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Why DO They DO It"

Why do the Manhattan and Brook
Ign car lines always put on open cars
when the weather Is chilly, damp.
nasty, variably trying and usually bad?
Since open ears began in these regions.
such has been the practice, There Is
no spring in New York There is win
ter-and a tyrannous old codger and
slayer this one has been-and there
Is summer. No wizard can foretcll the
end of winter; and he Is always liable
to resume business at the old stand
without notice. The car sages seem
to have "A fixed open season. It's sum
mer In their barns when the rest Of the
world Is shivering and sneezing
Why do the car sages insist on herd
ing passengers into Influenza and pneu-
monia on wheels?
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ABOLISH THE NOSE BAG.
How Can 4 Horse Thrive Eating " an
\irtlght sack:

To THE EpIroR OF THE SuN-Sr. The
letter signed -. :. c." appeals strongly
to my nature Anything that can be
said or done to help dumb animals In this
city IS worthy OF aid
Not only are many OF the working
horses cruelty treated Oook At the coal
teams and teams on the trucks when
Cartiug snow this past winter,. but what
Is more cruel than the nose bag. the only
way horse can eat his dinner?
They are positively wicked, and II so
in winter what about them in summer
There Is practically no air at best Add
our summer climate. and II Is no surprise
many horses succumb to The heat.
What else can happen after meal
smothered by eating from a nose bag?
What is our 5. Z. G. A. for why don't
they abolish It? They can and are the
ones TO do Il. but the society. as aid to
horses and dogs, as see IT, Is mostly in
name.
The nose bag for horses should he abol-
!shed. q r.
Nsw YORK. April Z
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"YOU ALL," "YO' ALL" "iAWL."
tvirginian ON an Expression uni,ersal'
In the south.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: A
prolific source of mingled humor and irri-
tation is supplied Southern people by the
frequently Inaccurate use of southern
dialect in Northern novels and on the
stage and by what is apparently meant
as serious discussion OF the subject by
would be dialecticians. one of these dis
cussions Is now in progress between
readers OF your columns, the subject this
time being the phrase you ALL or its
contraction "yo' all" which Is pronounced
'yawi." The expression cannot legiti-
mately he called dialect. | think. unless
contracted
The humor is supplied by the inability
OF Northerners to understand Its use and
their Ignorance Of the fact that II Is
good usage as readers OF English litera-
turc know. The irritation Is evoked when
the expression IL used ignorantly by peo-
pie of other sections in the singular sense.
II is never 80 used in the South, so far
as n lifelong Virginian is aware. Con-
fusion is caused by the fact that fire.
quenty but one person Is addressed.
whereas reference Is to more than one
person For instance. a Southerner will ask
Of friend How are you all?' mean
ing, as the person addressed well knows,
to inquire "a TO the health of the friend
and his family. or OF others for whom he
can speak Knowing this he answers:
We are all WELL Intending to inquire
as 10 the health OF the person addressed
only. the form OF the query IL How are
you?' and the answer IL Il am we'll"
How would you all make the distinction
in one phrase?
Your correspondent who thinks that only
negroes and illiterate whites use the ex-
preston Is In error. II is used almost
universally and can be defended MS gram.
matically correct NrRGiNfAN
RICHMOND. Va. April :.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Man
absolutely hasn't any sense of proportion
lie is as witless to-day ms he was in the
time of Nero, who iddled while Rome
burned With the country going to the
dogs because Of mans corruption and
ineffiClcncy Suffering Yet" pens sonnets
30 a pretty suffragette whom he'd like
to kiss and squeeze" How like a man
How vain To imagine woman would
waste any time on such nonsense, with
her sisters being lnsulted by man in
England when they attempt to exercise
their rights and with man here wasting
time on small questions likePanama tolls
and tho Mexican situation and delaying
the publication of the country by with
holding the ballot from her, II | were
this bard I would try and fnd out some
t. ne of the serious affairs Of the world
so as to I've able 10 hold conversat ion
with this suffragette learn how to cook
and sew on buttons before bought her
cat and arranged for n house
JAMES y. DEwELI. Jr.
NV HAVEN. Conn April :
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The ]. ". ".

