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no army and that the new organization
Is sham. At Aldershot there is one
Of the finest military camps In tha;world,
and the permanent garrison Of some
10000 men may be termed 'effeotives'
in the presence Of Earl ROBERTS with
out provoking his resentment. The
regulars generally are we'll drilled and
disciplined, force that any soldier
might be glad to command but the
so-called Territorial Army is travesty
on military efficiency. Four years ago
Earl ROBERTS urged conscription, and
II the Government wouldn't adopt
it, he said, there must be q practical
system Of training for the auxiliaries.
England balks at oonscription, and the
training Of the auxiliaries continues to
arnuse scientific soldiers.
1t is doubtful II anything progressive
will he done, for the English, as the old
commander has pointed out, show no
national feeling In regard to the army
in time OF peace. 1t is only when war
comes that patriotism stirs the average
Englishman and he idolizes the soldier;
the danger passed, Tommy Atkins is
despfsed and kicked out Of the public
house" Mr.. K1PLINa has sung the dis
gust of the soldier in catchy verse.
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william Tccupseh sherman.

An esteemed Southern contemporary
has discovered in one Of General WILL
lam T. SHERMAN's Letters Home, y
written during the civil war much food
for thought The following paragraph
contains this pabulum:
-srA.roS wants to kill me because do not
favor the scheme OF declaring the negroes OF the
South, now free. 10 be loyal voters whereby poll
tIcians may manufacture Just so much more
plIable eleetoneering material. The negroes
n'twsnt 70 vote. Theywant towork and enjoy
property, and they are no friends OF the negro who
seek to compllcate him with new prejudices.-
These letters have been published in
Scribner's and have attracted much at
tention. They throw alfght on the grim
old warriors character and .predilec-
tions for which the country in general
was not prepared and which appears to
have communicated special and Pc
culiar wonder to the Charleston Eews
and Courier, which says, quoting the
sentiment above recorded, it would have
done credit to far better man.
We rather expected more generous
and kindly comment from a newspaper
usually 80 broad and apprehensive.
More than forty years have passed since
the surrender at Appomattox, and many
fruitful harvests have concealed the
scars Of war. Moreover, 1t is to be con-
sidered that when the storm broke in
1851 General SHERMAN was resident Of
Louisiana, the head Of the military uni
versity there and in position to under
stand the social problems discussed so
wisely in his letters. The Ne,rs and
Courier adds:
1T mus, be said that sHERMAN's oonduc, after
the close OF hostilltes and the surrender Of the
Confederate armies was far more creditable to
him than the alleged magnsninlty OF GRANT"
Does this really fill the bill Of our good
neighbor's indebtedness to candor?
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Business and Poetry.

q want to protect American inter-
csts," Senator DANIEL of Virginia says.
THAT is my policy. care not what you
call it, / am for it That was frank and
fair. The Southern Senators and the
Southern Congressman want protection
for Southern industries. Their affection
for tariff for revenue only is purely
platonic. That is a theory. The in
dustries are a fact So is protection.
Representatives and newspapers may
call il q grab, steal" and what not,
but they are bound that the South shall
have its share therein. Democratic
platforms may say what they please;
they are romantic fiction Bryan melo-
drama. Business is business, and the
South is ready to do business.
In effect about everybody in the
Senate is protectionist. Why not
pass the tariff bill then? The spoutings,
the hair splittings. the "recriminations, '
the reading out Of the party" all tho
old dreary hollow heroics of Buncombe
can be done off the stage and embalmed
in the Record. -
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IN THE SCHOOLS.
Superiority Of Public Instruction A.
serted by q Teacher.

To TIE EDITION or TIE suS-Str. II was my
privilege for several years 70 teach In ono OF the
Greater New York high schools. Most OF my
work was with the entering classes. Puprls
therefore came 70 me directly from the public
and from the parochial schools. The public
school children proved to be vastly better pre-
pared than those from the parochial schools.
had opportunity 10 compare groups of public
school children with groups OF parochisi school
children In the same class, and also oppor,unity
70 compare a class composed almost entirely OF
children from the parochlal schools with A clasf
comnosed alrno<t entire,y of cbildesn fror, N :.
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A COFFEE DEALERS DILEMMA.
Troubles OF . Man VINO wants . Tlpiess
Trade.

