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The United states, Black mailer.

Will the official admission that the
Mann white slave" act is being in
dustrlally worked by blackmailers sur
prise anybody? 1t should not. The
law could not have been better designed
for the purposes Of extortioners II II had
been written deliberately to encourage
their trade. Is II a cause for wonder
that they have availed themselves of
the opportunities 1t offers them?
So far nobody knows what the law
provides. The country awaits the de-
cisiOn OF the Supreme Court to find out
what cases fall within 1t. But the
blackmailers have not allowed small
thing like this to keep them out of n
rich pasture. The willingness Of some
district attorneys to give the law its
widest possible construction has i'm
measurably strengthened their hands.
The haling of an actress before the San
Francisco District Attorney on the as
sertion that her husbands divorce was
invalid was worth thousands to indus
trious blackguards all over the coun-
try. The prosecution Of an eloper re-
veals to scoundrcls possibilities thith-
erto undreamed.
In this law Congress made the United
States partner I'm a traffic almost rs
vile "a that It designed to smash. Is
Il not time that Congress put nm end
| to this disgusting alliance
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The states Mitch Cow.

The State appropriation for educa-
ti61al purposes was $4,000 less than
Il should have been this year. The
natural thing. the proper thing to do
under the circumstances was to reduce
the allotment for each beneficiary in
q proportionate sum. The arithDeti-
cal task would have been simple and
the shortage for any community would
have been comparatively small.
Did the State authorities allow any
such exhibition Of good administration
b sully their conduct? Not for a mo
ment. Following the ancient and highly
commended rule that governs the pro-
ceedings OF the State when this city Is
involved in its transactions, the sta.
tistics division OF the Department OF
Education paid all the other towns and
cities their regular allowances and put
the whole burden on New York. This
course was thus officially described:
I'VE have taken the. liberty Of paying
all other counties. excepting New York.
and will forward you check for the re-
mainder due your city as soon as the
Legislature provides the necessary funds.
Good old New York city!. A fat
mich cow. giving down" generously
what will she care II her allowance Of
feed Is somewhat reduced? 1t Is true
that Comptroller PRESpERGAsr has COM
planned; what OF that? II Painted
Post uttered n wall II would be worthy
Of attention. but New York city Is toe
big to be considered.
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rRsUMPnANT WOMEN.
Insp,rers orMen. they snsuIa Ds AiIowed
70 PrepOse.

