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But Where Is His Memorial?

Great doings in Boston. Gittin' ready
fer Old Home Week. The front gates
have a new coat Of paint. Everybody
is making birch bark beer, mead or
sweetened water. The contestants for
the three legged, sack and potato races
are practising. There is a creased pole
on the Common. God Bless Our Home"
blazes in floral letters on the Public
Garden. Everywhere is an air Of "fes-
tai" expectation. Not since the jubilee
Of 1872 has Boston so rioted in brass
bands. To add the last touch OF chaste
hilarity, FAIRBANKS is coming to Ded-
ham and the old cabin home Of his ace.
There are special excursions to Danvers,
Gallows Hill, Toad Hill, Puddle Dock
and East Boston. The programme is as
long as an election sermon and as crowded
rs the insides of a member OF the A. Il
H. A. Hundreds of thousands Of hearts
beat happily. There is ample reason 10
hope that the splendor Of the approach
ing celebration will make the Winthrop
coaching parade and the Saugus grand
carnival look like thirty cents worth Of
rush tapers by the side of the all seeing
sun.
W. onro,uIo,o pos,o, an The F-olo
unbending; for the sake Of justice only
and with no disposition TO mar the good
meeting, we give place to this inquiry,
made in no unfriendly spirit, by a former
Massachusetts citizen;
To THE Enron OF rrx srN-S,. w.na.,ns
around this dear old town n, our, and ,oor,n1
I'VE, m. did nonum.n,. 7 am moved N ,.u wn.,
has become Of the projected memorial building
which was to be erected under the auspices, If !
ememoer nsh'' OF the massachusetts, Historical
s0cle.y' 70 ". m.of Sasp'.r-ol BAKED
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LET IN.
A student OF Mr.. R~oOsevelt's Employers
Liability Esrsn wants IL Extended.

To TIE EDITOR or TFE SuN-Sir. Pres.
dent Roosevelt's defence Of employers liza.
bility In economically sound. The theory
10 good so far as 1t goes. but IL does not 20
far enough. It Ia true that no attempt has
been made by the Federal Government as
yet to hold employers responsible for the
support of the maimed and crippled except
those employers who operate interstate rail
roads, but this should be remedied so as %
include all classes of employers and to pro-
tect all employees and their families. Every
one OF US In the one capacity or the other
both. There IL. OF course. no better economic
railroad should be thus protected than n
housemaid who CONTRACTS a painful felon. or
a painter who walks OF a soafold. or an en-
Rineer In a ten man factory who gets in the
way OF an exploding boiler. or a physician
who becomes infected with a deadly disease
l therefore propose a Federal law reim-
bursting all those who have been injured or
incapacitated by injury or .illness sustained
OF contracted while engaged In their regular
and lawful occupations In case OF death
either q lump sum OF money to be paid to
those depending upon the deceased for sup
port. or a pension to the dependents monthly,
the payments in each and every case to be paid
ont OF the national Treasury. In this manner
we should each. at least theoretically. be
these days OF rather active competition the
owner Of the small factory or the boss painter
in a small town might meet with Difficulties
in inducing his consumers or patrons TO nav
their proportion. besides. he would probably
court disaster In assessing the damages 10
the business"
Do you see any logical objections? C.
PORT JEEvIs. y. y, July IS.
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To rHH EDITOR or TIE SuS-sfr, ! know a
good road when I travel over II. and recently I
have travelled over about a hundred and nifty miles
of the Jersey roads. and there are none better ths,
I know OF. They seem to be ~every even In
out OF the way places, and Jersey could well stand
at least. But not all the roads are good when
they become streets OF the numerous small towns
through which they lead they become rough and
hard TO travel. and the very worst piece of Jersey
road that I have been over Is the main street in
Morristown. the Belle City Of the State. We went
into that classic town by one street and out BY
another. and II was SIX Of one and half a dozen of
the next. Other towns were not quite so bad,
but bad enough. Now will some able denncr OF
conditions and their causes please get up In meet
ing and say what's the matter with the townsf
The cause is apparent. but there Is no apparent
cause for the cause. and that's what I'm asking
about. TRAVELLER.
NEW YonH, July 10.
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Reaction I'm Pennsylvania.

