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Filling the Eye,

To TIE EDITOR OF The SUS--Sir' Secre-
tary Taft's assertion that II Is necessary to
fll the eye OF the Oriental" hardly warrants
the approval with which you stamp II In an
editorial OF yesterday. II sounds to me as II
1t might have emanated from the author OF
Speak softly and carry a big stick" Both
expressions are born OF national and race
vanity and arrogance. Both suggest the idea
Of the bluff or even Of actual force being a
good substitute for Justice right and inter-
national good will Both are sweeping eK-
pressions and can be justified neither by rea-
son nor by history.
OF course there are timid or weak people
who can be "blu1ed. and there are nations
whose condition makes the same process
possible. But II is a far more certain process
TO have Just cause and present II In friendly
but convincing manner. The allegation that
two-thlrds OF the human race are more open
10 intimidation than the other one-thlrd Is
nonsense. while the source Of the statement
and the time when II was made indicate that
II was really intended as an explanation and
a defence OF the spectacular cruise Of our
bsttleshlp feet.
This cruise IL doubtless intended 10 "hll the
eye OF the 0ccldent as well as the Orient.
The whole thing Is bumptlous and In bad
taste. a display Of warlke force wholly out
Of keeping with the character and history
Of a peace loving republic. From the very
beginning the seoretlve attitude and contra
dictory statements by the Government, the
attitude Of large part Of the press. the utter
ances Of certain public men. and especially
such inAlnuating expressions a. IL Is neces-
sary TO all the eye Of the Oriental indicate
that IL will be in order this fall for the people
to elect different type Of man to the Presl-
dency than the man who now seems most
likely TO receive the Republican nomination.
The present method OF working up mag.
mary war scares, cultivating international
III will. browbeatinR the only people who are
really eur friends and shaking the big stick"
in the face Of mankind will, II continued,
bring upon this country calamlties immensely
greater than can possibly come from any Of
the trusts or other internal foes 90 savaRely
pllloried by the present Administration. Per.
hAps II IL also necessary to oil the eye Of
the people, W. J.
WuIIlMaBRIDOE March "a
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resolutions, IL Is a state Of mind, not
a society. II connotates an independ-
ence, extreme self-assertion, energy and
resolve TO rely upon ones self rather than
the law. The "Black Hand is bugaboo
used by blachmailers and yellow journals;
and murder societies belong 10 the same
mythology. Ifsome Italians in the United
States are quick with the knife and the
trigger, their habit, however regrettable,
is familiar enough in this country, 80
accomplished in homicide; nor is 1t least
familiar where the supreme Anglo-saKons
are most supreme.
There is altogether too much crime
among a certain part Of the Italian popu-
lation here, and nobody regrets It more
than the great mass Of the Italian imni-
grants. II is 10 be said, however, that the
criminal Italians prey principally upon
their oountrymen, and that a SUFFICIENT
Italian detective and police contingent
would deal with this condition Of things
in short order. When we notice the
good 'Anglo-Saxon' names Of some Of
the leading spirits in the reves Of the
Western Federation of Miners, the un-
doubted "Anglo-Sa1onism' Of the Ken
lucky might riders and from day to
day the prominent citizens done or
doing somebody else TO death In various
parts Of the country, and the list Of en-
bezzlers and grafters Of the first degree,
We feel that in point Of violence and fraud
the 'Anglo-SaXon' is still supreme.
1t is a fact, says Mr.. FLOOD, that
two-thirds Of the immigrants to this
country settle in the Atlantic or mid
western States It is a fact that the
States to which the majority Of the
immigration comes, the States richest in
foreign blood, are the most prosperous.
Virginia is entitled TO choose her own
society, and there is no danger that many
Italians will intrude where they are not
wanted. 1t is none the less true that
the Italian immigrants and the Italian
citizens are as a class remarkably in-
dustrious, frugal and amiable folk, They
are doing work that there is nobody else
to do. They are adding TO the national
wealth. Their ultimate blending with
the other strains Of the cosmopolitan
stock can hardly fail 10 give it elements
Of vigor, intelligence and inherited love
Of beauty that belong TO their race and
region,
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Y,, and No in tn. Literary Belt.
From me indidnapolfs Nfr,.

