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A PROCLAIM a atiOn.

Mr.. TArT's Thanksgiving proclama-
ton is short and sweet, az it should be
We beg to be modestly glad because the
language of it appears TO be his own.
II is the custom to weave into such docu-
ments quotations from the Bible, an
excellent custom. but it has been noticed
that politicians will -garble" even Holy
Writ, unconsciously OF course. In the
case Of Mr.. TAFT, who comes OF wise
and pious New England ancestors,
whose study was mainly on the Bible.
We should have to fear only the inaccur-
acy which is common to great q,Ioters, |"
like BURKE. Moreover, without con-
say that nobody will quote the Bible or
SHAKESPEARE or any author whatso-
ever correctly once in twenty times.
As another encouragement of making
Thanksgiving proclamations a cento OF
Scripture verses there il the ancient
Joe Miller, familiar to Mr.. TAFT, for
the Governor in question has often been
said to be SALMON p. CHASE. of the
proclamation all stuffed with Bible
verses, which is denounced by the
Governors enemies on the ground that
though they couldn't place it they knew
they had read it somewhere.
SO much for the manner. or mat
ter We may be permitted to note this:
During this past year we have been highly
blest. w-bave lived In quIetness. I.
Peace and the plenty Of bounteous crops and Of
great Industrial production animate a cheerful
and Tesoute people 10 all the renewed energies
Of beDencent Industry and material and moral
progress"
II would be to consider too curiously
TO consider il the reference to great
industrial production" and cheerful
and resolute people" may not seem to
some people, resolute II not cheerful in
trying TO pay ever growing bills, an
unconscious ironical "reminiscences Of
that masterpiece of sweetness and light
which has given Mr.. PAYNE and Mr.
ALDRICH to immortality. We must not
look for details in these formal utter
ances, but surely the American people
have been highly blest this year
since March 4. At least they hope So
Theyhope, and are thankful for the hope,
that peace and quietness have taken per-
manently the place OF constant bawling
and browbeating in high places; that
the energies Of beneticent industry,
paralyzed by one foolish and fatal hand,
are indeed to be renewed that the Presi-
dency has been thoroughly disinfected
and dehedlamized.
Otherwise day Of fasting and prayer
would be more appropriate.
The sun., 1909-11-17

To rHE EDITOR or THE SuN-StS; Whs' hss
become OF the question What Is whIskey
under he pure food and drug law passed N
1908, understand that Mr.. Roosevelt In zen
ruary last, shortly before he went out OF once.
promulgated an Interpretation OF the Law and
gave directions as 70 the labelling OF whisScs
which was very satisfactory TO the distlers OF
pure rye and corn whiskeys.
President Tan after coming into once TOOK
up the question anew aud there were sewers"
hearings at which the Hon. Joseph II. Choa'e,
sz Secretary CArlials and other eminent counsel
represented conflicting interests; and yet 50 far q
can learn no progress has been made towaa1
solution OF this vexed question.
The only Information I can obtain Is tha' ias
President Is holding II up. Can you tell me- wny'
II Is an important question not only 10 diS'tne"
but 20 the public at large lHouisn
NEW YoGK, November ~
The sun., 1909-11-17
The Test or Common sense.

From ne Phttdde phd Record.
No rational man will believe that the sp-
ploy ees Of the trust ran all the risks In eV-
tensive and protracted frauds upon the
Government. from which only the company
Itself would benefit. without the knowledge
Snd approval Of the persons who control
the company. It IL not in the least likely
that employees would engage in an enters
prise of great risk to themselves unless
they we're assured of Governmental pro-
teCt ion--and of profit only to the COMPANY.
without being instizlted thereto by the
men in control of the trust. This concern
defrauded the Government Of duties. stole
water for years from the city OF New York
aud resorted 10 me most indecent met hods
of inuring the business or indepordeny Z
rehners, and IL is absurd to suppose that
the hired men of the company are alone
or primarily guilty
The sun., 1909-11-17
John Chin a mans shirt.

