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\ Question OF Public Policy,

A very simple issue has been sub
mltted to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for determination in the so.
called Eastern railroad rnte case. the
reopencd hearing of which has now been
closed
What the commission Is called upon
to do Is 10 declare In concrete terms the
public policy which Is to govern the reg
ulation of railroad rates. From the
original conceptions of supervision
Intended to prevent rebates and other
determinations regulation has become
In effect Government management of
railroad enterprise which depends for
lis maintenance and extension on the
support afforded by private capital.
Regulation of railroad rates IL today
established on these major premises /:
that the railways are u public institu-
tion privately financed that their oper-
alton for the good of the whole country
Is guaranteed by governmental control
Of the rate factor Of revenues; that rev.
enues must he adequate to sustain rail.
road crSlt in the market for invest.
mcnt capital
From every quarter comes the evil
dence which supplies the minor prem
i~cS for the present argument addressed
In Government regulation that before
the war abroad there was an INSULT
cheney OF railroad revenues so manifest
that the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion Itself conceded II: that the war
has produced and will produce such
business aud financial consequences rs
greatly to augment the antebcllum dis
advantages from which railroad credit
was suffering; that 1t is to the inter
nst of the whole country tn have support
for railroad enterprise assured by ahll-
lily to adjust factors Of revenue to the
Of traffic and the price OF
capital.
The conclusion which the Interstate
Commerce Commission Is asked To reach
Is that public policy requires the grant
VI advances In rates which will show
hat Government regulation does not
N''''N l'h' tNhi ItEhIt l'T llIe pres
'rvation Of railroad credit and 80
investment confidence as on
he one hand TO deter nm apprehensive
liquidation of railroad securities dan |
,erous to the whole structure of Ameri. |
an finance in which railroad values |
ire thoroughly Incorporated. and on the |
'thcr to assure the supplies OF capital |
which, even under regime Of the |
trictest economy, the railroads are 60.
NC 10 need for the public service which |
hey perform.
There Is just one large question IN
olved In the rate case. A cloud of oh
curing considerations can be thrown
round the matter Of n : per cent. adj.
ance In freight charges and what II
means 10 shippers II the railroads re-
Give the relatively small addition 10
heir earnings which will accrue from
he grant of such an advance. The
cal issue Is whether or not Govern
1ent regulation recognizes the credit
mergency that has long been looming
y In the railroad prospect and has
ow been precipitated In the emergency
Z war.
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DOUBLE BARRELLED HELP.
\ scheme to Benent BeIgians and Amer
leans.

To THE EpIroR or THE SUN-Sh, Re
sides aid OF other kinds for the suffering
Belgians, which We ought 10 he pouring
out still more generously than we are. /
would suggest that We undertake the
making on large scale OF undercothing
OF very heavy but loosely woven un-
bleached cotton OF the simplest possible
design.
The need for food comes FIRST of course.
but what money Is to go for clothing
would be particularly effective in this
way, and at the same time II would give
temporary employment to our own poor
stenographers, &C. who have been thrown
out OF work
This Is what the Society OF Spugs, ~
that Is It's name is dining. but II should
be done on much larger scale.
Cnderclothing made of anything less
luxurious than csmbric. suppose the
readers know, Is no longer to be found
in the shops OF this country. Hence
the making OF such garments as de-
scribe would interfere with no existing
Industry. and would do its mite toward
the utilizing OF our superahundant crop
or cotton. CHRISTINE LADD FRANKLIN.
NEW YORK, October 90
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To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: Mrs.
Pethick Lawrence, the English militant
suffragette, Is quoted az saying, In refer
ence to tho war In Europe:
This is a terrible dog fight that Is going
on over there. Nobody knows why thew
are hghting or what they are hghtlng for.
II such utterancss Indicate the mental
callbre OF the English suffragettes Eng
land Ii showing great wisdom in denying
them the vote. II Mrs. Lawrence. an
acknowledged leader is not able to com
prehend the causes of the present strug-
gle, in which the best blood OF her own
country, to say nothing of France Bel
GUM and Germany, is being spilled, IT
does not augur well for her comprehen-
sion of the political questions she and the
other suffragettes would be expected 20
vote upon intelligently.
To characterize the titanic struggle now
going on as dog fight" Is an afrront 10
every soldier on the field AS the mother
OF son who has gone to fight for what
ne believes to be the cause of human
liberty In the greatest war In history. 7
resent with all my mind and heart the In
suit so gratultously offered by "A woman
who most certainly does not know what
they are fighting for" 1t is not given
10 such woman to have a vision of the
great things of life, and one could pity
her were not every other sentiment swat.
lowed up by Indignation
SOLDIERS MOTHER
MOUNT VERNON, October 90
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WORK FOR UNIFORM WEIGHTS.
Interstate Conference Prepares for
National CampaIgn