Some Of the Pennsylvanians are en-
listing in Knox clubs. One Knox club is
being organized for the purpose Of going
to the next Republican national conven-
ton and working for Senator KNoX's
candidacy.
In spite of Mr.. kNox's old fashioned
views of the Constitution, perhaps it is
permitted and is no violation of the de-
cencies of decent citizenship to belong
to a Knox club. Still, loyal devotees Of
the Oyster Bav school of craftsmanship
will not forget that the Hon. BoIEs
PENRosE and others of the midnight
brood of conspirators and reactionaries
live in Mr.. KSoX's State.
Is there not confirmation strong Of an
iniquitous, rebellious and contumacious
spirit and object in the fact that sundry
Pennsylvania merchants and manufac-
turers are joining Knox clubs? Why
are business men booming KNOX? Is
not business a hunted fugitive, a crimi-
nal, the favorite quarry of the mighty
young hunter? If the pursuit and re-
straint Of business are a chief end and a
habitual means Of self-expression, of ex-
ercise, and consequently Of the happiness
and general welfare of the Grand Cata-
pan of things, the intrusion of business
men into Republican or any other poll
tics is and Of right ought to be insolent,
reactionary and reasonable.
Let US hope that the friends OF Sena-
tor KNOX will see their mistake in time.
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A Constitution TO Please Mr.. Roose-
welt.

welt.
No one can sufficiently admire the
versatility of the Oklahoma Constitution
builders. When they adjourned last
spring their essay in organic law was
proclaimed by Mr.. BRYAN and other
Democratic experts in government as
the best Constitution ever devised and
a great improvement upon the work of
the Fathers, because it embodied all the
advanced ideas in the theory of govern
ment which Mr.. BRYAN had originated
and Mr.. ROOSEVELT had adopted, be-
sides some new wrinkles" which neither
Of them had explicitly advocated.
This convention has since met twice
to pick up some loose threads in the
fabric Of the perfect document, and il is
no secret that the delegates were more
anxious to please President ROOSEVELT,
although almost all Of them were Demo-
Gratis. than to ear the appreciation Of
Mr.. BRYAN. They adjourned again on
Tuesday, but left the door open for any
further amendments that might be re-
quircd of them by the President and his
advisers. II the Constitution doesn't
please they will reassemble in September
just before the election. They are not
so much concerned about the will Of the
people as the nod Of Mr.. ROOSEVELT.
These Oklahomans strive to please. and
perfection NAV go hang.
The proceedings might have ended
appropriately on Tuesday With MY
Country. 'Tis Of Thee, but We read:
d" President Alfalfa BILL MrasAr is an e.
eellent impersonstor OF the braytng OF Q Jsckass,
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Assembl,man Hart Mlsreported.

To The EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir: You
quote me in Mondays issue as making the
folio wins statement:
The people OF the East have absolutely no idea
Of the impression Governor Hughes's personality
has made upon the people OF the West and South
west. In Texas. especially, our Governors words
and actions are being studied as those Of no other
Governor outside OF Texas ever have been. and
there is bound TO be an overwhelming demand
for him IS a Presidential nominee.
About which you comment that An over
whelming demand for the nomination Of
any Republican for President originating in
Texas should receive the most careful ate n
ton Of all students OF politics."
did not make the st~uteinepC you quote.
MERwIN X. HART,
Assemblyman. First District, Oneida county
ALBANY. July 10.
The statement We quoted was from a re-
port printed by q contemporary.
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THE ANGLICAN AT THE VATICAN.
More or Less Acerb Replies TO the Theo.
IoKian at the Players Club.