To THE Epfroh OF YTHE SuS-Sir: ! am .
dealer in COT and tea, my business coneist-
Ing mainly Of what Is termed family trade,
and in that trade do tolersbly we'll. Ishould
like, however, to deal with yachts. hotels
and restaurants % well: but Il has been my
experience. as we'll as the experience Of
many others. that unless the steward Of the
yacht or Of the hotel. or some chef In the
restaurant. a. the case may be. Is taken
to one side and gets in cash liberal per-
centsSe Of the bill as a bonus no orders
are forthcoming.
1t was broadly hinted to me by one of
these grating gentry that should do thus
In order to get his employers business.
Nov. I won't consent to this: consequently
get no yacht. hotel or restaurant orders
save where deal direct with the owners
or proprietors.
Szas one ssS & ss eos 1s for
pSisS w aeH !. 'uSRsnss SsPsns asr % NJ resevsd one
or two orders from the steward OF their
H hss Ii. HsacF Soss ddai
i., ~ a.ys Ss.s ss.4 ss sssBsyas Bs y.as
same same ooffee I sent to the yacht.
bold to say that On prse,lcsIIy sy.ry yaehs
prevails.
farse % %hoisssie len frm here, % foid ideeet me- that at
his Arm come time ago coaled the yacht OF q
noted millionaire. but not until the captain
What could I do?s asked ths coal mer-
chant. "The captain would have gone
elsewhere. and had told the owner he
probably. would not have believed me-"
or eift (sse the Statutes OF New York;.
A conscientious man hesitates before break
ing the law: but he must live. could re-
IL notorious In the trade for giving per-
centages to stewards and chefs Of hotels.
What can do; go and do likewise? S.
NEW York, May ~.
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with growing two blades Of grass where
they could grow three, with the pro-
duction Of two bushels Of potatoes on
an area which would produce three
bushels at lower unit cost. They are
satisfied with $ll as the acre value Of
their wheat and $l2 as the acre value Of
their corn. The suggestion may seem
harsh and the remedy drastic, but there
is good reason to believe that the trans
fer Of all farm products to the free list
in our tariff schedules would in the end
be OF measureless benefit to the farmers
and to the country. 1t would compel
better methods on the farms, make
farming the business that 1t should be,
and thus give the farmer better profits
while giving consumers much lower
prices on all food commodities.
The matter with the farmers Is too
little business on the farm. Conse-
quently the consumer pays for the
farmers shortcomings.
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Sabbath Breakink.

