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Harsh Remarks About Z pliftcr..

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--Sir: II is
interesting 10 observe that those who
shout loudest for race betterment and
prohibition ar" usually physical and
moral weddings and could not take a
drink even If they wished to. Flashlight
photographs OF uplift gatherings. anti
liquor leagues and eugenic societies die
play sea of countenances and express
sions notable solely for mediocrity and
vacancy. Weak minds and feeble bodies
unfit them for competitive enterprise, so
they call themselves sociologizers and live
on the 'largesse of a few deluded people
OF great wealth.
1t Is a fine game So long as II lasts. but
sooner or later. to their own cost, they will
learn that the maria for uplift is a
transient phase Of an overheated ciNiliza-
ton, and that the ability to drink spirits
and beer is Nouchsafed only to those
who are fortunate enough to have had a
moderately dissipated ancestry.
ALBERT Il. GALLAT'S.
New YORK. January 10.
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THE SOCIOLOGICAL CATECHlSM.


To THE EDITOR OF THE suN---SN: On
the front page of THE SUN Of this morn
Ing notice an item about = certain James
Conklin, elevator starter, who for the last
sixteen years has worked and saved for
the purpose Of paying debts contracted In
his youth while engaged In the ancient
pursuit OF Sowing his wild oats" The
item says that Ibis conscience set him the
task" How benightedly ignorant this per-
son has shown himself to be In falling ut.
teriy to comprehend our modern way OF
understanding such social questions as the
one ne was confronted with.
To think that in this day and generation
there should live one who does not real
Ice that whatever missteps he may make
are wholly due to circumstances ana tne
wicked schemes Of others, and not at all
Of his own doing. Let him study the cate
chSsm of up to date sociology and GRIM
inology, with particular reference to the
doctrine of personal irresponsibility. TO
think OF 1t! Sixteen long years and an I'M
known amount of money wasted Tor the
fatuous purpose OF satisfying that obso-
lete thing conscience.
Had the man been born or parents
vouched for by the eugenic experts. with
n guarantee of satisfaction given or money
refunded, he might he justified In feeling
that what became OF him was partly his
own fault but he should know that be-
ing born of parents obtained In the Oh"
familiar hit or miss fashion totally alb
solves him from responsibility for his fate.
Such a case as this mans Is discouragins
at best to our social reformers.
But they should not wholly lose heart.
Hope on, hope ever" being their motto.
they will without doubt persist In their
benefcent efforts until such individuals az
this man with a conscience have become
M extinct as the dodo. CPLiFT'
BROOKLYN, January 10.
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Let the Governments DO Its share

When Mayor Mitchell and his assO.
ciates appeared yesterday before the
House Committee on Rivers and Har-
l~rs To urge the appropriation Of an
adequate sum for the improvement and
development VI New York harbor they
were the representatives not only Of
the people Of the city but Of the whole
manufacturing and mercantile com
munity that ships and receives It's raw
materials and finished products through
this port. They spoke for no one city
or State. bur for n great territory
Of diversified industries supporting a
mighty population engaged In every
human calling.
Nor did they ask the Government
TO act without cooperation. They ex-
plained the vast projects undertaken
by the city and by the transportation
corporations serving II. by which this
port is TO he rendered more convenient
to the public and Its waterborne CON-
merce is tn he more eXpeditiOusly and
cheaply handled.
The city is doing It's share: the rail
roads are doing their part; the States
will contribute their portion; let the
United States Government now do all
that 1t should for the lettering Of the
port of New York.
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An Ultimatum From the Panhand die

The foremost champion Of immediate
and radical antitrust legislation by
Congress is Representative WILLIAM
ROBERT SMITH Of Texas. who also poses
MS n friend of business, kindly n severe.
In the present reluctance to invest
capital Mr.. SMITH sees only "a natural
hesitation necessary for a proper
adjustment of business to the new con-
ditions of freedom" lie admits that
tariff and currency legislation have had
the effect Of checking enterprise. but In
his Judgment the "new freedom" IL not
yet contaminated, and must be-. 1T
Is better for the country" he says
that business should mark time lit
tie while longer. If need he. than that
the corporate monopoly interests should
he granted a continuance. 1t IL better
to apply the remedy now than to per-
nit the disease to run on"
No rest for business; let II mark
time! Such IL the ultimatum OF
SMITH Of Texas, whose opinion OF bust.
