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The Soil Survey.

No other maps are being issued so rap
idly by any department Of the Govern
ment ~ thpse Of. tho Soil Survey. Seven
OF these large sheets in colors were pub
lished in October with concise reports
on the survey Of the area covered by
| each map. These surveys, directed by
the Bureau OF Soils. have been in prog
ress since 1900. They are not confined
TO any particular States or regions, but
are carried on wherever there is special
demand for them. The field forces as
far as svailable are sent to the districts
where leading citizens" agricultural
societies, scientific bodies or State on
Gals show that for one reason or another
the survey will help development.
The States are taking part TO some ex-
tent in making the surveys; and because
the supply Of reports and maps dis
tributed by the Government has not
met tho demand the States in some cases
have repUblished them at their own ex-
pense.
Two men form each Of the survey par
ties. They are specially trained for such
work and equipped with the most mod
ern Instruments for the classification and
survey Of soils. The map is completed
in all details and the report written be-
fore leaving the area studied. The scale
is a mile to an inch. which is large enough
TO permit areas AZ small as ten acres to
be represented. The data are laid down
upon the land Office maps wherever the
Hnwarnnoank FUNDAMENTALLY a,Vr,rawx akno&.
are not available AZ base maps; but the
best results are obtained when tOpo-
graphic sheets can be used as base maps,
for then the surface forms Of the land, as
well az the kinds Of soil, are shown.
Such work has been carried out by many
Of the European governments, and in the
Netherlands fine wall maps in cOlOrs Of
the soils and their distribution are spe-
cially prepared for use in the schools.
The American maps are well produced;
the boundaries Of the soil areas are
sharply defined, and as experience has
been enlarged a very close a~pproxima-
ton OF the facts has been attained. Twelve
or more tints are often used TO show the
different kinds Of soil. The thickness Of
each soil and the nature Of the subsoil
70 a depth Of three feet are also depicted
by graphic methods.
This is an entirely new phase of the
mapping of the United States. Its ten
dency seems to be to diffuse more accur-
ate knowledge OF soils, to make their
management more intelligent, and to
indicate soils in the arid regions, for ex-
ample, which are well adapted for the
production. Of commercial commodities
Of other continents grown under similar
climatic conditions.
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A Fantastic Suggestion.

Not a smile crackles from the face of
the Hon. JOSIAH QUINCY Of Boston an
he stands in the shadow of his ~gcnealOgi-
cal tree and pretends 70 long for "a sane
radical party in Massachusetts,. He
might as well have talked OF cold fire.
and tho other conoeits Of the paradox
makers.
Mr.. QUINCY, known technically il irrev-
erently among his friends as "JosH,' has
the honor Of being m Of the most solemn
humOrists Of politics; and the classical
verb to Josh will recall him to the latest
posterity.
The Hon. GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS and
the Hon. JOHN BUTIN MORAN are typical
Massachusetts, sane radicals Or IL
Mr.. QUINCY is limiting that it would be
wise to put a little hellebore into the
next Democratic platform he expects
too much. Equal privileges to all. The
Democrats have as good a right to be
crazy az the Republicans.
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RoOSEVELr AND ~