To THE EDITOR OF TAH SuS-.Sir. Your CORE
spondent the Rev. w. II. Van Allen seems curiously
ignorant In regard TO the etiquette OF the Vatican.
In referring 10 q story which had appeared In your
columns about the Pope and an Anglican minister
he says; Some unsuspecting English priest was
invited to a presentation At the Vatican. as a
matter OF civility he accepted" He does not sug.
gcst this as a possible explanation. but states 1t
as a positive fact. I deny II quite as positively
and qualify It as an impudent assertion.
No person Is ever invited 70 the Vatican or re-.
ceived there save In compliance with a request.
forwarded through the proper channels. for IN
audience. The Pope has far too many important
things to attend 10. 10 be Turing "unsuSpectlng
English priests" to his presence under a pretencs
Of "civlllty." "Civility" indeed seems an odd word
to use. As well talk OF the "~civility" OF an American
tourist In going to a garden party at Windsor after
having nsgsed our Ambassador into getting him a
card OF Ambulance.
No. the English priest was neither "unsus-
pecting" nor a martyr to an undue sense OF what
"~ciyinty" demanded.
He was at the Vatican freely and NJ his own sole
wish and probably out Of sheer idle curiosity. u
Is possible. however, that he may have been swsyed
by some worthier motive: such, for instance. as a
desire TO attach himself 20 a historic establish.
ment and 10 abandon one which having repudiatcd
Professionalism IL itself rcpudiated by the Roman
and Greek branches OF the Catholic Church.
NEW YORK, July IA. 4.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIM SuS-t~r, The Rev.
william Harmon Van Allen, Priest" writing 10 you
from the Players Club. deprecatcs the Inference
from the visit Of an Anglican clergyman 10 The
Vatican that he is on the point. of denying me
Holy Spirit and submitting TO an italian Bishop
But II that clergyman did make submission 10 me
Italian Bishop" what disgrace could attach 10 him
Does not the Rev. William Harmon Van Allen adore
a jew and take all the writings OF the inspired Jews
as the essence OF his ~religion' And docs he not
take the thirty nine articles of his creed from m
English Queen. the virgin" selected BY England
as a substitute for the Italian Madonna
II is a pity for the Rev. Mr.. Van Allen tina, tie
Almighty did not choose oxford or Hoboken as me
episcopal scat OF the nrst Pope. who was also n jew.
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TIE FAMOUS CHURCH or TIE
HOLY COMMUNION.
A Monument 20 DIR. MuhIenberg. II Should
he Perpetuated Near the Present Site.

- tNpaA eho ttNts
To rHE Enron or TEE srN-Sir. The
removal Of the Church OF the Holy Com.
munion from Sixth avenue and Twentieth
street would shock the religious sensibilities
OF all those who reverence the memory Of
the late DR.. William Augustus Muhlenberr
The present building was one OF the FIRST
FREQ churches In New York-the fret to estah.
lish early communion. the hrst to establish
weekly celebration Of the communion, the
first to sustain daily morning and evening
prayer the first to divide and shorten the
Sunday services: the frst to establish a
surpliced choir Of men and boys. and the nrst
to adorn the altar with lowers
The church was built by Mira. Mary Anna
G.. Rogers. widow OF John Rogers. and the
only sister of DR.. Muhlenberg. Co be used in
perpetuity as q church which should be free
Of pew rents and become the meeting housr
Of rich and poor.
In 1859, and he died on April 9. 1877. He was
the first to found on Anglo-American sister
hood: he built st. Luke's Hospital. and he
organized st. Johneland on Long Island He
was the author Of several well known hymns
a Nis sTesscs was H. founder hsin Of che fnsbaTsp
Church in America and was an ardent patriot
during the Revolutionary war.
IL 10 probably inevitable that the present
church. endeared TO 50 many by its sacred
associations, will some day be sold. The Sixth
avenue elevated railway deprlves " OF that
seclusion and restfulness which attracted
both DR.. Muhlenberg and his sister to the
spot.
But IL Is devoutly to be hoped that the
church will not be removed out OF the
neighborhOod, which Ia sull very poor and
very populous. Within the last few years
s.. AIMS CHURCH has been removed from
West Eighteenth street. and the Church OF
the Annunciation from West Twenty-third
street: and the Church OF the Holy Commun-
ion Ia the only Protestant Episcopal church
between Twenty-eighth street. where the
Little Church Around the Corner" stands
on Fifth avenue. and Grace Church. at Broad
way and Eleventh street. The vast district
living between West Fourteenth street and
Forty-hfth street has not a single Episcopal
church, and there is room in this region for
a church which shall embody the views Of
The present site would sell for q very
large sum Of money, which could be used
in building a magnificent church as a me-
mortal to one who left no formulated
school Of thought to distract and perplex
the future, but did leave a vigorous lesson
Of healthy inquiry and conservative evolution,
which secured to the Anglo american Church
q prominent place in the religious life OF this
country.
On the long roll Of faithful men who have
served at the altar Of the Episcopal communion
the names OF Hobart and Muhlenberg stand
preeminent. AN E~PIecoPALiAS.
BROOKLYN, July Is.
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Locust Trees for Cheap Land.

