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The sun., 1907-12-31
THE CITY,S BUSINESS WAYS.
Instructive Experience IN the Career 0R e
W0uDd-De Taxpayer.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: On
October II made application at the proper
Office here to pay a modest tax bill which
owe TO an ever protecting and paternal city
government. 1 left data as requested and
was told that when IL was -apportioned"
would be notified; that was to be in about
three weeks" A month passed and heard
nothing.
On November ~ / called again and, "a
luck would have it. came across n clerk in the
very act Of passing on my own application
7 also found that on November z. ten days
before my second CALL my parcel had been
set of on the city tax map from the larger
lot of which IL had formed a part: still IL had
not been -AppOrtiOned
Again a month or about six weeks passed
A postal card appeared dated December 2T.
bearing the magic legend: "AppOrtOnment
completed" With a variety Of emotions l
called. Again series OF interviews. Finally
n benevolent looking person in gray hair and
spectBcles opened a formidable book and after
scanning the page said:
We don't know what lot yOu mean. Go
down 10 such and such a room and see what
lot you mean" And then l said things.
My deed for the lots has been in the record
ing office since July. The map Of the tract OF
which they form part has been on file sincs
some ttne in 1904. Yet now. to-day, IL I go
and ask for n bill OF my lots by the numbers
under which they appear on that map. shall
be told that the tax authorities don't 20 bv
that" and that they know nothing about IT,
But still hope I shall be able TO pay my
ta yss some day. Nv trust and patriotism ar.
both unCOnuuerabIe' The moral OF cOurs,.
Is. Let's do everything by government
BHnoHLrN, December 10. ID. q.
The sun., 1907-12-31
Boston Is RaMe.

Il is astonishing to see the usually
trustworthy and rarely facetiOus Herald
Of Boston in an editorial headline an
nouncing Bostonis Insane We cannot
believe this Acute but temporary dis
turbances must have led the Herald to
fear and, fearing, to record the worst.
Governor GUILD will disgorge tO-mOr-
row a third inaugural, in which he will
cOurageously take both ends and the mid
die Of all questions. Is JACK the Giant
Killer insane?
FITS is going about telling frankly who
they were that gave him the blue en-
velope. We have heard that FITS had
suffered from a serious attack of Fin.
Com, but not OF -non-cOm.
Springfield DAN KILEY, Deer Island
WALL LINEHAN and the Hon. p. FRAN
CHIsE L. BRANDEIs are getting ready TO
The sun., 1907-12-31
BICyCLEs ~. FORBIDDEN CRY,
In 'Ic tIOn Of trr ChsnEe Tnst Il Tassn,
PIice I'm Chini.

Fr0m The Pctin and TieHtsin Tinlcs
china is indeed moving and the old reve,
ence for time hOnored institutions IL evidently
wearing on in this back of the world empire
a. IN the more up to date West.
IS every one knows who has been to Pekin
the Forbidden City is seml-sacred as the i'm
mediate precincts Of the Palace, and to ride
or even walk through IL il a privilege for
which there has 10 be some definite justiAca
ton. The privilege OF riding ON horseback
or in sedan chair In specially accorded 70
officials whom the Emperor or Empress
DOwaKer may seek 90 honor, and the ideo m
usurpinR these privileges and setting NJ
defiance the privacy which had It's origin no
doubt in extreme nervousness on the mart ~
the ManChuS has never, so far "a Oiir con
temporary knows. been entertained until
lately.
That it has been so OF recent date 4. anDar-
ent from the fact that a notification HI now
appearing In the Imperial City prohihifI0g
any persons to walk about In the Forhiddas
City or ride on bicycles or horseback therc
and censurlng the officials for the Dreaerv.
tiOn OF good order for having permitted great
laxity in this matter. ~'"A'
This Will come news to many as n m int.-
esting indication OF the change taking nlaca
In China and the greater liberty az nnhIio
thought and action. Our TientsiD cnres1a
pOrary adds that II has turned uD old racor'is
and has failed to find any reference m Dsss
years to any such breach OF PekIn etI0,,et1s'
and II IL therefore believed that this h ths a.,
time that any suoh notice has been issued
The sun., 1907-12-31

