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The sun., 1908-07-09
SUMNER DRINKS.
Super vision Of the Retail Distributors Said
to He Needed.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir: read
with some interest this morning the article
entitled The Soft Drink Trade" and the
facts that you set forth are undoubtedly true.
but unfortunately you have simply scratched
the surface OF the situation and the more I'M
portant thing you have left untold. namely.
the absolutely unsanitary condition Of very
large percentage OF the receptacles contain
ing the sirups, crushed fruits, &C.. In the
different places where soda water Is dis
pensed. 1t s most decidedly question for
the Board Of Health Of Greater New York to
take UP In a most vigorous manner. The
new food laws prescribe certain restrictions
as to the use. OF Injurious materials In the
man nufacture of fruit juices, sirups and
crushed fruits. but unfortunately by the time
these ingredients reach the consumer they
have been diluted In 30 many different ways
that 1t would be impossible In most instan ces
to recognize the original product. a very
small percentage of which is contained In
glass Of soda.
II has been the endeavor Of the conscien-
tious and reliable soda fountain supply houses
to improve In every way possible the soda
fountain product. but unfortunately the retail
merchants in many instances have not CO.
operated with these efforts
Being conversant with the soda water in
dustry for many years In all Its different
branches. do not speak from the standpoint
Of a layman when say that soda water is
not In the slightest degree harmful. even when
consumed In rather large quantities. provided
one procures q product W hich is carefully and
properly made. II is q safe assumption that
a very large percentage Of those serving soda
water at the present time. and this is espe-
cially true OF the street corner stands, would
not be In business II there was the slightest
supervision over this industry by the Board
OF Health.
There are at least 90 ooo. 900 glasses OF soda
dispensed In Greater New York In year. and
n n opr
inspection should be carried on by our health
department compelling dealers 70 keep their
their ingredients in a proper manner and
serve the public with wholesome beverage.
1t 10 Just as chenp to serve good soda water
as to sell poor stun. ONE WHO KNOWS.
SEw YORK. July g.
The sun., 1908-07-09
The Lost Resolutions.

It was q superf1uous precaution on the
part of the Hon. CHARLES FRANCIS MUIR
PLY to appoint a platform committee of
New York delegates to nullify and make
harmless the Hon. ALTON BROOKS
PARKER's membership of the platform
committee of the convention. Judge
PARKER, who started to Denver with
great pomp as the custodian of the Cleve-
land resolutions. could have been de-
pended upon to say and do nothing
that would frighten motherless chicken
three weeks old. The Cleveland res
olutions, as conceived on the day of Mr..
CLEvELAND's funeral reoitsd undenia-
BILE historical facts. For example:
He respected the Integrity OF our courts and
so insisted upoa strict enforcement OF the law that
every honest man or interest might be protected
and all offenders punished without fear or favor.
He maintained the PUBLIC credit and honor,
stood Arm as rock In defence OF sound principles
Of finance"
Mr.. BKYAN's friends squawked and
shrieked with wrath. This was an at
tack on their hero. 1t became certain
that the resolutions would not be adopted
and that Judge PARKER would not be
recognized to introduce them. What of
it2 The resolutions were true. They
represented the belief Of many Demo-
Gratis of New York. So much the worse
for national Democratic convention to
refuse to pass them. But Judge PARKER
could not be content. He emasculated
tho resolutions and Inundated himself
The sun., 1908-07-09
Tho Head and the Pocket.