-
To TKn EDrroR or TIM suN-ssS: What
has been and win DO tho immediate SHsCt
on Roosevelt and Bryan Of tho recent panic
In regard 20 such public sfalr1 Of ths country
~ should be- conducted nc washinRtnn2
The inquiry does NOT eR0brace those affairs
b by tho Consultation ars In tho axcln-
sivo jurisdiction Of che several States. OF
thsm. and moro especially Of public service
or public utility corporations. 0ovsrnOr
Hughes has q lead that cannot easily be
taken from him by any rivals. He has
begun with them In New York. Probably
his plans for the future include other COR
porattons. He has separated thOae which
COngreas oRn rsanlnto from those which
only thu Legiskaturss OF the States can Oon-
troll Wh9n hO alIudas 20 s-rovornmsnE'
supervision Of prOduution and t-ranaporta-
t4on hs II careful 20 Indicate the government
10 which IN refers.
The President will. &c IN 10 DO expected.
onsciAlly declare in tho annual messages soon
10 como the effect chat thu panic has had
on him and my policKss." RumOr has Il
that Mr. Bryan will also reveal TO his Griends.
assembled at about tho Same time, the policy
be will pursue regarding corporations in the
light Of the present banking and currency
disorders.
Roosevelt and Bryan are both seeking to
CONTROL the Warrington Government during
o years nom March 4. 1909. either a.
President or ~ 'something behind the
throne greater than tho King himself
Each intends TO DO the actual candidate
OF his party next November. or else 10 do
tate that candidate. as jackson dictated
Van Buren, TO be- the Democratic candidate
for Vice-Prssident in 1852 and for President
in 1889 and 1870.
Indeed. there are signs indicating that
each ts promoting the candidacy OF the other
In his Own party.
Plain enough IL is that IL zach shall DOM
mate in the next national convention of his
own party. the candidate to have his sup
port must be either himself or some one
subservient to himself. The alternative
will DO a secession from each national pom
ventiOn Of conservative delegates and pos
sibly (but not very likely a nominating
convention OF delegates from the alienated
members Of zach Of tho old parties, result
ingi in a contest practically between a con-
sentative Presidential ticket and an oppo-
sitiOn radical ticket supported by both
Roosevelt and Bryan.
or supreme importance are the views
OF party duty taken by those two regard
ing Congressional treatment Of corpora
tions. their combinations. agreements by
any and all persons In restraint OF trade.
arrangements by railway MT other cor
pOratiOns to secure and maintain rea-
sCnablO prices. the attitude to be taken
in Warrington toward production and
transportation wholly within q State and
never crossing State lines. whether car
ried on by an individual or a partnership.
and the right OF members of zach State, as
a matter Of individual and State right, TO
engage in interstate commerce. subject only
TO mere regulation OF the and
exclusion Of deleterious articles when cross
ing State boundaries. PoLTrTCs.
NEw Y0RK, November II.
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Tho Medical Profession in BROOKLYN.

According 20 the latest Of1cial Register there ar,
1850 practising physicians In the Borough of Brook
Ign, Including under the term physicians those
members Of the medical profession who practise
surgery only In connection with their strictly med
lcal work.
OF these, 1877 belong 20 the homeopathic school
and twenty two are ~eclectics: the remainder are
regulars or allopaths.C as they are denomInated 10
distinguish them from the Disciples OF Hahncmann.
There are sixty seven female physicians In Brook.
Ign. classified a. follows: Regular. 30: homeopathic,
-. and e~clectlcs. g.
With reference TO the date Of graduation in medI-
cine, the neatOr Of tho medical profession In Brook
Ign Is Dr.. A. ". Bell. who was for many Years the
editor Of the SGnnaran. a well known Journal de-
voted 20 hygiene and sanitary science. He received
his medical degree In lSA2. Following him we ind
ono who graduated In iS4s. two in la52. two In 1883,
one In each OF the years 1888. 1855 and 1857, two In
iSSs, four In 1859 ana one in 1890. IL Ia not until
We roach the year 1870 that the number Of grad
yates now In practice ls Invariably denoted by two
ngures. The largest number belong 70 the year
1888: that is 70 say. there arc more medical gradu-
ates OF 1888 now practising In brooklyn than OF any
other one year. OF these there are seventy 1--WE.
Next come the graduates of 1859. numbering sew
enty tive. and those OF 1898, who number sixty six
Graduates In medicine who have received their
degrees since lsss are less numerous among the
Brooklyn physicians Of O.day. Thus there are but
nifty six graduates OF 1900. thirty nine OF 1909 and
forty two of 1909.
As might naturally be expected. the largest num-
Der of Brooklyn medical practitioners have re-
ceived their professional training az the Long Island
College Hospital. OF these there are 4sI. The
College Of Physicians and Surgeons CHE medical
department Of Columbia University Is represented
by esI graduates, tho New York University Medical
School by 1874 and Bellevue BY II6. There are
seventy -soven graduates OF the New York Hom0o-
pathic Medical School. or institutions outside
Greater New York those best represented are the
Albany Medical School with twenty -sax graduates.
the University OF Pennsylvania with twenty -nve.
and Harvard and Buffalo with thirteen graduates
each. More than one hundred medical schools are
represented In the present body of practising ply
.iTlana in Rv0ORIvn
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The Diversions OF King Ursus.

