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reached 1000, 900 tons for the first time
in 1881. In 1894 II reached 100000 tons,
and 1t is to-day very close TO 100000 tons
a year, Thirty years ago the Wholesale
price Of graduated sugar was about nine
cents a pound and the per capita con-
sumption in the United States was about
forty pounds a year. At the immediate
time the price Of the commodity Is some
what above the normal, which may be
taken at four and One-half cents a pound,
and the per capita consumption is a
little above eighty pounds a year. That
ia, within a generation the price has been
cut in two and the per capita consumption
has been doubled,
Chasing the sugars Of Hawaii and
Porto Rico, which come in free Of duty,
as domestic products, it appears that
about 40 per cent. Of our supply is do
nestle. Ten years ago the American
beet sugar industry was a struggling and
feeble enterprise. 1t has now attained
some Importance, with promise Of reach
ing a yield Of 0 5000 tons a year in
the course Of the next few years. The
Louisiana cane industry shows fuctua-
ton in yearly output, but the average
yearly production during the last ten
years exceeds the average Of earlier dec
AIDES, Within ten years receipts from
Hawaii have increased from about 200
900 tons TO about $751; 900 tons and re-
ceipts from Porto Rico have increased
from less than 10000 tons TO about 10000
tons. While beet sugar forms nearly
one-half Of the worlds total sugar pro-
duction, about IS per cent, Of the Ameri-
a supply comes from al
Our national sugar bowl nov holds
approximately 5000, 900, 1000 pounds and
the contents thereof cost w not far from
$500, OOO, 1000 a year, The size Of the bowl
and our individual extraction from it in
crease steadily. We eat more candy,
more j%ellies and more preserves, and
where the cook books of earlier days
prescribed zone cup mOlasses' the books
OF to-day call for sugar, The days Of
corn meal and molasses are Of the past,
We live in an age Of wheat -four and
sugar.
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The Betting on the Race In Hen Hur.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: A great
deal ls being written and a great deal IL being
said about the wick edness Of Tacetrack
gambling and there are various opinions con-
corning its legality, illegality, morality and
immortality.
The most exciting and interesting account
Of ancient horseracing with the betting and
gambling element very much in evidence is
to be found In that religious novel entitled
Ben Hur: A Tale Of the Christ. Probably
q majority OF the readers OF this novel were
Christians not only by birth but by profess
sion, and the same Ia no doubt true OF those
who saw the dramatization Of the novel, and
silenced their consciences by saying they we're
reading q religious novel and witnessing a
religious play. II. a. Christ says, the sin Is
from within and not from without, how could
q protesting Christian read a novel or witness
q play where he or she read or heard:
A hundred ~sestercll on the Jew! Taken,
And again:
The trumpet sounded short and sharp the chalKed
line was lowered 10 let them pass, then raised again.
Another hundred on the Jew" No takers.
Again We read.
Odds on Ssnballat slI to one.
And the colorS they wore:
Green and white, scarlet and gold.
Has the world changed so much; No
wonder Lew Wallace wrote Of that horse
race; Every age has its plenty Of sorrows;
Heaven help where there are no pleasures"
And a. to ~feasting the mind and the eye on
the book and the play by the otherwise Ortho-
dox. Sir Hudibras's words are appropriate;
Compromising for sins they are inclined to
by damnlnE those they have no mind to.
ARLINGTON II, CARMAN.
PATCHOOUE, n. Y, April 20.
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Burlington Magazine for April.

