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THE PROTOCOL.
An Unfavorable View Of the Results Of
Arbitration IN the Cloak Trade.

To THE EDITOR OF lHE SuN-Sir: The
protocol of peace" In the cloak trade was
an attempt to make water run up hill.
For the past two years every demand
made by the workers In the ladies' gar
ment trade has been "arbitrated." This
means that on n demand for higher pay
the Judges split the difference" and up
goes tho price. Az some manufacturers
make two thousand styles OF garments
in "a year this has meant constant
series OF advances, as each style has tn
be priced separately. Then as soon as
any quantity IL sold shop meeting Is
called and a new price Is made by "arbi-
tration."
That this has driven the cheaper
grades OF garments TO out OF town and
country factories is shown by the great
growth OF the latter. The minimum wage
with shorter hours IL well known In for
eign countries, and we have seen the
migration keep up to 100000 month
In the face of an increasing percentage OF
unemployment
The unions, II IL said, will not permit
work on full time with 30 many unem-
p,oyed and enterprising workers earning
$40 and $50 a week found themselves held
down to the "mir'mum'' Of s22.
Many OF these people have recently
arrived from southern Europe where 81
is an average wage, policemen and
letter carriers III EnGldUu feCeiNt oHiS
IS and So
So we see the family shop" well
| lighted. airy. sanitary loft IL rented for,
| say, $40 "A month, and the operator who
| has saved a little money starts In busi-
| ness az a "sub-manufacturer.' He has
| working for him father and mother,
| brothers. sons. daughters and cousins and
| all the "in laws" They can work with
| out hindrance from the union" all day,
seven days "A week. and can underbid the
| minimum wage and protocol shop ana
still make all kinds OF money. IL Is said
| that over 400 OF these shops started In
| 1918 alone Meanwhile IL Is said that
| over rs per cent. Of the union workers
| are idle II you will tour Fifth avenue
| below Twenty-third street between IL
| and 10 o'clock you will see them and
| hey are not out for lunch hour" either.
a real arbitration which would take
| cognizance OF conditions AZ they are. In
| Guiding the dry goods and labor markets
| and which would allow lower rates TO b'
| paid for cheap and medium garments
| than for the higher class. would be 9
boon for tho whole trade, workers In
| Guided.
| But "A theoretical arbitration based OF
| minimum wage for piece workers %
twice or three times the average pate
20 Office or store employees OF the same
lass Is a top heavy affair that Is sure
sooner or later. to fall of its own weight
| COMMISSION WooLrENs.
| NV YORK. January 20.
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Lord StrathcOna.

The success Of Scotchmen In the
East IL proverbinl, DONALD SMITH
might have gone to India. as he might
have been merchant with the Man
chester GRANTS, his kinsmen. whose
name IL forgotten In the Cheeryble
Brothers. into whom Mr. DICKENS
changed them. The middle class Scotch
boy chose the austere opportunities of
the North. better suited to n son Of
Caledonia stern and wild. At IS, In the
year Of VICToRIAs coronation. he he
gan his exile Of thirteen years In Lab
rador. n junior clerk Of the HudsOns
Bay Company. Of which he was to be
governor. He learned the fur trade
but he did more. He was the first Il
grow potatoes and such vegetables Al
could thrive In that iroa CLINE. HI
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Republicans OH the Firing Line.