Mayor McCLEILAN's announcement
that the Sunday laws will be enforced at
Coney Island hereafter is all the more
disaueting to those interested in the
prosperity Of that resort because Of the
confusion which exists as to the require
ments and inhibitions that comprise
these regulations. The enactments OF
the Legislature are in themselves be-
wildering enough. These are supple
mented by the obscure ordinances OF
the Board OF Aldermen. Atop Of these
are piled a multitude Of judicial decis-
ions the ultimate significance OF which
no one seems to comprehend.
The first object Of Sunday laws would
appear to be to obtain quiet for rest, re-
igious services and opportunity for the
people to attend such services. With
the growth Of large communities,
sheltering thousands Of persons Of
varying religious beliefs, the prob
lens involved in preserving the first
day of the week as Sabbath became
more and more difficult Of solution.
The differences of opinion are reflected
in the Penal Code, which prohibits
on the first day Of the week "all
labor excepting the works Of
necessity or charity in which are in
cluded whatever is needful during the
day for the good order, health or COM
fort OF the community But the code
provides that 1T ia a sufficient defence
to a prosecution for work or labor on
the first day of the week that the
defendant uniformly keeps another day
OF the week as holy time. and does not
labor on that day, and that the labor
complained of was done in such manner
as not to interrupt or disturb other per-
Sons in observing the first day of the
week as holy time The code, however,
is explicit in prohibiting all shooting,
hunting, fishing, horse racing gaming
or other public sports, exercises or
shows, upon the first day of the week,
and all noise disturbing the peace Of
the day
These excerpts from the Penal Code
serve to indicate the extremely compli-
Gated nature Of the statutes on this sub
ject. The difficulties the authorities
have met in prosecuting persons alleged
to be guilty OF Sabbath breaking are
fresh in mind. The courts, nominally
uninhuenced by public opinion, actually
reflect it in their unwillingness to pun
ish show managers and the like. In this
attitude they are upheld by that large
and apparently increasing number Of
citizens who believe that the practices
which are generally included in the de-
scriptive phrase Continental Sunday
should be tolerated here.
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simpIincation OF Interstate Commerce
Law.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Would
It not accomplish all just ends and abolish
all unjust restrictive laws at the same time
were the whole body Of our interstate leeis-
!ntion merged into two provisions:
/. Allow all railroads 70 make rates to get
business as they see At. Just as other persons
or corporations do.
?. Oblige them to publish the fact In suit
able newspapers and during the term for
which such rates were In force compel the
corporation making them to concede them
to all comers alike.
Would not the plan accomplish all desir-
able ends and yet put stop to the tyran-
nical and socialistio legislation now encum-
bering our statute booksr Great compet-
ing lines could 80 for business just as they
used to do and should be allowed TO do: one
shipper along given line would not be en-
abled TO crush 4 rival, and when the pArticu-
lar purpose OF the cut was met rates would
return to normal likewise fool cutting and
rate wars would be reduced to q minimum.
yet give to all alike the beneft OF them. AT
least 1 think these would be the results Of
the plan proposed. O.. B.
BROOKLYN. May a..
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The Canal Madness.
From the Rochester Posf-Esprsss.

From fhe Rochesicr Posf-Exprtss.
Advocates OF the barge canal estimate
the cost at tioi 100000. Experience shows
that every great public work costs more
than the estimate. The total cost Of the
barge canal may be 1900. 900. .oeo or more
Nobody can tell and very few people seem
to care. The general opinion 10 that we
have embarked upon q gigantic project
10 not our opinion. Enough money. how.
ever. has not yet been wasted to alarm, the
people and cause them TO change their
minds. Fifteen years ago they were de-
ceived into the appropriation OF $1,000, 900
to enlarge the Erie Canal: but when they
found that this wasn't half enough they
stopped the work by refusing to give another
dollar. After $50, 900 900 has been thrown
into the barge canal the people may awake
to the folly OF throwing In any more.
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THE TROUBLE AT BLUEFTELDs.
ConnIctIns Views ora situation That the
state DEPARTMENT 10 Watching.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuS-Sir: Mail
advlces show the nature OF the trouble at
Blueneids. Nicaragua. It is what 10 known
as q fruit strike. that is. an organised effort
Of the banana planters to secure higher
prices for their product and TO break UP an
oppressive monopoly.
In 1904 zelaya granted what 10 known
as the Weinberger concession. II granted
the sole right for twenty-five years to navi-
gate the Escondido River ct Bluedelds.
Competition In the banana business was
almost eliminated. Weinberaer assigned
the concession to the Bluenelds Steamship
Company. which is largely owned by the
United Fruit Company OF Boston. The
planters contended that the concession
was unconstitutional and an abuse OF ac-
auired rights. On these grounds II has been
successfully attacked In the courts OF
Nicaragua, but the concession Is maintained
In force. II Is declared, by the arbitrary
will Of the President.
Despalring Of legal redress. the planters.
negro and Spanish. declared on March is
strike which is still going on. There has
been some personal violence and some
destruction OF property. The Government
seems to have acted with the appearance
OF vigor. More than hundred planters
have been placed In Jail Two hundred and
nifty soldiers patrol the plantations. 1t is
charged and admitted that the soldiers
are in sympathy with the strikers and shut
their eyes to breaches OF the law. Hence
the protection Afforded is OF no avail It 10
not believed that there is in Nicaragua any
serious feeling against Americans. except
In SO far as Americans and copcessionarIes
are Synonymous.
The great MAS OF Nicaraguans would
welcome American Intervention to correct
the abuses OF which they complain. When
the news Of Mr.. Tafts election was an
nounced the people OF Granada hocked into
the streets shouting viva Taft! Vivian
los Estados!" Threatened by a campaign
for American Intervention. Zelaya filled
his penitentiary with the shouters, put
Granada under martial law and made
charges which led to the resignation Of Mr..
Coolidge. the American Minister. The
newspapers we're inspired to attack the
Americans. especially In respect Of an un-
favorable decision OF the Cartaeo court.
The President dsobeys the courts, alleg-
Ing fear of the United states. When civil
war breaks out as q protest against wrong
the concesionary appeals to the United
States.
The situation is deplorable. For example,
the Sim Iron Company Of Charleston. W. Va.
has spent about 100. 900 on a plantation
subject TO this ruinous concession. The
company has decided to abandon the prop
erty and turn 1t over to creditor for a
debt OF 5000. II the United States accedes
TO the request Of the concessionary every
foreign planter will follow the Sim Iron
Company and abandon his property to his
creditors. The result will be that the
United Fruit Company will acquire more
than half million dollars worth Of prop
erty for perhaps $4,000.
AMERICAN RESIDENT.
NEW YORK, May IL
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The Building Code and the Revival
OF Building Activity.