70 mn. ro,ro, mr. rur srN-sty. Your
oonyar oorr..nnrd.nt in vary much in
800 ,nan ~. states tha, women haye
sai,aa ~ sc,o,n,,i.h snvth,ns 9reat in art.
music science literature. &c. He also
,.s.r,. ,bev bavs not even produced n
famous cook Now. what eo,, viii deny
thai his mother was n famous cook? HIS
s,atemsn,. ara moi cousouant with the
sacts for I Sor one can name s,x famous
rn,s,cian. three "a nous composers and
,wo vcrv great mia nIsts al we'll "A many
o,h,r ,,o,,,a, .,hr a 20 ra.iiv vraat in oth,r
acbievemen,.
Cor,ra ~ "a the on,n,on of some men. the
mator,tv ~ s,,ccessfui men owe their suc-
cess in i,se IN ,he Amer spirituai infiue nee
Of women and n n man no matter how
successfuI in business. poea through life
MINI. m. rc6n,ng Infuence Of n rood
wo,nan bs 4. IosInx the biseest mart Of
success Woman made the home what II
ia. and what would home be without her ?
Certainly not the great Institution Il IL
to.duv woman Ia sreat producer
and she accomnlishes a great deal more
than she sets credit for: and her
spirituaI Influence has very often trans.
formsd man from a wrect into vrand
success and made a successful man still
more successful. The reason why women
have NOT been more in evidence in the mast
In because thew have been copten, 10 rest
In the shadows of their husbands or
brothers whom they have heIped mate
rally to- make good great or famous
a few women have failed 10 rench m.
high plane in lie that 10 No reason WIN
they should be denied proper recognition.
Your correspondent is no doubt a bach.
elor who will some dav chanpa his mind
or rather his opinIon It's rather seia.h
anyway to remain a bachelor There "a 70
so many beautiful rosebuds OF American
woma nhood born. apparen,ly. TO blush IN
seen and waste their sweetness on the
desert air. am a bachelor too: not
from choice. but rather from necessity of
waiting for her TO materlslize DO not
our married friends tell us that ma rriaSe
Is one grand sweet song. which cannot he
equalled nv any mere material success. ?
What a world OF tenderness and devotion
Ia lived and felt and .xpressed nv ms.
bands and wives of the present day,
really think that women should e.er
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BUFFALO.
Shall Hcr Citizens lie Allowed 10 Vote on
Comm issiO Charter?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Buff
falo Is now in the throes OF charter dis
cussion. Three years ago tho writer In
troduced In the state Senate a bill pro-
viding for the submission OF q commission
charter to the voters Of Buffalo as the
city requested by vote OF nearly four
to one In a referendum In November, 1903.
This bill passed In the Senate but failed
in the Assembly. as did similar bills In
the two following years. In the mean
time the commission charter had received
large attention In the city and had been
Endorsed by vote OF ten to one In the
largest meeting ever held by the Chamber
Of Commerce. In addition to this nearly
every Civic and every business mems or
ganization In the city has Endorsed the
charter Senator Malone introduced the
bill in the Senate this year and II passed
unanimously after public hearing at
which no opposition was voiced In the
Assembly. despite tho opposition OF the
Democratic floor leader. only three ad-
verse votes were cast.
The bill. like all its predecessors, pro-
vides that II shall not go into actual
operation unless accepted by the voters
at the election next November.
These years have witnessed most
bitter and persistent fight against the
enactment OF such measure In this
State. The public hearings in Albany
have awakened more than local interest.
The opponents OF the bill. by all the tao
tics familiar to those who deal In back
hand politics. are preparing to sustain
an expected veto by the Mayor Of this city
and to deny the right of the voters to
vote upon the charter.
While the bill Is a local one, the issue
raised is statewide In its Importance. II
10 whether the people In a locality shal
or shall not have the right to vote upon
charter for which It has asked.
The state Constitution provides that a
local BIZ shall be submitted to the Mayor
to learn whether the city has or has
not accepted the same" not whether the
Mayor approves the bill. There Is no
reason for the Mayor to veto a bill asked
for by the city and that gives the city
the right TO accept or reject II at an cleo
ton. Buffalo needs In this contest the
outspoken sentiment of the rest OF the
state II II Is to possess even an element
OF home rule. GEORGE b. BURp.
BUFFALO, March ~.
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The Food SuDDiy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir. I
understand socialists and other agitator.
claim there Is plenty OF food but that tn.
poor are denied opportunities OF getting
H. Does the country now produce sum
cient food to supply properly its entire
population? II so, what becomes Of II?
The rich do not eat all OF IL. many OF
the poor 40 hungry and the country Is i'm
porting food. Could the socialists, IL they
had control. supply plenty OF food to all
with what the country produced last year ?
II not what would they do for the hungry
ones? Would any amount OF labor Iegis
'ation help the situation in such a case?
T. L. MURPHY.
FALL RIVER, Mass, March 81.
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Joy In Fairbanks.

To TnE EpiTos OF TINS suS-Sr: A letter
dated February 30 from Howard Pearson
curtis Jrr many years u resident OF East
orange, n. j, and who Is now assistant
postmaster at Fairbanks, Alaska shows how
Alaska feels about tho passing OF the Alas.
kan railroad bill;
The town Is In festive attire. as we have
grand celebration tomorrow In honor OF
the passing OF the railroad bill There are
to be two paradrS and two grand balls 10.
morrow night, and the town Is to be thrown
Wide open Everybody Is supposed to mask
and do as they pcase, The Tanana club
VIII Keep open house for both ladies' and
gentlemen for the hrst time since 1911
We are having beautiful weather for the
fete. II Is about 20 degrees above and
even at night II has not gone to zero The
town IL ~iIi with excitement as the pas
sage OF the railroad bin means "A gr.a,
boom In property everywhere especially in
Fairbanks" r. IL l.
LAKEWOOD, N, J.. March 81
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PLEADS FOR FEIHLF WJ>D' !
To Reduce TnS At Their r,pen.. re
Folly, soys Nr. Folks

