied and applied before and after
election or in OF years.
To assay even hastily the statesman
ship Of current weight and ineness IL to
sec at onoe what an alloy, what a coun-
terfeit this Whitney coinage IL.
Governor GUILD reads election returns,
shudders. writes q letter TO the Presi-
dent, initiates his thoracic cavity Of rumi-
nation and o~loquently exciaims: -Thsrei
My position Ii perfectly well known. II
anybody attempts to get mo to do any
OF the things that are necessary In order
to obtain actual amendments to the
Dingley act I'll shed the tears Of the
wronged. and Like a not put II up TO a
special commission to relieve me Of the
awful responsibility. Besides, what q
wonderful story the Census Of the Com
monweslth tells. Who says we need
revision?'
Senator LoDoB announces: Il have be-
loved in revision FOR four years OF and
on, and just now it's on; but don't try
to push me, because I can never consent
70 cooperate with Democrats in Congress
in. tariff snendments-only In railroad
rate and pure food bills. Whenever we
can have revision to which every interest
in the Republican party ch~eerfully
agrees, especially the steel. woollen,
sugar and petroleum combines, md
whenever we can have reciprocity with
out injury to any American industry,
I'm for promising TO do il after March Z,
1909. but I refuse 10 state how long after.
This 10 a popular speech and nothing
in IL must be used against me-"
Contrast these outcroppings OF q vir-
gin lode with the crude ore body turned
up by HENRY NJ. WHITNEY last Friday
at the Worcester county fair:
II should be content for the present. and indeed
for . long time TO come. to give protection 70 the
manufacturers In the United States to N amount
equal " Ne whole ooss VI CHI. JlsssE- Certainly
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A certain pathos. poignant enough to
smokers, breathes in these lines:

-
smokers, breathes in these lines:
T rHK EDITOR or THE SUS-isir: Since the
tobacco Trust controls the majority Of smoking
brands. do you consider Il a crime against the state.
tho nation and tho human species In particular
that this hydrahcaded monster good old standby
should be indicted. or at least some OF It's heads,
and made to suffer durance vile. for innlctlng upon
q too long suffering and patient people such brands
a. . and many others with beautiful.
expressive. picturesque names,
When put into q good ripe pipe the odor arising
from the burning Of the weed Ia like unto q junk
shop set anre, or akin to q blacksmith shop where
the smell Of burning hoofs 10 most punsent. or a
strong breeze blowing from our own delightful
Jersey meadows. And so ! say. let's get after
these vile polluters OF the stmosphere--not the
man who smokes his 'glimmy. but the nrnds who
infict such stun upon us.
"if scu couia cnl.gh;ea rs as 20 how they manu-
iacturc their 50 called tobaccos a great service
will be done the undersigned and perhaps many
Others who have had the misfortune to be caught
In the neIuhborhood OF one Of these specimens OF
perfume. JEBskYcus.
HosoKEE. n. j., August IL"
Doubtless it is the odor of the trust
which 50 assails the nostrils and stirs
the bile Of our correspondent. For the
iniquity Of trusts was never 30 noisome;
and soap or cologne, If the subject of a
trust, must be just az malodorous to the
good as our friend finds modern tobacco.
Yet let us not be unjust or extreme in
u counterblasting. There il a ron
tinual incense arising over the world,
n fragrance which RALEIGH and the
Elizabethans might not have enjoyed,
but which must be believed dear to
those who puff it forth. Cigar or pipe or
cigarette. a mighty cloud overspreads
the earth. II tobacco is not good and
sweet and savory, why do folks Use it?
Other peoples cigars and pipes and
cigarettes seem rank beyond forgive
ness. but doesn't each smoker secretly
or openly admire his own? Obviously
no ordinance compels him to smoke. He
smokes for love, not fear. Therefore
he must find good the tobacco that he
uses, and the noxious stuff il consumed
by others.
Evidently ~"Jerseycus' is not n smoker.
Otherwise he would be more patient Of
the smoke of others, and would remember
that to him who loves il the unchoicest
weed Is a flower.
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Robert EuIton's PredccessOrs.