We share the hesitation OF the es-
teemed Charlotte Observer. In view of
the present high prices of raw cotton,
and considering the increased value
of the manufactured article, it would
perhaps be futile to approach the Chi
nese millions with the suggestion that
shirts. This expedient was proposed
some years ago when the price of the
gin house material was absurdly low,
the idea being that an inch extra in
the length of the Chinaman's. shirt
would almost double the demand for
our manufactured product and at once
place the American cotton trade upon
a roaring basis.
The Observer now argues, and very
wisely as it seems to us, that no such
overture could be successful. With
raw cotton at IS cents or so a pound,
and mill goods rising in proportion.
who knows that the Chinese might
not retort by shortening their shirts
an inch and thus equalizing a tumul-
tuous market? Evidently this is no
time to ask the teeming millions of the
TIOWcIN hItkuOilI W littCdrc Jtlc ICIkNu
of their garments. Much better keep
silent on the subject. lest we give them
,asnudge as 10 the wisdom Of adopting
the shorter shirt
II More than twenty-five years ago,
when Mr.. BRANNIFF had built his cotton
mills in Mexico and was turning out in
large quantities the very finest quality
Of rough cloth, it became apparent
that there was no market for his goods.
The costume Of the average peon in
those days consisted of a breechcloth
and a poncho-in special cases finished
of by a pair of rawhide sandals, though
those were instances of riotous display
and vainglorious adornment. Usually
the Mexican peasants OF that period
went barelegged, with only the uncertain
protection Of a dangling and exiguous
blanket. They had no Use for Mr..
BRANNIFF's cotton cloth. and they
wouldn't look at it. In such an emer-
gency, with the Branniff mills at their
last gasp--for want of a market only
President PoRPIRIo DIAz stepped in to
the rescue. There came a law for
bidding peasants to come into towns
or settlements unless they wore cotton
trousers. The business of the mills
revived at once.
We mention this as a historical Incl
dent merely. 1t throws no light upon
the present question, Some people
have endeavored to illuminate il. The
Hon. RICHMOND PEARSON HoBsoN,
for example, once broached the theory
that the Chinese ought TO be made to
buy two shirts instead Of one, and for
the prosecution of that peaceful cru
SADIE he proposed tremendous navy
hundreds of battleships. cruisers, &c
to shoot cotton shirts and breeches OF
American manufacture into the reluc-
tant pagan myriads. He saw, or thought
he saw, that under a properly directed
fire they would long for more commo-
ldievs shirts and seek the protection
of stout American made pantaIoons
As we understand he is still preaching
this doctrine to a responsive constitu-
ency.
But as we see it this is a matter of
diplomatic negotiation and not of brutal
cofnpulsion. Why can we not, through
the agency of a suave envoy. impress
upon China the importance of cotton
shirts and cotton trousers, showing
them that these are the true approaches
TO modern civilization?
The sun., 1909-11-17
The Narse Of the Navy.

To THK EDITOR or THE SUS-,sir: How absurd
OF Secretary Meyer 70 have an ordinance regu-
Iatng the promotion OF an oficor In the navy
from one grade to the ranks above that docs not
demand q proficiency In football
IL might have been once proper for the "suc-
cessful circus rider" 20 be promoted over ofncers
OF long experience, but such iniouiles are over.
Every body viii agree that knowledge Of foot
bah Is more necessary and Important for q navy
oficer than to be able to navigate q ship from
Norfolk TO the Hebndes."
JAMES n. DswELl. Jr
NEW YoRk. November IS.
The sun., 1909-11-17
THE GREAT PURLIC AND THs
CRIMINAL SUGAR TRCST.
Principals and subordInates.

from tHc NJ run DesputCt
The sugar trust. accused Of svindiB- hs
Government out OF so. 900 900 by IA ss
weights, Is sacrificing some OF its EMPLOYEES.
heads OF departments and confidential men.
OF course. everybody is ready 10 believe
that these men have perjured themsrlvosl
stolen, manipulated the weights and sac-l.
feed their manhood and self-respect. az Tor
the sake of the heads OF the sugar trust md
without those eads knowing anything about
II. u is such a natural thing for MON IN
these positions 70 do. aud so reasonahl" 10
suppose that the president and directors,
who have derived all the Drofits FROM this
system of swindlng. have had no kno Nlrh,e
of IL and are now rlghteously indignant at
the conduct OF their subordinates.
If this Is not 40 the public contempt which
must be entertained for benenCiaries II
these frauds who seek to sacrifice for rhe,-
own protection the men who have done his
dirty work will be practically without limit
The sun., 1909-11-17

Even IL the Hon. FRANKLIN MURPHY
doesn't succeed in finding an orpheus
who will not look back. New Jersey will
continue to be classic and classical ground.
We record with satisfaction the election
at Des Moines Of that prime Jersey states
man State Senator GEoRoE WASHINGTON
FRANKLIN GAUNT Of slullica HILL TO the
post Of High Priest Of the Priests OF Deme-
ter. The Priests Of Demeter are the
seventh and ioftisst hierarchy Of tho
The sun., 1909-11-17