In spite OF the murmurings of minor
Buckeyes the Hon. FRANK HARRIS
HITCHCOCK is to be chairman of the
Republican national committee. Why
not? He was selected by an infallible
hand. He did the preliminary work with
neatness and despatch. A trife too
brutal in his methods, the old fashioned
and the weeklings thought, They forgot
that the knock 'em down and throw 'em
out style is the only one now sdmitted
by other than mollycoddles.
Mr.. HITCHCOCK is a pretty able sort
of citizen. not finical in the least, and
with ideas and ambitions OF his own.
Let us SEQ how far he will get free hand
and whether he can wheedle and persuade
as well as he can bulldoze 1t is not
worth the trouble to remember that the
chairman of national committee is not
necessarily the greatest man in the world,
and that States and even elections may
be saved without HIM
The Indispensable functionary is the
treasurer. The Hon. GEORGE RUMsEY
SHELDON is an accomplished and a we'll
favored man who might have been
Observation-Disclosures of this State had
not bis forehandedness and his COM
plicity In trusts made the ever virtuous
ODELL forbid the nomination. He is
deep in business. Can he milk it? He
is familiar with corporations. Will they
loosen" up?
HITCHCoCK's job seems the easier of
the two; and yet what can he do unless
SHELDON provides?
The sun., 1908-07-09

To THB EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Ssr. Few people
seem to know what occasions rabies or that in
New York no adequate provision Is made for sup
plying animals, and especially dogs. with means
OF getting water to drink when needed. and that
rabies Is consequence Of human neglect. and not
the fault of the poor helpless canine which cannot
step Into a store on hot day and say "Wlll you
kindly give me drink of wator7"
In the city Of Mexico fonts cut into the front
atone work of many of the houses along the streets
These are kept supplied with water. and there Is
no trouble from rabies In that city.
II 10 also true of most OF the older cities of the
world that ample provision Ia made to supply AMI
mails with water.
In New York and every city receptacle for
water should be cast around the base OF every
hydrant on the street and provision made for a
constant supply, either by q drip from tho water
pipe or by giving keys to the police that these
basins could be hed as the otncers pass and SEQ
the need.
When this Is done and man shall thus perform his
duty TO his most intelligent and faithful friend and
watcher against thieves and evtldoers, there will
will longer be any occasion for this annual out
cry and slaughter OF very useful animal usually
harmless when given fair treatment by those who
alone have the power TO do away with the evl con-
sequences of mans neglect.
YoNKRRs. July 7. CHARLES n. Or1s.
The sun., 1908-07-09
The Girl Graduate,
From the L,ov,tnes ,you,na

From the Ldurence Journal.
Did you ever have girl graduate from the high
school out of your famllyt II SO you know what
II Is, but II you have not you have missed about
all that is worth anything In life There 10 nothing
like It, The happiness the satisfaction. the success
that has como Is worth many times tho money and
effort put forth. What IL the nncst product Of
America! Secretary Loeb insists It 10 rabbits
Carnegie stands for libraries: Mrs. Hetty Green
considers II ready money. while Secretary Of Agri.
culture Wilson crows over the American hen. They
are all wrong. It's the grl graduate As Daniel
Webster remarked Of Massachusetts,: -Gentlemen
she needs no apology; there she stands!" For
years father has poured out his money In buying
her frocks and laccs and hats, In paying for her
chemistry and music and chewing gum Mother
has spent years of her life In teaching her morality.
truth. the catechism and the proper way 10 do up
her hair. And they feel that she's worth all tho
trouble and care and money she has cost.
The sun., 1908-07-09
Sir John BOwriuQ,

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: In the inter
esting APOLOGIZE for Unitarianism which appears In
THE SUN Of July II is hardly surprising that
In mentioning so many names your correspondent
should have made slip in referring to "Sir William
or course he meant Sir John bowring. eminent as
lingulst and diplomatist, whose verses beginning
watohman, tell US Of the night" and In the cross
Of Christ glory" are favotites in every modern
collection Of hymns A wonderful man. able to
speak In more than q hundred tongues. he left his
impress on the history Of his times. l confess my
own tendency TO confuse him with another onen-
talist. Sir William Jones. whose lines. what Con-
sttutes a State'" II might be appropriate TO print
during the coming campaign,
AURORA. N. Y. July7 ALBERT LERFINowRLL.
The sun., 1908-07-09