fIONN Ntc iHdt1Hdpo4ts NtuN.
Col. George Pope made a discovery about he
speech Of hoosieS which has not yet found It's wsv
into the tTeatlses on etymoloEy. II involves the
use Of the unspellAble words "uh. huh" and huh
uh." those easily pronounced lazy nassls meaning
yes" and no" respectively with proper infection.
Col. Pope says that Hooslers have one way Of
saying -uh.huh" that means "huh-uh" and q wsy
OF saying huh huh" that means "uh-huh" and still
another pronunciation Of "uh- huh" which Is -um-
m-hum.m-nh," leaving one ln doubt as to whether
"um n. hum .m-mh- means -huh.uh" or "uh huh
As nearly as he can ngure It out "uh.huh' With
the accent on the hrst syllable means yes. -"uh'
huh with the accent on the second syllable means
maybe 90, -huh.uh- with the accent on the hISi
syllable means mo- and "huh-uh" with the Accsni
on the second syllable means maybe So" I'm
m m-hum- m NH Is a noneommlttSl Af1mauve-negA.
tive expression, according to COL Pope, from 'h'
efete East.
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INQUIRER.
First Appearance OF the Word Labor
In Federal law.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
your brief editorial this morning on the
lin most respects) excellent bill introduced
by Mr.. Hepburn yesterday 10 amend the
Sherman act you gay truly that no one
has ever questioned the right TO strike
and that the bill in question declares the
right to strike and not to boycott. should
like to be reaSsured on this point. The bill
reads.
Nothing In said act, approved July :, 1890 1.-THE
Sherman antitrust actl, or in this act Ia Intended
nor shall any provision thereof hereafter be en-
forced 80 as 70 interfere With or 10 restrict any
right Of employees 10 strike for any cause tso
far so rood; then II goes on 10 sayl or 10 com.
bIhe or contract with each other or with employers,
for the purpose Of peaceably obtaining from EN-.
ptOIsis satisfactory ;eias iCl ;her labor or salts
factory conditions Of employment
1t is commonplace in hermeneutics
that when definitions are stated elliptically
for purposes Of condensation each verb
must in turn be assigned TO all the nouns.
We therefore should read this statute as
II it were Get forth at length to include the
following proposition: Nothing in the
Federal antitrust laws shall interfere with
or restrict the right Of employees TO COM
bine with each other for the purpose Of
obtaining satisfactory conditions Of en-
|ployment.
This may or may not be broad enough
to include the sympathetic strike. or to
make closed shop one Of the "satisfactory
conditions that labor may demand. And
q dangerous course is begun when any
Federal statute exempts any GLASS by name,
labor or capital. from the law Of the land.
II is noticeable. by the way, that for the
first time in the laws OF the United States
the abstract term 'labor' Is used 10 desiR-
nate those citizens who are engaged in in
dustrial pursuits,
] am sure that your readers would he
glad for further light on these points.
Undoubtedly the best thing in the proposed
law is the simple word general in section
3, which does away with the present arbi-
trary system Of selecting which corporation
OF combination 10 attack.
Boston, March ~. r. j. Sr1MsoE.
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Some polar explorers say they have no
objection TO eating dog meat il they can
get enough Of It. Still, they seem 10 keep
their dogs as a last food resource. The
fact is, however, that dogs are eaten TO
some extent by civilized folk Of the 0cci-
dent; and Germany, at least, collects sta
tistics OF the home consumption OF this
article Of food.
Among the curiosities in the statistical
volume OF the German Empire, issued quar-
terly by the Imperial Statistical once at
Berlin, may always be found the flgures Of
the slaughter Of dogs for food. In the first
number for 1908, for example, we learn that
in the last quarter OF 1907 the recorded
number OF dogs killed and sold for food in
Germany was 22Oe, About 1900 dogs q
year meet the German demand.
This 10 a very small number compared
with the 4S4S,S1O hogs that were slaugh-
tered In three months. but the point is that
dogs are recognized In Germany as a food
commodity, and four times a year occupy
column II In the official tables Of animals
killed for food. Prussia In the last quarter
consumed only 800 dogs. not one OF which
is credited to Berlin. though the Frankfort
district had market for 81, Liegnitz for Os
and Breslau for no.
The kingdom Of Saxony seems to be cul-
tivating the habit, for 400 dogs were con-
sumed in that little country, the Chemnitz
district taking 06s, Dresden SlI and I,elpsio
1852. Comparative statistics for the last
three years show little variation In the con.
sumption, and the demand seems TO be
steady though small. The horse does not
appear In these tables. though a. food he
occupies a rather more important place in
France than the dog does In Germany.
As a popular article OF diet the dog is
confined 10 some Oriental and aboriginal
bills OF fare, and the gastronomlc apprecia-
tion Of him is not likely to spread much
further.
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from working more than eight hours,
even II IL be his will and pleasure to
utilize his energies for a longer period.
The Fees of the KnickerbOcker Re.
ceivers,