From election day until the opening
Of the Legislature doubts were eY.
pressed as to the ability Of the Re
publicans TO organize the Assembly, in
which they had a paper majority. These
doubts vanished with the election Of
Speaker SWEET and the ''liberalizing'
Of the rules to an extent that retained
power where responsibility lies-on the
shoulders of the majority.
Now that the Speaker has appointed
the committees, another success for the
rock ribbed. blown in the bottle upstate
Republicans has been recorded. They
have organized the chamber with faith
full party men In the high places. In
the list Of assignments the minority
gets what II had a good right Ia eI
pect from united and confident ma
jority, and no concessions from a fear
stricken organization. The New York
county followers of the elephant re
ceive exactly what their leadership en-
titles them 10, and nothing more. They
will not grow round shoulderei bear
ing their burden.
That the upstate Republicans expect
to regain control OF the State Govern.
ment at the fall election has been ap-
parent and admitted ever since the
man elected Governor In 1919 disclosed
his character. Whether the trust in
coming victory or the notable ap.
petite that several years of short ia.
lions have produced accounts for the
confidence displayed In the conduct Of
the Assembly majority is immatcrlal
The interesting fact is that the Rcpub-
leans have taken complete control
without compromise or evidence Of
| timidity.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS--Sr: I
was reading your editorial article the
other day about this Governor Blease Of
South Carolina. You seem to think that
II is terrible thing To prevent white
people from teaching negroes To read. &c.
IN almost every southern state before
the war II WAS against the law for
negroes To- be taught 10 read, write or
spell and white people who taught them
we're labl. to tinc and Imprisonment
So I do not Just see why you make such
a point OF this because II the negroes are
not 10 vote It Is a bad thing to get those
wrong ideas into their heads hy educating
them so high.
The southern people knew what they
were about. II the negroes are Inferior
20 us whites IL IL "A great deal better %
keep them ignorant 50 that they VIII
know their places. Sometimes II seems
% me that everybody, white and black
Is wors. of on account of the Emancipa-
ION Proclamation and IL would be much
better 90 put the negroes back into
slavery CHARLES Il, FoHsYTH
NEW YORK, January 20.
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FOREIGN TREATIES HELD TP
wilson's Failure to IrE~ Ratih,u-
ttOn Puzzles Senators.

WAsHINGroN. Jan. @0-Tl. fi'n',
the Administration to urge upon tN" So. .'
for ratification the general tTb..rt...
treaties and the treaty with Nl.trtg
has occasioned much surprise Hu..
members of the senate Foreign Ralai.
Committee. Six months have HON pas
since the Nicaraguau agrc myut AMI G..
renewed arbitration treaties were |..
before the Senate and nothing las b..
done apparently To hasten their ratlt..
ton.
This attitude on the part of the Al" .
istration Is considered the NOR" SUN.
ing because, according to statements
members of the Foreign Relations co..
mittee, President Wilson can laVr ..
treaty he wishes ratified wL,u,,,r -
desires. Heretofore it had been sIpi
that the delay was due To opposite
the Senate.
The arbitration treaties We're h,'i
when objection was made to the rar..
ton of the renewed treaty with ,l..
Britain, senators o'Gorman and CD r
bcrIain objected. II was said. hcCaus- o..
feared that ratification OF the renew,
treaty would compel the United states
arbtratc the Panama Canal tolls ,.
troversy. In order not to give o'','
10 England by rdtifyinE all tho arh.fr
ton treaties with the exception Of
one with that country all were held n
II IL now declared they could 10 ratiN
on short notice If President Wilson wo'
but send word to the committee. y
committee will do nothing, however, ~.
invited to act by President Wilson
Italy has for months been prCSsi'.l o.
| ratification of her arbitration treat, ..
| has even shown "A disposition 20 make g..
| a condition OF participation tu Oh,
! Francisco exposition. Mtmh,l- u'
Senate are much puzzled to explain
| absence OF any move uuou tn, u.r'
| the President to bring about rlt.r
| That the Senate has mot been a-.,.
| take M again IN" treaty with Nlg.'
| providing tor the purchase uj 90 n....
| option on IN" NicararNau canal ru.
naval station rights ON ~" shores
/ Gulf of Fouseoa tor Synagogue. u.-
| accustomed great surprise. NI.-
| also proposes to extend the oh''i f..'
/ ~ IN" l'latt amendment to o., God.
between the United states Iui Nu.'
| while the opposition Ia in, y
| treaty Is more formidah', '...
| against the arbitration trro1t,s n
| orally considered that II ,1U'' I
| through II tn" President asked lpr
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read. wrote, educated himself. For
athletic sports he had among others
that 1900 miles by foot and dog sled
from Quebec to Cngava, which he
several times went over. After ten
years on Hudson Bay. having passed
through the routine Of promotion as
trader, chief trader. factor. chief fac
tor, he became at 4S Resident Cover
nor ut Montreal.
The Red River or RiEL's rebellion
was put down largely by SMirH's
shrewdness as special commissioner.
The prosperous development Of the
great Northwest Territories. the growth
Of immigration to the Dominion, owed
much to him, and the Canadian Pacific
Is In way monument to him and
his cousin Lord MOUNT STEPHEN.
Great Offices. title and a string of
honorary degrees, "a titled trail, proud
as a cockerel's rainbow TAIL" came to
his middle old age. His services to
the empire and to Canada are In every
memory. For years, however. his un-
yielding energy and intellect In ex-
IRENE old age have made him far-seen
among the great figures Of the world.
He knew how TO live; and his should
have been the hundred autumns that
the vedlc Brahmins prayed for. The
life that began In the year Of GEORGE
the Thirds death was full Of work
and enriched with many benefactions
DONALD SMITH. Baron Strathcona and
Mount Royal, did much, saw much, and
was faithful to his early friends
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The Whale oil Age.