From me Kansas Cty journal.
Farmers who are planting locust trees dccla r.
that there Is no more profitable way OF utilizing
cheap land.
They ngure II this way: Two thousand four
hundred trees cen he planted TO an acre: In eight
years these trees will he large enough TO cut for
fence posts and zach tree will yield two posts. At
retail these posts will he worth rs cents each. or so
cents q tree. That means at retail a crop worth
81 200 per acre at the end Of eight years. or an aver
age OF $50 an acre a year. OF course, II would he
hardly possible for the producer TO realize retail
prices. but figuring that he could obtain one third
Of the retail price, the net return would be $50 an
acre a year. q fair return In com pa rison with other
CrOOs.
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Our exports alone for the fiscal wear
1907 are not far from the total value of
the products of our farms and factories
in 1850. Since 1850 We have exported
merchandise of a value approximating
forty billions of dollars, and have kept
many times that sum for our own Use and
consumption. In spite Of trusts, in spite
Of predatory wealth, in spite Of combina-
tons alleged to be in restraint of trade,
and regulations which are said 10 be
indispensable to our progress and our
national well being, We grow and expand
and develop. A curious feature in it all
is the fact that the bigger we get the less
we boast of our bigness. We note the
fact of growth as shown by our statisti-
cal returns. but We are far less disposed
to make a loud hurrah about it than
our fathers were to a protrusion of chest
in their day and generation. We are
getting used TO it. and billions do not
stagger us as millions staggered u
predecessors.
Ere long a change must come in our
commerce., DclOTc many years our pop
ulation will cross the 100, OOO, 900 mark.
II is not sure that we shall reach that fig
ure by the ext census, but there is little
doubt that 1920 will see us well past il.
Our imports will unquestionably increase
and our exports must show large change
in their nature or a relative decrease.
The increasing home demand on our
supply of breadstuffs is already showing
clearly in our export business. Twenty
years q manufactured wares formed
only 20 per cent. Of our export trade.
To-day they form 10 per cent. In an
other ten years they are more likely 10
form 80 per cent. than they are TO repre-
sent 50 per cent. Our imports are nov
growing more rapidly than our exports.
In 1900 III imports per capita were slO.ss
and our exports $l7.s 6. For 1905 they
are given as imports sl4. AZ. and exports
$40 II. a gain Of nearly SO per cent. per
capita in imports and only 10 per cent.
in exports. Estimated on a basis of
actual increase, since 1900 our imports
show a gain Of 1854, 45s, sos, while exports
are greater by only Sise, 367 ,l42. This,
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Two English papers pay $3.50 900 for experiment,
n trust busting. Gable despatch 10 TIE SUN.
John Bull. old chap, We urieve to sag
You are 4 mollycoddls nation:
With vs. II 10 impossible
To libel any corporation.
It's mere existence proves It's guilt.
Inviting Jove's hot eiocution:
Nay. more. we would deny to II
Protection OF the Constitution.
What II Its shares did surer loss,
4 million In depreciation,
As punishment OF business gain
Twas but q hitting visitation.
Upon this side the herring pond
we would not show such veakling bias.
But would eonslgn the octopus
To Join the club Of Ananias.
k~cLAxpsUaoa wuses.
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Tobacco In Porto Rico.