Judge LESTER w. CLARK OF the su-
preme Court In the Second Judicial Dis
triOt has allowed ERNST THALAlANN,
GEORGE l.. RfvEs and HENRY G. IDR
the sum Of $4,000 each as compensation
for their services e. temporary receivers
Of the Knlokerbocker Trust Company.
In view Of the existing statutes on the
subject we have no criticism TO make
upon the Court for fixing these amounts,
When it is considered that the law would
have permitted the allowance Of 500, 900
TO each Of these gentlemen, the sums
actually hxed by Judge CLARK may be
regarded a. q remarkable example Of
judicial moderation.
It needs very little argument, however,
TO demonstrate that there ought TO be
change in the law. II is no reflection
upon Messrs. THALAIAEN, R1vEs and
IDE 10 assert, as we do assert without
fear Of contradiction that their services
as managers Of a banking institution
are not worth $4,000 a year apiece.
Any such valuation Of their labors is
simply preposterous; and yet they are
TO be paid at that rate for acting az
temporary receivers Of the Knickerbooker
Trust Company for a period Of six
months. No doubt it is possible that a
successful banker like Mr.. THALNANN
may realize $4,000 a year profit out
Of his banking business, but we do not
suppose that he has wholly neglected
that business while he has been earning
an equal compensation as one Of the
receivers Of this trust company. As to
Mr.. RIvEs it must be remembered that
only few years ago he was content to
serve the city Of New York as its Cor
poration Counsel at a salary Of $4,000
year; and Mr.. IDE received little II
any more than that amount as a Gov
ernment official in the Philippines.
The actual money value Of the services
rendered ought TO be the measure Of COM
pensation for receivers; and the statute
ought TO fix maximum yearly amount
which should under no circumstances be
exceeded. This was attempted by the So
called Haggerty act passed in 1883, after
the reoeivership scandals Of that period,
wherein it was provided that no receiver
should be allowed for any one year a
greater sum as compensation than Sl2, 900,
nor for any period less than one year
more than at the rate Of $4,000 year;
but We believe the law has been amended
since then so as to permit the larger al
lowanoes which have been made in the
Knickerbocker case
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There is a passage in Mr., RoosEvELTs
antiseptic message which touches us on
the Quick and which was intended to
appeal TO our private emotions. II is
that in which his solicitude for our forest
domain impels him to advise the repeal
Of the tariff on wood pulp, the same
being the commodity of which the 80
called paper on which we print THE Sun is
made. ... ,..
We are, naturally, poignantly con-
cerned to get our paper as cheaply as
possible, and as moral scientists We share
to the full the illustrious gentleman's
anxiety about the deforestation Of the
country, We are keenly alive, too, to
his benign altruism in respect Of the free
press, but we cannot for the life Of us
zee any reason why there should be any
special legislation on the part Of Con-
gress in behalf Of the newspapers. There
cannot be and there shall not be any
privileged class. No newspaper dare
advance a plea for a privileged class
There is nothing that the press so
utterly abhors and so frantically detests
as privilege.
How, then, can it be contended seri-
ously that there shall be special legsla-
ton TO the pecuniary advantage of
small and exclusive class7 Mr.. RoosE-
WILT is under weighty obligations to the
press. He has used it as no man ever
before used it. He is the very apotheo-
sis of the press agent. No one, for
instance, can readily compute Mr.,
RoosEvELT's obligation to this paper.
We have ourselves never even attempted
10 estimate it. Nevertheless we have
never permitted ourselves TO entertain
the idea for one moment that that obi
CATION should be discharged by Congress
by special and privileged legislation in
which the body polite had no share save
it's share of the expense.
We admit that the Presidents debt
TO the press is a weighty one. When
il has been the occasion Of bargain he
has paid for it squarely; but the Ambas-
sadorships are few and the other offices
Of sufficient weight are scarce, Besides,
his use Of the press, astounding as it
is, has been for the most part effected
without saying much about it, Indeed,
proprietors Of newspapers have rarely
been consulted in the matter any more
than the owners Of railroads have been
deferred 10 when the President has
wanted to travel without the formality
Of paying his fare.
We object TO the passage Of any law
touching the admission Of wood pulp.
We desire no pecuniary benefits or ad-
vantages that are not common TO the
wholo people. We consider the PROPOSE
ton immoral; and rather than it should
prevail we cheerfully absolve Mr.. RoosE-
WELT from any and all Of his obligations
10 this paper.
The sun., 1908-03-26