King URsUs was the alteration Of his
subjects and the wonder Of the world.
The theatre vas among his favorite di-
versions. There was something in the
glare Of the fOotlights that delighted him
beyond expression; and when he was
present no other drama was needed to
stir to rapture his reverent and aiEec-
tionate people.
IL was the habit of King URsUs on
these occasions, when the audience was
duly hushed, to arise suddenly in the
front of the royal box and to below
-Firel" with all his lungs. Then panic
would seize upon the spectators. They
would rush out and trample one another
TO death.
Meanwhile King URsUs, justly veXed
and angry at their behavior, was expos
tulating to the vacant house:
was about to say that Fire in n
theatre which il not firepTOOf is a dam
ger against which we should take every
precautiOn. Some theatres are not fire.
proof. All must be made so. Until
they are ! shall not cease TO give the
alarm and the warning, no matter how
many are injured by the conspiracy of
my enemies 10 discredit my royal self
AMI MAIN the populaee."
Reading an account of the accident and
q partial list of the injured next day
King URsUS cried until the FavOrites
dropped their racquets in alright: "The
scoundrels, conspirators, malefactOrs!
They dare 20 attribute the panic to me!
Well, so be it, If the work of righteous
ness necessary to make the theatres fire.
proof conflicts with the fancied needs of
my subjects to live then their lives must
go to the wall. And always remember
that If a man does well, il he acts hon.
estly, he has nothing to fear from me
and ought to be able to control his nerves
when in my business Of promoting right
eousness | make remarks about fire and
fireproOfing."
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Letter From Father Carry.

TO rNR EDITOR on TINE SUN-Str: Tho lato
cauwpAlRn has revealed an alarming disregard In
our community of the good name and reputation
Of our fellow citizens. In the heat Of the cam
pslkn even ~cIorgymen, men OF standing In the
public eye. Joined hands with political tdckSters
and helped throw mud from their pulpits with a
zeal and energy that might well be employed in
the constructive work Of God and not In the de-
~structive work of the devil.
Mud. shiny mud. was thrown. and these gentle
men Of the cloth were not satisfied until they too
had their hands bcsllmed and were throwing mud
with q vigor that for men OF peace and righteous
ness was, 20 say Inc least. startling. Statements
were made only ON hearsay. accusations not proved:
and this in Gods house. where charity and justice
should reign.
These reverend gentlemen should adOnt the
h0nely motto OF tho boys down our way here:
IF you can't boost. don's knock II you cans
In Justice boost" then don't In charity knock"
NEW YoRK, November II. JAMns D. CunRH.
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Then and Now.

The President In an unexpected review
Of election results concluding with the
felicitatiOn that the Presidents own
home county OF Nassau made a better
showing than it ever has in an on year.
processes TO see in the New Jersey State
election OF 1898 a parallel TO the slump
in Republican pluralities that occurred
last Tuesday.
1t is true that Senator FOSTER NJ.
VOORHEES,, the Republican candidate
for Governor, was elected in 1893 by a
plurality OF 5.409, and that two years be-
fore WILLIAM McKINLEY's plurality in
New Jersey had been 81 1892, but there the
resemblance between the State. CAM
paign In New Jersey In 1898 and that Of
1907. Senator VOORHEES, had
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What win the Hon. SAMUEL GOMPERs do
to tho miners In the Calumet and He0la
copper mines? They have done what that
calmest and Serenest OF publicists declared
would never be allowed: they have &C.
copied a reduction Of wages and remained
at work. No punishment that the fertile
mind Of Mr.. GOMPERs can devise will be too
severe for these w~eaklings who have adj
mitted the justice Of their employers CON-
tentiOn that cheaper copper must make
lower wages.
Mr.. GOMPERs has decreed that wages
shall level be lowered They were raised
in the day Of Astounding prosperity: he
would have them kept up regardless OF tho
course Of business. A programme beauti-
fully simple and effective. Mr.. GoNPERs
can have NO patience with faint hearts VINO
refuse 70 live up 20 it.
The unfortunate miners seem to have
put their own comfort and interests first
in considering the proposition that their
pay be reduced by i2h per cent. They pre-
ferred work at living wages to idIeness in
defence OF a new economic principle. Yet
they have chosen unwisely. A man starv-
ing for GONPERs is in much better condition
than q well fed laborer against whom the
wrath ofthe great philosopher 10 directed.
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MRS. ROOSEVELT LIFE MEMBER
or the Assembly Of MOthers-The President
Inter stPC. Too.