TO TINS EpruS or TUE SuN-Sv' In the
early days of the incandescent electric lamp
We read many Interesting stories OF tho
search for the best material to make the
carbon nlamcnt; hut now the carbon MA
ment lamp, In It's early days very rightly
regarded with delighted wonder, IL being
supplanted everywhere 10y the more up 10
date lamp with metallic nlament, beside
which the carbon lamp looks scarcely more
than "A candle lieht.
Plenty Of living people can remember
when whale oil was used as an nluminant.
In all the smazing Advancement OF the
past sixty or seventy years there Is no CON
trast more striking than that between the
whale oil lamp and the present day incan-
descent electric lamp with metallic MIA
ment. LANrli"Hr'
NEW YORK January 20,
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MORE "PLAGIARISM."
Ro,setti's sweet Apple Found In james
StephenS's CrOck Of Gold.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Str: I
venture to present TO your notice COM
nunlcation Just received from friend .
lust "A line to bring sad case OF cere-
hral unifcation TO your attention. The
Rossetti is a cameo, the other a diplodo-
Gus. Hsnceforth I shall not contribute
to Mr. James Stephenss gate receipts
I'm protest not so much against his
kleptomania as against his touching an
imp.rishable gem with dead hand"
Dante Gabriel sang
tIk. the sweet apple which rsddens upon
the topmost boush,
Alton on the topmost twiE which the
pluckers forgot, somehow
Forgot II not. nay, hut got " not FOR none
could get T. I'll now.
Mr. James stephens sings.
Al the end OF tn. bouEh. AT the top Of the
As fragrant, as h'rh. and a, lovely as
one sweet app. rsddens which all men may
AZ tn. end Of the hough.
swinging full TO tn. view though the gath
er-rs now
pass and .ye1. and o'erlook buslly:
overlook, nay. but pluck IL they cannot
For 1t swings out OF reach as cloud and
as free
As star, or thy beauty. which seems
too I vow,
Remote as the sweet rosy apple-ah, me-
At the end OF the bough.
What do you all think about II? II
Shakespeare took "Troilus and Cressida'
from Boccaccio, II kipling takes his own
where he finds it," IT, In fact. they all dc
Il, what IL the ethics OF plagiarism
Did Mr. stephens convey" Rossetti's
poem, and II so did he ruin 1t in IN,
nrocessp G. +. :.
NEW YORK, January 20.
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NEW FIRE ~ REtI 0RGi\i/l
Court of Appeals for Prnp"rt, our
ers Against Unjust Orders.

Fire Commissioner Adtwsu 'En...
yesterday the membership OF the Do.
OF standards, a new organization .U
Fire Department, which Is au .l,t Oh.
Commissioner The new board rs .t.
4 court of appeals To- which pr.
owners may refer orders Of the Fire 10
Ncntion Bureau which they deem u
The board organized with poput
Commissioner Weeks as chairman, .
other members are Deputy Comm .e.
I.ulmbeer. chief ken,ou and Deputy
acting chief Swartout of the BU,t4
Fire Prevention,
The board Will establish STANDARD
auxiliary lire appliances, hr'prN.. 4.
titIons, fire escapes, stairwaNs, Na',-. A.
sagoways, aisles, enclosures for stair 80.
elevators and dumhNaltcrs, whu', N.
approved by the Fire Commits iuu'r, t'
be standards required rs the Bureau
Fire Prevention.
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Peace Rcigns in Warsaw.