The Hon. GEORGE NJ. GUM is said TO have
the best chance Of being the next Democratic
candidate for Governor Of Connecticut.
He deserves the honor II this anecdote
told by the Hartford CourdHt be true
"The train that he wanted TO have stop when
he was In the Legislature has continued stopping
ever since, while the sun at Glbeon resumed It's
former regular habits the next day and even made
up the lost time and went on schedule at day
MSAt. pa11engcrr '-cr rernrF N7r'H--T po.s.5
unfamiliar with Connecticut political history
AhdnE TO New York on the SO a. NJ from this
city o.S5 from New HAven) ind their train stop
ping opposite livery stable some miles west Of
New Haven b ask what has happened They are
told, This is'hIliord.' Then they ask what's the
matter with Milford and why the train stops there
and are told that 'GBoAoE NJ. GUsN lives here"
A statesman who can make the railroads
stop is the greatest statesman nowadays.
A bright future waits for GUM.
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A virginia Resolution.

In the House Of Representatives
Monday Mr.. FLOOD Of Virginia had the
Clerk read this resolution adopted by
the General Assembly Of that State on
February IA;
Joint resolution to oppose In every possible
manner the iniux into Virginia OF immigranA
from southern Europe.
"RssoISsd, By the Senate OF Virginia tths House
Of Delegates concurrino that our Representatives
in both Houses OF Congress be and they are hereby
requested to oppose in every possible manner the
nnuI into Virginia OF immigrants from southern
Europe, with their Mana and Black Hand and mur.
der societies and with no characteristics 70 make
them, with US, homogeneous people, believing. as
We do. that upon Anglo-saIon supremacy depend
the future welfare and prosperity Of this Common.
wealth, and We view With alarm any snort that
may tend to corrupt It's citizenship"
Mr.. FLOOD proceeded TO enlarge upon
these singular sentiments. Up to 1880
practically all immigrants came from
northern Europe; -they were Of the
strong historic peoples, the authors Of
the civilization Of northern Europe-of
the land OF SHAKESPEARE and GLAD
STONE, Of EMMETT and BURKE, Of GOETHE
and BISMARCK. We want peo-
pie who will build their homes on our
hills'-does he think that the Italians
are cave dweIlers?-swho will mix their
blood with our blood
Possibly Mr.. FLOOD is not aware that
the great Mediterranean race OF races
from which the Italians spring founded
asplendid civilization thousands Of years
before his supreme -Anglo-Saxons' and
Teutons we're heard Of even as savages.
As, for the 'Mafs' mentioned in the.
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DiapiritSA Job Hunters.

