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theatres, whinh have not been In the
least affected by this cheaper compctl-
ton. In mono Of the other countries
Of Europe has the victory Of the moving
picture shows been 80 great % In Italy.
The modern dramatists Of that country
are psychological and analytical to an
unusual degree, and their works might
seem to be the least adapted to such
artificial representation; but they too
have been powerlees to resist the ad-
vance Of the popularity Of this means
Of diversion.
The fact that many Of the pictures
shown here are imported may account
for their uisuitability to American taste,
and it Is chiefly against those views
that the reformers are now protesting.
1t might be better II American drama
fists were devising the plays for these
spectacles in this town. That would
by no means be an assurance, however,
that the desired moral tone would be
preserved. Until 1t is possible to re-
form the drama in the playhouses
there seems no certainty that 1t could
be made above reproach as the moving
pictures represent it.
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How Great Was Confucius F,

After 200 years or SO 1t has become
possible to understand famous saying
Of CoNYUcIus. Asked by a pupil what
would be the first thing for the ruler oi
State to do, the Sage OF Lu answered
Tho rectifcation Of Names The
usual and puerile explanation Of this
utttrNce, which is in some sort the
pSlhmican and quintessence Of the Con-
fucian system, is that the act should
correspond to the name, the ruler be
. Tylier. and 90 on. What the master
meant was that names need to be
changed when, after period Of SUPER
stitinn or fanaticism, they have become
misleading and i'll omened and a bug
bear to the popular mind.
Thus Corporation respectable
word once and as innocent as partner
ship, has been 90 mouthed and gnashed
by demagogues that it carries sinister
significance to many ears. A common,
necessary form of business, great,
medium and little, the politicians and
the muckraken have translated it
monopoly strust,' combination.
It needs @rectifcation.
Tho word atax' needs rectification,
too. The corporation tax is not a tax.
It ID q means Of getting jurisdiction.
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Ad,an,sEe. Of . College Education.

70 TUE EuIIoG or The Sun Sir: u WAS
not ,ny fortune 10 face the world with . college
edutation, but u was my lot 70 become con.
nrcted In youth With budding commercial
enterprise as Its initial once boy. and thereafter
for upward OF twenty i've years II was my duty
70 break IN" raw material Of the same eenTs.
That experience has left me unalterabiy con
viucet OF the advantages OF . college finish. =
and think Il safe TO assert that, considered In
the average the four Years college course con.
sututes q boosting capital" of half a. much
again TO double that time 10 the matter of adv snce
70 a position OF real usefulness.
| can recall only one Instance OF complete
failurr OF the college bred man. and that WAS .
casc OF muscular development dispropOr rtionateiy
great for the mental capacity. Even tnat speci-
men nnnlly discovered his niche OF usefulness
on a Southern railway.
w & onS e 10, eo,rps,n,n .r, %s' ~ .ne supply
60 around. IMPoRrER.
Nav rcRk. June 10.
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Mine And rAias.


From the waahfHofon star.
Ny neighbor has trees that are spicndid
And garden Of beautiful bloom,
And npcks thai are carefully ended
And acres on acres OF room.
And tho rays OF the sun newly risen
Each day on more benenu shine.
He thinks they're eSclusiscly hb'n-
But they're really his'n and uinei
For he Gala upon me 70 admire EN-,
These things that the world nalls his own,
And he probably wouldn't desire 'em
II he had 70 enjoy EN- alone.
His place would be only q prison.
However extensive and nne.
II he held II - strictly ~ his'n.
When its really his'n and mine.
Though thrift be q Joy or duty.
And t's well 70 have treasure To spare,
There's no show OF hosrdinT up beauty;
~ was made for the Whole world 70 share,
For the men who are chosen 10 cherish
fArth's music and pcturct and flowers
E.rh foeilng Of enyy should perish.
fvf 'heyre really thclrp and oursi
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THE ABrsEs AUTHOR.
Delayed Payments fs the OUTPUT ss
AchSe bS,Gs.

