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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
To Certain Friends.

THE SUN has received and is receiv-
ing many letters from editors who
praise Its efforts to restore fair compe-
tition In the transmission Of news.
Some Of these editors are members Of
the Associated Press, but have no SYM
patty with its management as n mo.
nOpoly; some Of them have their own
complaints AMI instances Of the intol-
Grant policy Of its control.
1t is significant Of that policy that
our correspondents ask us to consider
their letters confidential. They avow
that they fear rewIsals from the AS
ISOLATED Press should their attitude be
made public.
THE SUN begs to thank these friends
for their good wishes and the fairness
and justice OF their opinions. which it
believes to be general in the organiza-
ton outside OF the autocratic coterie
in power. OF course the contents Of
these letters are regarded by THE sun
rs an inviolable confidence: nor would
this self. evident fact be mentioned were
1t not for the sidelight which this fear
of our friends throws upon the system
Of oppression and terrorism habltual to
the bosses of the Associated Press.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09

To THE EDITION ~ THE SuS-Sir. Although
the public hackmen have had six months
in which to rent their hacks 10 make them
conform with the section OF the new taxi
cab ordinance which states that license
will not be issued for motor propelled
hack that has any other than q single
drivers seat and that seat shall be In
tended for one person only some OF them
have failed 20 comply with the ordinance
II IL UP to the authorities in charge Of the
tnxicab situation In tho city 20 get after
the delinGueuts and make them change
their seats they will comply with the
law,
The other night I realized for the frat
time what good idea II was TO make the
owners cut their seats In half had n
trunk l wished to take along with me and
the chauffeur OF the taxi had no trouble
slipping II into the space formerly occupied
by the useless hall OF the drivers seat
The chauffeur told me at the time that II
the seat had not been cut down he could
not have carried my trunk. My trunk ar
rived with me at the railroad station and
there was no delay or confusion,
NEW YoRA, February {. TRAvRLIEI,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
The Good Roads Barrel.

In his attack upon the Shacklefori
hill which provides an appropriation OF
So5,O0oooO TO be expended on roads In
the various States. according TO popula-
tion. Mr.. PAYNE had to resort 10 some
very disagrecablc truths. The Sun
despatch states that ''some members
WINGED" Now that the general debate
on this good roads bill Is concluded In
the House and its passage next week
Is said to be virtually certain. we won
der whether 1t ought not to be Uncle
SANS place to vince.
As Mr.. PAYNE put 1t, this bill appro-
PIRATES S25,OOO,O0O that Is not in
sight" and he drew attention to the
fact that only last month there was n
deficit In revenues amounting to $12.-
100000 But let us not wander from
the real grounds for existence which
the New York Representative gave as
excuses for this wholesale desire for
good roads:
Gentlemen think because they get a
few paltry dollars for their district 1t is
going to help somebody in the next cleo
ton. There are so many people In Con-
gress Just hanging on by their gills that
| 1t Is no use to argue against n bill like
this. 1t Is breath wasted, It Is time spent
in vain. I know how you will vote.
Will not say that am casting my pearls
because that would be reflection on the
public or upon some individual. You
have spread out tho appropriations In this
bill 30 that the design of 1t Is apparent
to every man In your district. When they
see YOU are putting into roads $50 mile
they will say. How many votes are you
going to get on that mile OF road with
that $60T"
Mr.. PAYNE's figures showed that New
York has already expended $125, 900, DOC
on road Improvement ut cost from
5000 TO $4,000 n mile and that the
good work Is far from finished. What
then. will 500 on mile Of road making
accomplish?
/ II our arithmetic Is not too faulty
500 will place thirty men ut Sc per day
17G feet apart on each mile Of road FOL
one entire day. Consider that!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
TINE FORD COMPANY.
IT'S Percentase OF Factory Price Paid for
WAGES Unusually small.

