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Does II pay for 5000 Delaware and
Hudson employees to strike for the
sake Of two whose reinstatement they
insist upon: These two are "blame-
less" In the opinion Of the strikers or
their leaders; but can railroad or any
other corporation AFFORD to give up to
it's employees the power OF dischn rging
for cause: If the cause was indeed
groundless and the company mistaken.
Is 1t not better TO sacrifice the two than
to throw the 5000 ont Of work and
gravely Inconvenience or injure the
public that uses the road:
The leaders Of the strike say that
they should be sorry to place dollars
and cents ahead Of principle" But Is
any principle really involved? The
road Is highly unionized. It cannot be
seriously maintained that its officials
have any thought OF attacking the fed
Grafton Of employees. If. on the other
hand. the "principle" 1T stake is that
the unions he the absolute judges of the
merit rs well ms of the wages and hours
of the employees. II seems injudiclous
to force such an issue at n time when
railways are between the employees
and the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
10 the unbiased outsider II looks ms
IL il would be better policy for the
unions To support the two employees
lhan 10 support n strike; but perhaps
they know their own business best. and
especially their power.
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slant solicitude for the children NJ the
poor today.
1t is interesting to hear. therefore.
that It has been found necessary to
organize an association which shall
look after the we'll being OF the chill
dren Of prosperous parents. Yet this
is the purpose Of meeting to be held
here tonight. Parents are organizing
to look after the too excessive pleasures
Of their children. The movement. which
Is said to have begun In Boston. had Its
first test In this city during the Christ
mas holidays 1t was brought into ex-
istence by the cry of the teachers
protesting and beseeching that their
charges should not he returned at the
close Of the vacation exhausted by toe
much pleasure. injured In health by
loss Of sleep or imprudences in eating
and maybe more or less in revolt at the
standards prevailing In their schools
by the plays seen In their hours Of
freedom.
The association which Is to meet to
night therefore has decided to per
form its services for the children OF
the rich not only during the Christma'
holidays but at other times. The rea
condolences Of the organizations ain
has met with success Parents have
united zealously with the preceptors
, Their advice IS to be deferred to; 3,
| in the future It will not be alone TIKI
poor child whose welfare Is to b
| r1l
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Mr.. A. f. Beardsley Of Summerdale.

The statement made by A. r. Boards
LEY Of Summerdale, reciting his YER
sion OF the dispute which resulted In
his shooting Of the Overseer Of the Poor
and the subsequent besieging Of the
Beardsley homo by Sherins posse.
supports the notion OF the incident
formed In the minds Of many men from
the accounts OF It which have been sent
to the newspapers from jamestown.
The difficulty arose from the attempt
Of the authorities to take BEARDsLrY's
children from him on the theory that
they were not receiving proper care.
The embattled farmer contends that
the documents were not In legal
form and conferred no authority on
those bearing them to take his chill
dren away. The father defended his
home and In so dcSng shot the Oversaer
Of the Poor. who, In BEARDsLEY's opin-
ion, was an intruder attempting to do
an unlawful act. He then protected
himself from capture by threatening
TO shoot any person who approached
his home and using the members OF his
family to guard himself from attacks
with firearms.
All this Is very primitive and Of
course very wrong. REARDsLEY should
have recognized the authority Of the
officers who came for his children, sur
rendered them and Mt once retained n
lawyer to regain possession Of them on
the ground that they had been Illegally
taken from their natural guardian. The
clerical error he detected In the process
served on him cannot justify his as
sault with n deadly weapon any more
than his affection for his children can
Justify his defiance Of the Sheriff sent
to arrest him. The fact that the Off
GERS did their work In n slipshod. care
less and slovenly manner does not re-
lievo him from blame for his subse-
quent conduct
Since the siege OF his home began
BEARDsIEY has shown Intelligence and
resourcefulness. He has offered In sur
| render III his chlluren are coinilltlp1 IN
the care Of his family. hut has refused
to give them up to public charity. He
has talked rea sonably with those whom
he has permitted to approach his door
and has given every evidence of indie
pendcncc. frarlessness and n clear
understanding of the situation In which
he Is placed. Those who have pictured
him as II mere ruftian wantonly assail'
Ing an officer should read again his
letter 'To the people of Chnutnuuua
county and the State " New York
and see whether they are not compelled
to revise their estimate Of the man
who Is standing Off Sheriff In what
he concelves to he II struggle 10 pre-
serve his home and his family.
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New SOrks Most Momentum,
Problem.