The Republican Party as Providence.
The Republicans are responsible for
good times, the Democrats for bad times.
Such is an ancient and final Republican
argument. At the Essex Club in Massa-
chusetts we find n Kansas Representative
in Congress, the Hon. VICrOR MURDOCH,
combining this venerable piece Of pat
ter with Others haIIowed by memory:
There Is a cIaitsr and a clsng OF armOr In tho
evening air. Tomorrow We night Somewhere
In this tent a RICHARD struggles with the dreams
OF bad reSOrd, Of secession and rebellion. OF poor
money ana Reputation. of PROSTATE trade and
soup honsrs. And somewhere there rides RpAce
RIcRMOND 60 lead us on 20 VictOry-a TAFT. a
HuGHKs, KNOX. a CANNON. FAIRBANKS. a LA
FOIAErrE. o roRAKER'
Of course soup houses" are Demo-
cratic institution, like secession, rebel
lion and Reputation. Mr.. MURDOCH
must have felt perfectly sSfe in using
this bit or traditional Republican wit or
elOquence; and we cannot but feel that
our old friend the Boston Transcript was
less polite than il should have been to
NhAV bbAuIAH WAtNlh Abb BtsNCb WNChi IL kt1t-
mitted these ragged facts to appear in
the same issue that records the soup
house jeer of the Wichita statesman:
ITO large class of working people CurtaIImeut
Of production In the textile industry. the cutting
OF wages and reduction Of hours in the manu-
featuring centres will be a serious hardship. Il
means that the state treasury will have to come
W their relief
" I anticipate that II will be the hardest winter
for tire poor In the last ten years said DIR. JOSHUA
F. LEWIS this morning. Dr. LEwIB Is the Superln-
tendent Of the State Adult Poor and has come In
close touch with the needs Of the poorest class Of
people. In every direction In which his division
Of Sthte aid extends a helping hand he notices an
increasing demand this winter. and thIs Increase
Is particularly marked where he is accustomed 10
look for the first evidence of want when Industrial
depression sets In
This condition Of poverty is reflected
also in a sudden increase of inmates at
the State hospital in Tewksbury.' A
soup house winter has begun; and, what
is saddest about il, it cannot be laid upon
the Democratic party. 1t is chargeable
directly TO the Republican party, to the
one man of whom the Republican party
consists. Possibly a Republican soup
house will be held to be blessing. Pos
sibly no pinch Of poverty is too severe
10 be borne with resignation and even
joy for the sake of the great DISCOVER Of
wealth. At any rate, the Republicans
have got to accept the responsibility for
and justify the existence Of a Republican
soup house. They may have their usual
luck; the pressure of dun times may not
be acute enough to stir general resent
ment by the time Of the national election.
But the Republican hieratic position as a
sort Of double Of divine Providence has
been kept too long - be discarded
quickly; and since it has always claimed
the good il cannot escape the evil.
The sun., 1907-12-31

drive the New Haven road across the
POughkeepsie bridge and rid Boston
once and for all Of the nuisance Of west
bound freight. Is anything loose with
Springfield DAN, Deer Island FRANK or
p. Franchise?
The Hon. JULIA r. DUFF in watching
the school committee through her lOr-
gnette for some new improvement. that
she may label it ~StorrOwism" and wet
it down with humid elocutiOn in ROughan
Hall. What's the matter with JULIA?
The Hon. GRENvILLE MACFARLAND,
who carries the Independence League
bag, is loudly calling ~HOistl" This is
not because he needs help in lifting the
bag but because ne wants the regular
contributor to ill it up again. Surely
no one questions the intellectual robust
ness Of the man with the bagl
BUTIN is putting the poor On proba-
ton and indicring the rich, except those
who have taken tickets for seats ON his
band wagon. Is MORAN any different
mentally from what no has been all
along?
why, then, IL the Herald despondent'
After a thorough investigation 0f Des
MOines and Galveston that journal has
decided what kind of a government BOs-
ton should have, and there are some old
subscribers who think the way to find
out what Boston needs is TO investigate
Boston. This may have shocked and
grieved our contemporary, but it hardly
justities the conclusion, -Bostons in
sane Quite the contrary,
The sun., 1907-12-31