To TIE EDITOR OF TIE SUN--Str:
have followed the articles and letters In
THE SUN about the Ford profit sharing
plan with much interest, but one tm-
portant point has been overlooked. The
Ford plant Is less n mandatory then an
assembling plant. Comparatively little
skilled mechanical work 10 done there and
a comparatively small number OF skilled
mechanics are employed. All the body
work. trimming and painting is done by
outside factories. This also applies TO a
great many other complete parts or units
Of the car.
Their own yearly statement also
demonstrates the fact that only 10 per
cent. Of the factory price, not retail
price, Of cars was paid out in wages In
1918. including officers.
Any manufacturer OF mechanical prod
ucts will bear me out In the statement
that such a percentage is unequalled In
the conversion Of raw material into a
product OF many finely adjusted parts
as are In an automobile.
Tho Ford Company Is thus dependent
on many other factories for parts or
units so complete and so finished as to
require only TO be assembled and painted
to go forth to the consumer q complete
automobile.
The immense quantities used make
these contributing factories auxlliaries.
and give q tremendous buying power
which has naturally been exercised and
with great shrewdness. This is legiti-
mate and good business and gives n
needed steadying influence to many fac
tories and their employees.
The point ! wish TO make Is this: II
the Ford plant followed usual manufac-
turning methods and had q payroll of
the usual proportionate percentage. the
amount OF bonus given each employee
would he much smaller and MIR. Ford
could not live UP TO his ideal OF a IS a
day minimum wage.
In other words. he gives to employees
who are lucky enough 10 be working in
the main assembling plant a bonus that
IL Just as surely due In a proper proper
ton TO others who are even more skilled
and Just as truly entitled to share in the
bonus distribution.
This Is not a plea for the owners OF
these auxiliary plants or their employees.
IL Is not even meant as a criticism of
Mr. Ford's plan. which Is "A step in the
right direction. but tho bonus given d.
vded impartially would not reach such a
startling amount as So day to sweepers.
w. II. Il.
SHORT BEACH. Conn. February I.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
ST. JOHNS Guild REPORT
"FIoa ting Hospitnl" Carried "',ss7
PcrAons In 1913.

The old steamboat Helen e, Juii,Hrl.
for seventeen years the FLOATING Hoei.
tar of -. Johns Guild, performed her f-I
duty 10 the city's poor in 1913. according
20 the annual report OF the guild issued U'
President Seymour l.. Cromwell Sh" n.at"
!ifty-two trips from June 90 to August q.
carving total Of 51.>>7 persons, 2
whom 1882 were women, 2>.@ii W..
children approNimatug SIX years ant
under and 1881 We're babe r
average number Of patients each tr1 We
l,ll3, and the total number carried Na.
2.e70 In excess OF 1912. on the trims 90
076 baths were taken, or about 80 500
cent more than in 1912.
President Cromwell points out tn C;'H'
need OF the floating ssrvice was q
strated by the fact that between Ju.s ''
and July 81 $500 mothers and oN.I..'-
requiring treatment and car" wer' .s'
on the wharvts, as the boat was f'.s' o..
It's capacity allowed by law. F.shf
dred were left behind on ono '.' ~
alone.
Mr.. Cromwell reports thar q 'a.a. :
2.l3i patients We're admitted To : .u.-
Guild Seaside hospital at 81 N..
Staten Island. during the SUNNI. -'.t.
or this number, 2,oss Were discharge. H.
cured or improved. Thee WrI. '...
twenty-one deaths, as against tn.ri. -'rE'.
the year before, The number ot in.. 20.
days treatment was 23,A27.
During the year the total c".rt- q. .u
members OF the guild and con,r'u..r-.
including the city Of New Work, arou- no
TO sS3.ii9.02, Tho endowment fund rr'
amounts 10 s230,576.77, aga!us, :
1875 the previous year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
Of the stsss. It 10 ro,ns to usurp con-

Of the Stste. II IL eoins to usurp con-
troll Of all our schools and colleges.
'These tendencies must be stopped. or
before We know II the whole character Of
our Government will be changed; the sim
pie and free institutions OF our fathers
will not only have become the worst Gov
eminent that has ever ruled over civil
lised people. but 1t will also he the most
ignorant
"A centralized Government, meddling
with everything and attempting TO manage
everything. could not know the wants or
wishes of the people OF the localities; It
would be felt only In its blunders and It's
wrongs. It would be the most irrespon-
sible. and therefore not only the most OPP
presslve but also the most corrupt with
which any people have been cursed"
Mr.. TILDEN was not mere theorist.
He was a practical administrator as
we'll as a deep thinker, and he looked
far into the future. Yet did even Gov
ernor TILDEN forcsee a day when the
Federal power would be calmly invoked
to punish men and women for the
vicious acts which their wanton pas
sions led them to?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09