IL ono If The Offices ~ II lofty build
I'M un The Nnttery II body of earnest
scientist and practical engineers have
laborcl for years to solve y problem,
the mosr mumoutous that may confront
city.
Although no. within the knowledge
of many. II i p painful fact that among
the great cities If ,lie world New York
stands practically .lone in It's failure
10 provide nn orderly arrangement for
the disposal al is sewage. There Is
no plan for rendering inoffensive or
harmless the dangerous cousll tuents Of
the sewage ni this metropolis.
To place the empire city abreast Of
less important centres, like Chicago.
Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore. to say
nothing of Paris, London and Berlin.
the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
was appointed by the Legislature. 1t
consists of five eminent engineers and
n physician, assisted by eighteen con
sutants Of the highest repuie. These
men are about to complete investiga.
tons, which are unprecedented IN mag
nitude. Of the problem and details al
execution. The sewage Of more than
six million persons and large mum
Der OF animals IL discharged into the
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wORkwEN.S CONFIRMATION.
New legislat ton Needed for Removal of
Doubt on Recent Act.

To THE EprroR OF THE SrN-Str:
Suppose "A workman in n hazardous
in this state. injured after
July I next. contests an offer or pay
ment OF compensation under the terms
of Chapter SIC of tho laws Of 1918.
known as tho "workmen's compensa-
ton law" and sues for damages under
the employers liability law. alleging
that tho Legislature Of 1918. under the
decision of the Court Of Appeals In the
Ives case. was without authority to
enact law for compulsory compen-
sation. applicable to hazardous employ
ments, and that not until section ID OF
Article I. became a part OF the Consti-
tuition could an enactment for work.
mems compensation on the compulsory
plan be upheld as constitutional; or
suppose an employer contests. on SINH
lar grounds. q claim for compensation.
Is the workmen's compensation enact
ment Of 1918 likely to be upheld by the
Court OF Appeals? Opinions vary on
the subject
The amendment 70 the Constitution
reads: Nothing contained in this Con-
stitution shall be construed to limit the
power OF the Legislature to enact laws
for the protection Of the lives. health
or safety OF employees" &C. Under the
terms OF section Of Article XIV. Of the
Constitution the amendment became a
part of the Constitution from and af-
ter the first day Of January next after
approval by the people at the general
election in November last.
The "workmen's compensation law"
TO be in effect on January ! and July I
this year. was enacted on December 49,
when the Governor signed II, or fifteen
days before the date set on which the
Constitution, as amended, declared ef-
fectively that nothing in II shall BE
construed to limit the power Of the
I Legislature to enact laws for the pro-
lection OF the lives. health or safety OF
employees" &C.
Instead OF waiting for q court De.
cision on the compensation act OF 1871;
! the Legislature OF 1914 can meet the
situation with a new act. With amend
ments TO have tho plan cover all EN-
pigments except farm labor ant
domestic service. and to get rid Of
double liability for some employers. 9
new act will remove doubt. Some mis-
takes in the proposition can be cor
rected too. The provision for the Gus
tody OF the State insurance fund I!
faulty. understand that a new act Il
to be passed. The Governor and tn,
leaders in the Senate have been en-
nghtened.
A law for workmen's compen satiol
is desirable from many points Of view
the bulk Of arguments sustaining tn,
lprinciple. Able lawyers on the Vain
wright commission believed that tn
compulsory plan could he established II
1910. but the decision In the Ives cas-
sustained the contentious Of doubters
The experience OF the act OF 1910 in tn
courts ought not TO be repeated by tn
act Of 1918. HENRI W. OploN.
BROOKLYN. January 10.
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Uogged Vessels and Men.

