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MODERN WAR PROJECTTLES.
The Tremendous speed and Power OF
Twentieth Century shells.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-SU' The
velocity and energy OF modern war pro
jectiles are truly terrific, and the battle
between cannon manufacturers and armor
manufacturers has been both constant
and close. Even a battleship protected
by an arnor belt OF i2 to IS inches.
with a displacement Of from 10000 to
1000 tons must at least feel a consid-
cradle shock from full collision with
large twentieth century war projectile.
From the times Of our great-grand-
fathers when such shells weighed only
few pounds, to 1914, when many proiec-
tiles weigh close to. half a ton, there
have been innumerable inventions. With
respect 20 the naval ordnance OF tho
United States there have. OF course, been
great charges. A 3 inch gun. wing "A
total LENGTH os 1874 inches, weighing about
uiue-ten OF ton, will hurl projectlle
OF thirteen pounds weight with a muzzle
velocity Of 2.700 feet TO the second. A
6 inch gun, having a total length OF 1876
inches and "A weight of four and eight
terths tons. will drive a shell OF l05
pounds weight with Il muzzle velocity Of
1850 feet second.
A 10 inch gun. with a length OF AI3
inches and a weight Of thirtv-four and six
ten,hs tons, will propel a proiectile weigh
i~~ ~ 10 .nourdG with a nluz7le velocity of
. zoo feet a second. 4 10 inch gun has a
total length Of 40 inches an inside cubic
c1pac!ty Of 5000 inches, weight OF
sixty-one and four-tenths tons. II hurls
a proiectile weighing l.130 pounds with
muzzle velocity of 600 feet second
OF course this muzzle velocity is de-
creased the further the nrntectlle travels.
hut at distance OF 5000 yards the shell
Is speeding some SO feet second, and
even at distance OF 5000 Yards II is
~'n ~oing pretty fast-l,22l feet to the
second
Thus the destructive rOwer OF a TWEEN
tieth century war shell. propelled by a
nowder charge OF from oo7 hounds, as
In the case OF 10 inch gun, 10 $40
pounds as In the case of IL inch gun.
is indeed tremendous. And when We
consider the destructive aveuts with
which proiectiles may be stuffed we can
see that hattleshins am land fortresscs
of this present day must he built very
strongly to resist such swift and violent
attack. CHARIFs MEYERS HOLMES
KIrTERy POINT. Me, August 5,
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Gougine Mr.. Goodilycr.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sr, In
line with the unwarranted and unJus,-
fable advance in food prices ! desire TO
call your attention TO the greed and
shortsight dness Of class Of merchants
In this city other than those who enter
into Illegal combinations to control the
prices of foodstuffs.
refer TO the importers Of champagne
and the restaurateurs OF New York.
On August or thereabout the lead
ing importers OF champaign met in con-
ference and decided ION account Of the
war" to advance prices from 50 TO Sc
case or approximately so cents the bottle.
Custom House records show 2s2 cases
of champagne In bond in New York alone
on August L. which togeth + with stocks
held in other cities is enough to last
the country for the balance of the year.
Why this advance In prices was deemed
advisable in the dulest season of the
war and al a time when strict economy
and conservatism had automatically cur
tailed the consumption to an alarming
degree may DO explained only by the
greedy desire of the importer to take adj
vantage OF any excuse to sXtort n f,w
more dollars from A much imposed upon
public and not by any law OF supply and
demand,
The restaurants In turn Immediately in
creased their price 81 or more the bottle
What their excuse is they alone can
explain, as II is as evident as "killng the
goose that laid the golden egg that the
man who orders a bottle OF champa gne
with his dim dimes better and more ex-
travagantly than the man who orders
beer.
\ few OF the mporters would not con-
sent In increase thier prices, but never
theless the restaurateur advanced his
nricfs of those brands with the prices
of the others
It may be argued, why discuss a fool
and his money, or why try TO be n
phllanthrop'st to a man who INDUCES in
such luXuries as champagne?
II is all part OF our economic system
and serves consideration
SO when you dim out next time look
at the price OF your favorite brand OF
champagne and note that II is 81 or so
more the bottle than IT was last week
Remember that the price has not been
Increased 10 the importer but that he has
arbitrarily raised the restaurant 50 cents
the bottle, "on account of the war"
Remember the restaurateur has doubled
the advance OF price to YOU ION account
or the war" Iik'wis'. If you have any
hrains, remember that you are being
played for an easy mark. ION account OF
the war" and you may decide 10 give
your tired stomach a much needed rest
and the restaurateur a much needed object
'esson "on account OF the war"
NEW YORK. August l6 EPIcuRus.