II Is now interesting to recall tho fact
that on the Clermont's memorable voy-
age up the Hudson thirty-two hours
were required to cover the distance of
$50 miles. The rate OF speed fell some
what short OF five statute miles an hour,
whereas the latest addition to the Gu
pard feet is guaranteed to make contin-
uously twenty-five knots an hour.
As early AZ 1890 M PAPIN proposed
to propel boats through the water by
means Of q steam engine, and in I7o7 he
actually constructed a steamboat which
wa used on tho River Fulda at Cassel.
About q dozen years before the thirteen
English colonies declared their indie
pendenco from the mother country
WILLIAM HENRY, a native OF Chester
county, Pennsylvania, attached a steam
engine 70 an old batoau and managed to
steam for some distance down the Con-
estoga River. but owing to some mis-
hap the boat was sunk. In 1885 JOHN
FITCH. a native O. Connecticut but then
q resident Of Philadelphia, exhibited a
model OF a steamboat. and two years
later made one which he set n motion
on the Delaware. In 1870 he constructed
Q boat which mado twenty-ons adver-
tised trips without accident besween
Philadelphia and Trenton. ROBERT ruL-
TON wa at the time an apprentice t. q
silvorsmith In Philadelphia. and never
denied his Indebtedness 10 FITCH.
In the closing decade OF the eighteenth
century Chancellor ROBERT r. LIvINo-
sToN OF New York, who was ultimately
TO become a partner OF FULTON in the
construction Of the Clermoht, had under
taken soms experiments on the Hudson
In the application OF steam to vessels,
and In 1908 obtained from the New York
Legislature q monopoly Of steam navi-
CATION In the waters OF the State, pro-
vided he should be able within q year TO
propel by steam a vessel OF twenty tons
four miles an hour. He failed to comply
with the condition, but nine years later
he and FULTON obtained a rate Of speed
higher than that which had been pre-
scribed by the Legislature with the
Fulton, which was a vessel 100 feet long
and OF 100 tons burden.
At tho tims-when NAsQaGoKssoEira
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Consul was making preparations at
B~oulogne for an invasion Of England
FULTON offered to construct for the
French Government n number OF steam
barges. which could have taken advan-
tage Of q calm, when sailing ships would
be useless. to convey a body Of French
troops across tho British Channel. There
Ia no more striking example In history Of
a missed opportunity.
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Riches OF Colombia.

To THE EDITOR o. THK SUN-Sir: Trouble n
Smokers" 10 a warning in THK SUN OF May TO- wy
DO troubledf Smokers can buy In Colombia w
10 cents nfty cigars which would sell readily IN Wv
York for 10 10 10 cents apiece.
In fact, Colomb can supply the world W..
cigars now and can supply it in the future WV
cotton. chocolate. ivory nuts. cattle. nbTc,. nppo
gold. tin and platinum whenever American cap~.
becomes sufficiently intelligent TO recognize Wv
existence of Colombia. ALFRED BIsHor Mk::-
B~uENAvRNTUnA, Colombia, July ~.
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One NJ Wy Policies as Viewed b. One sS
the Ruined.

To EDITOR or THE StS-Sir: The feel
ing seems to be growing that the init ed 81 ates
Government In It's actions against railroad and
other corporations should confne itself TO the
punishment by Imprisonment. II possible. Of
guilty officials aud not seek TO ruin innocent
stockholders.
II looks a. II The United states Government
MAS trying to make political capital ont Of it's
power 20 prosecute. regardless Of the cost TO
the country. or had given way TO a fit OF ugly
personal vindictiveness
In the meanwhile thousands Of people are
being ruined many OF them old. like the
writer. who il ~. and three years ago had u
modest competence to-day ruined.
MIR Bonaparte laughs Nero hddlrd,
BrCK RrN, Pa, August 10. "
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II would be q n mistaken kindness for either nation
to permit immigration to such an extent as to
raise q race question or excite race animostics.-
From M. BRrAsis letter 10 ne Hochi Shimtnm OF
Toxic.
Mistaken kindneAs!' Mr.. BRYAN must
have been thinking OF the Japanese strang-
ers who would come In contact with the
rude hospitality Of San Francisco.
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McCooEY, what an onomatopoic name
for q Deputy Comptroller OF the city
Of New York. whose painful duty 1t Is to
reassure hard up contractors by telling
them that money will soon be flowing into
the treasury to pay their claims and that
they must have patience and not worryl
New York may not be able to sell its bonds
like hot cakes, but as long a. II has MoCooEr
no dun a leave the treasury gate with
a frown upon his face.
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A serious question confronts the State Of
Maine; IL II fairly put by the Bangor Ne,os:

Can the people OF Maine furnish the stamina
snd time and endeavor to sustain successful Agri-
cultural fairs, successful camp meetings and sue
cessful Old Home Week celebrations all within Q
month OF ono another' Can We stand i'"
The Dirigo constitution Ia OF the soundest
and most enduring-Maine can stand at
least a. much ss anybody. but q month Of
cumulative gayety and excitement may be
too much even for her. Old Home Week
Il . boon. but 1t is more than q little wear
ing. Joined to that much older and more
vital institution the agricultural fair. it
might prosper reasonably. Tho fair. the
developed cattle show, has strong local
roots. Maine could stand an Old Home
Week grated on to the old fashioned and
new fashioned agricultural fair.
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CRITICS.
Certain Impulslve Utterances OF MIR. Ar.
= mold DAILY Condemned.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sr: An American
player recently returned from Europe has been
making such remarkable regarding the
critical fraternity that ! consider the time npe for
a reply.
most sternly protest against Mr.. Arnold Days
assertion that a dramatic critics Judgment may DO
Influenced either through his stomach or his proju-
dice. With Mr.. Daiy's statement that he does not
intend TO send opening night seats 70 crucs / have
nothing 70 do. Tor that 10 q matter purely OF busi-
ness Judgment. although / should like 70 say in
parenthesis that foreign stars who have tried this
method OF suppression have signally failed In their
efforts. But this. players averment that critics
are unfair, that they use their gastronomic func-
lions instead OF their Intelligence In forming their
Judgment. 10 libel and ridiculous and undignined
on It's face.
know from experience that critics. some OF
whom have been good enough 70 like ms work. while
others equally honest and fair have not agreed
always with my point Of view. are ominently just.
usually temperate and always honest. Although
often I have not agreed with the opinions of news
paper writers. In all my career I have found only
two Instances when l could honestly take umbrage
at their remarks. and even In these cases my atu-
tude could not DO considered an attack on their
honesty.
For Mr.. Days statement that Sir Henry Irving
rave these irresponsible assasxins OF the pen
plenty 20 eat and plenty TO drink, thus proving that
their brains were In their stomach. " I have only tho
deepest contempt Sir Henry Irving was a big artist,
. big actor. q big man. He never would have
dared. or have sought 70 disgraoe his own art or
the world OF Letters by resorung 10 q policy as bansI
as II would be dctcstablc.
Was II not Hazlitt. who certainly knew what he
wanted To say and how TO say II, who oncs remarked:
Though critics differ as the north pole from the
south. still may they be honest: for after all differ
ence OF opinion does not make criminal intent"
or words to that effect,
I do not appear as a special pleader for dramatic
critics or the newspaper guild In general, but I do
earnestly consider that Il were a great injustice TO
let Mr.. Days opinions 60 unchallcnged.
EKW YoHK, August II. WRIGHT LoRrNuR-
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A Frank Advertiser.

From the London Daily Mad -.
The new commercial morality has sFresu "
Ceylon. From ono OF the newspapers OF "'
baimy island w take the following.
Oh. A. HoRSE-rtsing 7, me mouth ana psSI
about Is hands: nne Lady's Hack; shows a lo'"
breeding. Reason for selling. bad with moV. nov.
won't go In harness; Jibs when leavug 'S""~
catches rider by seat OF brceches which m'"A"''
but a darling pct. Apply. &C.
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For O LOnE?''