SHAKEsPEARE sometimes foreets the
austerely dual nature Of leach other"
as in "the cannibals that each other
eat SO in Henry W.:
That English may a. French. French
Englishmen.
Receive each other"
SO Bucktnghdm's exhortation In
Richard ILL.,:
you cloudy princes and heart-sorrowins
peers.
That bear this heavy mutual load Of
Now cheer each other in each others
love-"
And so on. Apparently the Warwick
shire lad cared as little for "rules' as.
according to legend, he did for the anti
poaching act. Hear Cousin Slender:
II have spoke with her and we have
a nayword how to know one another"
SHAKESPEARE didn't care, II he knew,
that zone another may not be said or
written Of two without lese grnmma-
rianism. SO EnobdrbMs in "AntOny and
Cleopatra" speaking Of Cesar and An
tony, says:
"lf you borrow one another's love for
the instant"
Doubtless diligent reading Of the
concordance to Shakespeare" Will
show easily more instances Of his care
lessness and inaccuracy. SO might q
dip into the "Tudor TRANSACTIONS" The
wretched Elizabethans and Jacobeans
who shamelessly said party" for "per-
son." n wickedness much rebuked by
the moderns. were capable Of anything.
Meanwhile. salutation and thanks to
our Tennessee friend, who believes as
firmly as we do that the English Ian
guage was made by and for the grnm-
marians and Is and should be and ever
shall be regulated by an intergramma.
rian commission.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
An Appeal to Summer Residents Of Maine.

To THE EpITon or THE SUN-Sir: Among
THE SUNS readers there must be some
generous persons who are summer resi-
dents OF Maine and will therefore be in
terested in the following statement: For
the past six years travelling humane
agent in Maine has been supported by
committee consisting chiefly OF summer
residents. The agent, appointed by the
Governor. has authority to enforce the
laws respecting dumb animals throughout
tho State and he goes TO any part OF the
state where his services are required,
There is "A state Humane Society In Port
land, and other societies In Auburn, Gardi-
ner. Pennington and Skowhcgan, and per-
haps one or two elsewhere, but these
societies have not the means or the ma
chnery to cover tho whole State Tho
local agents, appointed by tho Governor
and paid only by fees, can hardly DO ex-
pected to prosecute their own friends and
neighbors.
In the more remote parts OF Maine as
In every other State, there are cruelties
to horses and cattle, especially in winter
and early spring. when fodder becomes
scarce. OF which the passing visitor has
no conception. Last month our agent
found cattle and sheep In barn which
was absolutely without n roof or other
covering. Just now he Is looking after an
old lame horse that was turned outdoors
to starve and freeze TO death. We have
r'ceiNeu to-uay ietteT from anotner part
OF the state describing the case OF an old,
worn out horse. covered with sores. that
is forced to his feet by pitchfork in the
hand of his owner
our funds are exhausted and We beg
contributions, without which We must
dispense with our agents services when
they are most needed, Among the MEM
bers of the committee are Mrs. Margaret
Deland of Boston, Judge Sanders OF
Cleveland, Mrs. II. H. Mccormick and s.
Il. Taber OF Chicago
HENRY c. MERwIN,
Secretary. State House. Boston.
HENRY PASTOR CLARK,
Treasurer, 10 fremont street, Boston.
Boston, February Z.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
Consent OF the Governed in Hayti.

Theoretically the Haytian problem is
istration who are not its we'll wish
ers believe. How is Mr.. WILSON going
to recognize the right President Of
Hayti, they ask. when there are three
aspirants in the field, each appealing to
the people for support and making a
military campaign? They declare that
President WILSON nailed his nag to
the mast when he made the following
declaration:
I'VE hold that Just government rests
always upon the consent OF tho governed
and that there can be no freedom without
order based upon law and upon tho public
conscience and approval We shall lend
our influence of every kind to the realiza-
tion Of these principles In fact and prao-
tice."
But there Is no consent Of the gov
erned" In Hayti except by proxy. The
National Assembly. and not the people
at the polls, elects the President. He
appoints and dismisses all public func-
tionarles, commands the army and
navy, makes treaties subject to APP
proval by the legislature (nn empty
qualifcation). prOmulgates the laws
and issues DEGREES to enforce them,
and grants amnesty and pardon. lie
Is practically absolute. There is no
such thing as democratic rule IN Hayti.
This may be shocking, but It relieves
\ Mr.. WILSON from ascertaining what Is
the will Of the people.
When the National Assembly for.
mally elects successor to ex.PresLdent
MICHEL OREsTE ne must be recognized
In the meantime foreigners and their
property must be protected in the port
towns. A complication mny arise out
OF conflicting ambitions. or even out OF
the cooperation OF marines OF different
mtionalities. but that would be an
other matter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
SOCIAL INSt RANCE ORGt\I/I y
Franklin MacNcngh Chairman al
Congress Committee.