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Professor 7 add on Herr Defiant.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. In
your recent editorial article THE God
Nemesis" you criticise Professor George
Ladd as having given this modest con-
spoctus of the German view:
The intention is the destruction Of tho
British Empire the subIugation of France
the dlsmem berment OF Russia, 'he annexa-
ton OF Belgium and Holland, In a word
the conquest Of all Europe and perhaps
America,
You add that tho maddest Pan-Ger-
manism wouldn't go as far as that"
Professor Ladds words are merely a
summary Of views and aspirations ex-
pressed by German sympathizer, a Mr..
Defiant, In a communication that ap-
peared about a week ago In the New
Haven journal. Courier Professor Ladd
replied 10 this one or two days later.
II You will look up both communica atoms
you will, think, regard Professor Ladd's
as both exact and temperate.
have heard other German sympa-
thizers express themselves in the same
terms as Mr.. Defiant.
CURTIS c. BUSHNELL.
BRANFoRp, Conn, August is.
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RAILWAY NAN PA &.
President Peters OF the Long Island EN-
plains the .mcn,irh Noon HiII.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS--Sir: May
7 call your attention to the fact that in
referring 20 the passage on Tuesday by
the House Of Representatives OF the
Moon bill for the regulation OF railway
mail pay the Washington dispatches OF
most OF the papers Your own included.
said that the enactment of this measure
would give the railroads an increase Of
several millions of dollars a year for the
service of transporting the mails?
We might feel some slight encourage
ment II small increase were in sight
but the true situation Is that the best
we could hope for. II this measure is finally
passed, would be that the railroads might
possibly escape further reduction in
their mar pay, which Is already very in
adequate.
The bill as first drawn named max
lmum rates which If applied in all in
stances would cut down railway mail
pay AZ least 100000 a year. II was
later amended by raising the maximum
rates to the point where they would leave
the total OF pay practically as It is at
present. A, the time OF the adoption Of
this amendment IN committee IL was
almost invariably referred to IN Wash
ington news as though its erect would
be TO raise the total OF pay above what
1t Is now whereas IN reality It merely
restored the sum which was at first pro
posed to be taken away.
Now that the amended bill Is passed by
the House OF Representatives the same
impression as TO granting an increase in
pay is being created by the dispatches
from the national capital.
In reality we are far from being as
surcd that despite the amendment the
mail pay Of the railroads would not be
further reduced In actual practice under
this bill. The payments named In the
measure ore only maximum rates. The
Postmaster-General Is authorized to pay
those rates or anything less that he may
choose As long az the Postmaster
General retains the power OF making the
actual payments as much under the max
An increase in the maximum rates. made
90 OF the hill. is a very substantial con-
cession. The maximum rates might be
doubled and the payments in practice cut
In half.
Responsibility for this measure will now
fail on the Senate The joint commit.
te" on railway mail pay has announced
that It's report Ia nearly ready for sub
mission. In that document Congress
will be supplied with the information co.,
lected In two years OF investigation You
VIII no doubt share our view that IN
keeping with the character ot upper house
w the national legislature the Senate
should defer action on mail pay legisla.
ton until the report Of the toint com.
mittee has been received and digested
RALPH PETERS, Chairman
NEW YORK, August IS.
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The Case Of Jones,

According to Mrs. NIRA NHITEHoU 81.
whose competence in the matter we
have no reason to dispute. "often WON
en- " the wealthiest families, sur
rounded by every luxury, have no
money AZ their disnoSil." In that cast
they are at disadvantage. the aver.
age man of the middle" or modestly
incomcd class must believe. 30 far rs
he is justified in judging from his lin
tied observation, compared with the
women of his own class" These usu-
ally have their allowances. respectable
and unscrutiuizel. and very often the
savings Of the men are trusted TO their
more prudent hands.
II appears. however. that the diff
Guilty Of nouriShing suffrage campaign
funds IS the immediate object Of Mrs.
WWTEHoUsr SIS remarks on the economic
dependence Of forehanded women:
we receive from tho richest women a
hundred dollars perhaps. whereas men OF
no greater wealth and even less, inter-
ested In a political party. would give
thousands Compare our small budget
with the sums Of money given by men
during political campalgns.''
Granting all the merits Of woman
suffrage as set forth by its most con.