At the second days session of the In
terstate conference ON weights and meas
ures, held yesterday in the mechanical
station Of the Mayors Bureau of Weights
and Measures PA West FortN-ninth street
"A resolution was adopted recommending
that such action he taken by weights
and measures officials throughout the
United States as will obtain support for
any national movement having as its oh.
Ject the establishment of uniform regu-
lations. specifications and tolerances. This
action followed a discussion Of the Ash
brook bill. recently introduced In Con-
gress, providing for Federal regulation
OF weights and measures.
Commissioner Joseph Hartigan, who pre-
sided, said that those at the conference
believe great benefits would accrue 10
producers and manufacturers by the en-
actment of the laws proposed to give
legal force to the recommendations on
tolerances and specifications made At tho
national conference on weights and meas
ures In Washington last May. The con-
ference agreed that the passage OF State
and Federal legislation would do much
to remove the hardships endured by mer-
chants. manufacturers and producers in
Interstate commerce who are Obliged TO
comply with variety of laws on weights
and measures
The conference will conclude to- dsy
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XIII the snake!

Some Of the eastern counties OF New
York are thick with anonymous cards.
the device Of the Guardians Of Liberty.
that read thus:
TO Americans. II YOU elect an Irish
Catholic Governor this year the Jews
will demand the same right two years
from now. DO you want to be governed
by Catholics and Jews"
There YOU have the programme Of
these amiablc ianitors of liberty" who
would deprive citizens of Irish birth or
descent. Jewish citizens. Catholic citl-
zens, of the liberty to hold office. The
prescription rhus initiated must spread
II Il Is successful this year. II invites
reta,iationS. II necessitates resent
mentS. If jew and Catholic can be
struck down by midnight budgeons Of
uHmeicSs con>piratorS against religious
liberation. so can Protestants. II to be
Irish" Is to he on the political black
list, men of German. English. Scotch,
Welsh. italian, French Lineage are sub.
iect 10 the same punishment The
methods If this loathsome vehmgerlcht
can he applied 10 any nationality. any
religious profession.
This country has taken many races
to its hosptable bosom. Its citizenship
In composite of many origins aud
many strains. We are all immigrants
ar their descendants. Here. where
equality Of law and right and freedom
of worship or abstention from worship
are bestowed on ALL where many sources
have mingled in one peaceful stream "
Amerlcanism, IS the most unfit and the
most perilous place TO revive prejudices
OF race or religion and to seek TO dis.
privilege citizens.
II Is impossible and unnecessary to
appraise the part Of ignorant fanati-
cism and the part OF mere political |
meanness and malice in this sorry and |
belated Guy Fawkes procession. Its |
dishonoring smudge drops upon the |
name American" name now not for |
the first time filched for such has uses. |
All Americans OF New York who know
what Americanism Is. who understand |
that American liberty makes no dis
tinction Of descent or belief, but pro
tects all Americans without regard to
their ancestry or their religious or ir-
religious opinions: all Americans Of
New York, Protestants, Catholics, Jews,
Christian Scientists, agnostics, who be-
lieve in that American liberty, are sick
cned by this deliberate effort TO foster
division and hatred In this great fam
lily, this one household Of many faiths
and peoples
XIII this snake of bigotry next Tues.
day!
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MORE GERMAN ATROCITIES.
The Separation OF Prisoners According
to Their Nationality.