To THE EDITOR or THH SuS-Sir: when a
vessel is hogGed you have IN let her stay
hoFged. She may run "A long time after
that. but you cant straighten her, TO do
that YOU would have to rebuild her, for II
YOU should try 20 straighten up some Of
her sagged beams or timhers YOU would
only leave those adjoining still further out
81 place. relatively. and II might be cheaper
to build "A new vessel than, throughout to
reconstruct this one. She has formed what
you might call u physical habit which you
can't change; YOU have got to take her as
she Is.
As We grow older We are likely 90 snF
here and there and then settle down with
fixed habits OF life. We may have In US
years Of good steady carrying but YOU
must take you hnd us You can't
change hogged man any more than YOU
can hogeed vessel SLIGHTLY Ho"GEp.
NEW NoRK, January is
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~ Ia the merchant or any other man IN
any other vocation. and many farmers are
really better Informed In regard 10 the
business of farming than are the demon
strators who 30 around to teach them
Does Senator l}RlsTow appreciate what
havoc would he wrought were his the
DRY about the buoyant servants OF the
seasons to take root? What right has
Senator BRisTow to infer that because
his observation may have included here
and there a farmer seated with his
spouse In the tonneau of q motor car
that Kansas farmers are typical? Any
way, how can even his exceptional Pill
lars OF humility "be well Informed rs to
their own business" when they spend so
many Of their waking hours flying be-
hind windshield? The hired men are
at home to listen to the demonstrators.
This Government Of ours Is expecting
a little too much II 1t supposcs farmers
have time to hang around waiting TO see
demonstrators,
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In the last number TO hand of the
Congressional Record we find that SEN
atOr BRlsTow uttered this hercsy:
II am not In sympathy with the spirit
of the discussion that has been had here
this afternoon. because II has proceeded
to certain extent, It seems to me. upon
the hypothesis that the farmer is an gno-
rant man, who knows little about his bust
ness, and that 1t Ia necessary 10 send peo-
pie around to show him things he ought
to know In regard to his daily vocation,
That has been the general tone Of the
debate, Ny observation has been that
tho farmer Is Just as intelligent and just
as we'll Informed as to his own business
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Is the Workmen' Compe nsation Act
Of 1913 Constitutional?

We invite attention TO the interesting
question raised by an esteemed cor
respondent as 10 the constitutionnlity
Of the workmen's compensation law
which Governor GLYSN put through the
Legislature OF 1918 with such prompt
ness. energy and appreciation Of public
requirements.
The law was enacted before the en-
abling amendment Of the Constitution
went into effect. II looks as n this
most desirable and. on the whole. salts.
factory legislation will have to he passed
again by the Legislature Of 1914.
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waterways surrounding New York. ana