The members OF the City Mothers Club
who assembled yesterday afternoon at
the Hotel Martha Washington to tall
about the Cara Of Growing Girls" we're
reused to a high pitch Of enthusiasm by
the announcement that Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt has become a life member Of
the New York Assembly Of Mothers.
The annual convention OF thai organiza-
ton was held at Oneida in the last week
OF October. and "A report Of the proceedin ~
was forwarded To the White House. A
few DAYS later Mrs. Roosevelt sent n note
expressing a desire to he enrolled per-
m~anently on the membership list, and
enclosing n check for SOS.
Mrs. Roosevelt has been for some time
honorary vice-president of the State
association. and tho President is an active
member OF the advisory board OF the
National Federation OF Mothers Clubs.
nr. Eliza Mosher gave the City Mothers
n half our of advice on the Care OF Grow
ing Girls" She taboOed among other
things cold luncheons, peekaboo shirt
waists on chilly days. late hours. overstudv
social excitement and an excess OF indoor
occupation and amusement.
The children OF the poor she said.
ARE frequently better OF h~yQienicaliv
than those OF the middle classes. because
they spend so much time playing in the
streets. and ave in addition the advan-
tages Of many roof gardens and our Of
loo Playground"
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The east window AZ st. MarEarets. Westminster.
wandered about for more than 200 years before
reaching Ia present position and was the subject
OF a seven years lawsuit. Henry VII, for whom it
was Intended. died before the window arrived from
Dordrecht and Il came into the possession nrst Of
the Abbot Of WAltham and then of General Monk.
Stained glass was anAthemA In Puritan days. 80
che window was buried until the Restoration, when
II was brought 10 light. Refused BY Wadham Col
IeEe IL was bought for nifty Eulneas and erected ia
a private house. and years later was bought for
600 guineAs by tho committee charged with the
restoration Of 81. Aargarets and placed In position
in the church. The lawsuit 20 which We have re-
ferred was brought by the Reglstrar 70 the Dean
and Chapter on tho ground that the window con-
tanned superstitlous lVnRgea. but after seven years
legal wrangIlng the church wardens proved vIcto-
Eious and the beautiful window was suffered 70
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NEW HOME FOR LOTOS CLUB.
Plxns Fllcd for SIX story Buildsng IN 18th
Street 20 Cost 500 .DOD.

Plans FILED for SIX STORY Builulng m 18th
street % Cost $500. oOo-
Dom Barber. architect for the LotOs
Club. has fled with Building eupezinten-
dent Murphy the plans for the nsw homo
OF h club at 40 West Fifty-sevcnkh street.
1t is to be a six story and basement sdiRCe,
Of Colonial design. having q frontage OF
rs feet and a depth Of 90 fest, with . small
extension.
The facade will be Of limstOn0 at tho FIRST
story and decorated brick above. with
ornamental balconies &C the second and
sixth stories and a cartoucho OF carved
stone with the club coat OF arms in the
centre at the third story. A flagstaff
will project from beneath this cartouohe.
The building will nav a central arehed
entrance with an exterior staircase, with
candelabra wall lamps On either side Of
the doorway.
The first floor will contain two reception
parlors opening of the foyer hall and a
cafe in the rear. Tn second floor front
will be occupied by the library. card room
and lounging room, and the rear will be
fitted as a private dining room, with a din
ing room for aides adjoining. The sixth and
mezzanine stories will be fitted as banquet
rooms. A picture gallery will occupy the
front OF the mezzanine hoor. The inter
mediate floors will contain sleeping rooms
for club members.
The building is to cost $500, 900.
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Burton and Prisons.