FTOm Wf WdShIn0f0n TON.
within q very short time tobacco will he "a i'm
portant a product OF Porto Rico As sugar Is now =
said Francis J. Dexter Of San Juan. Many Of IN.
large plantations have taken up the raising ~
tobacco. with the result that the output Of the lea
has increased many fold.
Many Americans who have gone to the ,,lsnd
have invested In tobacco lands rather than In ,uasr
lands. and the consequence has been q rspld sd
vance In the price Of ground suitable for tob, Geo
raising, This boom In the tobacco Industry will
not iniuro the sugar business, however. We ar.
producing more sugar now than ever before and
will continue to increase the production"
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however, is an unfair rasthod Of oompafi-
son because it leaves out the very impor-
tant factor of producing and consuming
capacity.
THERE'S nothing in the situation which
need any uneasinees about the
prescott. There is much which points to
the need Of careful preparation for the
future.
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on the very next day after that terrible turret
explosion tho crew of the Georgia broke the navsl
record az target practice with their starboard six
inch guns. Here Is vivid proof OF the nrmness OF
American nerve and the thoroughness OF our navy
scipline. - Bosfon Transcript.
Very satisfactory indeed, and what was
expected of the men behind the guns; but
while lost in admiration let US insist that
every possible safeguard be thrown around
the "a crews to lessen the danger of a
recurrence Of turret explosions from flare
backs and similar unexpected accidents.
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The National Army and Navy Union has
adopted . resolution in favor Of the restora-
ton Of the canteen n cited the approval
Of the President and Secretary TAFT, but IL
seems TO have overlooked the fact that on
the eve Of the national elections members
Of Congress- who want to be reelected are
more worried about the good will Of the
W. c. T. U. and similar organizations than
concerned about the welfare Of the private
soldier.
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Taking the earnings ana tho money invested In
~rnilrosds 40 q whole, there 10 not . fair return on
the money invested. The attempt 70 squeeze those
Who built up the railroads. and through them the
country. 10 not night. The men who invested their
money are entitled 20 q reasonable rate OF Interest.
M. Jgsnes BnHwHn.
1t is perhaps the privilege Of q Supreme
Court Judge to talk sense, but candidates
for the Presidency cannot. be expected to
take such an obvious risk.
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Our Growing Commerce.

The figures of Ii foreign trade for the
fiscal year just closed show a wholesome
increase whether the commerce be meas
ured in dollars or in volume of merchan-
disc bought and sold. Statistics are
tedious, but the development Of this
branch of u national life is best shown
by tables of comparison. Measured by
ten year periods, the record Of the last
fiftv wears stands thus:
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why Not Jacket Powder Charge. for 81. c,,.,

To THE EDITION OF The US-Su II the charges
OF powder for our naval ordnance are exploded by
extraneous sparks. the charges should be jacketed
for mperviousness 70 sparks and exploded by per.
cussion. II Is not a sensible or humane condition
on board our lighting ships that half a mans cour-
aye should be exercised In staying In the turreis.
ST. LOUIS. July IL. =, H. a
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Paris once. g. Rue Louis le Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions are on sale az Kiosaue IL. near the
Grand Hotel. Kiosque II. Boulevard des Capuclnes.
corner Place de ropera. and Mosque 10. Boulevard
des I,aliens. corner Rue Louis IL Grand,
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Knieker-So Jones has a knotty question for
The Hague
socker-yes, 10 the Syiph or Maynover we're
captured would they be considered private prom
srty or vessels Of the United states Navyt
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The Hare and Tortoise had Just started.
WHAT'S the use" auered the Hare. they would
only get after me with the two cent rate BILL"
Hsresith he allowed the Tortoise 70 win,
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Subscriptions by Mail. Postpaid.

Published by the Sun Printing and Publishing
Association At 10 Nassau street. in the Borough Of
Manhattan, New YORK. President and Treasurer
Of the Association. William NJ. Lsrsn. 10 Nassau
street. secretary of the Association. Franklin
Bartlett. s Nassau street.
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SupnrstICHtHk = sHVTeu UuIce'
To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-.Str: Walking in
the hot sun TO day and being s.wesry and a thirst,
| espicd a wagon bearing this legend:
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Knicker-Jones thinks the tobacco tris, should
60 into the hands Of q receiver.
eccEer-Yes. he acclde italy smoked some Of the
kind be gives his friends.
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n our rrisrfi uNa rapor US pita manuscripts ror
pubte1ron vish 10 hare rejected articles refurnsd they
must IN al cases send stamps for that purpose.
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sophIstIcatinE . sacred Juice.

The statement we quoted was from a re
port printed by q contemporary.