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sfr: ~ V. Collins
should have hearty support In his suggestion to
start crusade for the better protection of law
abiding citizens. do not attribute the many
robbeics and holdups and even murders entirely
20 the lnRlty Of the police but do believe attention
should bo concentrated upon Commissioner Blng.
hams request for more police. Are the political
cutthrOats In league with the highway robbers.
or do some OF the police share in the plunder1 Per
haps this may be the direct cause for the present
condition OF apparent freedom OF highway rob-
bers, sneak thieves. house breakers and the kin
dred horde working with apparent immunity from
capture.
Something should be done at once TO stOpIt.
JANKB A. WARREN.
Nuw Yong December X,
The sun., 1907-12-31
A Rrntal Suggestion.

To rHE EDToR oP THE SUN-Siy; I notice In
tho news columns Of TINE SUN that the charitable
societies Of Greater New York are considering
measures TO keep unemployed away" The rush
Is already beginning"
Les us be just before being generous Send tho
unemployed 60 Washington. Let the fellow that
got them out OF job get thOm Job.
BRooKLINK. Mass. December ~. Bar STATE
The sun., 1907-12-31
"The Literary Supremacy Of Mr.
iIOWells"


Mrs. GERTRUDE ATTENTION, the novel
list, brings the cruel charge against con-
temporary American writer's that they
lack "virility, originality, elemental fire. Z"
But she mentions as an extenuating cir
cumstance that they are forced into these
sins OF omission by "a secret tyranny.
IL appears that "a certain arbitrary
school Of writer's here has erected a mar
row, conventional standard, hard and
fast rule, to which the wOuId-be author
with a message all his own is bound as
to some prOcustean bed, whose painful
limitations are repressive of genius and
bring all who come within its influence
TO one dead level OF sameness, of medioc-
rity, Of hOpelessly middle class effort"
The fancy Of persecution is a well de-
fined form Of paranOia with a technical
name of its own. but like many other
insanities it differs only in degree from
the common human tendency, especially
rife among imaginative people, 10 pro-
ject ones inner limitations and mistake
them for external repressions. Such
language as this OF Mrs. ATHERroN's
was constantly indulged in by the late
popular English novelist, GRANT ALLEN,
for instance. He complained so often
and 50 loudly that he was being debarred
by tyranny from the free expression of
his genius that at last the public begged
him on its knees, as 1t were, and with
every pledge Of indemnity, to withhold
the implied masterpiece no longer. The
novelist rashly yielded and published
THE Woman Who Did; whereupon the
public discovered that he suffered from
inner limitations so marrow and hard.
and fast" that the suppositiOn OF any
external tyranny was at all events
superfluOus.
The oppressed GRANT ALLEN uttered
his complaints in a country which Mrs.
ATHERTON describes as a land OF free
dom. 1T is a curious thing" she re-
marks, but England with its venerable
literary antecedents has no hard and fast
standard to impose upon the writer"
She seems TO have been misled by a
difference Of names. In England GRANT
ALLEN and his kind call their projected
limitations Mrs. Grlndy'; in America
Mrs. ATHERTON calls them the literary
supremacy of Mr.. HOwELLs," the
HOwells cult ~the HOwells canon"
which she describes as having no orig
inality in it and as being -rcpressive Of
the fire Of genius"
We fear that Mrs. ATHERT0N pays too
high a compliment TO the majority OF
our cOntAmDorarv Writera when ahe
The sun., 1907-12-31

ETV" NC oI FduI DfSpdfch.
The counties OF the State received a suh....,,.,
sln so-aay wnen state Auditor Ivsrson dIstrbutrd
warrants 70 the amount OF slOBaS. n cov-r,n,s
oonnties paid for wolves since last June.
In al during the six months iSSo wo.vru x,.r.
slaughtered In Minnesota. those doing ths h,u'..
receiving from % 70 $3.50 for each wolf The Iss,sr
was for full grown animals '''
Inc biggest check went 70 Kittaon co.,n,v r..
called for nSS75O. and represented ssT .'c,,,.. ~
killed. ~ "VFes
The sun., 1907-12-31