The PRESIDENTS hearty conSratuia-
tons TO GoVernor-eiecC FORT OF New
Jersey suggest the Thought that per-
haps word or TWO on encouragement
and commlserauon rom the same
ugust source would pour wncie nofns
OF AIN INTO tne gaping WOUNDS Oh ths
0 n. KTO the non.
hERBEET PAksoNs NO ouOt Mr.: toET
deserved tnat mighty pat upon M oaek'
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WV Vtsnna oorrssp0ndsTee Pan Man Gazette.
. Convinced that automobiles arc better than pair
horse nacres tho Wcana doctors have organised
q kind OF cooperative sutOmoDiIo club. It 10 pro-
posed 1rst 20 persuade the homo manufacturer
10 build q car specially adapted for doctors work.
Then upon payment Of q moderate sum down. fol-
lowed by monthly instalments, tho dub win assist
tho doctors 20 become automobile owners. The
monthly payments viii DO less than the present
cost OF hlrngsa eafziago BY the month. a. most
OF the doctors do.
The club will. have its own central garage, and
branch garages win he opened In various districts
OF tho Cty a. the demand increases. Tho pro-
motors OF Tho association hope 20 lncreass tho mum =
ber Of motoring doctors from tho present twenty
or 40 70 aI least 200.
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Sailing to-day by the North German
Lloyd steamship K~ronprinzessin Cecilie
for Plymouth. Cherbourg and Bremen:
Mr.. and Mrs, Ethan Allen, DR.. Hartmann
Won Ander Lau, franciscan monk and oom-
poser OF orStortoe. who has been under treat
ment here at DIR. Bulls aanIenrIum. M.
George r.. sheldon. DIR. SlgismOnd Sonnen-
led: Mrs e l. Winthrop. II, the Most Rev.
Dlonyetus Schuler, Norman Mcleod. Chris
tIan Hauge. Norwegian Minister to Waasr
ington. and Mrs. Hange. 49,
Arrivals by the Atlantic Transport linar
Minnetonka from London:
Rear ADMIRAL J; Y, 3. Bieecker, Capt. C..
j. Edwards and James M. Saxton.
Passengers by the Red Star liner iceland
from Antwerp:
MTs; Jchn Ia Esrge: Baron Moncheur.
Moncheur and Walter Raleigh.
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To rHR EDITOR OF THE SUN-sSir: Let us
he fair In our judgment OF the acts Of our
President. He liz doing the best he can 10
right the wrong and to give all a square
deal. Let us not hamper him in his efforts
to drive out Of power the undesirable citi-
zens" who have by unfair methods stiIed
honest competition. Let every business man
look TO his OWE house and set Il In order and
try to conform his business methods TO the
requirements Of the administrator and the
Golden Rule. and I venture to say that in a
decade the citizens OF this vast country will
lift up their voices in praise OF the sturdy
virtues Of Theodore Roosevelt and not try.
a. many are doing now. to drive him into a
dishOnored Obscurity. F. I. w.
NEW YORK. November n.
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Although the returns from the second
ballOtings for members Of the popular
branch of the Russian Parliament are
not even, yet complete, enough is known
TO render il certain that the cOnstruc-
ton Of a permanent majority, for which
mOSo than 22O votes would be needed,
will prove a difficult task. That number
of votes could not be mustered by the So
called OctObrists and the Constitutional
Democrats in combination, even if they
should accept the support of the Social
Democrats. of whom there will be less
than thirty in the new assembly. 0n'the
other hand the Conservatives, although
Ostensiblythe y preponderate over all other
parties combined, do not themselves con-
stitute a homogeneous body but range
from Absolutists, who avowedly desire the
extinction Of representative government,
TO men Of relatively moderate opinions
who cling to constitutional forms and
are scarcely distinGuishable from the
OctObrists. The strength of the latent
moderate element cannot at this time be
computed, bu: there are already iRdica-
tions that many representatives Of the
great land owners, though professedly
Monarchists. are at heart opposed to the
extreme ReactiOnists.
There are optimists who, taking note
OF these signs and counting on the COM
mission of blunders by the AbsOlutists,
look forward to the formation Of a coali-
ton Of the Right Centre and Left Cen
tire, to which the Left or Constitutional
Democrats might be admitted, but from
which the Extreme Left or Social DEM
ocrats would be excluded. Such a coali-
ton might AT first be countenanced by
Mr.. SToLYPIN, especially since the Alb
solutists at "A meeting the other day in
Moscow resolved to demand the Pre-
mier's resignation. By that resolution
they stultified themselves, for the Car
never has conceded the principle of Min
lsterial accountability to the peoples
representatives, and In the first Duma
the ReactiOnists applauded the repudi-
atiOn OF that principle. With a cynical
contempt for consistency they now in
woke il in order TO get rid of Mr.. STOLY-
PIN, whom with some show Of reason
they regard as n COnstitutiOnalist at
heart. We shall get a line on the course
and fate Of the third Duma when we
see by how large a majority, IL any, the
demand for the Premier's removal is
rejected.
Some of the more sanguine believers in
the fitness of Russia for self-government
AS a matter OF fact the country con-
tains not more than six million persons
who can read and write, as against ninety
million illiterates-cOnsOle themselves
for the two successive n~arrowings o fthe
electorate with the apOthegm that revO-
buttons never go backward. Never was
there a more fragrant misleading Of
history. What was the fate Of the
medieval Italian republics, Once so
f~Ourishing? What became Of that Eng
kSh Commonwealth which eliminated
IN the elevation Of CROMWELL to the Lord
ProtectOrship? How long was it before
the Dutch Republic lapsed into a mon
archys How quickly did the first French
Republic succumb' The Roman Repub-
lie Of IsAs lived but for "A day; and, COM
pared with the Free State which Ger
mans IN thu same year thought they had