ToTm EDrToR or The SUS--Sir: -pisoourSEedS'
experience, though dlSheartening. Is unfortunately
by no means exceptional Though burdened with
some twelve years less than your correspondent
and with not a gray hair 70 my name Tor tthsr
head ! have found getting . position as 'dead' a
proposition a. he has. Yet ] am possessed OF ~
least the average ability. Ny morals are unln'
peachAble. my references une1ceptionAbe, snd
have been honored with degree from Princeton.
In these latter days, apparently. the man win
an education is II not actually persona non gre"
AZ least non persona Grata.
NEW YoRK, March rs. EQUALLY DIscoURAdTp.
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The Map o. the Heart.

Old worlds are new and new worlds are old.
To each Columbus are paths unroled
BY the map o. the heart.
The seas are narrow and streams are vide,
Mountains unite and plains divide,
BY the map o. the heart.
Tue capital city Of all the world
10 tiitls Town In . valley cuned,
By the map o. the hear.
The latitude Ia the breadth Of love.
TIE longitude 70 the height Above,
BY the map o. the heart.
Through binding dsssF, or tTScklsss foam
one never V lost II he but roam
~ The map o. the heart.
No. NeLLypsvIaH EuAoa.
The sun., 1908-03-26

Il denounce you as liar and a coward
] shall remain about the city until feel
that have discharged the duty TO myself
as a gentleman OF honor SO the Hon.
NJ. II. PATTERSON, a State Senator Of
Arkansas, emits fire at the Hon LEWIS
RHoroN. Prosecuting Attorney Of Little
Rock and batter Of the Low Combed Rooster.
Politics in Arkansas llberates nearly as
much heat as politics in the White House.
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The Reputation Of the Taft Doc
trine.

Whoever drew the labor section Of the
new Hepburn bill should promptly
qualify for a diplomatic post, for was
it not TAILEYBAND, the great diplomat,
who said that the chief purpose Of Ian
guage was to conceal thought? The
language Of the section gives little indi-
cation as to its real meaning or purpose,
and it is not surprising that its true
inwardness was not quickly perceived.
A close examination inspires the suspi-
cion that binder its fair sounding provi-
sions turks a crafty attempt to legalize
the boycott, 80 far as existing Federal
legislation is concerned. 1t comedies the
chief demand of Mr.. GoMPERs, that
labor, in the view Of Federal law, should
be made a privileged class and should
have full opportunity to continue that
species of thuggery known as the boy
colt, upon which the labor oligarchy
at Washington has waxed great during
the last twenty years. The warning Of
THE sun, that the joint product OF Mr.,
GoMPERs's and Mr.. Lows labors would
be "as falacious as moonlight on bog
has been verified. This much is certain,
that II this bill should become a law
some one would be badly fooled.
This may explain difference in the
two published versions Of the proposed
law. In the summary Of the bill as
given out by the Civic Federation it
is stated
In view OF the doubt that has been raised In
the minds Of many as TO whether the Sherman
anti trust act does not make even 9 strike un.
lawful, clause Is included In the bill distinctly
reservlng for labor all rights that II has now ire
speetlye Of the Sherman antitrust act. 70 com.
blne and 10 strike and TO make trade agreements;
and reservinE for employers Of labor the oorTelA-
tIvs rights to combine and to discharge their EN-.
ployses."
We shall show that this statement
is not the fact and that the proposed bill
does give organized labor very consid-
erable privileges which it hos not en-
joyed under the Sherman antitrust
law. In the semi-official statement that
was given out from the White House it
was said that the proposed legislation
contained important concessions 10 both
labor and capital"
II labor has secured nothing in the
nronosed act which il has not indepen-
dentlv enioved. the important conces-
sion must be moonshine for the decep-
tion Of Mr. GoMPERs.
The proposed act provides:
-,
So'nns u sau s. app'o,,S ..n ~, . ,o~S :.
,S.., ..S ~ 1870 ns enforced 40 " % ,D,,rt,,.
,,,,n % ., r,,,-an any rirh, OF employee. 20 ,trE,
"a, ann sou,, or TO eOmSiA or 10 contract with each
other or with employers 70, III, gurgo,, Of psScsobv
oO,atntnu from employers satisfactory terms for
their labor or satisfactory conditions Of employ
msnL'
The double headed snake in this pro-
vision will be found in the words strike
for any cause and combine
for the purpose Of peaoeably obtaining.
Each Of them has, we believe, o well
defined purpose, 10 which Congress
must not be blind
The right Of employees to strike,
either singly or collectively, is un-
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A Democratic Ticket.