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sr; II
the |. W W. mobs enjoy dancing to the
music of policemen's clubs then by all
means give them all They want OF that
kind OF music
New York city has a social problem
confronting IL to-day that is far more
important in its potential aspects and
far more complex than the situation In
Mexico. As nation our problems are
Internal or social rather than external or
foreign The country has legslated Itself
into a state OF Industrial paralysis and il
Seems 10 devolve upon New York city as
the largest centre of population, to minis
ter to the social headache The Indus
trial Wreckers OF the World aim 10 cure
this by cutting off the head.
Far be the day when the man who
wants work may ever be led to believe
that the hOwlings Of tho mob who won't
work will help him. In suppressing the
|. w, w. riots therefore. New York city
is doing national work, and further
more seems To be doing II well More
power 90 the good right arms Of the
New York police LrwIs FORD
UTICA April I
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Throughout the primary campaign
which ended on Monday In the nomi-
nation Of OSCAR w. UNDERWOOD IS
Democratic candidate for United States
Senator from Alabama Mr.. UNDERWOOD
attended strictly to. his business as a
Representative in Congress while his oI-
ponent, Representative HoBsoN, stumped
the State. industriously assailing the
leader of the majority as tool of the
''liquor interests" and creature of the
money kings" That his wild and dem
agogic charges were ineffective Is graft
flying vindlcation of the good sense of
the majority of the Alabama elector-
ate. HOBsoN is tedious canting hum
bug. That such man should get such
vote shows how strong In Alabama
is the prohibition movement, whose
''patter" IIoBsON utters 81 unctuously.
President WILSON'S contribution to
Mr.. UNDERwooD's campaign took the
form of inducing Representative CLAY
TON to withdraw from the contest and
remain In the House. This brought the
tight down 10 clear cut issue between
HoBsoN and UNDERwoop. Had CLAyroN
remained in the field the returns of
Mondays balloting might have told
different story.
Transplant.ng Mr. UNDERWOOD to the
Senate leaves the House Democrats
with serious problem to solve I'm re.
lecting his successor. Mr.. UNDERWOOD
has been notably successful In manag.
Ing an unwieldy majority. The man
who takes his place IN the S!x,y.fourth
Congress may not have so many follow
ers, but they will be not less d!hicult 10
keep IN good humor Yet the Demo.
cracy cnnnot be so poor In personnel as
10 he unable TO III the vacancy salts
fa0ortly. If 1t is that fact is worth
knowing.
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II has been THE SUNS pleasure to
devote considerable space and effort in
the past to advertising the methods and
practices of the Sterling Debenture
Company. It's allied corporations and
their interesting managers. our atten-
ton to these worthless being rendered
without their invitation and at times
in the face of protests from them
which took the form Of threats. That
the postal authorities and the Federal
courts have at last given certain indi-
viduals connected with the corporations
about what they deserve In the way of
prison sentences is highly gratifying
They were adroit and painstaking in
their swindles and thought they could
evade the statutes without hampering
their trade. 1t will encourage honest
men to see them laid low.
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children OF the Fleet,

Now that the good Grapejuicc bottle
ship Josephus is in Dry Dock and the
wine mess Is no more. unless the Jo-
sephian ukasc he revoked by q Presl-
dent only too familiar with the prag-
matism Of Secretaries. we seem to hear
the voices OF the navy officers, those
Innocent wards of patcrnal Govern
ment. uttering blessings on the Tarheel
Nelson and chanting that noble old
early Blowing Rock hymn OF his
Under the gamdeboo
dream, sweet love. OF YOU.
For my soul is cry'n'
For Old frLL BRYAN
Cader the gamieboo I"
How beautiful and guilelcss is this
stanza compared with the wet and evil
II classical" ballad. Farewell 20
Grog." composed "on the capstan head
Of tho United States sloop Of war Ports
mouth August 81. lsG.," ny Assistant
Paynastcr CAsPAR &. SCHivK
scene; Wardroom of the L : 49,.
Tine: Night OF Angus, a. 1862 The
law abolishing grog takes effect Septem
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Reforming the Parcel Post