TO THE EDITOR OF THR SUN-Sir: In reply
TO your editorial For How Long?-
On his way back from Buffalo he is re-
ported to ave said: Lyman Gage will be
the first one to GO" and he did. R.
NEW YORK. August 10.
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II TINE EDITOR or THE SuN-sfr: The published
accounts Of the latest fatality ueses,
THO lines:
A whtri.
A dash,
A twin,
A smash.
wouldnt II be well to get down and walk a while,
NEW YORK. August II. J. w. II.
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The Clancy b

K~nicker-Gcorge Washington Is prsylnE IN w.
street. ,nl
Bocker-It would be more TO the puJ2oss.p'
did ~ inrOystor Bay,
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n our friends trho fdpOr ~, ,rtfh manuscripts tor
Publication utsh 10 haze rsjecicd articles returned they
must in all cdseS send stamps for that purpose.
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Paris once. 3: Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions are on sale 4; klosaue -. near ,h-
Grand Hotel: Kiosque II. Boulevard des Ga pudnes
corner Place de l'Opera. and Kiosaue ~. boulevard
DIES Itallens. corner Rue Louis le Grand.
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TO rHs FpIroR or TIE SUN-Str
What bargains now We sec displayed.
IN stocks and bonds The very pick.
To buy, however, we're afraid
From thinking Of that Awful Sticki
AuuL YoRHL Au9uxr II .ar.xuu
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TO rus EDITION or THE SuN-!sfr' Might not the
present market be nttlngly described as q Teddy
Bear MARKET WILBUR CoRMAH.
NRw YoRk. August n.
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suh.crIn,Ion, b, Man. Postpaid.

Published by the sun Printing and Publishing
Association al 40 Nassau street. IN ibe borough OF
Manhattan. New York. President and Treasurer
Of the Association. wtlIam Al. Lansn. 10 Nassau
street: Secretary OF the Association. Franklin
Bartlett, 5 Nassau street.
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Ma tthew Arnold's phrase, It 10 q word thrown
out" at It's object. 9 partial and not a com
divine and the human. DO you say II L. q
pity 70 weaken the word by any such quail
hcatioI? But 4 we do take 1t literally there
child. following In all simplicity the teaching
given It, has asked Of its Heavenly Father
lts sriesous di.sppointmens has somstimss
made all religion seem unreal. know some
people who are always looking TO nnd in the
like that which a human parent gives: I say
word. for the Inevitable disappointment and
to dlsSsIisf and despair.
what are the essential elements Ip the moral
rev ! tSs. q ths sSe a GsH Obs % sms pa srIst .n w' I %sy
Trust Is the first Instinct and habit Of the
little half conscious animal, and toward q
88bedisnce 4. the frst teachlDs OF TIE Wise
parent. and IL is a prime condition Of the
child's real happiness and It's whole future
success love Ia tho crown and Joy Of the
Now these elements. trust, obedience and
love. make up the deal and perfect relation
each trait 10 to be exercised not az between
two human beings but In the way appro-
obedience is fidelity to the beat he knows:
conformity to all the law OF the universe as
he disoerns them; n especially allegiance
service, sympathy, aspiration. Andhow shall
We define religious trust1 We may. perhaps
Say thet ior the me- intellect 6snsN Il i e, e9nndenoe In
For the heart IL Is in It's elementary form the
peace which accompanies well doing: and
met. into a deep assurance. Including and
transcending the individual destiny. Trust
IN this large sense call IL faith II you prefer
lis not always simple, obvious. easy, but do
we not recognize u as the ideal attitude to
sought and cultivated?
n love to God-vhat shall be said OF that7
~ Nhla. krhn haUa falf In unAar xhasApA~
special form, rs a distinct and powerful emo
ton. nothing need here be attempted by way
of definition. such experiences surpass
dsdniti0n, and can be intimated only By gym,
fathetio suggestion between, those who have