Az interesting account Of PuviS dc
C~hayRnnes and his paintings by Mr., Charles
Ricketts, In the Burlington Magazine for
April Is illustrated by three pictures. one a
photogravure. Mr., Roger +, Fry writes en-
Enthusiastically about the art Of Albert 2.
Ryder, and gives five reproductions Of his
paintings. Mr.. Edward Dillon begins a series
Of important articles on the origin and de-
velOpment OF Chinese enamelled porcelain:
two specimens are represented In colors.
There are also articles by Mr. 4. Alfred
Jones on the old silver in English churches
In Holland and by Prof. @. Baldwin Brown
on Forentlne architecture.
Among the shorter articles Sir Charles
Holroyd describes two recent additions TO
the National Museum In London. a portrait
Of ~Jacqueline Of Burgundy, by Mabuse, and
another female portrait possibly by the same
artist; Mr.. Claude Phillips tells Of a st. John
the Baptist which he has discovered and
which he attributes TO CesAre do Sesto, and
Sir Walter Armstrong stands up for the dis.
puted Portrait Of a Poet" being by Titan
and representing Arioeto. There are other
notes. Sccounts Of foreign exhibitions and
reviews Of books on art.
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The largest Of ferryboats will ply next
year across the western Baltic. Each boat
will carry a train Of passenger or freight
cars between the little Prussian port Of
Sassnltz and the Swedish coast town Of
Trelleborg, sixty miles apart. Thus the
railroad system Of Sweden Is 10 be Joined
with that Of central Europe by the ferriage
OF trains across the narrow part Of the
Baltic. II lie believed that the railroad
ferry, which will open for business in the
summer Of 1909, will be very advantageous
TO Sweden, which has no land connection
with central Europe, though before very
long north Sweden will be united by rail
With Finland and thus with the European
railroad system. This far northern con-
n~ection, however, will be too remote from
the chief producing and consuming centres
OF Sweden 10 serve largely the needs Of inter-
national commerce. The ferry line will
provide the shortest route to the railroad
system south OF the Baltic, and Sweden
hopes 10 benefit proportionally as much as
Denmark has done by her own feet Of
railroad car ferries that ply between the
Danish port Of Gjedser and the Prussian
town Of Warnem1nde across Meoklenburg
Bay, about thirty miles. Since Denmark's
railroads we're thus joined with those Of
Germany the passenger trafic between the
two countries from these ports has grown
from 4O,Ss2 in 1908 10 o.. 700 in 1907, while
in the same time the passenger trade be-
tween Sassnitz and Trelleborg, involving
the trAnSference Of travellers from train TO
boat and back TO train again. has grown
only from 2S,Ss7 to S7,7l2.
1t was because Of this illustration Of the
advantage Of ferryinE trains between
Scandinavia and Germany that the Swedish
and Prusslan Governments made a treaty
by which each agrees TO provide two train
ferryboatS for the line to be opened next
year between Trelleborg and Sassnitz.
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The SugarAge.

This is an age Of steel, an age Of cotton
and an age Of various other substances,
including sugar. The worlds demand
for sweetening has more than doubled
during the last twelve years. The Brit
ish Board Of Trade estimates the output
OF sugar for 1908 at 1892, 7l6 long tons.
Statistics of 1894 show the production Of
that year rs 6,SOO,OOO tons. lnasmuch
as the increased consumption, in this
country at least, cannot be attributed to
decreased prices Of the commodity, the
greater use Of the article may be re-
garded as one of the social phenomena
Of TIE times.
The United States consumes about 20
per cent. Of the total output, and our per
capita consumption shows large and
steady inOreaa. Our demand for sugar
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NOn.InterNentlOn.
sugar.

Colonel BRYAN is making one of his
celebrated mountaineering tours of the
States he hopes to carry next fall. With
the most solemn look possible he asserts
that he never interferes in State politics
and protests his utter carelessness Of
what may be done by the Democrats Of
any section,
The ColOnel's absolute abstention from
any participation in local affairs vas most
notably exhibited in the Illinois case,
in which he used all his influence to beat
ROGER c. SULLIVAN, and was we'll snubbed
for his pains. More recently il vas dis
played in Kentucky, where the Colonel
succeeded in getting a Democratic Legis-
lature to elect a Republican to the United
States Senate. Still more recently 1t has
been exhibited in the remarks the Colonel
has seen fit to make regarding States in
which his candidacy does not prosper, in
most of which he has limited, if he has
not openly asserted, that "conspiracies'
and special interests by illegitimate, II
not by corrupt means, have perverted
the wishes Of the people.
Yet the Colonel does not interfere in
local affairs! Probably he would not call
it interference unless he actually named
the election officers and watchers at every
polling place and superintended in person
the details of the party's local machinery.
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Warrington eorsIpoAdsnes Bottom Herald.
Representative cy subway OF New Hampshire
IA the best known man at the head Of a long table
In al Congress. The Capitol sees little OF him en-.
oept In that attitude. Sometimes he stalks upon
the scar Of the House, A tall and massive that
there IL no seat quite large enough 10 make him
comfortable He rarely remains very long.
The place he likes Is In the swivel chair At the
hesd Of the Committee on Invalid Pensions, which
adjoIns the most used Of the House elevators. The
Hon. Cyrus keeps the mahogany doos open most
OF the time With . plump. round faced negro mes.
Uenger on guard. The mulutudes pass and repass
day after day. and the big Granite Slater, poriuF
over papers. Examining private pension bills and
writing reports thereon, has become az much OF a
n1ture in the optical apparatus Of this ptrambu.
latinE thronE a. the Goddess OF Liberty on the
Caoltol'a ton.
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From ns BroeRton EhsrpnJs