For at least one reason it is pecu-
liarly unfortunate that the Building
Code Revision Commission should have
elected to submit it's report to the Board
Of Aldermen Just now.
The building trade has lately been
making rapid progress toward a re-
sumption of normal activity. Owing
to the limited demand for capital in
general industry funds have been drawn
to New York for investment in real
estate mortgages. Under the pressure
Of capital seeking investment here the
prevailing rate Of interest on mort
cages secured by improved Manhattan
realty has come down to ~ per cent.
and is expected to decline presently to
per cent. 1t is already difficult to
place money at the higher rate except
in connection with speculative build
ing enterprises. In order to obtain it
lenders are offering to take building
loan mortgages at the usual per cent.
rate and to convert these into ~ per
cent. permanent" mortgages when the
buildings are completed.
The offer removes one OF the principal
risks Of speculative building, namely,
the chance Of not being able to negotiate
a permanent" loan promptly and on
favorable terms when the building loan
expires. for as rule the two kinds Of
loans have to be sought in different
quarters. Activity in building has there
fore been expanding recently on a
scale which promised to furnish employ
ment in the course of the summer to the
entire body OF workmen connected with
the trade, This body comprises about
100, 900 well paid mechanics and laborers,
and It's prosperity is factor of impor-
tance in the outlook for an early revival
OF general activity.
The new code, II enacted, will check
Of capital in building opera
tions for some time. 1t is q radical
leaving hardly section of the
old law undisturbed, and modifying at
points the cost Of con-
struction Of each Of the different classes
OF buildings to which it applies. Prac-
tical experience will be required to dis
cover what the standard cost Of build
ing for each of these classes is under the
new CODE.
Until the code has been in operation
long enough to develop a generally ac-
cepted schedule of construction costs
for typical buildings, lenders will hesi-
tate to advance money on proposed
structural enterprises.
The Board of Aldermen has been null
ing over the code for about four years.
By pigeonholing the product for a
year the appearance Of unseemly haste
would be avoided and the building in
dustry would have time to recover.
Indeed the old code, however antigua
ted, might serve until the lawmaking
branch Of the city government Is reor-
yanized by a new Charter.
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THE PALEN0UE MONUMENT.
Date OF an Ancient Astronomical and
ReltEtous Relic.