From the Clessidnd

From the Cievetdnd IeodSr.
Several officials and employees ot The
sugar company have been arrested fer
cheating the Government out OF custom
house duties Indictments have been
brought against some OF the directors
under the antitrust laws. and civil action
has been commenced by the Federal receiver
of q sugar refining company hat was fore ed
10 the wall. The facts which are being
brought 20 light tend TO show that the men
who built up the sugar trust were ~ ruth
less in acquiring absolute control of the rom.
modify they manufacture as wolves in q
sheepfold.
The sun., 1909-11-17
The Dearth OF Good second Lieu
u tenants.

The, Dearth OF Good second Lieu
g.. 3. ,enan''' e
Major-General LEONARD WOOD, in
Raspcech last Saturday night at the
Winner of the Virginia Military 1nsti-
tute, sometimes called the Southern
Nest Point, alluded TO bill recently
Before Congress- to provide $40 Second
4ieutenants for regular detail in the
army and said with characteristic frank
ness: You have no idea what a green
lot Of officers we have been getting
acivilians most of them" Undoubtedly
most OF them are civilians, and IL il
true that they suffer sadly in COM
Hparison with the West Pointers OF
whom not enough are graduated from
year to year to fill even regimental
Vacancies occasioned by assignments
30 special duty. Furthermore. COM
sparatively few OF the officers from civil
,life have had a military training in the
best schools in which tactics are taught
20 make them feel at ease in the com
kpany of their brother West Point officers
Under the scrutiny OF the first SER
geants the novices are painfully en-
barrassed.
n Is General " GODS impression that
the pay OF Second Lieutenant. now
about 81 700 year he ventures to say
that Il is more than such an officer
services are WORTH, accounts for the
presence in the army Of so many civil
dan officers. We have our doubts about
sfhatyiew:o OF the case, for We believe that
The sun., 1909-11-17
Confessed Rascality.

From the Wilmington Epev Evening.
II is a self-soknowledged fact that ths
sugar trust has been guilty OF robbing the
Government of millions OF dollars in tariff
duties through an organized system of de-
ception in weighing imported sugar, By
collusion between employees of the sugar,
trust and officials OF the Government i'm. :
pdrtations of sugar were continually under.
weighed. 50 that the tarir payments were
largely reduced. The sugar trust has vol.
unfairly repaid to the Government ~, ,OOO. 900
on account Of its tariff stealings.
The sun., 1909-11-17
Rntten MherrNer Tsuched.

From the PhaadeiphId EVenirg Bulletin
There Is no question at all as to the general
nature OF the duplicity and chicanery which
have entered into the operations OF this
trust. Every examination into its a1airs
has disclosed some species Of juggling IN
its relation tn the Government or in the man.
aQement Of its business
The sun., 1909-11-17

Patrons of Husbanary. and even Jersey
state Senator is honored by becoming
their head. The National Grange In
session ut Des Moines has passed resolu-
tions' rsafiirming its opposition TO steam
ship subsidies. The Government sub
sldixes' the farmers to the tune Of some
Si3 900 900 year, II we remember. for the
Department Of Agriculture: -subsidises'
them also by protecting their products
against foreign competition. But be-
tween soil and sea. DEMETER and PosEI-
DON. there IL war; and -subsidy' has such
a wicked Charles I. sound. and il makes
all the difference in the world who is
"subsidized."
We do not mean TO Intimate that The SUN and
other newspapers are In sympathy with the mer
chants that have been sWindling the Government.
--ROcheSfer Post Express.
Why. this is truly creditable to your
powers OF discernment
The sun., 1909-11-17

success 10 theirs Thny- now know how
the Hon. HERBERT PARSONS has raised
the local branch Of Government ssrxiee
to its uneQualled pinnacle OF fame; how
he has made il the focal point OF the
whole nation. Grateful they may not
be, but wiser they must be, Meanwhile,
Monday coming next. Of course Mr..
Parsons returned to the attack.
The sun., 1909-11-17

Fror fhs Eirfyd .SfdT-Gdsetc
IL is not reasonable TO assume that Mr.
Bendernagel. even IL he is proved guilty
was the real head and front OF this who'll e sals
robbery. He was an agent merely, who N
his official capacity with the company acted
his single part in the gigantic conspiracy
against the Government and the people.
The sun., 1909-11-17
Cheerful Payment or the ~ 200. .opo.