The question is not so much whether Mr..
TAFT will be able to walk the rope and keep
his balance by means of a long pole handled
with agility; 1t is whether the rope will bear
his weight or break and dump him.
The sun., 1907-12-31

OF printed characters which show
Great thoughts or faneles fine
There's nOnr more powerful, We know
Than one straight. slender line.
IL stands for wisdom more prOfOund
Than lore or years gone by,
Convincing both by sight and sound
That simple letter Il. I"
II has a strangely varied note:
some times Ills harsh and strong.
And sometimes II will lightly lOal
Like \ sweet. 1attering tOng.
Its cAlCnCcS VIC ne'er forget
When they have once been heard
That marvel Of the alphabet.
The Oriet ana Deautcous word
The sun., 1907-12-31

From nOthngRt AL a few years ago to SiOOOO 600
capital invested now Is the record of our cottonseed
products industry. according 10 the Bureau Of
Manufactures 1907 fiscal year report. In that yoar
our exports OF cottOnsced products reached A vain.
OF 8O,5I340O or s9S44 400 more than In 1900 nscsI
year. Only forty years ago cOttonseed e1ceDt that
required for growing the next years crop of cotton
was Of little value aud cost labor and money 10
The sun., 1907-12-31
Not In HIs Line.
From che London Globe.

From ne London Globe
Editors have their troubles. just like mere Ord,
nary men we append an answer 10 a correspond
ent OF weekly DapeE II. X. uondon,-We are
always glad 20 help our readers. but We really
cannot undertake the responsibility Of nnd,n9 a
school for your daughter OF i've"
The sun., 1907-12-31
New York Stlk,

According 10 the Census Of Manufactures. 1905"
the state of New York made Consld d,-abic hc,d,yav
during the five years 1910 a. In s Sharc or the silk
manufacturing Industry OF the United states
Here are the comparative ngurrs:
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A Course In Mr. p,py. R.o.mu..,..,

To THE EDrroR oy TIVE suN-.S,,. :,
EAslsed por'onage would read the Diary as rss
curious MT Pcpys and reflect thereon iwn,.a I.
beyond all reasonl he might learn noms,h,ns, =,
sells. c.-s ". aaVt ves-
NEW YoRK, December m "AAAfn'
The sun., 1907-12-31

fr our friends WhO fapOT ~ wtfh manuscTipiS for
DDcGftOH DSb 10 hare rejected articles yeturHsd Asy
mast IN an cases send sfdmps for that purpose.
The sun., 1907-12-31

Paris ONCE ~ Rue Louis Ie Grand. The daily and
sunday editions sale at KiOsque ~. near the
Grand Hotel; AIiOSque H. boulevard drs cspuclncs.
corner Place de rOpera. and KlOsquc H. Boulevard
des Italiens corner Rue louis le Grand.
The sun., 1907-12-31

In this industry New York ranks fourth in caD-
Ita and third In the value OF yearly product among
the States. Connecticut exceeds New York in caD
Itnl BY NOOO.OOO. but her yearly product Ii about
s5OOO.O0O less. The two leading States are Penn.
sylvanIn and New Jersey.
New York leads In the manufacture of silk lace
and finished silk embroidery, while New Jersey leads
New York In silk nets. wells and yelling
Since the census OF 1900 weaving mills for broad
silks have been established In Homcn Dinghamton
Ogdensburg. AndOver. ChadwicISs Cortland ana m
eighteen other places In the State of New YorI, for
the extension OF silk manufacturing In one form or
auOfher
The sun., 1907-12-31

The New Year.
Although we rhyme 10
Pat and straight.
We're apt 20 write ls
1907.
The sun., 1907-12-31

Some Ice.
The New Year comes
With practised skate
And deEtiy cuts
The hgure ..
The sun., 1907-12-31
sahscrIptIsns By man. Postpaid.