Little boundary furres nowadays usu-
ally result In more exact geographical In
formation. About two years ago an TN
pleasantness occurred between Turkey and
Egypt over their boundary to the east OF
the Sinai Peninsula. They finally agreed
that Egypt should have little more 'front.'
age on the Mediterranean than was quite
agreeable for her nominal lord the Sultan.
and that Turkey Q feelings should be salved
by trife more territory at the head Of the
Gulf OF Akaba. Then commission went
to work to survey the new boundary and
erect line OF stone monuments from the
sea to the gulf. 90 that all men may know
where Turkey ends and Egypt begins.
There was no fun in the work. for the line
stretches across a most uninviting bit OF
desert. The air quivered with heat, mirage
distorted everything, and dust haze lent it's
obscuring influence to put theodolltes out
Of business. It was found impossible to
make a network Of triangulation points,
and methods less scientific had to be used
to survey and map the new boundary; but
the work was checked in 90 many ways that
the results are quite satisfactory.
The Egyptian Survey Department has
now published the first detailed map OF any
part OF this desert. We see the boundary
following a straight course from one post to
another. the hills and valleys for about six
miles on either side of the line. and tho wadys
that would carry of the drainage il there
were any water to carry.
The point is that the map will be used to
make little change In the mapping Of this
region in all the aliases and we should
never have had the map II the Anglo
Egyptians had not thought themselves en-
titled to little more sand than the Sultan
was willing to ooncede.
The sun., 1908-07-09
Fate OF Alaskan Fur Seal Herds.

from tho Warrington Herald.
-The Alaskan fur seal herd Ia being RAPIDLY
eIterminated by pelagic sealing vessels. mainly
Canadians said Professor David Starr Jordan.
"These sailing vessels follow the seal herd as II
moves along our Pacino coast In the spring. and
enters Bering Sea at the end Of the close season
In August, when they are free under tho Intellectual
regulations adopted by the Paris tribunal to use
the spear-moro deadly than the shotgun--n
killing. outside of the sixty mile sone the seals
that frequent these waters in pursuit Of food. As
these seals are mainly females that have brought
forth their young on the Pribilof Isands, the
killing Of the mother seals results In the starva-
tion of the young upon the land, and the inevitable
rapid extinction Of the fur seal herd Unless sorhe
thing is done for the protection OF the seal herds
within nve years not only the Alaskan but also
the Russian seal herds will be completely exter-
minated and deprive this country OF a valuable
source OF revenue and the world Of great boom"
The sun., 1908-07-09
Physical Conditions at Denver.

The convention arrangements and the
conduct Of the proceedings at Denver
manifest master hand. No detail was
too small to be neglected. The Nebraska
delegates found themselves seated in
front of the speakers stand where the
speakers eye could rest upon them and
his ear catch their appeals for reoogni-
ton. On their left the Alabama dele
gates discovered their seats, although
A and n are far apart in the alphabet.
Alabama is the first State on the roll
call and contact is superior to telepathy
in convention
Far back in the rear Of the left centre
the Minnesotans were accommodated,
like unwelcome country cousins. With
the aid of a megaphone they might ex-
pect to be heard by the presiding officer,
but only with the use OF telescope
could he make out the gentleman from
Minnesota demanding recognition. Some
where inthe dim beyond, behind hostile
Georgia. which was seated in the rear
centre, the Delawareans were provided
with dubious coign Of vantage, from
which the ever sanguine MARVEL might
conduct his campaign for Delaware's
favorite son in spite of the obstacle Of
isolation.
In the selection Of temporary chair
man, a useful funotionary in the prelim-
inaries, the master spirit made happy
hit. The keynote was sounded as II
through telephone from Fairview, and
obnoxious ants were unseen and un-
heard, while troublesome resolutions
were tagged and contests reposed in
friendly hands with view to undisputed
control by the Beneficiary. The plat
form was ready, superfuous seconding
orators were quietly discarded, an ova-
ton Of more than seventy minutes
was prepared, and the nomination for
Vice-President was made plaything for
the State delegations to kill time with
against the hour when the master spirit
allotted the cherished honor.
Thus is expressed the peoples will, to
which the Beneficiary bows in humble
and grateful submission.
The sun., 1908-07-09
High Jinks at Washin gtOn.