II the confirmation Of the appoint
ment of JOHN SHELTON WILLIAMS to
be Comptroller Of the Currency and ex-
oiiicio member Of the Federal Reserve
Board Is tribute to the timidity OF
American bankers, their reluctance to
express themselves Is equally tribute
to the impression which Mr.. WILLIAMS
made upon them in his career as As
siaant Secretary of the Treasury
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THE saved Minutes.

To TIE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir, |
cannot quite understand how your CORE
spond.nt IL. -. Afer" figures a saving
VI twenty-five wears in time by saving
of 500, 900 minutes. ON the basis Of
sixty minutes to the hour there would
appear tn be a saving Of S,3S3 hours not
days Hasn't Mr., "Ater' made slight
mistake A. II. Down.
N.w HAYES, Conn, January IL.
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TO rnn EDITOR or TINS sum- some
people are natural lime tellers. Ask them
the hour at any time Of day and they Will
tell you very close to II. They seem 70
carry In their heads some sort or mental
clock, It's hands kept moving by the pass
Ing time,
And | have known people who could tell
the time at night In the same way. Let
them wake UP at any hour and without
looking at clock or watch they can tell the
time with approximate accuracy
BRooKLys. January 20 DIAL
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The King has got to see us, or We shall
know the reason why.-Mrs. DACRE-Fox.
Does this dark threat mean that
little GEORGE V. will he assaulted like
a common mortal If he refuses to re-
ceive deputation N suffragists?
Bursting bag of -four over his
Majesty's person would be singular
method OF promoting the Cause,
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house loaded down and struggling along
Just the same as the letter carrier or to-
ay.--Rcpresentdtiue REILLY IN the Con-
DrcssioHdl Record.
The postman must take his stand be-
side The Village Blacksmith!
Ills brow is wet with honest sweat.
He earns whatc'er he can.
And looks the whole world in the face.
For he owes not any man.
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In ScribHrrs Ma0dsine for February mo
toring takes the nrst place; SIR Henry Nor
man describing the roads OF France. espe-
,ialIy In tho southeast. II, u. Joy those OF
the Far West and r. W. Hutchinson. Jr,
the use Of motor vehicles IN trade, Pro-
fessor e. r. Woodbury. gives his impressions
of Figulg, and Nine. Washington continues
her "reminiscences OF France. There are four
short stories, two poems and many pictures
without teAe
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Mayor mitchell Is still looking for that
big man." but his friends say he IL
not likely to find hin.-NeUs Of the day
He can find him any day by going to
Marion. KY. and asking for the where
abouts of the Hon. OLLIE mot JEssE)
JAMES
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Matinee Operas.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. Many
out of town music lovers whose only OPP
portunity of hearing the opera is at the
afternoon performance wonder why Iris
tan und Isolde" and "Meistersnger" are
70 rarely, IL ever. given in the afternoon.
Lillian THOMPSON.
STANFORD, Conn, January 90.
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GEORGES CARPENTER. the French
heavyweight champion, knocked out PAT
O'KEBrE OF Ireland Tonight in the sec
ond round,-Nice despatch.
Is there any man In the empire who
can take the measure of this rosy
checked Gaul?
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] maintain that women could sweep
the streets much better than men.--Dr
ANNA SHAW.
The White Wings usually associated
with women are not those Of the city
scavenger.
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R.tions for Bellona's Bridesroom..

TO THE EDITOR or THE SuS--ST; How many
calorics u day would Ice required by our
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Of Boston to keep It's members In good
spiritsY SriGGiNs,
PRoyisCETowN Mass, January 20,
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When seats on the Stock Exchange
sell for an advance OF $1,000 over the
record Of December "a, and $4,000 over
that OF last summer, II Is time to stop
wailing about the business outlook.
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Senator LA TOILETTE Of Wisconsin IL
one Of the greatest believers in the press
agent.--Despdtch from Washington.
BY no other means can conscious hu-
mility so surely reach the hearts Of the
plain people.
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To rHE EpiroR or THs SuN--Sr: The fol
lowing palindroms Is the longest In English
that l know:
able WAS ere I saw Elba,"
NEW YoRK. January 20. u e. J.
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n our friends pho favor " rtm manuscripts and
illustrations for publication IRISH TO hare eteted
srttcIss returned they must In all eases send stamps
SeS GAa1 purposs.
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London once, Efnngham House. l Arundel
street, Strand.
Pari. once. Q Rue de Ia Michodiere. on Rue du
ouatrc Scptembre.
Washington once. Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn ONCE tOe Livingston street.
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Wild ducks give Kansas the go by
Headline.
Then the flight Of wild ducks mus, be
regulated by the Federal Government.
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The New Atmosphere.