Homer Folks secretary OF lns $40 p
Charities Aid Association issued '.,..
ment yesterday calling attention 3D. f
folly OF attempting 10 cut ooag t.r ...
rate at the expense ~ ues.g'.us .
feeble minded OF the StAre. ln l '
present no appropriation has beer -.a'
for an additional bed AT any ~t.'s
stitution.
The development OF state lrE.u'.
has practically come to "a stard,tI. U..
the last Two years" says Sir |...
Never before were so many ,..rs
and unanswerah!e facts hrouEn' o.
showing the cost and menace Of tue '.r. .
minded as during the last tWo years. o."
never has Legislature done - little
There are several hundred more .'
minded girls and boys al large move
there were two years ago, ana ul DID,.
thousand more than there were "..
the State acquired the site f'r ig
worth Village. Before the stSs go
journs Friday II certainly should prov
at least 100000 for the next staqs u.
the care OF the feeble minded Ard '''
delinquent"
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The list OF

alternating Governors. The list Of
Wee Groundhogs" includes the ever
splendid name Of GALEN JOHN PEOPLES
RAUR.
All honor to this fraternity. that
lauds the mightiest Of marmots and
the flower of weather seers. Radiant
among OWNERS was Bcartown BErBr
and is Uncle Hoo JOHNSON Of East
Haddam. Conn; most radiant and re-
howned Of all, king OF meteorological
guessers. Is Arctomys monnx.
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CNDERW OOD AND HORSON.
Opinion OF an En- incnt southern Educator
on Prohibit lon IN Alabama.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. A
noted educator OF Alabama has written me
letter upon the fight in that State be-
tween Mr.. Underwood and Representative
Hobson for United states Senator. 1t
will be OF Interest 10 the many friends Of
Mr. Underwood. for this educator repre-
sents Influences in that State that are not
TO be scoffed at. He says:
Il don't think that Mr.. Hobson repre-
sents n majority OF the intelligent voters
OF Alabama. The fact IL. / don't think
that the people OF Alabama take Mr.. Hob
son very seriously. although he claims to
be strict prohibtionist. The State Of
Alabama has local option now and l think
the chances are that II will continue such.
You are aware OF the fact that Mr. Under
wood. the able Democratic leader OF the
House. is Mr.. Hobson's opponent for the
Senate. I believe he will be elected by an
Overwhelming majority.
Il do not believe in prohibition In the
first place II does not prohibit. They tried
prohibition in Alabama one or two years
ago, and know for n fact that there was
more liquor sold In the State during the
two years than during any previous four
years that they had local option. be-
licve that the attempt to carry out the
prohibition law creates in the individual
a desire to obtain liquor. think tina,
such a course Ii natural, for sin comes by
the law
"As long as an individual Is free to do
as he plcases there are many things that
he will not desire but just as soon as you
limit him to certain privileges, then he be-
comes anxious for other privileges which
have been denied him. Again. | do not
believe in prohibition, for II We can pro-
h!bit the use OF liquor maybe in time
they will prohibit the use Of tobacco. II
they succeed in doing that the next step
will be 10 prohibit the use Of coffee, and
who knows what such course will lead
to? believe IN high license and the strict
enforcement Of the law with no allowance
whatever for the acts OF drunken per-
SON" T. ALIEN Robinson.
NEwAnK n I March u
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Nobody Will grudge the $450,000
that Miss DAVIS. the Commissioner Of
Correction, proposes to spend on safe
and sane prison for women on West
Thirtieth street between Sixth and
Seventh avenues. The feature OF the
building AZ planned Is that 1t provides
for prisoners both before and after con-
viction, on the theory that they are
human beings. Some rights OF health
and decency are TO be allowed them.
They are to be treated as erring souls
who may be improved. not as lost ones
to he thrust back Into the depths.
The prison building IL to be a place
Of light and air. The courts and Offices
being on the lower floors. the detention
quarters will he all on the upper levels.
There Is to he wide court in the CEN
ire OF The building and sunlight will
penetrate to every part Of every &C.
cupied floor. Thus may some cheer
be brought to the unfortunates who
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On the principle that misery loves
company" our citizens will not be
wholly cast down by the revelations in
a few other realms. With japan clamor-
ing for the Impeachment OF her late
naval officials, Germany trying to for
get the Krupp scandal Austria prose-
cutting spies In her army. France wash
ing out the soiled linen in the Caillaux
affair and Canadian Legislature under
going a showing up by American detec-
tives. our own lobbyists and their po-
litical allies cannot feel lonely in this
wide, wide world OF wckedness.
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Prime Potatoes.