By singular coincidence the new
Municipal Building at Washington was
completed almost simultaneously with a
popular outburst in favor Of change in
the form Of local government. 1t hap
pened, therefore, that while the authori-
ties and their friends were celebrating
the occupation Of the finished structure
public opinion was expressing its demand
for a new arrangement in respect OF the
personnel that is to occupyit
At present a triumvirate presides over
the District OF Columbia OF the three
commissioners, two Of whom are civil
ians, one Is supposed to be Republican,
another Democrat, and the third an
army officer detached temporarily from
the Engineer Corps. The beneficiaries Of
this adjustment have hitherto regarded
1t as perfect, and doubtless still do 30.
At least, we must assume as much, for
the civilian commissioners spend great
deal Of their time travelling about the
country, addressing large audiences or
waking postprandial echoes In assorted
boi4uCb Wittl CuiOAlCo upOl llc
system. OF late, however, series of
unfortunate accidents and revelations
has convinced the thinking element OF
the community that the existing form OF
government leaves much to be desired.
1t has been found difficult if not impos-
sible to fix responsibility for the mishaps
and abuses, large or small, that mar the
smooth routine, and strange concur
renee Of these events within the last few
months appears to show that the fault
lies not so much in the individual as in
the system aforesaid. At all events this
Is the conclusion at which Washington
seems to have arrived. There is dis
tinct demand for the substitution of a
one man government, the elimination Of
subdivided authority and fresh start
upon a new basis.
This position may be well taken; in
fact, we rather think it is. But the agi-
tation has arisen at an inopportune
moment, just as the new Municipal
Building is completed and the chief
officials are moving into their sumptuo,s
quarters. They have held their present
jobs long enough to acquire that sense
Of personal proprietorship 80 essential
TO repose and dignity, and the civilian
commissioners are both public speakers
of unusual finish and volume. 1t il
deplorable that their translation from
the old ramshackle District Building"
away off by the City Hall to the palatial
establishment at the west end of Penn
sylvania avenue, under the very shadow
Of the White House, was practically CO.
incident with loud and pretty general
petition for their effacement.
Meanwhile, even though the change
should be effected eventually, the COM
missioners will always be able to look
back upon this last Fourth OF July with
unbounded satisfaction. On that day the
Municipal Building was dedicated with
imposing ceremonies, the whole city
turned out to hear the oratory, large
number of invited guests sat down to an
abundant luncheon, and more than a
hundred citizens Of all ages, sexes and
colors were handled by physicians as the
result of giant crackers, pistols, toy can
non and other agencies of glory.
The sun., 1908-07-09
A Mesaaze From an AdmIrer,

To rHB EDITOR pr THE SuN--.str: To man
brought up In the light OF THE SUN, Influenced all
through his forty nine years by Its teachings sub
stitutes Of pictures and what might have happened
and what may be don't MI the bill. Mental
pabulum is as necessary as food for the body and
the wheat among the chaif seems to be harder TO
pick up each succeeding year. THE SUN holds to
Its course. however. and keeps Its friends to their
bearings Its genial warmth stimulates growth
and provides q grist OF good things.
The news sections OF THE SUN Of Sundays may
be per,sed foVfhe latest and freshest, and after
being saueezedSor sucked dry thrown away; but
the second and third sections are good when you
have time to get at them. and well worth saving.
I've read them six months old glad had them. and
they proved useful.
To THR SUMS yosng fold) men and the cat. long
life and happy days! To THR SUN and SUN light
many years OF sduiRcui benciiceuce. Happy and
long years for their makers and preservers from
cellar goor to roof N.
LIBERTY n. Y, July 7.
The sun., 1908-07-09
LABoR IN PoLrr1cS.
Opinion OF . Trade Unionist on Mr.. Com.
pers's Activity.