To TnH EDITOR M rnE SuN-Su, A CORE
spondeni says that TO natl singl, book
weighing about two pounds by parcel
post costs hi"I II cents while he can mail
two of these books for nine cents, and
therefore ne puis IN bricks to make up the
n" "Sshry weight In mailing one book (
copy the following from a printed Motto. In
oLT post ONCE;
"prier 80. 17Ol on aud after March l6
l9lt tho parcel post service SHAH
l.. eStcnted so Ms TO include books .
ana on hose Weighing In excess Of eixh,
ounces N" regular zone rate shall apply p"
The notice Is over the name ~ IA. Post
master GENERAL
The parcel post mas airoad, cnnh.el ,,.
20 gri butter and many othor catabie.
from tho producers Al reduced rates and n
'nte,hgenil' used wul prove 70 eqng, houeet
TO all Ca>,rurn
fRiN0EruN, y Apri :
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Two dish dinners may'never become
the rule In New York, but the short
dinner is now so well established that L
would be impossible TO persuade any
guests to sit often through the formal
dinners customary not many years ago
The German Emperor has shortened all
dinners to three-quartcrs Of an hour,
but II Is not reported that he has
limited the supply Of food 70 be enjoyed
on such occasions.
New Workers with the theatre or other
diversion In prospect have approached
the short dinner question from another
viewpoint The result has been the con-
'lusion that II is better To enjoy n few
dishes thoroughly than TO scurry through
twice IA many So In spite OF the
frightened dcnials of tho rcstaurateurs,
II II a fact that the New York dinner
Is growing shorter 80 steadily that It is
already near the two dish standard
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There is no special significance in the
drop In the home rule majority in the
House of Commons. WILLIAM ORRIEN
and his following RETAINED from vot-
ing. But II there had been any special
need for their votes no doubt they
would have been counted in favor Of
the bill. So far as i,s support in the
Commons goes there can be no doubt
as to the passage OF the measure II
there be any hitch from now on II must
result from outside influences.
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The Testimony Of the Interstate
Conn sion.

w Ss"sN
Commits sion.
From a Washington despatch in yes
terday's sun we reprint these figures
collected and just published by the
Interstate Commerce Commission:
''For the month OF February. 1914. the
net revenue per mile on the Eastern rail-
roads was slss as against s4i3 a year
ago.
The total operating revenue OF the
Eastern carriers was s71.943.390 in Feb
~uary, as against ss3.5S2.?o6.
The total operating expenses in Feb
ruary OF this year amounted to ss3,3l1.se7,
as against s64.s33.l23 a year ago.
I'm net operating revenue there was a
remarkable decline. one that Is said to
be unprecedented. In February, 1914 the
net operating revenue amounted to only
ss,63i.4ss as against s1s,949.7s3 in Feb
ruary, 1918.
1.-THE revenue per mile IN February
amounted to s1,565, as against s1.s2l a
year ago"
The commission continues to take
testimony. Its own testimony is more
than sufficient to establish the conten-
ton Of the railroads for an increas Sc
Of rates.
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Come. Landlord. Fiji