DAILY FER Month. ....,...................'SO 50
t@AlLfs yer Year. ......................,,.... DO
SUNDAY. Fer year. .....,.......sss......s.-. 90
DAILY AND SUNDAY. Per Year. ........... 500
DAILY AND SUNDAY. Per Month ........ 20
sfPostage 10 foreign countries added.
The Washington times., 1907-11-25
SETBACK
FOR OUR CREWS

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-Arrangements
are progressing fast for the Olympic
regatta next year, and as Tar as mat
ters go now the stewards have placed
a serious obstacle in the way Of any
thing but a college crew from America
The races viii be under the control
OF the Amateur Rowing Association.
and at a recent meeting OF the stew
ards the Henley rule was adopted. and
it stIpalates that mechanics, artisans,
IaDorers. or those engaged IN manual
positions viii be ineligible. This, OF
course, would exclude 30 per cent OF
the American oarsmen not at college.
for the great majority hers are those
who make their living otherwise than
BY clerical work
Of course this rule IS not aimed at
any particular country, and each crew
or crews entering from no matter
where Will be asked to comply with the
conditions. One thing peculiar about
the conclave at which the rules were
made public was that the National AS
soCiatiOn of Amateur Oarsmen OF
America was not mentioned as a pros
pective competitor, but other countries
enumerated IN the conditions were Can
ada. Belgium. Holland. and Germany.
In case other countries wished 70 be
represented, IL was saidS they could
do so through tbs Olympic council Of
that country.
Local oarsmen who have Travelled
abroad figure that 10 take crews FOR
the events would mean an expenditure
Of $1,000.
The Washington times., 1907-11-25
LOUISIANA TRACK
RACES DELAYED BY
LACK OF BOOKIES

NEW ORLEANS. La. Nov. 2.-The
first effectual blow toward the exter-
minaIon Of the half mile merTy-go-
rCuEd, operated here in opposition 10 the
"bls tracks" was struck today when
racing az the Louisiana track was sus-
pended for more than an hour, owing
ito the lack Of 'bOokies."
After an eXcruciating delay of more
than an hour ia which the few hard
encG regulars huddled togethe-, IN a
vCtu attempt to keep warm, the man
agt nlent decided TO 90 ahead and run
-Huch dissatisfaction among the man
aEement Il Is thought that this marks
the begiRning Of the end OF what has
proven a blot upon the sport OF kings"
Plunger John J. Ryan is the latest ar
rival Ryan, who has a worldwide
get-Tich-Quick reputation, asserts that
he came mere 1Or rest" However,
those close to the Cincinnatian assert
that since the plunge engineered by MIN
on Miss Sain. and which is said to nave
cost hiDi and those close to him nearly
$50. gGc. that he has been slipping"
badly, ard that IL is with a view to
rec0up recent losses that he comes here
The Offering this afternoon at City
Park was indeed Of the wash-day type,
selling plateTs of the most mediocre
type, performing in all six events.
Weather conditions were greatly I'm
proved. though the track was still
heavy and holding.
The Washington times., 1907-11-25
CHANGES
IN ALL-NAV SQUAD

Coach Donnelly made some sweeping
changes yesterday in the line up OF
the All-Navy eleven, which viii meet
& picked team from the Army at Ma
tional Park Thanksgiving Day.
Watson. last year center OF the bat
tleship Indiana's team. is back in his
OLD position, while Warner OF the bat
tleship Washington. has been shifted
to the left tackle, with Hammerstead
playing the other tackle. Andersen and
Batche are IN the guards, with Gaskin
and Jones at, the ends The back field
is the same with Bishop at quarter.
McGuffy and Rose are halls. and
Schrer fulibact.
The squad was given q long signal
drill This morning. and several new
formations which will be worked
against the soldiers were tried out
By the newly organized eleven
Judging from the demand for tickets,
a recOrd-brealLtng attendance Is eX-
pected. The sale Of tickets have
reached the 2,eo0 mark.
The Washington times., 1907-11-25
WHOM Fight Papks Nezt7
STRENUOUS DIAZ.