To rae EDITOR of TIE SUN-Sy: |
think ". l.. puts hftnger on the most
serious grievance OF afhors In their deal
inss with publishers OF course almost
all the magazines In be front rank pay
promptly, but there ar1one or two notable
exceptions. and ". j.. experience tallies
closely with one that ht recently come to
my notice.
Among the minor pebdicals there arc
some that pay before publication as
matter OF principle. andhere are Others
whose business managers te shrewd enough
to know that check for or $40 with the
letter OF acceptance will den buy a story
that s2S or $40 would not tIch il payment
were indefinitely deferred but with tho
greater number the inforbtion given II
the author 10 that -paymet will be msds
upon publication" This 4ms to mear
any cony enient date thereEter with The
best OF them, and with the opers a dreary.
ANXIOUS wait Of weeks or boltns. vita
perhaps 20 20. strong ra ,ha feelnS nderpss
profit have vanished. or coTse the par.
tlci!lar. Offend Ing. magaNne Ioes on the
authors black list il he orshebe wise,
they cannot AFFORD TO miss a cisnc Of sell
ing story even to a slow pay massne
Most writer's know, the ~ors. lenders
and and are probably able , to % name " three
S.heh ShCo e'oV " psfe oh..
that has recently undergone chtge OF
heart and 10 now paying. on acc,tance
though hardly At it's former rate The
folio owing is a record Of actual experice:
MANUSCRIPT A-Sold April, 1908 inted
Manuscript Sold October, 10 to
same people. Printed February. lat
letter asking for payment retyed
curt Acknowledgment and statementhst
the matter would be looked into. ster
came this missive. We beg TO Rckiwl.
edge your olaim Of of.-kssinst the - nm:
pany. This has been placed on ilemds
action will be taken upon II In due. cqse
Of time. Yours very truly. -. forh
,Manusoripts e, d, E, F-Sold to No
magazine. Special bargain made for s
lot after long correspondence; ,paymt
70 be made promptly upon PUBLICAN.
G and . were printed In NAnnAry and Feo.
ary. E aud F not yet Used. No .paymt
and absolutely no attention paid 70 letters
Manuscript 0-Paid for four mons
Manassript H-Pdd for three mont
Manuscript 1-Nog two months overdue
It 10 only fair TO say that this is one
by . still longer Nat OF prompt payment
and that the Unfortunate manuscripts wel
Of q special character and not suited !
every periodical. though two or three
them might hsye been ACCEPTED by mage
INV YORK, June 10. VIAToh
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tising is not reputed dishonest and
seems to bs regarded by many With
pride"
We venture to doubt ther correctness
OF this statement II MIR. Justice HoLMEs
means that any court has ever held 1t
to be libellous to publish the simple
statement Of and concerning physi-
clan that he advertised his occupation.
He cites q Louisiana case in support Of
his proposition, but when the facts are
considered II hardly amounts to an
authority. The New Orleans Picoyune
published an article describing the
unique case Of q young lady who had
suffered for years from congenital hip
disease, but had almost entirely re-
covered owing to the skilful treat
ment of DR.. E. D. MABTIN, 50 that there
was every reason to believe she would
soon be restored to health. DR.. MABTIN
sued the newspaper for defamation,
apparently on the ground that the arti-
Gle conveyed the impression that he
himself had procured its publication for
advertising purposes, while the Medical
Society of New Orleans condemned ad-
vertising by physicians. The Supreme
Court Of Louisiana, overrufing the trial
court, held that the suit was maintain
able. This is an extreme case, but II is
very far from deciding that q mere
charge Of professional advertising By
physician is ibellous.
There can be no doubt that advertise
ments containing portraits may be
made vehicles Of defamation, but the
weak point in the Chicago case in the
Supreme Court and In the earlier New
Orleans case cited by Mr.. Justice
HoLAfEs Is the extent OF imagination
necessary to make out cause OF action.
In the Chicago case you must assume
that the whiskey was commended by
ELIZABETH PECK, although the adver-
tisement says 1t was commended by
Mrs. A. ScHUMAN; and in the New Or
leans case you must assume that the
article praising Dr. MARTIN shows that
it was published at his own instance,
although there smoothing in or about it
indicating that such Was the fact. We
think that this is assuming altogether
too much. -WheneveS q man pub
fishes he publishes at his peril said
Lord MANSFIELD, but that great Judge
did not mean that he publishes at the
peril Of urfwarranted assumption as to
the meaning or circumstances Of the
publication.
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IN. Cluck I'm ps.u v,,.a,a D..oA.