From hS broektoH ERtsrpnyG
The Cape Cod newspapers now inteTeIt more
than ever the fellow VINO known something about
the cape and the islands. They begin 10 teen viii
little paragraphs about Cape Cod folks Who hsv'
been way for The winter, either At won or visit
ing, and who have lodged the bleak winds OF t'
winter time. Now they are beginning 10 20 hort
again. and the papers record their arrival SOM
have hssn IN Boatob. Hare and there one has boo
to New York. 4 thronE has been right here IN
Brookton. the moot popular Of the Massachuseir'
cities for the Cape residents.
These moving native Cape ooddsS get Owe r,
LI months al home, enjoy themselves hugely AM
In many cases pick up a rood Bit Of money, an
when fall comes are hale and hearty and croWdel
perhaps In the pooketbOok. Then during the win
YER they have Just a. rood a time In the large town
and the cities az the rest OF us do.
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MIR. wnIam.'s Constitutional Right,

Immediately previous to the adjourn
ment Of the House Of Representatives on
Saturday, April is, which was a continue
ton Of the legislative day OF Monday,
April 9, the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill being under considera-
ton, this passage between the Speaker
and the leader of the minority took place,
as the proceedings r reported in the
Congressional Record;
The SpeaEer-Ths question Is on the motion to
suspend the rules, agree 70 the Amendments and
pass the bill.
The question was taken, and the Speaker an.
nounced that the ayes seemed TO have Il,
N wILL1Ahs-Dlvislon. Mr. Speaker.
The House divided, and Their, were ayes ~.
noes IS.
N wILLIAMs-Mr. Speaker, | respectfully
demand the yeas and nays,
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The question was taken and there were yeas
ic6, nays "a, answered present Q, not voting iBo."
II will be seen that Mr.. Williams
request for a division in this case was
preliminary or preparatory to his call for
the yeas and nays, which under the Con-
stitution Of the United, States must be
taken on demand Of one-hfth Of the
members present at any session, Imme-
diately after the vote had been announced,
according to the Record, the floor leader
of the majority rose and said:
Mr. PAISE-Mr. Speaker, I move that the
House do now adjourn.
The question was taken.
The Speaker-The ayes have II 800
Mr. WuL1AHs-DlvIslon Mr.. Speaker.
The Speaker (contnulnE-And the House
stands adjourned until tomorrow At IL O'Clock
noon,
Accordingly, under the order heretofore made.
the House lat 0 O'Clock and II minutes p. NJ I'D.
joumed until sunday. April 10, 1908, at u o'clock
noon" 81
II was the refusal Of the Speaker to
heed Mr.. WILLIAMs's demand for the
division that caused a dispute between
these hitherto warn personal friends
and impelled Mr., WILLIAMS to charge
that the Speaker had ignored the Consti-
tuition and deprived the minority Of its
rights. Mr.. WILLIAMS declares that his
cry Of Division vas preliminary to and
preparatory TO a call for the yeas and
nays, and that the Speaker was bound
under the Constitution TO heed IL.
To this the Speaker answers that he
heard Mr.. WILL1AMs's cry Of Division
plainly but that it was not a call for the
yeas and nays, nor was it a call for any
vote to which the minority was entitled
under the Constitution or under the
rules Of the House and the special rule
governing the Legislative day which
ended with the adjournment Of Satur-
day. The Speaker is specific and ex-
plicit on this point. In the statement
issued by him Immediately after the
incident he said:
Representative WILLIAMS did not demand the
yeas and nays, nor did any other member Of the
House. A he did not choose to exercise his right
under ne coaIhtuuon As chair lEnsrsa M ansN
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The Lands Where the JumDlIes live.

To THE EDITOR or The SUN-Siv: Will you
allow me through the columns Of TIE Sun
10 bestow and bequeath TO the mischievous
lieutensnts of the new third party. which is
TO absorb the two old ones. this warlike pOlit-
ical slogan. written by a certain Mr.. Lear.
al impersOnal acquaintance Of mine for the
last thirty odd years:
Far and few, far and few
Are the lands where the Jumblles live,
Their heads are green and their hands are blue
And they went TO sea In q sieve
They did
They went to sea In a sieve.
BosToS, April 10. &, NOBLE,
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Princeton men are In Washln gton 10 play a game
with Georgetown University, and they we're Intro
duced 70 the President b. a member OF Congress,
Nj. ROOSEVELT chatted with them for some time
on the subject OF athletic sports. comparing the
spirit at Princeton with that at Harvard 10 the dis
advantage Of bis alma mater. -DeSpdich from
Washington.
II Mr.. ROOSEVELT is called 10 account for
his disloyal utterance he car make his
peace by pointing out that on Saturday he
made GUY MUBCHIR, a Harvard man land
a Rough RIDER. United States Marshal for
the district Of Massachusetts,.
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Empty POorhOusss Of Kansas.
F,om fAs Kaatas CIV journal

From NE Kansas CRY journal
out Of the iS counties which the State OF Kansas
has within is domains at least hfty have no pau.
peu. One half the county poor farms are empty,
save for the keeper, WHO draws his salary and
Uaits for patronage.
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n TNpN Fiah.