WINGED believers and prophets. here Is
q haSe commercial side which may look
portentous to that coarse creature
Mere Man. When his wife or daugh-
ter possesses that lofty right" which
he so often fails to exercise, Is he 60
ing 10 be called upon 10 shell out" for
the female candidates and canvass;
II JoNfs IS Democrat, Mrs. JOINS a
Republican. Miss JoNFs Il Progressive
Miss ANDRoMAcIL JoSFs Prohibition
>t. there are four war chests to which
JOINS. If he is well known contribn'
tor. wary man averse to family jacs
a Just man who swears by special priv
Ieges 70 none. will be called upon 10
send his check.
How can even wealthy men look
without treridation on the prospect OF
So many Sacrifice Days?
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MARGARET.
The Mother OF the Orphan and Her Good
Works In New Orleans.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir! For
the benefit Of M A. NJ" and other read
ers of THE SUN interested In Margaret OF
New Orleans | quote the following &C
count from Mary Allen Vests Child
hood, Its Care and Culture; published
In 1887:
"she was a poor orphan child, brought
up by the Sisters Of Charity. Faithful in
all things from her childhood UP. what
ever work came TO her hand she d d "
thoroughly and well. As she grew to
womanhood she bought some cows. ard
for years her familiar form was seen each
day In the quaint little milk cart peculiar
to that city. going from door to door
selling the milk and never lacking for
customers. as all knew that the milk in
her cans was always pure and good
Later a bakery was added to her pos
sessions. She made good bread and sold
It. Money flowed in upon her, but II
made no change in her simple mode or
life She used Il all to feed the Hungry
and to care for the orphan children. AL
ways doing the duty that lay next to her,
never dreaming that fame waited on her
doing. this humble, simple minded woman
not only gained the encomium OF her LORD
but received the honor Of being the first
woman In the world to whom n monument
In public park was erected.
when she died the dienitaries of the
a. mourners She is onthroned in the
hearts OF the people who erected this
monument to her. and with a fine sense OF
propr.ety made II 20 perpetuate the Sim
pie service OF her daily life. II Is OF beau
tful white marble. In 1t she sits In the
marble semblance Of a splnt bottom chair.
such as she always rested In after her
days work.
she wears no Greek or Roman drapery.
but the humble garb so familiar to ALL
Her arm is around little child. whose
upturned face as it looks into her own
bearing with love expresses the loving
v"r-rnt on that all ch 'ldren felt for her.
Around the statues base bloom the flow
ers she loved and Just back Of 1t towers
the monument dearer to her than any
marble memorial could ever he, the orphan
asylum which she founded and loved
while living and provided for in dying.
so that Il shall ever stand memorial OF
her and of her love for children"
ELEANOR LrSTNER NosBuRGH.
FORT PLAIN, August 10.
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owner Of the bathing beach. Against
his tyrannlcal sway there is no appeal.
Woe to the visitor who. unfamiliar
with bis dignity. endeavors to trifle
with him
Usually the bathing beach is In the
possession Of settler who was there
long before the place grew to be a pop
ular summer resort" Sometimes ii
has passed into the hands of his heirs,
who have Inherited with his land his
dignity At the same time they ac.
quired determination to treat every
patron as an intruder who has forced
himself into a place where he has no
particular rights. The lord of the beach
never loses the traditions Of his caste.
These require him to treat all Corners
as more or less dependent on his hos.
pitaity for the opportunity to enjoy
the resources of the sand and water
under his control.
1t would take a captious American
to resent the self-importance so charac.
terstic of this typically national fig.
ure. He Is harmless in his sense of
proprietorship In his refusal to defer
to later arrivals he presents sturdy
independence Of which our nation
should of course be proud. Perhaps 1t
is more difficult TO tolerate in his de-
scendants; hut any feeling that rests
on such patriotic grounds may he ex-
cused The beach owner is aSsuredly a
despot and an aristocrat such ms this
country rarely produces. hut ne Is Just
this sort of person on account OF the
qualities which have always been ac-
counted most admirable In the loyal
American.
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Horrors of War Mitigated.

II may well be doubted that the
present contest will surpass or even
equal its predecessors in positive hor-
ror OF the casualties it Is probable
NOT nearly 50 many will be fatal a of
old The modern bullet sometimes kills,
nut more frequently II only wounGs.
There are no figures yet that any reli.
ance can be placed upon, hut in several
cuesses at the German losses at and
about Liege ii has been said that about
1000 men were killed out Of 10000 hit
Should this proportion be anywhere
near true il is far less terrible than
the record Of any war of the eighteenth
or nineteenth century.