, ness on any large scale Is so bad that
perhaps only the lOckstcp for corpora
tlons would suit him. 1t IL natural
to inquire how the Hon. WILLIAM ROB
EFT SMITH comes to be an authority
upon business. big or little. He Aai
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THE FORM or PITCHERS.
One Explanation Of Their Tendency Il
Drip ut the Lip.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-ST: the
letter OF "Pourer" In TIVE SCN few days
ago in regard to the form OF pitchers ana
the tendency to drip at the lip calls to
mind that some few years ago professor
Rjerregard. librarian OF the New YORK
Public Library. called my attention to
book Of his entitled. "Suf interpretations
Of the Quatrains Of Omar khayyam ana
Edward FitzGerald."
In interpreting quatrains xxxvi'. and
xxxviii. Professor Bjerregard quotes
from Sun Altar the following beau-
tiful story, which may assist "Pourer' In
his difficulty concerning the shape Of
pitchers. quote:
one day the prophe, on a river bank.
Dipping his lips into the channel. drank
draught as sweet as honey. Then there
One who an earthen Pitcher from the same
Drew up. and drank: and after some short
stay
Under the Shadow. rose and went his way
Leaving his esrthen Bowl. In which. anew
Thirstins, the Prophet from the River drew.
And drank from: but the Water that came up
Sweet from the stream. drank bitter from
the cup
A, which the Prophet IN a suli Surprise
For Answer turning up 10 Heav'n hi. Eyes,
The Vessels earthen Lips with answer ran;
The Gay that am mad" or once was Man
who dying. and resolved into the same
Obliterated Earth from which he came.
Was for the Potter dug and chased in turn
Through long vicss,tude of Bowl and Urn:
But howsoever moulded. still the Pain
OF that first mortal Anguish would retain,
And cast and recast for thousand years
Would turn the sweetest Water into Tears
Who knows but the drippngs from the
pitchers lip "pourer" complains OF may be
tears. TO qucnch the fire of anguish in
some eye, there hidden far beneath-and
long ago So deal gently with your
pitchers, Brother "Pourer.' pray.
ARLINGTON II. CARMAS.
PATcHoGur. l.. l.. January 10.
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where Abraham Lincoln aud jefferson
Davis Met

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN--Sir' II Is
well to study history and To record his
toricsl emhlems.
hut the effort To record whore Abraham
Lincoln and Jefferson Davis met in the
Black Hawk war IL entirely too far
fetched to receive public approval.
There are plenty of monuments and
sites to he perp.tuated. but This Is surely
not one Of them II, I. w.
NEw YORK. January Is.
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hay Of the stately Minuet.

FF0W he london TNFONIclf,
We are promised n revival of the stately
minuet But consider well the responsibili
ties OF that dance. Thus. for instance. MIR.
Austen Leigh on the eighteenth century
minuet: 1T was not every one who felt
qualified to make this public exhibition, and
those ladies who intended TO dance minuets
used TO distinguish themselves by wearing
a particular kind OF lappet on their head
dress. I have heard also OF smother curious
proof Of the respect In which this dance was
held. Gloves Immediately clean were con
s!dered requisite for It's duo performance
while gloves n little soiled were thought
good enough for a country dance, and &C
cordingiy some pruden, ladies provided
themselves with two pairs for their several
purpossG"
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The Hon. DAN V. STEPHENS Of Ne.
hraska has asserted his belief In the
unseen world Of political spirits. par
ticularly the evil variety. He goes so
far rs to accept the doctrine that the
spoOks are "organized." Let us quote
Mr.. STEPHENS as reported in Wash.
ington despatch yesterday:
ut would appear that there WAS some
secret influence working against Mr..
BRYAN In fact, there seems TO have been
an organized campaign against him"
When posterity comes to write the
history OF political demonology full
credit must be given to the Hon.