To Tas EpIroR or TIE SUN-Sir: The
removal Of the Palenaue Cross TO the Ma
tional Museum In the city OF Mexico. mem
toned In to-day's Sun, deserves more than
q passing notice. It is one OF the most
valuable monuments In the world. older
than many OF the much vaunted and much
described and depleted monuments OF
Egypt: rather. 1t commentaries more
ancient religion, the Buddhio being older
than the Osirian. 1t exhibits other SYM
bols besides the cross. II is an Astronomical
a. we'll as a religious monument II 10
connected with the oldest Greek LEGENDS
and the oldest OF Greek monuments. IL IL
connected with American monuments Of
equal antiquity: with the Roman semo
Sancus. Janus ouirinus and Augustus
Caesar.
A cast or replica OF the Paienaue monu-
ment is In our Natural History Museum In
seventy-seventh street and is worthy Of the
profoundest study. Allow me to refer TO
some OF the interesting suggestions thus
raised. The Palendue Gross 10 about four
feet high and Is OF the regular Latin
shape. that ts, Of the shape used for cfuci-
fxions. II is carved on stone. stands up
right and 10 fianked by two priests. each In
an attitude Of worship. On top Of the cross
10 the Lamaio kying bird. called phons
hoans by the Chinese. garuda by the Hin
dus. phenu by the Egyptians and ph1nix
by the Greeks and Romans. This symbol
rom fspaes one W syatar. oi Baddha % the next:
II measured At one time 65s and at another
system syS Y OF Inc csiendar.. In ths time q
Homer the Phpnix period began to assume
nss hst q hs ne sd Is so
However. the Egyptians limited their
phenu TO 500 years. or twenty Apis cycles,
must dans not b. Confused 0 wtS Baddhs H.
0antama. whose nirvana occurred In Ses
,. C., one manvantara later. statuettes OF
mounds of q remote antiquity. e;Y.. IN the
TOGO Mound of Tsnnessee ICatsloGne
No i,ssSS United ssssdsss sdsbs Nisonk %nknswn Mn,
to American archaeology: =.
Tibet WAS worshippsd ss an incarnAtiSn
Si mode sndffa 81 4. !. ssiS &.
:ti Prevts s desorbsd 6y ~ Grsis
SyRrSts Sylsnt eaH Telss e0Gs the e .ssnS osatusy
B. G. When the soldiers OF Cortes entered
tths city Of Ms!ioo thirty cen centuries .ss later later
shipped them Is incarnated gods. -Nos
tsnlan POT Teuies, que son como sus 'dolos
But must must STOP. i. o. for the subj cot would nj
. volume. But scant justice has ever been
afsstest aSss % e" 1orks are Eord Rnssboros 1cos
among the latest Is my own -Auguetus
CeAAf," which contains numerous refer;
early America. Father. Do Roo's hrst
volume is also instructive. A calendar
stone of the Shaman religion. eishteenth
century B. c., has been rescued from a
mound near Cincinnati, but has not yet ap |
peAred " any OF the Smithsonian publica-
tons. That America was peopled from
Khetaia ,thfAnchurian Tartaryl about the
thirteenth century. b. c. can be proved by
overwhelming evidences, among them this
ALEXANDER DEL MAR
New YORK, May 20.
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The Paroehiai school Process.

TO rhn EpIJoR OF THE SUr-!Stt: I wrote
last week a statement that the parochiai schools
OF New York city conducted by the Roman
Catholic Church are conducted for about Is Der
cent OF the public schools and tha, they give
better secular education. II any one doubts
this statement let them look at the number Of
public school and parochial school graduates
that undergo an examination for the city coeres.
The parochiAl school graduates make the bss,
showing. In competitive Examinations for west
Point and Annapolis they carry on the honors.
II Is simply . case Of municipal ownership.
The city can only do anything about halt right
and 81 an expense that would bankrupt business
concern. PATRICK oSHApoHSEssr,
NEW YoRk, May 81, property Owner,
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She Vainly Loved . Lord.

Tommy will be remembered. the troue'
OF Bright. the frankly emotional girl Wno
married Lord rontefract after the I, na.'
episode with Joyselle, the great vloilns. aN,
who was already married ami the ia',e.
of son old enough to marry In bet':a,
Won Hutten's new story Of 'Kinssmeaa
(Dodd, Mead and Company Tommy -,
the hero. He is Lord Kingsmead' n. ~
talks with the freedom Of A lord w W.
find him saying. for instance, 70 sy
friend Teddy, a somewhat worship'u'
oommoner: @old ass, you really arr .
sickener sometimes
Tommy was like John Alden in sihss
particular. He was in love with the au,
whom he urged to become the wife oi ns
friend. When he found that she NS
possessed OF past he felt it his du,y ~
tell Teddy. The lady begged him patner
cally not to tell but he told. II may ,, ~
noted as an interesting and not increalu'.
that Teddy on reoe''iDs