To rls EprroR or TEE SuS-.siy: A family
Of "PennsyivsniA Dutch once lived across the
street from our home. They had sundry children
and also kept cnickens One day my mother
was in this neighbor's yard when one Of the boys
came running up crying: -oh. mother. here's a
ciucK: shall duck herr" and pointing out IN old
hen which was vigorously scratching and ciuck-
ing about the yard.
-No, no. no. exclaimed the woman. -don't
duck her I want 70 hatch her" Then they
FASTENED away 70 get eggs 70 put under her.
KEuKA PARK. June IL &C.
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The Drama in Moving Pictures

Whether or not interest in moving
picture shows has become so great that
they already deserve 10 be called the
peoples theatre, as one Of their reform
ers has asserted, it is true that they
occupy large share OF the attention
once devoted to the cheaper playhouses
Yet these devices do not play nearly so
large a part in the life Of the people here
as they do abroad. A foremost Italian
dramatist has just signed an agreement
with one Of the great cinematograph
companies by which it secures the right
to represent all the dramas he has writ
ten, in the past and the exclusive use Of
his future works In the same country
GABRIELLE p 'ANNUNZIo has declared that
his mex. tragedy shall be for presentation
by this device. Perhaps the conquest Of
the theatre was easier in Italy. however,
than in any other country. The drama
has for years stood in subsidiary place
to the opera, which dominates Italian
taste. The country hos never been able
to control for any time single play
IlOusC ucNOttu W III hCducAIttC uIuiUd,
while the state Of the Italian actors has
long been the least prosperous in Europe.
In country which allowed the art 90
little dignity it is not surprising that this
mechanical substitute was SO feadily
accepted. Chcapas theatrical perform
ances had become, they were sure TO be
more costly than the cinematograph,
which quickly won its way In Italy; and
the cinematograph derives a certain
artistic Importance from the cooperation
Of the members Of the Theatre Franoais,
who recently enacted modern French
version Of Greek tragedy for tho ben
eft OF its future spectators.
Here our dramatists are still writing
for the theatres, and the dramas that
have been transferred to the moving
picture halls have usually been uppro-
pria'ed without permission or have
patliy:d .hel. usefulness In the better
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The Unhappy Police.

With the public pretty thoroughly
worked up over the latest development
OF the police system OF photographing
arrested persons, disgruntled patrol
men filing charges Of i'll treatment based
on the system Of punishments in Use
in the department, and two sensational
murder mysteries to solve, the present
situation OF the police cannot be de-
scribed as happy Already the detec-
tive bureau has been criticised severely
for not finding and arresting the slayer
Of BERsIN, and If a few days pass with
out the killer Of Miss SIGEL being cap
tured loud outory Of incompetenoy
may be expected.
In the Sigel case the nationality Of
the suspect renders the search for him
particularly difficult. The Sicilians are
close mouthed about wrongdoers Of
their own race, but they are free and
frank in comparison with the Chinese.
Moreover, the "Americanized' Chinese
relapses into native clothing, habit and
appearance with remarkable facility.
The man for whom the police are look
ing seemsto have been astute enough to
work the philanthropio missionaries
successfully for number Of years. 1t
need not be believed that he is 30 stupid
as to assist the authorities in their chase
for him.
1t is entirely unfair to judge the eff
ciency of the police by their success or
failure in the solution Of one or two or a
dozen crimes Of violence which by their
unusual nature attract wide attention.
Yet this is the habit OF the public. The
police to-day understand it, and there
is no reason to believe that to catch
these fugitives they are not doing all
that can be done in the absence from
active practice Of the art Of crime de-
lection OF workers with the equipment
which DR.. DOYLE supplied to our friend
SHERLOCK HoLMEs.
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Complications in Virginia.

Itappears that the Democratic bosses
in the Old Dominion have determined
to continue the policy, contrived two
years ago, of so hampering the voters
in primary elections with pledges for
the future that they will have to vote
the ticket hereafter to be turned out
by the machine or refrain from voting
altogether. When this expedient was
tried before it aroused a great deal Of
indignation. The primary voters sub
scribed to the conditions stipulated on
the ballot very much as the average
traveller binds himself to the small
print conditions inscribed on the ticket,
which he does not see or have time to
consider il he did see. After that the
trouble.
There was something very much like
a sensation in Virginia last year when
so-called Democrats found that having
previously voted in purely local con-
tests of great and burning interest they
were bound by the terms of their ballots
to vote for the nominee OF the Lynch
burg convention, the Hon. WILLIAM
J. BRYAN. Much lamentation and up
braiding ensued; but the trick pre-
vailed, and so the Taft vote in Virginia
represented the shrewd combinations
of the fetch and carry regulars rather
than the honest convictions Of plain
gentlemen. BRYAN with the aid OF a
lot OF underground conspirators got
the States vote-which TAFT did not
need-and the thousands who would
otherwise have voted for TAFT found
themselves disqualified by the opera
ton OF vulgar ambush.
We do not know what issues are in
volved in the approaching primaries,
nor can we fores@e the larger questions
that may enter into the elections which
will ensue, but it is easy to believe that
vfginians will not much longer submit
to this malodorous manipulation, and
that under a continuation Of the exist
ing circumstances the machine men
may in time find themselves without a
following.
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To THE EDITOR OF TIE sUS-Sir: / am
opposed to the tax OF per cent. on the
net earnings OF corporations. I think IL
is very unjust. Many people Of limited
means. caused IN many cases by the ad-
ministration of Mr.. Roosevelt. have to live
on the dividends OF corporations. There
10 no fairness in the scheme. am surprised
that Mr.. Taft should make the suggestion.
by the Roosevelt stick. We are thoroughly
sick OF Rooseveltism. 1t seems TO me the
right thing to do Is In the first place to
ecouomize. next TO have a stamp tax. then
IL there is a deficiency to issue bonds called
Roosevelt deficiency bonds. as a reminder
OF Roosevelt's reckless and extravagant
administration. N WV.
NEW YORK June 10.
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Warnins 70 sixAssssrs.