FrOm The Albany PTess' 'knIckeTbOokfF.
The sugar trust has cheeriully confessed
to something over s7.O000 900 and has raid
the money IN tn the United States Treasury.
10 cheerfulIy did the trust admit the corn
that il leads to the suspicion that It was clad
10 cover up a gigantic steal by paying
promptly such an insignificant sum.
The sun., 1909-11-17

To TEE EDITOR or THE SuS-Stv: Would IL
be possible for the local managers OF the Hall OF
Fame 70 arrange for Q few sSances to be con-
Quoted by the late Mr.. B. Ghost. builder OF the
Ghost Block. Denver. and the present Mr.. g. A.
Wrath. an eminent baker OF angel food. ethereal
isrts and floating islands. of Wilmington,
% wnAneuroH.- Del, November 10. n. p
The sun., 1909-11-17

n frfesds tcho favor Us wifh manuscript ro'
pubIicanon ctsh 10 hare reJscfed articles returned
fAey must all cases send Sdmps for that purDos.
The sun., 1909-11-17

Published by tine sun Printing and Publishing
Association at ITO Nassau street In the Borough OF
Manhattan. New York. President Of the Asso-
citation. william M. I.afian, 40 Nassau street;
Treasurer of the Association, NJ. r. LAffan. 40
Nassau street Secretary of the Association. ID. w.
Quinn, 10 Nassau street
The sun., 1909-11-17
Art

Art.
II Leonardo fashioned t.
IL 10 Q masterpiece.
II Mr.. Lucas moulded it.
It's but Q lump Of grease.
here advance no theory.
take nooody's part
would but put Q query:
Pray tell me what 10 ART,
MAunrcs Monxn.
The sun., 1909-11-17

London once. Efnngham House Arundel street.
strand The daily and Sunday SUN on sale In
London at the American and Colonial Exchange.
Carlton street, Regent street. and DAVIS Steamship
Agency, II Green street. Leicester Square.
The sun., 1909-11-17

Paris once. ~ Rue Louis e Grand The daily and
Sunday editions are on sale at Kosaue IL, near the
Grand Hotel: Kiosque II, Boulevard des Capucues
corner Place de rOpera. and Kiosaue 10. Boulevard
des Itaiiens corner Rue Louis lie Grand.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08
CURING PORK.

Here Is the method or curing pork Iol-
lowed by Thos. Convey, a successful
farmer and institute worker Of Wiscon-
sin:
xii in frosty weather, cool thoroughly
for one or two days, but do not let the
meat freeze. Fresh meat contains a large
percentage of moisture and freezing at
fects the texture. j may be mistaken
about this, as l do not know positively.
Fresh meat is like fresh milk, 1t takes
up favors or odors very readily, and for
that reason we apply sugar. pepper, and
saltpeter for the first treatment. They
they are mixed and applied like salt, be-
ing rubbed in slightly, using about two
ounces OF saltpeter. two of pepper and two
or three pounds of sugar for 100 pounds OF
meat. These no doubt have curative
properties, but the sugar and pepper are
used more to give flavor. Too much salt
peter hardens the fiber of the meat. 1t
is allowed to stand one or two days. then
the meat receives a moderate amount of
salt well rubbed in. We do not use as
much salt as formerly, as too much salt
does not leave so nice a flavor. In ten
days or two weeks Il is sailed lightly
again, and packed where the surplus brine
well drain off, on a table or In a box
not water tight.
I'm a month after killing we are ready
TO hang the meat up to smoke and dry.
Little fire and much smoke should be the
rule, as the meat should not be over
heated, and should be dry and firm. Be-
fore being put away we clean oats and
pack the meat In these, not letting the
pieces come together; put in a cool, dry
place, usually a grain bin away from the
warm side of the barn. Bran or chopped
hay would do, no doubt, as packing ma
terial. Care should be taken to put It
away on a dry day, as when the atmos-
phere Is damp the meat takes up mois-
ture. Even dry mold will ruin the flavor.
I'm cutting We leave carcass in six
pieces. First cut Town back through flesh
from outside of backbone, cutting lightly
80 ribs and backbone can be removed;
then the meat will be smooth and all the
lean meat possible is left on the sides.
Use a saw where possible and leave
smooth cuts and nicely shaped pieces"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08
Where Rich Men Are Few.