President Diaz OF Mexico. who IS past
seventy-seven, literally takes upon him
self very extensive portion OF the ad-
ministrative part Of his government.
he is an early riser, and his day Is sys-
temarically arranged. Few public men
are more kindly and agreeable IN pri-
vate life than the President OF Mexico,
and he has behind an habituaI gravity
OF manner a very keen sense OF humor.
He never frets or worries over petty
matters, and is always calm and IN
perfect mental pOise in times or crisis
and emerg ergency.-Exchange
The Washington times., 1907-11-25
HOW CAN YOU PICK EN-,
IF OWNERS DON'T KNOW
WHEN TO BACK ENTRIES?
Facada's Regulation Made Tom Welsh Afraid to
Bet on The Squlre-How Do Official
Vets Earn Their Salaries !?

sports had their checks down on him
good and plenty in the last race sat
urday.
Lucky Jack AGcGinnis is one of the
heaviest winners at this meeting. His
system IS to follow NOtter's mounts.
and this has brought him out long
ways ahead of the game. VI hen he
bets ne bets a chunk. and his winnings
amount 10 something Saturday ne
was one OF the very few to give the
Faleada tip the go by and put down a
swelIer on The Squire.
Smokers race In the Consolation was
q great Improvement over his previous
effort at this meeting. This Is good
colt, especially ia muddy going, and
should make a great three-year-Old.
Right Royal lived up 10 his reputation
SATURDAY.. and with the hefty package
OF II9 up Just waltZed of with the ben
ming Special at a mile and half. A
red hot tip was out IN this race on
Beauclere, who had been imported from
New York for the especial purpose of
winning this purse, and all the wise
fish fell to II. 1t was the weight OF this
ReaucIere money that allowed the back
ers Of Right Royal to Eet evens for
theirs. II - a. matter OF history that
Beauclere was a false alarm
The Washington times., 1907-11-25
GEORGIA TECH BACK
IN GOOD STANDING

ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. 25-At a meet
ing Of the Southern intercollegiate As
sociatiOn Saturday the charges OF pro-
fessionalism against the football team
OF the Georgia School OF Technology
were cleared up and the school was re-
instated in the association.
The charge Of professionalism against
the football team OF the University of
Georgia was taken up. but not FULLY de-
cided. The institution was reinstated
pending a decision.
Coach Whitney of that college was
barred from coaching any other team
in the Southern association.
The Washington times., 1907-11-25

with blank space beneath for adding
name OF winning team and score. Above
this inscription is the arms OF tho
United States in relief Beneath the in
scrIption on one OF the oval silver plates
on the ebony base IS an etching of
Franklin Field, where the game VIII
be played.
on the second space IS the arms Of
Annapolis Academy in relief, an etching
OF a football scene, and beneath this,
on the base. an etching Of Annapolis
football field.
The third space shows the arms Of
West Point IN relief. another football
scene. and on the base the football feld
OF West Point
The Washington times., 1907-11-25

Visitors TO the Army-Navy football
game at Philadelphia on November 90.
may be interested in viewing the hand
some sterling silver cup offered TO the
winning team By Army and Navy Life
and displayed IN the east window OF the
Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company, the
designers and makers.
The height OF the cup which is OF
solid silver including the ebony base.
on which are three oval silver plates,
is 2Ja4 inches. on the three handles are
laureI. decorations signifying ITO the
Victor" The cup between the three
handles IS engraved-on one side
Army-Navy Life Foot Ball Trophy,
Annap0lis-West Point.
The Washington times., 1907-11-25
Nike Thompson
May Referee the
Western Game

ST. LOUIS. Nov. Z.-Arrangements
have been practically completed by
the st. Louis and Nebraska authori-
ties to bring Mike Thompson, OF
Georgetown University. TO st. Louis
to referee the game between st.
Louis University and Nebraska
Thanksgiving Day.
Thompson is considered the best
official in the country, and his pres
ence on the Sportsman's Park grid
iron Will enhance the Importance OF
the competition for the Southwestern
football championship.