surrounding New York. ana
It IL estima ted that this enormous mass
will be- doubled in 1910. A conception
Of the volume of this effete and mena-
cling material may be formed from the
ton that II would fill Broadway
to Grace Church to depth OF one
hundred feet.
The reports issued from time to time
BY the commission fill five hundred
Quarto pages, containing Ingenious ana
experiments Of river and
harbor currents, thousands Of analyses
of the river waters Of the mud beneath
them and Of the gases produced by
them during all hours Of the day and
night and at all seasons. When the
experiments are completed In the near
future the commission will recommend
a definite programme calling for the
construction Of sewers running parallel
to the waterfront to collect all the
discharged matter at their inlets In
stead Of permitting 1t to mingle with
the river. as IL now the case; these
sewers will be supplemented with APP
pllances for conveying the offensive
material to distant points for flnal dis
posal.
The definition once pronounced Of
Manhattan Island that 1T Is a body
Of land surrounded BY sewage" will
then become a Jest instead OF a sad
reality.
The wisdom Of tho commit ssion Is
evidenced by its proposal Of a pro-
gramme that may be carried out IN
a gradual and progressive manner. dis
tributing the great outlay over a period
including a generation or more. Pro-
vision has been made also for pre-
venting needless waste on unnecessary
works by the advice that the work
should be done by commission like
those IN charge Of former important
engineering undertakings the rapid
transit subway and Catskill water sup
ply. without interruption Of the present
system or interference with the func
lions Of present ofiicials.
The Metropolitan Sewerage Commits
sion expects to submit its final report
next May and to ask to be relieved wher
its plans and all its projects have
been presented in matured. CO
ordinated form. as a guide for Its sue
cessors.
That the future prosperity and de
velopment Of this city depend upor
the safeguarding Of the health Of III
people needs no demonstration. Tha
the expenditure Of money for the dis
posal Of the sewage that threatens II
twenty-five years to convert the Hud
son, Harlem and East rivers into oper
sewers, with all this implies, has beef
proved by the commissions detailet
report. The usual protest Of alread!
overburdened taxpayers. whose horizon
IL limited by their lack Of foresight
will stir the air; the familiar objec
tons against carrying the burdens o
succeeding generations will DO heard
Wise counsels must prevail in tn
solution Of this menacing problem
which may be accomplished. az Other
have been. by judicious distribution
over long periods as suggested BY tn
cummi sson.
This body Of men who. prompted b
civic pride and interest. have planne
wisely and discreetly must receive tn
grateful recognition Of their fellow cit
zens not only in words but by tn
prompt execution Of the work they hav
planned for the maintenance Of Ne,
Ycrk's eminence.
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4 ..Sun, Reader for Ncar,, Fm, Years.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SrN-NW. In
TIVE SUNDAY. SUH ~ January Addison
kcYcs Bishop gave an account OF long
ana constant readers of THE SuS.
In 1866 or 1867 I subscribed to the
weekly Sun and continued until changed
to THE SUNDAY SUN, and have been
constant reader OF same and am at
present stlll a subscriber Your suhscrip-
ton books viii show that from 1866 or
1867 ! have been a constant subscriber
missing not a single year cannot do
without II.
! think this record viii ontitle mo to n
membership IN the great family NJ con
slant readers j, II, CHADWICK.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. January H.
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wORE MEN T>riri,G Wi>i>iEl
Decided Incrcnsr IN '.ns, Few N"nrs,
statistics show.

At'uurS. Ian. - Prof +
Nichols Of Arhun Th,olopicnl S"n.rr'
said to-day tnat the number ot sluH..
for the Christian ministry is iurrr'e
In 1913 there were more students I'm "
theological somluartcS Of tn" l'r"shN''r
Church in the United states than In Ill.
other year since 1900,
The low water mark was reached y
1902 Since then the movement, 49,.
seine slight fluctuations. has hc"r H
ward. In the years 1908 to lHl+ '.'
number grew 10 per cent. n rate Nt ''
crease more rapid than that of the poln'
lation OF the country,
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In the Senate Friday Senator OLIVER
Of Pennsylvania presented petition of
Pride of Welcome Council. No. SS,
Daughters OF Liberty, OF Pittsburg. for
legislation to restrict immigration.
Pride OF Welcome seems whimsical
name in this case, whereas a memorial
likewise presented by Mr.. OLIVER.
against an appropriation for the cele-
bration OF the 100 years Of peace among
English speaking peoples comes with a
seductive grace from the Vinegar Hill
Club OF Philadelphia
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Professor Sauc-rs and Professor Farin.

To THE EDITOR oF TIM SuN->T, In 3D.,
=. D.'s' letter reference Is made to pothr-
boys Hall and Oliver Twist in a way which
would Indicate that the writer believed
that little oliver had been "A pupil at the
hall,
I haven't read Dickens In many years
and cannot say positively that little Oliver
ala not attend an institution such as Suueers
presided over. | remember only one Dothe-
boys Hall and that appears In Nicholas
Nickleby." oliver and Nicholas never had
the pleasure OF meeting In the same book
The former was "A pupil of FHgn In the
work entitled oliver Twist"
NEW YORK. January IS. H. ".
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To TIVE EnlTnp oP THE SrN--Sir'
Whether or not thoro Is to be civil war in
ireland rests entirely with England. II
England says to the oranrcmen; we will
see to 1t that YOU are protected in Your
rights but If You engage In selfish
sectarian opposition YOU need expect no
sympathy IF England says that, there
will he no civil war ANXIOUS.
New York, January 10
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Uurn, adventures on I,roadw n,