Bulgaria is the nearest approach to a
peasant commonwealth which the world
has known In modern times. There is not
a Bulgarian Slav who is not the owner of
a plot of land upon which he lives and
out OF which he gets his W livelihood
by his own labor.
Large landowners are almost unknown.
says the Londo illustrated News. The
few men Of wealth in the country are
mostly OF foreign birth or descent. and
even they would not be counted as veal
thy according to the standard OF other
European countries.
The small land owners, who form the
vast majority of the population, are peas
ant born and peasant bred. They are ex-
tremely thrifty. They are contented with
plain food: they wear the same sheep
skin garments from year to year. only
turning their coats inside out with the
changes of the season.
Moreover, they are free from the irrita-
tion caused among other laborers, over
worked IL not underpaid, by the spectacle
of ~neighbors living in afhuence and ease
without any necessity to curtail their ex-
penditure. Rich men are black swans In
Bulgaria. i was told by a foreign banker
in Sofa who had traded for many years
In the country that he doubted greatly
whether there were fifty men In all the
rural districts who had incomes of 1000
q year,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08
From Answers.

Ferdinand /. of Bulgaria, whose re-
cent proclamation of himself as tsar
of that country has aroused such wide
spread excitement, is a man OF great
resource and inexhaustible patience.
Twenty years ago., when he accepted
the throne offered to him, under the
suzerainty of Turkey, the country was
devastated and poverty-stricken, with
out railways, without schools. without,
organization. In his work OF reforma-
ton he a many personal d~isadvan-
tages with which TO contend. The coun-
try was new to him; he was ignorant
OF the ways of the people. he had not
even mastered their language! Yet to-
day Bulgaria boasts some 5000 teach
ers: she has q network Of railways;
public buildings have been erected;
towns have sprung up: agriculture has
beer encouraged and the the army ad-
mirably trained. The Bulgarians may
be said to have been set upon their
feet, and this solely by the energies
OF their much-loved ruler. Ferdinand /.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08
BANK USES old
WORLD SYSTEM
Thumb Marks Adapted to Mod
ern Day Banking in
Wyoming.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-The old Chinese
system of identification by thumb
marks has been adapted to modern
banking. n the method made famous
by Mark Twain in "Puddin' Head VIII
son" Is now in practical use in he
First National bank of this city as a
means of identifying the signatures OF
many foreigners who carry deposits. In
fact. the thumb mark has become as
necessary on checks drawn by that
class OF the banks depositors as is
the written signature of the drawer of
the check itself. The system has been
in use in the First National for more
h a year and In that time the bank
has had not the least trouble with It's
foreign depositors, but, instead, has
found the arrangement working to
perfection.
There are probably more nationali-
ties represented in and around Chey-
enne than in almost any other part OF
the country. The great mining camps
of the state have drawn every a
tionality of Europe to themselves,
while he Union Pacific and Burling-
ton railroads have brought hundreds OF
railroad laborers from the Asiatic
countries. Korean "ditchers,' Jap sec
ton men, Chinese workmen, Mexicans,
Indians, L~ithuanians. Czechs. Poles.
Hungarians, Bohemians, Welchmen.
Irishmen, Greeks, Italians and about
every other nationality can be found
around Cheyenne in the course of q
days search. Many of these deposit
their savings in the First National
Bank of Cheyenne, and very few
of them, comparatively, can write
their names. especially in letters which
can be read by an ordinary American
business man.
An additional source OF trouble to
fhA hon lie - tGok - xx.w. - H.
foreigners resembled so closely others
OF the same nationality that identih-
cation was almost impossible In many
cases. To the average American, every
Jap every other Jap, while
Cinnamon are as much alike as peas.
Upon opening an accoun with a
bank, 1t is always customary to hav
the depositor file his signature, the
more readily to detect q forgery,
should n be attempted. But the
First National people were up against
II" when many of their depositors
placed signatures on file which were
altogether past being decipherable.
One day Assistant Cashier A. d.
Johnson, OF the First National. be-
story of Pudd'n Head Wilson, and inn
mediately he put the scheme in OPP
Grafton in the bank.
AS a result each foreign patron Of
the bank, when he deposits money
with the First National, is required to
place his thumb On an linked pad and
then make IN impression on a card
which. with his ordinary signature and
his name as written by the bank
cashier, is deposited in the records OF
the bank. Whenever q check is pre-
scented drawn by this patron, his thumb
signature must appear on the check
n must correspond with that on the
card in the record. If 1t does not so
correspond, the check is thrown out as
a forgery.
A. ID. Johnson, the assistant cashier,
who has charge of this branch of the
bank work, has become so proficient
in reading thumb signatures that he
car recognize the prints of a great
many OF the banks patrons without
reference to the records.