As for the wounded, there is every
reason 10 hope that they will he as q
rule far less mangled and disabled
than formerly, Not only has the old
fashioned solid shot which carried away
heads and arms and legs disappear red
from use, bur the modern rife ball also
.nnlcts wounds which in a large per-
centaGe Of cases do no permanent in
jury. The soft lcaden bullet from the
cd mnSGet and low power rifle mush-
roomed on striking the human body
md inflicted wounds that were often
me despair of surgery. The modern
lard upred rife ball, impinging al
nigh velocity, passes through tissues
causing mere puncture, which otter
Reals almost autsssatically, The men SC
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From TIE Nelo Bedford Standard
We drove the Indians ont Of the land
Rut dire revenge these redmen planned,
For they fastened name 10 every nook,
Md every boy with spelling book
VIII have to toll TIL his hair turns gray
Before he can spell them the proper way.
The stands IN Ruzlards Bay are these:
Cuttyhunk Penikese,
Nashawena, Pasquenese.
Great Naushon Noramesset,
Cncatena aad Weepecket.
But do not Of your memory boast
Take another look along our coast
ChNrpa0uiddic,S, Katama,
Mencmsha Right,
Sinplwissct, Nohscosset, Ashumet
WaQuo.t
Monomoy, siasconset and Nohska Light
There's Quemquamogusett and Monohsn.
sett
Menanhont cotuit Cataumet and 'Gsnsett
Iuckernuck Sippican, then comes Cohasset
Muskegat Nantucket Teat' cket Poca sset.
There's Tlticut Sankaty Head, Cotochesett
Squihnocket. Sstucltet and then Mattakeset
succanesset Namasket and then Coouemas-
set,
Mattapoisett and Mashpcs and last of all
Nausett
Would you walk upon sands with such lingo
EtrcWed
Then take a seat on the "Flving Dude"
EVA MARCH TAPPLN.
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CHICKENS ARE CHEAP.
Vegetables Almost Given Away, but the
Movies Keen Living High.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir! 1t
now appears that consumers are giving
much attention to the arbitrary advance
in the price of meats. yet there are hun
drcds of tons of the finest veg tables
grown that are selling for less than
freight charges, and consumers don't seem
TO want them, or else they don't know that
present conditions exist Just think OF 1t,
green pas are selling at 10 to 30 cents
bushel bag. These peas will shell out
At least six quarts to the bag. Jerst
tomatoes are selling at 30 TO 40 cents
bushol crate: canta ,oupes are 30 to 60
cents crate of forty-ive to sixty count
while the crates containing 100 melons
are seldom bringing over 20 cents The
writer pays 30 cents for half OF one Of
these melons In a small restaurant In the
very centre OF the market
Assuming that these cantaloupes cost
81 a crate the restaurant gets profit of
SIG to SIS on one crate Of melons with an
investment OF 81.
Lima beans, lettuce and all other salads
are piled up In the mark { and do not
sell any quicker than II prices were four
times as much as now ask for them
We have an abundance Of dressed poul-
try. frozen last year at a cost Of Is to
% cents pound. and now who esaled 1t
to cents less than the cost price last
fall and winter We received and un-
loaded l1s carloads of live chickens. num-
bering fully $50 900 head. These hroilcrs
and fricassee fowl are used almost entirely
by II" Hebrew hous wives The whole
sale irket on broilers was II TO 1871
cents, While fowl sold at las to rs cents,
Consumers get this rou'try ~ cents per
pound over wholesale price Hebrew
housewives ar" not much concerned over
packers raising prices on meats TO B
cents pound in tncs7 days
II there was some agrr " by which In
to'l'gent housNkcenrrs could End out what
Is being produced and on 'hs pr a'nt mar
ket the high cos. or living would be the
last OF their troubles Newspapers are
treniug with accounts % the high cost
Of foodsiuffs and at the same time hum
dreds OF tons are going 70 vast because
consumers don't ask for e.. Consumers
pay no attention TO anything until they
read IL In the newspapers.