TO THE EpiToR OF THE SUN-Sir: n
Seems To me that the New York papers
have failed to notice one OF the most
atrocious atrocities OF the nhuman Ger
mans. According to all reports the Ger
mans are keeping their prisoners Of war
or the various nationalties In separate
camps They give as an excuse that the
prisoners would fight among themselves
unless separated according to nationality
especially that the Bylgians cannot be left
FOR moment alone with the French on
account OF their furious hatred of the ma
ton which in their opinion has betrayed
them. This OF course IN a lie, like every
other statement coming from the German
side. lie so contemplate that even the
German Ambassador could not improve
on II. and the neutral nations should In
sist that the Germans give up their inhu-
man practice Mt once.
All prisoners. French. Ghurkas, Cock
neys, Cossacks, Welsh Servians High
landers, "sunburnt" Turcos. Irish, Sikhs.
Belgians, Spahis. Canadians. not to for
get the Japs. should Immediately be
quartered together shuffied like "A pack OF
cards. Men who have slept together will
understand each other.
The result would be that this would
really settle, pardon me. seal the new ALL.
ance which Is destined to protect Euro
pean civilization against the barbarians
II IL should be found--what seems I'M
however-that some Of the men
are ignorant enough not 10 know that they
have been fighting against militarism and
nhardi-Treltschke philoso-
ply then ] would propose that the inter-
national committee, consisting OF. say, Ar
mold Bennett, Clemenceau and Maeter-
linck, with EXPIRES dent Charles W. Eliot
as chairman. be sent TO the various camps
TO lecture on these topics. The millennium
would be assured FAIR PLAY.
NEW YORK October 40
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Should the Government Side with
Anarchyo

II is beyond belief that President
WILSON should seriously contemplate
such an eNpedient of mingled oppres.
sion aud cowHrdlce ms the closing OF
the Colorado coal mines In order TO
avert violence and bloodshed on the
part Of the striking miners who have
terrorzed the State for many months.
Whether regarded as II wanton aggres.
SION T1on property rlghts or as fatal
SURRENDER 10 rampant lawlessness the
propnSnt Is equally condcmnable. We
doubt that the President or any mem.
beers Of the Administration have Ell.
terinined II, II is amazing that even
IN the talk Of the capital such an act
should he thought possible,
II Is not merely as an exercise Of
federal power that the mootcd course
is objectionable II is true that II in.
wives an arbitrary control over intra.
state rights and interests which could
not gain constitutional sanction with.
on, extraordinary distortion of tho text
ana the spirit NJ the organic contract
petween the Federal Government AMI
the states. But the greatest objection
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The entrance of Turkey into the
great war will apparently compel
Greece and Rumana to make common
cause with the nations opposed 10
Germany and Austria. and II Is diffi.
cult TO see how bulgaria can cling to
her neutrality. She may be forced to
take one side or the other. Turkey has
lit another fire in the Balkan Peninsula
that threatens 10 become connagr1
ton. Racial antipathies and rivalrics
Will not decide the issue of war or
peace, 50 much as concern for national
Integrity and expectation of benefits
to come. Rumanla's seizure recently Of
II train of munitions Of war consigned
To the Turks from Germany confirmed
an Impression that Rumania'S sympa.
thies were with her ally of the war Of
1867, which ended with IA Russian
army at the gates of Constantinople.
The war party at Bucharest was held
In check by King CHARLES, monarch
who had the respect and affection of
his subjects, but with his death il he.
came dominant.
The presumption is that the splendid
Rumanian army. superior in numbers
ana efficiency to the military forces of
any Of the Balkan States lately Mt war
with Turkey, will now be modified
Tor service In the field with Russia.
Can Bulgaria afford TO be a neutral
buffer State between Rumanla and Tur-
Key not to speak of the menace of
Greek and Servan hostility in the
West? Turkey having assumed the Of
fensive against Russia in the Black
Sea. Bulgaria will have 10 consider
where her interests lie and what the
future holds in store for her II she
again, and for the third time IN three
years, becomes belligprent.
Italy, also lately at war with the
Porte, will find II equally or more
to maintain her neutrality uu.
der the new conditions made by the do
rision Of Turkey to cast her fortunes
In with Germany and Austrin. Tn.
old hatred OF Austria as despoiler of
Italy will leap into flame In every CITY
from Venice TO Palermo. And Itnly |
VIII have to consider the retention of |
Islands wrested from Turkey and tho |
security of her new colony OF TripolI. ,
In Italy public sentiment has been
'allinG for the tearing up of the scrap |
81 paper binding her as party TO the
triple Alliance. and entrance into the
war as an antagonist Of Austria for
he recovery OF the coveted provinces
VII be more popular than ever.
Aside from the provocatlon TO other
lations TO take part IN the war, the
Important question raised by the action
II Turkey Is in what manner she can
I'D her allies. Her troops cannot be
lsei In the campaigns in Central and
Western Europe, at least for the pros.
mt. II may therefore be supposed that
heir use will he n strategic one III.
'ccted by Germany against Egypt. I'm
rider to harry and emhnrrass Eng
ana, and against the Black Sea proy
noes az Russia. In both cases the
'amnatgn would he slow and dublous
because OF the superiority in sea power
u RUSSIA In the Black Sea and OF Eng
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GOVERNOR GLYNN AND THE RE-
PUBLICAN TAXPAYER.
4 Republicans Disinterested Advice to
the New York Voter.