Der I, 1862. Air: Come, Landlord. Fill
the Flowing Bowl
Come, messmates. pass the bottle round
our time IL short, remember.
For our grog must stop and our spirits
drop
On the first day Of September
Farewell. Old Rye, tits a sad. sad word.
hut. alas II must be spoken;
The ruby cup must he given Up
And the Demijohn be broken.
Jacks happy days will soon be gone.
To return again, oh. never.
For they've raised his pay i've cents a day.
hut stopped his grog forever.
yet memory oft will backward turn
And dwell with fondness partial
On the days when gin was not a sin
Nor cocktails brought courts ma rtiai
"(Bo's'n's mate pipes An hands splice
the main brace.)
"All hands 20 splice the main brace call,
But splice II now In sorrow,
For the spirit room key will he laid away
Forever on tomorrow"
The pay Of the nations tender wards.
the naval officers, has not been raised.
It is their moral standard that has
been elevated. Invisible leading strings
keep them from falling. From the
coming towers Of Virtue the Hon.
JosEPHus DANIELS and his first love,
Colonel BRYAN, watch with moist eyes
their little charges. safe now against
the temptation Of the wine cup
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SENATOR OLTJER'S VOTE.
4 Constituents plain Language About
Ills shift IN canal ENcniptlOn.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. Did
you not Inadvertently make a mistake
when, editorialiy commenting on the de-
cision Of Senator Oliver OF PENNSYLVANIA
to vote against the tolls repeal bill. YOU
said that he had changed his mind?
Has a man mind who shows 80 little
conception OF Senator's responsibility
that he will vote, not ms conscience and
intelligence direct, but as he in,asines the
majority OF his constituents Think ! say
imagine, Cor Mr.. oliver has no real idea
Of what the best people Of the state de-
sire II he Judges that they approve OF free
tolls TO coastwise shipping In spite OF the
treaty Az you saw Il Ia the duty Of a
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I Stccd for n Sccretar,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. |
agree with Henri de Laftole, Secretary
Bryan shouldn't Ice stlnted by the tight
wads at Washington from proper furhe-
lows when out calling.
But since Mr. Bryan obviously considers
Chautduqua more important than the
great office OF Secretary of State. why
wouldn't II bo fitting to reRale him with
the equipment Of the tent and get him
nm elephant to ride. with keeper 10
guide II and 4 yodlcr to herald his m.
proaCh and deliver his card SIF.ry
New HAVEN. Conn, April
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with convicts made TIE prisoners be-
lieve the warden would not dare to fire
on them Even the testimony Of
THOMAS MofT OSBORNE and other volun-
tary and involuntary inmates Of penal
institutions fails to convince us that all
the convicts are gentle folk suffering
un1ustly the abuses OF brutal oversecrs
and masters
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From ne Neic orleans Times Dem ocyof
Rosie did not come this morn.
All tho house IL lott forlorn,
Rosie Is our cook
Rosie IL, or rather was, n
Now, tho family place composite
Has gloomful look
ios,o's vi" rust Is divine
Rosie pots aud kettles shine.
Rosie bread Is ight
Rather. these things Used 10 T..
Then Ne spoke " her with rl..
Rosie WAS all right
Al this vas I'm Rosie's back
"fuck Wis'ry," alas. alark
Joy then took wing
Rosi" Fruaned and gruntrd Aon,c
Nos'" sreN morose and slum
Rosie didn' sing
Rosie "a NOT come to-day
In 'he house there's that 70 ma,
7 cant Aer,io. I.
tosI' fat ari o.nch -. at
Rosie dealt ~ v"kind howl
hss GU 7 ,s.s cvi'i
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Ark anSans. Arse.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Su. Re
ferrng to the communication OF Mr.. David
a Curtis with reference to the use of
you air or "yo' air as applied to one
person IN the South. ] wish 20 say that
although | have lived In the South all my
life ar have come in contact with all
sorts and conditions OF men including
slaves and eN-slavcs. | have never heard
the expression applied to one person. and
| maintain that no such use is common
among any class in the South.
| call for witnesses for or against my
position from Arkansas, where Mr.. Curtis
locates his gambling stories. and other
Southern States. as this Is the time TO
settle the question. and | hope your
readers In the South will respond
J. X. SATTERFIELp.
SELMA Ala April e.
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The 'Fnir" Financial s:crrynaudrr

70 TIVE EnIroR OF THE SrN-Su.
have hcen doubling the independence Of
THE SrN for some time. hut my doubts
are amply confirmed ny reading your
editorial article on The Financial Gerry
mander' to-day
No fairer, broader. more enlightened
adjustment NJ the Federal reserve dis.
tricts could be made than has been ar
ranged by the committee Criticism,
based on selhshness. prejudice, local mar
rowmIndcdness aud political antagor,sm
cannot prcva! against H.
Make better division, II YOU can.
Nrw YORK. April r. Ms
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How 10 Build Ash Carts.

To THs EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. In
the name of efficiency" why does not
Commissioner Fetherston build his ash
carts with drop axle and thereby limit
the lift which must be given ash cans
10 the top of the wheel. or possibly even
lower? two wheel cart such ms might
be used by farmer IN n stump filed
field Is Indispensable In city streets
WILLIAM T. WHITE,
Captain. L. :, n. Retired
LOWELL. MISS. Anril I
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Another Look at tho New Financial
Map