To TIE EprroR OF TEK SuH-,sir: No volcano
can melt rock wen situated 100 miles from the ssa
The electric enseyy Of our universe. which -ex-
tends throughout extent and operstes unspemt. :
cannot five u an active volcano Tar from the
ocean, Now the enerry n drifting eastward
along the Mediterranean, and II must needs leave
vesuvius IN extinct volcano for 1on year,
hence. MossinA and the disturbance In France
lead 70 this conclusion.
When the western part o. the Untsd states
had the grestest volcanic sctivtty Ground the
lava beds the Gulf OF California extended 10
Hudson Ray. Tho hitting OF our continent forced
the surplus cnerEy OF the Pacihc Ocean 70 raise
the Sandwich Islands. Now Vosuvtus may be,
come permanently extinct. or at least for . long
time. as The energy has dnfted eastward.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, June Ia. A. B. McAvcy.
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A Royal Jockey.

From ne London Giobf.
Keen sportsmsn though he Is. we are not hsev
II 10 to be feared. ever 70 see hts present MsiesF
emuiatins the performances Of Charles H. on ,he
turf. That active monarch not only went racing
In the ordinary sense but rode his own horses AZ
Newmarket and Ia said 10 have been fnos'
formidable Jockey. His successes may very wen
have been quite genuine, for Old Rowiey was,
by common consent the best horseman In o."
own dominions.
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THE ERIE SONG.
A Veteran OF the Construction Gang
Recalls the Chanty.

To THE EDITOR OF 1HP SuN--Sir. As
myself at one time worked on the railroad
I append hereto the lyric az have ofte
heard IL sung. PATRICK MINMo.
LONG ISLAND CITY. June 10.
In eighteen hundred and forty one.
That's the year that begun.
That's the year that begun
To work upon the railway.
Fil-n.mc, 90 re ire.wy
FIl'n.me.oo. re-i-rc.wy
FilH-mc 90 re- -i-rc-wy.
working on the railway.
In eighteen hundred and forty-two
Says 10 myself this will never do
Says 10 myself this viii never do.
Working on the railway.
In eighteen hundred and forty three
Dan1 O'Connell he said 70 me;
Says Dan1 O'Connell. he says 70 me: -
Il zee you're working on the railway
In eighteen hundred and forty four
That's the year Mc0inniss come DER.
was sorc that McGinnis come Ger:
he was put 70 work on the railway.
In eighteep hundred and forty-nve
Dan1 oConnell was stu alive;
Ny wife she died and ] laughed and cried.
For was stin working 90 the railway.
In eighteen hundred and torty-six
The gang pcited me With sticks and bricks.
Oh, WAS In he'll Of NJ
For working on the railway.
In eighteen hundred and forty seven
dresmt died and went 70 heaven.
dresmt died and went 70 heaven
To work upon The railway.
In eighteen hundred and forty.eirht
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TIE CORPORATION. TAX
Remonstrances Against FITS Unfafruess
and Injustice. -