Opinion OF Trade Unionist on Mr.. Com.
perTs Activity.
To TEE EDrroR OF THs suN-sS. In writ
Ing on the In Jun ctiop plank I have no personal
quarrel with Mr.. dompers, neither do cnvy
him the notoriety he 10 20 earnestly trying
to acquire. But as he has assumed the re-
sponsibility Of representing labor In its wishes
and aspirations he should also realize thas
bis policy and methods do not recommend
themselves TO men who are a. much interested
In the subject 40 he and whose opinions are
40 worthy Of consideration as his. suppose
I should stay gagged. bound and Labelled. az
too am q unit In that great army known
as labor. but am impelled or rather COM
PEELED By feeling Of resentment against
any man who assumes that labor reposes In
his vest pocket and who hucksters It from
PARTY to party as II II were baae Of merchan-
else Of negotiable quality. Taking excep-
tion to occupying such position. voice my
protest against such assumption.
IL 10 not an inspiring sight for organized
labor to have its advocate indulge In 40 much
threatening and Va poring. It would be more
beneficial to all concerned II Mr.. Gompers
would condescend to argument and curtail
the vooiferous denun citation OF everything
and everybody who disaerees with him and
his pet theories, which are not necessarily
right even though he advocates them. A
golden opportunity has been given to the
politicians for the manipulation OF this in
junction plank. which expect they will fully
exploit. and by the time they have finished
with Mr.. Gompers he will find that he will
have gotten the gold brick. for II seems he
will not be happy until he gets It..
What has labor to expect from situation
dominated by Ryan. Belmont. Murphy OF
what worth is Q platform plank dictated by
yers as Parker, Stanchfeld and Littletona
1t is the simplest thing in the world to make
plank on injunction extreme and radical.
knowing that IL is unconstitutional and carries
no remedy for the grievance. Thus the Demo-
cratic party would pose as the friend OF labor.
knowing well that It would never be obliged
to fulfil its promises even II successful at the
polls. All this should be plain to Mr.. Com
pers, who II not competent to pass on the
constitutionality OF bill should employ q
lawyer who ls competent.
the very sincerity OF labor can and will be
questioned when 1t asks and demands from
any particular party the passage OF special
laws embodying special privileges denied to
other citizens. It would be we'll for labor to
remember that the basic principle OF our
republic is special privileges to none. equal
opportunities to ALL" II organized labor
would direct It's energies against the special
privileges which now exist to its detrlment
It would accomplish more for the benefit
Of its members than all the questionable
efforts to attain position which It condemns
Ia others. Equality before the law is the
principle Of Justice. -The law must be gen.
eral In Its terms" Organized labor should
ponder over these two sentences, for they are
important IN this controversy.
ASTORIA. l.. l.. July7. DAVID MAcHAT.
The sun., 1908-07-09
Indian Engineer.
from the Burlington Pos

A descendant OF Tama's band OF Musquaukis
Indians is now the engineer Of q fast passenger
train on tho burlington road. He Ia here on the
same ground where his ancestors lived for many
generations. He crosses the same rivers, surveys
the same landscapes. observes the sama pho
nonena OF wind temperature. storms. &o.. that
were familiar to his ancestors OF centuries ago.
He wears more clothes than they wore and no
speaks a different language. and ho Il serving
civilization instead OF barbarsm. Few II any OF
the passengers who ride behind him know that
Tatna Indian sits in the cab OF tho engine az it
speeds over the pralries.
The sun., 1908-07-09
Hot Day Fashions,

always keep your stomach warm by wearing some
llght flannel around 1t. This 10 Invariably done in
india, or used to be. II prevents choleraic dis
turDances.
II you have the courage OF your opinions the
best costume for hot weather Is white trousers and
meath this a light flannel C'est tout. Abjure a
collar and don't envelop the neck with handker-
chief, or think 1t necessary to take on your coat
and carry II on your arm. You will notice that
people who follow this plan invariably look and
generally are hotter than any one else.
Remember too that the sun 10 more likely to
strike you the back Of the neck the back OF tho
hand or tho top OF your head. At least that used
to be the case. Since the advent OF appendicitis
maybe this has changed. MENTOR.
NHW YORK, July 8.