ALBERT JEREMIAH BEvERIDGE. as the
first Of the modern prophets TO expose
and reveal "the invisible government"
While Waco HENRY Of Texas and other
Lesser lights often declared that they
saw the money devil in various forms
1t remained for the Armagetidon Mil.
ton to visualize the whole hideous
hierarchy with much greater fervOr
tuuu tuVt VtSV' uVVp StVuVtN anu pVVS
Of the underworld, Honest TOM LAW,
son. the State street Dante.
But We are straying from the Hon
DAN V. STEPHENS aud his visions OF
the interests" Unlike Prince BELvE
DERE BEvERlNE and Honest Tom, the
new Nebraskan zeaiot Ia more Of a
PHILOSOPHER than pOet. lie Gees 'th(
interests" through the medium Of pure
thought. u sort OF political SwedenbOrg
Indeed. he endOws the money devi
with the capacity IN enter right into
the affectionate chambers of Demo
cratic brOtherhOOd:
1T Mr. BRYAN were set aside Mr. VIII.
SON could not hope to obtain the support
Of the Bryan DsmseratA should ssy. Ia
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Restrict Ing the Elements.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: The
Ford Motor Company has Increased the
wages of its employees, not because they
were underpaid but Just for the reason
that the money was lying around loose
and they did not know what else to do
with It,
This increase may be all very we'll for
those particular individuals but how will
IL affect that army of individuals whose
employers cannot possibly AFFORD any such
increase"
Is labor not governed. like everything
else, by the law of supply and demand?
Can such . purely artificial increase Of
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wages be construed - anything else than
an economic blunder?
Messrs Redheld and Mitchell hail II
with Joy a. an act Of Social Justice"
We have heard lot about social Jus
tice" and II Is well that at last We know
Just what this phrase means.
The one fact that stands out 10 tnat
this corporation has been charging the
public an exorbitant profit on It's output
OF course the idea Of reducing the
charge to the public has never entered the
wise minds Of the political economists
who manage the corporation. A.
new YORK, January IL.
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As "A Promoter Of POpulat Ion.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sr: II
the Ford plan were to he generally
adopted the result would he that every
body would rush of to get married. the
populaton would increase by leaps and
bounds and In n short time We would be
worse of than ever 1t should be always
remembered that we cannot eat gold.
What Is most urgently needed In this
country to-day--every market In the land
cries out for hlm--is n refOTmer who will
induce people to flock out from the cities
onto the land. MALTH usiAN.
NEW York, January 1S.
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Hair q Million Minutes saved.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir.
Through my window | watch 500. 900 men,
women and children pass the building In
which have my office every day.
When the air Is hamy and warm they
take four minutes, ON the average, 90 pass
from the farthest visible points
ON day like to-day they hurry along
and make the trip in an average OF three
minutes
Thus the cold weather saves these
persons 500,0 minutes. or $3.50 = days,
or 80 ! years.
What becomes OF all this time?
l.. o. ArER.
NEW YORK January l3.
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view Of the many efforts that have been
made to cause trouble between these two
mon. the wonder Ia that the interests have
not succeeded In their purpose. One OF
the causes Of my great confidence in Mr..
WILSON is the fact that he has not been
misled by these things. It proves that he
Is a really great man."
With not the least wish to question
Mr.. STEPHENs's test for true greatness,
we are chagrined to hear him boldly ex-
plain regard and admiration in terms
Of barter. III Mr.. BRYAN were set
aside Mr.. WILSON could not hope to OBJ
tain the support Of the Bryan Demo-
Gratis" What! Are the roots of
ideal fealty planted in the rank soil Of
expediencyl Why. this Is the language
OF the market place! The money devil
himself could shoot forth no more
singing flames than these.
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Mr. PRE- NpERGAsT says there Was a
meeting Of Progressive leaders in Brook
Ign. A course OF action was then decided
upon. and when II was suggested that this
course would he preiudicia To the re-
nomination Of the Comptroller. one of the
leaders pRESpERGAsT declares. remarked
ITO hell with the Comptroller. '--N.Ws Of
the day.
This IL Incredible Such language by
any Christian soldier fresh from Arma-
geddon IL ineNpressibly shocking and
quite beyond belief. The whole pas
sage reads like an Interpolation 10y a
Republican commentator.