To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-str: Tax
payers of this nation. State and city
are grooming under intolerable burdens.
To the taxes on real estate and on bust
! scores OF taxes have lately been added,
many Of them inquisitorial and inequi-
table, and all Of them in some degree I'M
necessary. And from the legislative
halls Of the national Government down
10 the assembly rooms Of the smallest
civil divisions all over the country a
wave OF reckless expenditure is sweep
Ing, with only here and there an official
with sufficient courage TO protest or
veto.
with the peoples money lies in the
failure Of the people themselves TO call
halt. They complain, but they do not
act. And yet the rebuke OF reckless
officials by their defeat at the polls and
the encouragement OF the few econo-
mists we have by enthusiastic reflections
would correct conditions that are sim
ply intolerable.
How can any taxpayer hesitate 10
vote for Governor Glynn? lie vetoed
the direct tax bill, and then made d.
rect tax unnecessary by vetoing extrav-
agant appropriations; and he cut and
slashcd in other directions until nearly
eleven millions Of dollars belonging to
the people, which a reckless Legislature
wanted to waste, was saved to the peo-
pies treasury.
Cannot everybody see that there will
be no help for us II we fail 20 stand by
a man like that that his defeat
would be an Endorsement of reckless
and a plain notice to all
economists In public ofrice that they
cannot rely on the support of the tax
payers and might as we'll quit?
Let taxpayers who have done nothing !
hitherto but grumble at their burdens |
go to the polls on Tuesday and act!
New YORK, October 20. w. II. q.
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YASSAR GIRL AMONG
SO CARNEGIE HEROES
Phoebe Briggs, Who sayca
Three Students From brown.
ing, Gets Silver Medal.
TWO n. j. MEN LOST LIVES

PiTTsBURG, oct. 3O.--Thc Carnegie Her,
Fund Commission at its annual meeting
here to-day recognized sixty acts OF
heroism. In fifteen cases silver medal.
were awarded in hfty-four cases bronx.
medals Thirteen of the heroes lost th.i.
lives, and TO the dependents o. three ,s
THESE pensions Hggregating $l.9NO a ycs.
were granted To the dependents Of scy,..
OF the others who lost their lives We.
granted sums totalling $4,000, to be lp-
piled, subject to the direction NJ the com
mission, In various ways.
In one case disablcmcnt dement's ~
si1O0 and a pension of $50 a month We.
granted. Besides the money grants n
twelve cases sums aggregating 2i,uop
were appropriated for educational pu..
poses, payments to be made az needed
and approved. In forty-one cases awards
aggregating $4,000 were made, 10 be ap.
Piled toward the purchase Of homes and
to other worthy purposes
In the following cases In this district
the money grants are not mentioned. by
order of the commission:
Phoebe Briggs, i'm care of Nassar col
lege, Poughkeepslc, silver medal. Miss
Briggs. aged 90 a student, saved Laura
NJ. Rciner. Annie j. Oldham and Myra "
liulst. aged 20. - and 20 respectively.
from drowning at roughkeepsie, February
4, 1913. Miss Reiner and four compan-
ions accidentally coastod onto the ice ON =
lake ON the campus of Nassar College At
night and broke through. one woman
came up under the Ice and was drowned
but the others Rrasped the edge of the ice
Miss Briggs crawlcd toward the hole.
pushing small sled ahead OF her. Miss
lteiner and Miss Oldham In turn grasped
the sled and were pulled TO safety.
Miss Briggs went toward tho hole a
third time. but the Ice broke and she fell
into water nine feet deep. She pushed
the sled down. and 1t remained in a per-
pendicular position, resting on the bottom.
She then got her feet on tho sled and
Miss Hulst several minutes
until man took them both TO safety.
Miss Hulst was unconscious but revived
Harry l.. Wyman, deceased West
Second street, MoOrestown y, j. bronze
medal to father. Wyman, aged -.
painter. died attempting to save q. Allen
Seltzer aged %, a designer from drown
Ing In Rancocas Creek at BOUCHER. y. j..
August II, 1918. Wy'man wadcd and
swan thirty-fve feet to the distressed
man and caught him under the armpits
Wyman kept Settlers head above water
for "A time but both men sank and were
drowned.
Henry West deceased Chapel Hill, SC:
silver medal to father. West negro,
aged 81, crossing Waterman, died
'aving Judson A. Havland. aged ., and
Charles W. Jones, aged II, from being
'un over by n train at Asbury Park. y. J.,
september 81, 1913. The boys were driv-
ng pony toward "A track on which
passenger train was approaching West.
Who had only one arm. waved a warning
q them and then ran across the track and
grabbed the harness beneath the pony's
read. The pony turned aside and West
ost his hold. falling. \ step of the engine
truck him. causing Injuries from which
lie died. Neither OF the boys was Injured.
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True ANERICiNTSN.