The committee ON organization - 40
International Congress al Suclh ...r.
ance, which is to DO held at NdSi..-
n October 1918, announced yost,rde" a
II has completed its orGani2Iuor. s.
Franklin MacNsaGh, ,N- secretary AZ
Treasury, Washington, u. g., as clio.
man.
The Merchantmen elected, Ur .
there are nine include Miss Jane \
samuel GOmpCrs and Miss A0Uc "
The executive committee iu,iud,e l". e
L. Brundcis Of Boston. Miles ST. U..
son, actuary, ana representatives. o.
number of corporations and lapor g..
Among tho matters to BE- dIscu'H,.. F,
vorkmen's compensation and aCcld,u.
ability and sickness insurance. N'.
surance plans for widows. orphaus !
others. - -----..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
ILLIrrRATEs OVER 10 YEARS OF AGE.
fe0O iQ1O
An Old school Book Dictum.

The sympathetic irony Of this in
quirer assures us that, like THE SUN,
he Is an admirer Of the "Grammarian's
Funeral:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir, For
many years tho only instruction have
received as to the correct use OF the Eng
fish language has been derived from the
close reading OF your Interesting news
paper. Please try TO imagine my grief
surprise and horror when ] saw this ex-
preston in the editorial article entitled
Tipping Public Servants"
"'whiie the President and Sheriff GRIP
ESHAGEs may not have consulted one an
other
May ! venture TO inquire whether. be-
cause Of their exalted station. the Presi-
dent and Sheriff GRiFENHAGEN are to be
considered as constituting three or more
persons. or whether tho old school book
dictum that In referring TO two we say
each other and IN referring to three or
more one another. Is no longer the lam
guage of anybody except grammatical
standpatter? CLARENCE II. BARRETT.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. February g."
II that dear old school book dictum
no longer dictates or is become severely
obiter, shall not our Borrowing hearts
be broken. even as PRIsCIAN's head so
often is? Has mighty "rule" OF the
grammar manufacturers been violated ?
May the ferules Of GooLD Brown and
LINDLEY MURRAY swat memorably the
| IN A. A hn Of th., ss,Nn-
tum'' or ''rule." what need to ask? Take
1t humbly as you take the weather.
| Still, we have to confess with shame
that our study was but little on the
grammar; and though rigid teachers
thrust the dictum IN question upon our
youth, and its excellence cannot he
doubted, there have been authors too
careless OF II. Must leach other" be
used of two and no more? Reach for
the Invaluable CRUDEN his Concord
ance." The King James's translators
are rendering st. PAUL and SILvANUs
and TIMoTHEUS unto the Church of the
ThessalOnians:
1--WE arc bound to thank GoD always
\ youp OiC'Hicii 10 ~ Hoct pNSduse
that your faith groweth exceedingly, and
the charity of every one OF you all toward
each other aboundeth."
1t IL fair TO say, however. that right
eousness and pence kiss each other ant
MOSES ana his father-in-law ask cacl
other OF their welfare, according to die
tum. OF course. the irregular and wilt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
A Great Democrat.

Could any man now in public life
describe more clearly and concisely the
methods of corruptionists than SAMUEL
J. TILDEN, who was born 100 years ago
to-day, did In his canal message under
date Of March 10. 1852
at is not merely IN the general laxity
and decentralization of official and political
life that we are to look for the causes of
these evils. The interest which fattens
on abuses OF public expenditure IS intel
llgent, energetic and persistent. Acting
as a unit. 1t takes part through its MEM
bers in the organization and the doinGs
OF both political parties seeks to control
nominations. rewards friends and pun
fishes enemies and IL begins TO operate
by every form OF seductive and coercive
influence on public officers as soon as they
are elected. The vast mass of the tax
payers are occupied In their daily indus
tries, on their farms and In their work
shops and cannot easily, and do not In
fact. make a business of politics. In a
silent contest with tax consumers they
are often practically unrepresented. 1t Is
only when they are aroused and organ
-. 81, 81, .o,ns, .h.a,,,..
- .,,',.,., ~, u..,.,a.n
NO words could pe more aPposlte 10
the situation IN which this statesman's
nation, his State, his city and many In
dividuals among his fellow citizens find
themselves to-day than these which
early In 1865, he addressed to the Sec
-, -, .,o rrro,s,,r,, 90 .,. yrr,..l,
e'a'eS'
''There is no royal road for Govern.
ment more than for an individual or a
corporation. What you want TO do now
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
Not an IIIiteratc Ele ctorate.