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The Last Mef MaId.

To TnE EDITOR OF THE SrN-SV; The wet
word contest should not die without thi
extract from the Literary Digest Of January
10:
This causes the party to forget his watch
and chain, the number OF tho house where
he lives and his wifes first name. He Is
then In the state for which tho vulgar have
variety of picturesque names. The scien-
list calls II alcoholic inhibition"
MAscHrsTER, y. H., January 10. II. +. J.
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The French airman porRPE to-day COM
pleted a flight from Cairo TO khartum.
covering the distance Of about 32o miles
at the rate of seventy-ive miles an hour.
Cairo despatch.
The French aviator flew from Cairo
to Khartum in less than five hours.
From WadI Halfa. which is more than
half the distance To khartum. II took
Lord WoI.sEI.EY's expedition about three
months to arrive within two days march
Of that place to relieve GoRDoN. In his
diary on December II, 1885. about six
weeks earlier he wrote that force OF
200 men could save him. GoRDoN was
killed only forty-eght hours before
General sir CHARLES WILSON reached
Khartum with flying column. In
these days an aviation corps attached
to an army like WoLsEtEr's would be
the means Of relieving an administrator
in GoRpoN's position by the celebrity with
which 1t would prepare the way for the
advance of an expeditionary force.
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To IuB EDITOR or TUE SuS--Sir: I think
the authorities Of Trinity Church ought to
put a protection against yandsls around the
Holy Thorn In Trinity churchyard. I
noticed the other day that the end OF one
OF the branches was newly broken of, but
from what cause of course | cannot say.
NEW YORK, January 10. ANTi-VANpAI.
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How Much should We he Permitted to
(OWttRCe:

To THE EpITon OF THE SIN --Sir, Vice
President Marshall IL quoted as saying
In a church Il sometimes think that
perhaps we are In danger OF thinking too
broadly"
What Is the widest width OF marrow
gauge thinking that the Nice-l'resideut
deems safe? TALBOT PERRY.
NEW YORK, January 3.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Str: Mr.
Henry Fords generous good will gift
to hts employees has raised ruction III
the labor union camp.
Gompers. Mitchell. Haywood. Lizzie
Cur,ey Finn. Mother Jones and others
living on the poor laborer must get q
.whack" at some of that dough
Whisper. Wen hear from the gang
soon wAirEk
NEW YORK, January Il.
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| read with a great deal OF interest
the stories of the men whom | am going
to appoint-Mayor mitchell
So do they, only remember that they
are without in whitening gale watch
ing the bulletin board with famshed
eyes. Yet. even 3d. prune is better
than no plum.
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line.
VIII this information lead Peoria to
dream of new vista Of subscription
agencies? by the way. where is PIN
DELL? \ cable despatch reports four
teen feet of snow In ST. Petersburg.
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n our friends rho faro- us rifh manuscripts and
illustrations for publication ,ctsh 10 hare regretted
articles returned ihsy must IA oil cases send stamps
for Gssf PURPOSE.
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All checks. money orders. &c. 10 be made pay
able to TIE SuN.
Published dsily. including Sunday. by the sun
Printing and Publishing Association at ITO Nassau
street. In the Borough of Manhattan. New York.
President and Treasurer. William e. R~ick. 10
Nassau street Wee president, Edwardp Mitchell.
40 Nassau street. Secretary. G. T. l.ux'on. 10
Nassau street
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Contest No. 30ll Serial No. 0ss9A
NOTICE OF CONTEST
Department Of the Interior. United States
Land Office
Las Cruces, N. NJ, August rs. 1914
To Lester L. Davis Of Myndus. N. NJ. Con.
tesiee:
Roberts who gives Myndus. N. NJ. Is his post
office address, did on August rs. 1914. file
in this office his duly corroborated applica
ton to contest and secure the cancellation OF
your homestead entry No. Oss9i, serial No
0s894 made October 9. 1918. for MEX Of
section Ia, township 20 g., range o w., n
N. p. meridian. and as grounds for his con
test he alleges that said Lester l.. Davis, con
testec, has wholly abandoned said tract Of land
and changed his residence therefrom for more
than six months since making said entry, and
nexi prior TO the date hereon; that said con
testee has not established his residence on said
land since the date Of entry thereof, and there
hes been no improvement or cultivation there.