The moving picture shows and theatres.
while entertaining and educational are
the greatest blight that has struck the
household sine the first century: women
with three or four children will repair
10 the movies" and stay thcrc until they
expect their husbands home. when the
ieiicat-ssen' store ls the b1se Of SUD- y
for the family With housewives refusing
20 prepare The family meals and fe- d nc
thf'r children on poorly cooked in'er or
food from the dol!cstessen store. what Kind
~ an army could be raised twenty Ave
years hence In this country
NEW YORK, Aurust - p. Q. Fox.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sir.
am sure pararraph 10 OF the German
Ouestonary Of the German Classics OF the
XIX. and XXX Century, which Just left
the presses, will be a revelation to n
majority OF YOUR readers, mnin'v with re-
card to the extension Of the Polish.
French and Danish "Sprachgebete" OF
the Fatherland.
9 How many languages are spoken In
Germany besides the German
A. In 1900 the German speaking popuia-
tion Of the empire 5i.Ss3lSl. OF the
inhabitants speaking other languages there
were Polish. 0As.iS9. French (mostlv in
Lorraine), 2li.67s; Masurian. l42, 0A9; Danish,
l4l. O6l; Lithuanian. lO6 sos; Czech. 43.ols;
Tristan, ?o,sI7, English, ?ool7; walloon,
1851
IsIpoRE SINGER.
NEW York, August l6.
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If the friends Of Judge HEDGEs and
the supporters of Judge WHITMAN were
at Sara toga urging the merits Of their
candidates for the Republican nomina.
ton for Governor, and the advocates
OF Senator HUMAN were spending their
strength and efforts far from the 'un.
official" convention, we should hear
vigorous attacks on Senator Humans
opponents for violating the spirit of the
primary law. But Senator Humans
proponents are as active as Judge
HEDGEss or Mr.. WuIrMAN's; his home
county wants him Endorsed by the "un.
official" delegates. and he himself longs
for the seal of "unotiicial" approval.
Thus the advantage of strict compli-
ance with the theory of a statute de.
signed to uproot and destroy natural,
logical and familiar method Of further
ing a political ambition is lost 10 Sena-
tor HINMAN; that champion Of anti
bossism except in the Progressive party
is in the same boat with the other
asplrants for the Republican indorse-
ment. Along with them he wants 70
profit personally by the action Of the
unofficial conference.
If Senator HUMAN succeeds in get
ting the delegates at Saratoga to say
that he should be nominated at the
primary. we venture to predict that its
members will be described by Senator
HINMAN as wise and far sighted patri-
OTIS. II, on the contrary, they declare
in favor Of Judge HFpGFs or Judge
WHITMAN, we shall confidently await
the moment when Senator HINAIAN will
feel II his high duty to denounce them
as weak creatures Of corrupt boss.
And following tnat shall we not see
Senator HINMAN in glorious battle with
the powers Of darkness. yirtuously adj
vocating the statutory regulation Of the
preprimary now expressed in the nm
official" convention?
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To THE EpIToR oF THE sun Str Would
YOU like TO see the COW come down from
her jump up over the moon? This IS the
way to do the trick:
II the United States Government VIII
equip some Of our transports with re
friReratng plants and send them % Ar
gentina TO bring dressed cattle that is not
CONTROL by the trust I believe you would
see the price cut so per cent. inside Of
forty-elght hours
1t might be necessary 10 ship tfriger-
ator cars TO bring the beef to the sea
board, but these could %. disposed OF to
Independent men who would be glad to
get into the business II shipping facilities
are provided.
Again, now that we have a prospect Of
reviving an American merchant marine,
grant to very vessel equipped for this
trade n drawback. or subsidy II you wish
Of reasonable amount for every ton Of
beef or mutton brought to our ports
My ideas may be crude. but Il seems 10
me that something can be worked out
along these lines that would break this
monopoly.
Where is all this meat we were going
to get when the import duty was re-
same meat for a much less figure than
We have had to pay but when the trust
controls every foot Of cold storage spac
an outsider cant ship. Let somebody
work this out In detail
ULTIMATE CONSUMER
MoUrr VERNON, August Il.
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strturs or women.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: As
rAgar ds statues or monuments 20 women
In RECOGNITION OF great traits of character
would call attention to the statue to
Frances Emma Willard in the national
rtYitii . the memorial to Margaret Full
Ter on Great South Beach. J.. J., where
she persisted from shipwreck, and TO the
monument 20 army nurses in Arlington
National Cemetery.
There also Is j memorial tablet on
Park avenue New York. to Mrs. Murray
of Murray ItN. whose diplomacy In en-
tertg.ning British officers for the purpose
o. aidin. the patriot army was worthy
strategy suddenly employed.
s.'sl..Tr y. ! August 10. OBSERVER.