From Representative TowNER's report
on the bill providing for Federal IN
quiry into the causes Of illiteracy, in
which Is included the declaration that
there are 40 ,273,GO3 illiterate males OF
81 years and over in the United States
enough to determine any national cleo
ton at any period in our history" the
conclusion would naturally he drawn
that a new and highly disquieting con
ditiOn had arisen In the nation. Such
Is not the fact. The census figures
show that the number of white and
black illiterates in the United States
had decreased substantially between
1900 and 1910. II decrease that Is ex-
pected to continue during the present
decade. The figures showing the total
number Of illltcrates and their percent
age Of the whole population are:
ILLIrERATEs OVER 10 YEARS OF AGE.
1900. 1910.
Number. PC. Number. p. c.
Whites. :. 3.200.746 6.2 3.ls4,954 TO
Negroes .2.s53.l9+ AS 222S.Os7 3O.4
1t is plain from these figures that
the educational authorities have not
been idle, and that substantial progress
has been made toward an improvement
Of conditions. Moreover, how many of
Mr.. TowNER's 2,273.6o3 male illiterates
Of voting age have the ballot? A large
proportion Of them must be negroes in
the South. who are barred from tn,
polls, and hence cannot determine any
national election"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09

Lone sentry on the battered battle
ments Of heaven high protection. the
Hon. WILBUR FISK WAKEMAN looks at a
desolate country. Tears clot his ink:
I'VE have no change In opportunities
from two years ago except one. namely.
the Underwood free trade tariff. Congress
could change the whole situation In forty
eight hours. How? BY repeating the
Underwood free trade bill and substi-
tuting thereafter tho Payne-Aldrich bill Of
1909 or tho Dingley bill or 1897. Smash
Underwood free trade"
Last pontiff OF the tariff that fell from
heaven. last successor OF Pig Iron
KELLEY. all hail. not to speak OF frost!
Why did you neglect to tell tho world
that Just as there is an Irresistible
prosperity giving power in the very
word protection" so by n sound principle
Of mimetic or homeopathic magic there
cannot be an open winter save under n
tariff that opens American markets TO
the "pauper labor" OF Europe?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
HOW TO SAY "YES."
NO,cIists. Poets and Bachelors Have
Cra>c Doubts I Don the subject.


To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Str! In
the February North American Reriew MIR.
Richard L. Holbrook sets out TO prove
that Americans do not say Yes" Let
not the Night Blooming Husband seize
upon this and carry Il home 10 his wife
for Mr.. Holbrook goes on 20 say that We
substitute yep" 'yap," ''yeh.' 'yeh-a,'
"yawp." "eh-a." 'eh-up," &C.. for the Eng
lish yes
But he only scratches the surface OF the
subject with his string OF words Did for
m.r President Roosevelt ever say yes"
even when he was rendered the presiden-
tial nomination on the Bull Moose ticket?
such an idea is absurd He would never
desert his "de.l!ghted' child for the SIM
pie yves"
Have you ever. upon meeting an old
and long absent friend. said. BIZ. I'm
glad to sec yeh Cmon In here" II you
have ever. what did he do? Did he say
yes? He did not. Why waste words? lie
IMPLY linked his arm in yours and turned
sharp to the right Why say "eh-up'!
There are uovelists. poets, bachelors and
other such benightsd heather who believe
that Eyes" feminine is spelled no" This
may be all right as Ia theory. but the one
who believes II and tries TO put IL into
practice swell. he is simply commit
ting quick suicide.
Mr. Holbrook states that yes" leads
a prccarious life and its place has been
largely usurped by numerous other forms,
al in daily use. though only one has
found its way into any dictionary gener-
ally accessible. Well. why should they?
Stung 10y the bee Curiosity. traced down
each word and found both yep" and
"ylp" In my Century Dictionary" |
SHAH look for "css.' "eh-a," "ch-up."
"ya." "yawp," 'yeh-a." "yeh-up." &C.. In
Sebastian Rasle's "DiCtionary of the
Ahenaki language"
why the excitement? II Is easy enough
TO say yes" the thing is to say mo"
WILL SCARLET.
NEW Yong, February S.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
The Iiteracy Test Applied,

To THE EDITOR OF TIRE SuN-Sr, The
Hanks and Lincoln families were by no
means the only illiterates OF their day and
region who profoundly Influenced the course
OF American history Andrew Johnson,
Senator In Congress and President OF the
United States. could not sign his name to
tho marriage register and went to school
TO his wife. General Forrest. one OF the
greatest military geniuses developed by our
civil war. might have written his forty
words. but they would hardly have passed
the Ellis Island literacy test. You Will re-
call his celebrated despatch announcing one
OF his greatest victories: "Stll ELLEN UNI"
NEW YORK, February S. f. G. IL,