Of.
You are. therefore, further notified that the
said allegations will be taken az confessed.
and your said entry win DO Cancelled withou,
further right to b heard. either before this
office or on appeal. II you fail to file In this
office within twenty days after the FOURTH
publication Of this notice. a. shown below.
your answer. under oath, specifically re.
spending to these allegations Of contest. ,ossth.
or with due proof that you have served copy
Of your answer on the said contestant either
in person or by registered mail.
You should state In your answer the name
Of the possoffics to which you desire future
notices to b sent 10 you.
JOHN l.. BURNSIDE
Register
Oats Of first publication, August "a. 1914.
Date Of second publication. August 20. 1914.
Date Of third publication. September 4, 1914.
Date Of fourth publication. September II, 1914
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Mayor Corbett Of Deming has besl
requested by A. B. Fletcher, prssi
dent Of the Fourth American Roat
congress and state highway engineer
Of California, to name three dele.
gates to attend the sessions Of thu
congress at Atlanta, Georgia, during
the week Of November 8.
Forty-seven great organizations
are taking part in the congress un-
der the leadership of the American
Highway association and the Amer
lean Automobile association. In his
letter to the mayor, President Fetch
er calls attention to the fact that
practically every state highway CON-
missioner will be present and take
part in discussing the important
problems Ut road construction and
maintenance, and that some Of the
foremost men in public life will de-
vote their attention TO the great ques-
ton Of federal aid to road improve
ment, in an endeavor to work out a
policy which may be submitted to the
congress Of the United States with
the support Of the organized road
movement Of America. An impor-
tant move bearing upon state legis-
lation will be made at the session to
be held under the auspices Of the
American Bar association, at which
a joint committee, appointed at the
1913 congress, will report progress
in compilation and suggested revision
Of state road laws. The creation Of
a commission participated in by each
state to work out a revision of the
road laws will be urged. The Ma
tional Civil Service Reform league
will hold an exceedingly important
session on the merit system in road
administration.
President Fletcher calls attention
to the exhibits TO be made by the
United States government, the states,
and more than hundred at Of the
leading manufacturers at the con-
yress, which will illustrate every
known method, material and equip
ment for road construction and
maintenance. He urges that the city
and county be officially represented,
rs the congress is in reality train
ng school where very great amount
II useful information can be obtained
through attendance at lectures with
eading specialists in road and street
york, and the collecting Of the many
instructive bulletins which will be
AVAILABLE for distribution.
The headquarters Of the congress
ire in the Colorado building, WASH
ngton, d. c., in charge Of I. s.
'ennybacker, exchange secretary,
md the exposition is in charge of
Charles P. Light, business manager.
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Official confirmation Of the rumor that Ia
Tafoya, former sheriff Of Sierra county, had
been killed at his home near Ojo Calisnss
socorro county, last Thursdsy. was broush,
to Albuquerque by y. d. Tittman, district At
iorney for the section In which that place
is located. Mr.. Tittman said that 8. J. Nc
craeken' goat rancher Of socorro county
was accused by Tsfoys's widow. the only wit
ness Of the killing and had been arrested Fri
day.
Mrs Tafoya claims that McCrscken eams
10 the Tafoya home Thursday and there &C.
eused her husband Of stealing goats. An a.
iercation followed. ending In McCrscksn fir.
ing seven shots ct Tsfoys with . thirty.thirty
riffs, the last Of which took fatal sffects.
MeCracksn Is now In jail Of socorro Both
men were widely known.
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Albuquerque New Mexico Bsr ssso.
citation opened . two days convention here
yesterday, II being the annual session Of the
association. Several hundred lawyers from
over the state will attsn- the meeting. Al.
orney General Frank W. Clancy. Unied States
senator Thomas b. Catron. United States
District Judge w. II. Pope. Chsf Justice G.
j. Roberts and ny prominent lawyers. Of.
hcers for next year will be elected before
the convention closes and next years meet.
ing place will also be selected.