To THE EnlTnR OF THr SvN--Ntr' We
countrymcn will lfi our hats 10 Mayor
Mitchell IL n. succeeds in making the
Great White way safer for US by freeing
II Of the Mossrs. smooth. Your eat shops.
florists, theatre ticket ghouls and tango
magnets annex our alfalfa earnings
speedily enough without suhiecting us to
III" wilos of piCEpoCkets and those who
would max" us rich via wireless wire
tapping. FELIX FlLkiNs,
FoRT PLAIN, january 10
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In the Century Nd0dsine for February J.
Forbes. Robertson writes on IN" theatre.
while Il lie Gallienne appreciates Mr.,
Forbes Robertson, W Morgan shuster dis
cu,ses Mexico, e. r. Benson Benares. T., A,
Ross Immigration. and there are articles on
the Mona Lisa, on youthful criminals, on the
treatment OF convicts on Lincons social
ideas on Creole women and on the verse Of
d. H. Holmes, A masque In verse by p
Mackaye, four poems and seven short stories
form the contribution 20 plain literature and
tho number of pictures with and without
text 10 unusually large
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Rcsus citating the Aldermanic Po-
lice Report.


When the Board Of Aldermen re-
jected the report Of its committee on
the condition Of the Police Department.
a rejection made necessary In the In
terest Of fairness and sound admins
tration by the recommendation AFFECT
ing the then Commissioner. THE Sun
pointed out that this action In no way
invalidated the valuable suggestions in
cluded in that document. That there
were a number Of these which might
proftably be followed by the executive
Of the city was apparent to all familiar
with the police.
Mayor Mitchell has consulted with
Commissioner MCKAY as to the details
Of this report. and yesterday he an
nounced that one Of his first acts would
be to put into effect generally Its con
structive proposals. In his effort to i'm
prove the morale Of the force. The Board
Of Estimate which went out Of Office
with 1913 did raise the salaries Of new
appointees. Commissioner MCKAY has
establi shed certain special squads up.
proved by the committee. Thus It ap.
pears that the city may, after all. rear
some benefit from an expensive and
long drawn out quest which seemed AT
one time to be made fruitless by the
none ssentials Of politics injected into
1t.
Not all the contentious Of the commit
tee will be found practicable OF desira
bic Of application. but some Of them are
obviously good and worthy Of heed.
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The square Jaw In Fiction and Pact.

To THE EDITOR or TnE suN-Sr' Does u
square. jaw necessarily indicate power ?
We read Of the usual hero in the story that
his arm. square Jaw bstokened mastery"
10 II not rather the solid Arm. strong chin
that carries this mark? And | have known
men whose Jaws were net box!iks and whose
chins were almost reced!ng who were
nevertheless men Of great ability and great
mower A NovEL RrApuR
BoaroS, January 10.
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~ rue EpiroR OF THs SuN--Sr' The city
Judge Of 81 Augustine is handicapped with
the name of q, ~ Goode, W T.. Gos,
ST AUGUSTINE, Fla, January 10,
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1t Is reported that the troops of EssAD
Pasha. formerly Minister of Finance OF
Albania. who decamped with all the funds
and is now leading a rebellion. have cap
tured Elbassan and Podgradetz.--Bel-
grade despatch.
The Kaiser. who has failed 10 con-
vince Prince WILLIAM OF WED that
uneasy will lie the head that wears the
crown OF Albania, had better send him
the series Of EssAD Fashas bulletins as
they come out.
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NJ. JULES vEpRiNEs seems to be ire
mendous fellow. Flying on Sunday
from the Pyramids to the Heliopolis
track. he alighted to mount a horse and
beat DIGBY, an English jockey. "by a
neck" In a half mile race: then the
aviator. returning to his monoplane.
scared back to the Pyramids. A man
of such address would have caught the
fancy OF the elder DUMAS. And upon
the return Of NJ. VEpRINEs TO Paris he
will have a duel on his hands! He will
no doubt demean himself after the
fashion Of D'ARTAGNAN.
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Now. Mr.. President, what is this bill?
A remedial statute to enforce by civil
process in the courts of the United
States the common law against mo-
nopuiCS.
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n suv friends rho favor Us srtth manuscripts and
Dustyatsons TO, publication irish TO hare rejeeted
0vtteks returned Ussv must IN Az cases send stamps
~ tAof purpose.