To TEE EDITOR OF THR sUN-Sir. What
Is the matter with johnson and Tlllman for
the Democratic nomineesi The South IL
clearly entitled to one man on the ticket, and
where can IL find man superior to Senator
Tillman in courage. honesty and abllltyp
Eulogy is useless His record speaks for
itself. FLORIDA CRAcEER
JAcKsONViLLI, Fla, March n
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Euclid had Just laid down the proposition ~
things that are equal to the same thing are eauh
10 each other.
How about TAFT being a conservative wth w
pollciesi" THEY asked,
Herewith the great man hastily changed D"
subject.
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TsA1, GALAJ1HtAN, snAMABEIAN. RE-
TANA, CLoRYssIpEs, Prince NABATAN: no.
it is not profanity in Esperanto, but part
Of the lineup Of a college soccer team,
and II proves the popularity Of the game
among American students.
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m, OmoIAl PrOuunclatlOn Of ia Follsts,q

To TIE EDITOR OF TIE SUE-Sir: Apropos on
the letter OF -JeSn GrAndcamps" In The SrN o'
March q this story may help little A few weeH
Ggo the senior Senator from Wisconsin entered
Shop In Washington 10 make inquiry regarding An
article which he had left some months before. Tho
proprietor. not recognizing the Senator, ssE'd
for the name, The reply was r. NJ. speIed
sounded Ls-fo.lay" so you have Il from ihs
owner, and he surely knows how 70 pronounce HE
own uATne. Nothing feminine in bis. c. W. p
PHnADELFHA, March Is.
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Paris once. 81 Rue Loulsls Grand. The daily and
sunday editions are on sale at nosOue u. near the
Grand Hotel, Kiosque II. Boulevard des capuoinea.
corner Place de ropera. and Klosque 10. Boulevard
dss ItAllens, corner Rue Louis 10 Grand.
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ATLANTA, March zA--Ths Georgia Popullst con
ventlon TO day elected forty. nine delegates who
had been chosen BY THOMAS T. WATSON 10 the
national convention Al ST. LoulS,-YeSsTddV'S SUN.
Our old friend with the bright bronze
poll is the original and most Jefersonian
Jeffersonian
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SIEns.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUx-Sir. IL there a
place for the hrm Of Strong q DOolittls, long in
business herei
might also mention sign once saw In West.
en city tcAnt remember wheh) reading Miles
4 TArbell. Tiles and Marble" J.D.B
BURLINGTON, VI, March ~.