Though trout and bass are Eamy
And Salmon Sport IL me.
There IA another better
For lovers Of the line.
IT'S caught by every younESter
VINO with q bent pin tnes
And by the wealthy sportsman
With most eIpenhive flOe,
lie SeasOn 10 unsndlhg,
All watert I've abode:
ls habits are quite simple.
We G'pect that II just GroWed.
II grows more out Of water,
ms all that heart could wish,
And . let svery Walton
PTtlSs l0pd the Topaz nA.
MoLASmnUnaH RnSou
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OUR INVESTMENT ron PEACE.
Interesting Statistics - 10 This Nations
Naval and Military ExpeadIture.

From a speech bv Representative Tourney,
A comparison Of the amounts expended by
the United States this year on account Z
preparation for war with the amounts eI.
pended for the same purpose by England,
France, Germany and japan, together With 4
statement Of the relative strengthen the armies
and navies OF these countries, Is worthy Of
most careful consideration on the part OF
every member Of this House and should also
he considered by the people whose money IA
thus appropriated and expended for destrue-
tive purposes. The total expended by these
countries in preparation for war Il:
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Paris oGioe. 30 Rue Louis IL Grand. The daily and
sunday editions are on sale at Klosque i2, near the
Grand Hotel, klosque II, Boulevard des Capuclnes,
corner Place de rOptra. and Klosque 10. Boulevard
dee ltallens. corner Rue Louis lie Grand.
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Criticisms Of Secretary TNFT's many and some.
times prolonged absences from his once aud duties
IN the War Department have become - sharp
and 20 widespread thAg an intlmatlon has been
Flyen that hereafter the Secretary will cOnhnc
hs campaign and s"peechmaklng tHDs 10 week,
ends. Washington Despatch 10 NE Evening Pot.
Congratulations are due the Assistant
Secretary OF War. who must be tired enough
TO need a vacation.
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Published by the Sun Printing and Publishing
Association a. no Nassau street, 10 the Borough Of
Manhattan, New York. President and Treasurer
OF the Association. William n, lAnAn. no Nassau
street; Secretary Of the Association, Franklin
Baulett 5 Nassau street.
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n our friends rho fIsor as tdth manuscripts Tor
publication UiJh 10 hare rcjecisf articles returned fhsy
must In on cases send stamps for hdi purpose,
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The daily and SUNDAY sun is on sale In London
A. Murray's Exchange, Trafalgar Buildings, North
cumberland avenue, Pail Mall American and Co
lonlal Exchange, Carlton street, Regent street, aud
Steamship Agency, II Green street, Leicester
Sauare
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Short synapsIs.

Enieksr-WhAt IL The Roosevelt policyi
Boeker-TO have private business public and
pubuo business prvat&
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To Robin.

o little sporter Of the red,
Arc you an anarchist,
OF DO you only call yourself
4. PaKlof noNlAllai.
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The Venus Of Nile Explained.
q tried 10 hold on a Merry Widow hat in q gala,
che said.
Herewith the knowing asked no more.
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PennayIvanIa Honor Nam,

From ne Philadelphia Record.
Freeze Quick IL the name Of the Democratic can
dldsts for prOthonotay In Columbia county.
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These figures show that on account OF
preparation for war the United States, with
an army Of 50 900 men and a navy OF 1900
men, Ia eXpendnR this year only ieo.t73.7 oi ~
less than England, with an army Of 2O4 800
men and a navy Of 10000 men.
That the United States Ia expanding for this
purpose only So, 1894. $40. O3 less than Germany.
with her army OF OOO,O 900 and her navy Of
81. 600 men.
That the United States IL expanding for
this purpose In excess Of the amount eI-
pended by France. with her army Of 10000
men and her navy Of SO. 1856 men. O., $50. Sa2.is.
further comparison Of the sums expended
by these countries on account Of preparation
for war and on account Of past wars shows
the startling fact that We are expanding more
than any other nation in the world for both
objects named. We are this year eIpendinE
3sLQ75,23s.7 rs more than England, ti3o.Oe7,-
1885 more than Germany and iiS2 $50. o5e.is
more than France.
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Statement OF the aggregate annua eIpen.
dilute by tho United States. England, Ger
many and France on account Of past wars.
including all objects for which expenditures
are made on that account and the percentage
OF the revenue Of each country expended for
these purposes in the years 1905 and 1908;
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Total expended by these countries In prep.
aratlon for war and on account Of past wars:
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banner. DeHn aus Der 2ei6iertigteii
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