~ II nov new 1Ork, eltner city or
state, which is in eruption over the
miserable business that the Federal
reserve bank organization committee
has so far made Of the task 80 confid-
ingly entrusted to 1t. New York has
been shabbily dealt with. but. to para
phrase the remark Of President WILL
SON in other premises. New York Is
big enough to overlook the stupidity
OF the reserve system organizers and
powerful enough to he sure that its
financial supremacy vii, survive unless
fatuous politics Is able to wreck the
economic welfare Of the country.
With other cities 1t is somewhat
different. New Orleans, for example.
Is directing thunderous protest to
Washington against its omission from
the list Of Federal reserve cities, an
omission all the more astonishing be
cause OF the preference accorded to
Richmond. Atlanta and Dallas. There
is good deal Of force In the facts set
forth in the resolutions passed at a
the city's demand for recognition.
Its population is $4,000 greater than
the population Of Atlanta and Rich
mond combined. 1t Is the second
greatest port in the United States and
is the largest centre Of manufacturing
Industry in the South, its totar produc-
ton being $4,000. 900 greater than
the aggregate output Of Dallas and
Atlanta. In banking resources Il ex-
ceeds Dallas and Atlanta In combina-
tion by about $16,000.000 and its as
sessed property valuation is One-third
greater than the total of Atlanta and
Dallas and with the completion OF the
Panama Canal New Orleans may we'll
look forward to an era Of prosperous
expansion.
Having already been hard hit by
the blow which tariff revision struck
at the sugar industry In Louisiana, II
Is not remarkable that New Orleans
should see In the slight which has been
put upon 1t by the Federal bank or
ganizers an exhibition Of mischievous
politics. Indeed there is an obvious
justification for the imputation that
the committee was artuated very
largely by political rather than by
economic considerations.
The fact sticks out all over the
banking map Of the country drawn by
the committee that certain arbitrary
designations Of financial centres were
made, Some reserve districts were so
charted as to support the contention
that. granted such districts. Richmond,
Atlanta and Dallas would he the logi-
cal reserve cities therein. 1t Is this
which enables the committee 10 pre-
sent specifically plausible defence
for itself in the statistical fluctuations
which II is now issuing to explain its
course. The process followed was, how
ever. Numerically opposed to that laid
down in the reserve act
II "due regard had been had by
the committee To 1.-THE convenience and
customary course Of business" the ex-
listing commercial centres of the United
States, the cities which already act as
commercial clearing houses for large
areas would first have been designated
as reserve cities and the districts
would have been arranged around
them. The committees method seems
to have been first to plot the dis.
tricts and then to select the centres.
the object of this method being to
permit few favored cities TO he arbl.
trarily chosen.
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To THr EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. Can
you imagine 1t? ON naval property after
July / no more Welsh rabbits with their
ingredient of ale, no more miuce pie, plum
pudding or preserved peaches with their
ingredient of brandy. what Is life without
them? WIN the naval recruiting pros
pcCtus be- revised accordingly?
CHARLES b ToRMsY
RRooRLyN. April :.
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Snow and rain, snow up the state:
two inches at Glover; snow promised
cat least It was yesterday morning, even
II the weather warlocks changed their
minds later in the day.: To parody the
affecting remark of Mr.. TrRvEYpRoP. O
April April, what n month you are
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Salt to kill mosquitoes .-Heddline.
This must be the simple way, the
good old plan recommended in our bow
hood for catching larks You sprinkle
little on their tails and they hon
into your hand
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Famous o chestra conductors pose for
the film pictures. -Boriin despdtch
This ought to be cheering to these
who, regard music as one of the least
disagreeable of noises yet are anxious
10 see such lords of the baton "a
RICHARD STRAUSS and SIEGFRiEp WAGNER
at work.
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knowing.
Mr.. Rockefeller on a Natural Right

DO you not think" asked Chairman
Foster Of the House Con,lttee on
Mines and Mining of Mr.. Joux d
h"'ktitLLts, Jr.. that the fact that
the United States Government has
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One of TIE directors Of tho California
state prisons believes that tho at
tempted escapes nj Rcpr"sa, In which
the guards found Il necessary To shoot
ave prisoners, were She result of too
uuCh coddlinp and maudlln sympathy "
and another director declares that pub
licly expressed sentimental sympathy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-08

MARY RICHARDSON now goes free to
recuperate after "A hunger strike. All
the Venuses in London had better go
into hiding at once.
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N our friends rho fdror US nth manuscripts and
Illustrations fov publication IRISH to hare rc ,eeted
ay0eks returned thsv must IN alt cases send stamp,
IoY that purpose
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Those kisses were Illusions, pleads the
defendant in current cause c6lahre.
OF course they were. They all are
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london once bingham House. I Arundel
street, Strand
Paris once. 9 Rue de Ia Michodlere. on Rue du
ouave Septembre.
washington once. Hibbs Building
Brooklyn once. ios Livingston street,