To THE EDITOR or TEE suH-Sir: \
appears to me that the Presidents pro,
posed tax on incomes Of corporations Y
rather unfair. I realise that the proposi'
tion 70 get after q corporation 10 the popu1
lar movement, but that che average indi-
vidual has not the slightest idea what q
corporation 10; he rather imasinss . ooT-
porstion IL trust, never being aware thai
there are thousands Of small corporstions
In the United States with an asgregate
capital billions sroater than that OF the
combined so-called trusts"
At nrst sight II seems TO me that Mr.. TAT
Nashville seeking to control the trusts
favored portion OF our citizens and pro-
posed to tax another portion. both OF whom
may have money invested In the same
orporate interests.
BY referring to any Of the financial publ
cations you will discover that there art
many millions OF dollars invested In the
bonds of our large and small corporations,
manufacturing and otherwise. and the inter-
est on these bonds ranges from 70 per
oent.. averaging Q per cent. while the eVer+
age dividend from the stock OF all companies
Ia the United States Is about AZ per cent l
but the only individual whom It is proposed
to tax who has An interest In corporation
10 he who has stock. The bondholder is
immune.
Sooner or later 1t may be necessary for
the Government to raise revenue other
than from importations. or an internal
tax on certain commodities. but in DOING
this It should be Justly levied 90 that no
particular class Of individuals may bear
the whole OF It.
It appears to me that the levying OF
tax on people holding stock In any corpora
tion would be Just as unconstitutional as
the Wilson German income tax.
firmly believe that every citizen is will
ing to bear his share Of the expense OF con-
Quoting the business OF the United States.
but that he hates like the devil to bear his
neishbors share Of it!s This Is the spirit
that underlies every section Of the Consti-
tuition OF the United States and 1t Ii written
between the lines In every article OF 1t.
Summing up the United States Constitu.
ton in q few words 1t says: I'VE will stand
together equally for our mutual good and
freedom; every fellow shall have the same
rights Is every other fellow. and no one
shall have any more rights than his neigh
bor."
am tooth and nail against the proposed
tax on incomes from corporations, and
am hoping there are a sufficient number Of
voters to make proper resistance against
such levy. HEKBEhr N. BINGHAM.
NEW YORK, June 10.
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crsp Grew lag .. Small Scale.

Ff0W Ne LONDON 'SIoHuUTH'
ANAL holder IN Fast Lexham Is making ~
interesting experiment In barley growing upon
his land 20 test the possibility OF raising corr
ON small scale. In 1907 he sowed seventy ,eer. .
specially selected grains OF barley which ,ie,aeu
100 ears Tue resulting kernels he sowed III wv,
and harvested In fourtcon weeks. With the fesu'
that he rot bushel OF threshed barley. wh'en ".
has sown his year, his object being 70 SHOW WI
ear be done IN cereal cultivation from ven small
h~stnninRs.
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In New Hampshire every Republican. regular
or progressive. and all the Democrat, should
make an outcry In behalf Of the corporation In
come TAX now. and an amendment Of the Consu-
later. Hon. WILLIAM EAroN CHAHDLIh.
Mr.. CHANDLER seems to be the only
New Hampshire Republican, regular, ir-
regular, progressive or reSressive. Who
is making an outcry; but he Is a competent
and an experienced outcrier and likes the
al
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Protest Of IN Employee,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir! As
an employee OF corporation I enter my
humble but earnest protest against the
dividend taxing proposal. Such tax. far
from being an impost on wealth. would
In the main be collected from those least
able to afford 1t. The principal sufferers
would be the employees OF corporations. who
as rule are now by no means overpaid.
1t is obvious that the dividend is the last
factor OF corporations expense to be
curtailed When earnings are reduced. as
during the recent panic. or income curtailed,
as proposed by this new tax. the first re-
course IL move toward economy in operGt-
ing expense. This customarily means lay
ing OF help. reduction in wages. or at least
block to all salary increases. This is the
inevitable result Of all such attacks on the
earning power of corporations--the em-
ployee is the 1rst and worst sufferer.
III, 8, SEELMAS. Jr.
NKw YoRx Jupe 10
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Advaatass with The sisssArA.

Frc~ t5S Aesooeyhf Arehf,
few weeks ago series OF observations on TIT
atmosphere was commenced. One curious fac
proved BY thcse observations " that there 10 mos
dust In the city air eariy In the morning. Thti
seerns 70 disposs ~ far - The ctsyis concerned
of tho Anccut theory regarding he purity d
morning air. The carry riser takes more dust
particles Into his lungs than the s.ugsard whs
Leaves his bed Just in time TOR luncheon.
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A sparkltaS Barber

TO rHr EprroA OF TEE SuE-Sir; Cam 'ona
sodsvster, barber. Of Calhcoon. sullivan oouo"'
N. u, BE- admitted 70 the Hall Of famel
BHooxLxn, Juno iS .. r. hnho''