Mr.. WILSON'S promised message or
address on the trust question was de-
hvered yesterday. II has been awaited
for weeks even for months, with eager
Interest as regards It's specifications.
We may add without disrespect to the
President that It has been awaited also
with justinable apprehensions concern
ing it's effects upon innocent and unof-
tending business throughout the coun-
try. The strain Of the tariff revolution,
the stress of the conflict between mod
crate and disastrously radical views
about the particulars Of currency and
banking reform. and after this and
without a moments respite for the In
halation Of fresh oxygen and renewed
hone the prospect Of indefinitely pro-
longed uncertainty and experimenting
on the third number Of the Admins
tration's announced programme-it is
a commonplace to say that no other ex-
PLANTATION Is needed Of the semi-paraly-
els Of enterprise and industry during the
period when they have been facing the
unknown. It IL likewise a commonplace
10 say that the situation has been
psychologic. II is with the greatest
pleasure and relief that THE Sun dis.
covers both In the tone and also in the
substance Of the Presidents last mes.
sage ground for regarding It as epochal
that Is. as closing one epoch and be
ginning another in the experience OF
American business.
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When I was a hoy I remember dis
tlnctly the letter carrier coming " our
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Bad times are here--Sir WlLFRID
LAuRlER.
In Canada, yes. But does Sir WILL
vRID really believe that giving the pro-
Queer of wheat the American market
"by a stroke Of the pen" would bring
good times In Canada? 1t has been an
overboomed country during the last
Ave years and IL now suffering from Il
reaction.
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The merit or demerit Of most Of the
foregoing proposals depends upon the
legislative form in which they shall be
embodied by Congress. The main thing
at present Is the New Atmosphere; and
that Is President WILSON'S own con
tribution TO the solution Of the present
deplorable condition Of business In the
United States, and for that he will be
heartily and gratefully applauded.
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With Enthusiastically clear percep-
ton and in his own unsurpassed Eng
fish President WILSON records the
change Of atmosphere that means
everything at this time to the prosper
ity Of the United States. His felici-
tOus phrase Is "the atmosphere OF ne
commodation and mutual understanding
which we now breathe with so much
refreshment." This Il better, because
Il has more significant inwardness, than
his other phrase, "the constitution OF
peace" which he had used once before
and repeated yesterday to describe the
relation which he aims to accomplish
between the Government and business
There can he peace wrought by the
ruthless exercise Of the legislative
power, but 1t may he the peace Of
death to those upon whom the consti-
tuition Of peace is imposed in spite Of
their struggles for self-preservation.
But In the atmosphere Of accOmmoda-
ton and mutual understanding" super
seding as he says the atmosphere Of
suspicion and antagonism which has
made 1t impossible to approach such
questions with dispassionate fairness"
there is recognition Of reciprocity and
hat a nd
business. There Is tacit admission of
possible fault in the past. not less In
ward business than In the resisting at
titudc Of business toward Government.
tor fairness on both sides.
"The antagonism between business
and Government Is over says the
President. The Government and bust
ness now are ready to meet each
other half way in a common effort q
square business methods with both pub
lie opinion and the law" Nothing
essential II W be ulSIuTDeu, IotHlTt
torn mp by the roots, no parts rem
asunder which can be left In whole
some combination" "No measures o
sweeping or novel change are neces
sary." "Our object Is not to unsettl'
business or anywhere seriously to breal
its established courses athwart.
"What we have to do can be done II
new spirit, In thoughtful moderation
without revolution Of any untOwar'
kind" And for the new atmosphere
the new spirit, the new possibilities b.
joint effort, the new prospect, the Pres
ident gives generous credit In gracef,
words TO the business men who hav
come half way to meet him.
This II an atmosphere In whic
honest business, big and little. Gu
thrive, and In our opinion 10 going {