From tho Constitution Of the United
states NJ America mo religious test
shall eyer he required as a qualification
to any office or public trust under the
United States"
From the Constitution OF tho State Of
New York: "The free exercise and en-
iovment Of religious profession and wor-
ship. without discrimination or pref
erence. shall forever he allowed IN this
State to all mankind"
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land and France in the Mediterranean.

land and France in the Mediterranean
a naval attempt by the latter Powers
to force the Dardanelles and. If success
full, the Bosporus in conjunction with
the Russian fleet will doubtless be
planned. but 1t would be most difficult
and hazardous. since by this time both
channels must have been mined with
the assistance of German engineers.
Whatever course the military opera
tons may take, the overt acts of Tur-
key. constituting n declaration OF war
to the bitter end, threaten to involve
all the other nations of Europe except
Spain, Switzerland, the Scandinavian
countries and Holland.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Str. The
way that the cats are treated In this civ
Is simply Infamous. People move away
and leave the cats behind. 10 starve or
freeze to death In the streets and be
chased by dogs and devillsh little two
legged monsters called boys"
Such treatment should be, considered
criminal and tho responsible offenders
sent TO Jail
am not entirely in favor OF cats being
allowed In the city at ALL but as long as
they are allowed they should be treated
"'Sens'', T.. II. J.
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To TnE Enron OF THE sUN-Sir. We have
a cast aluminium tea kettle that is In many
ways an admirable utensil You can MI It
completely fun without having water run
out OF the spout.
Obviously the designer Of this tea kettle
had brains and Intelligence. Simply by bend
ing that spout up a little more or by length.
ening II little he stopped the spout over.
now and so wrought great Improvement
In tea Kettles. HENRY NJ RoBBISs
BROOKLYN, October 30.
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Rebuke From within the Camp

To THE EDITOR OF THE srN-Sir: How
detestable and how un-American Is re-
llgious Intolerance! May we hope and
believe that America has outgrown itq
There are so many nobler and more fruit
full fields for human energy And even
thoughtless men know how limited are
our time and energy
] am campaigning for the Republicans.
shall vote for Whitman. But as nm
American I'd rather see him lose than he
elected on such n malignant basis.
GEORGE HIRAM MANN.
NEW YORK, October 80,
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a WHITMAN PROPHET.
Reason Why One Voter Expects Repul,-
Iican success

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I
predict the election OF Charles s Whit
man by more than 100. 900 majority on
November because OF Mr. Whitman's
popularity In the Borough OF Manhattan.
evidenced In his unanmous election a.
District Attorney and the unapproacheb bic
record he has made in that office.
Mr.. Davenport's candidacy IL A neglI-
gible quantity. for ne will draw as many
votes from the disaffected Democrats as
he will from the Republicans.
Mr.. suffers strength in the city Of New
y ork VIII come almost wholly from the
Democrats thus decreasing the party
vote that otherwise would 20 to Governor
Glynn. PERRy JrKrvs
New York. October 20.
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In his campaign IN Wisconsin Sena-
tor LA TOILETTE IL speaking to tens and
scores of people where formerly his
audiences consisted OF thousands. At
Racine meeting was called on" The
Senator said that he had not been sufii-
clently advertised. No man has ever
been more extensively advertised than
BATTLE Boa. Apparently Wisconsin
can no longer stand the strain of taxi
ing him at his own moral and intellec-
tual valuation. 1t has found him out.