To TINS EDITOR ~ THE SuS--Sir: L. too
IKE Anxious and American" have had
eohsineraols trouble In finding good potatoes
and have made the discovery from the tss
timony OF responsible farmers that many
potatoes are grown for tho yield rather thar
for the quality. ] have solved my own
dincuty by finding farmer In New York
State who raises limited quantity OF hish
quality potatoes and from him purchase
a'ree'' ~ Anxious cares to communicate
with mo ! will direct him TO my source Of
supply r, =. BaowR.
WATERnuly, Conn, March II.
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In vindlcatiOn Of the weejack.

1t would be more generous II not
more just to say nothing Of yesterday
morning. The day reformed; and "af-
ter sharp SHOWS right sweet Is the sun I"
Those Of us workaday folks who faced
early q white world and trembled lest
another blizzard had been sent hither
BY the Inpland wizards will forgive
but not forget yesterday A. NJ. Those
Of NJ who have always revered the
prophetic gifts Of Arctomys monax
thought Of the victories of that mar
vellous marmot. We remember how
he unburrowed on Candlemas day,
went shadow hunting. with soothsaying
snout smelled hard winter. committed
TIE Crime Of February 2. and galloped
gayly to his den and slumbers.
Sunday, March /. and some days
thereafter, are still! fresh even In all
forgetting Manhattan. Memories Of
IL. snowdrifts and snow patches. are
still visible. "weejack's (woodchuck'sl
WOOL" a. the Nipmuck Indians say.
Saturday the aesthetic were thinking
Of BOrTIcELLI's Spring" the practi.
cal Of Easter clothes and spring "un-
derwear." Sunday A. NJ. the weejsck
was dicated"-but here let us set
down the ritual. kindly sent us by
alternating Governor GEORGE W. HEN
GEL, Jr., Of Grounding Fraternity
Slumbering Lodge. Of Quarryville. Pa.
A~Il L..
grounding.
I'VE declare his intelligence to be Of q
higher order than that of any other ami
NAL from the tick OF the blackberry "a
che elephant OF the jungle.
I'VE rejoice that he can. and does, fore.
tell with absolute accuracy the weathe,
conditions for the six Ewhy only SIKH
weeks following each second day OF Feb.
ruary.
I'VE rejoice further that he Ia magnani
NOUS and permits other hogs prophets ans
almanacs to employ their talents on tn
remaining forty.slx weeks OF each year.
I'VE assert that II he was more Of
man and less OF a hog he would form
trust ana do all the demonstrating
thereby sending Baers. Hicks. Goose Bon,
oHu otTer Itot AIT Artlhts 10 inc WOODS.
ITO defend him, his family and hi
reputation, We pledge ourselves.
ITO guard him as he SAUNDERS. his habi
cations and his haunts. We pledge our
selves.
ITO welcome him In our clover fields
20 bid him dig and delve; to invite hin
60 sit on the top rail OF our fences {
stay the hand OF desperate men who woul
slsy him; to XIII the dog who would ex
cite and rufile his temper; to defend hin
with all our might and at all hazard, W
pledge ourselves. our man servants. GU
maid servants. our oxen. our asses, an
eur assets as a whole"
The Groundhog Fraternity keep
February 2 as Grounding Day. Anon
Its officers are: Venerable Prophe
Prophet. Venerable Past Exalted II
bernator. Away Past Exalted Hibernl
tor. Just Past Exalted Hibernato
Passing Exalted Hibernator. Exalte
Hibernator Presiding. First Sleepe
Second Sleeper. Chief Eye Rubber. Al
sistant Eye Rubber. Defender Of tn
Faith. Waterman by Day. Watchma
BY Night. Delegate. High Lord Of Feas
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will pass days or weeks Of weary pen
ance or still wearier waiting within
the prison walls.
Especially commendable II the pro-
vision made for prisoners just arrested
and not yet heard In court. There are
to be forty rooms for them, taking the
place OF the present tomblike cells Of
the police stations, with their plank
beds, stone floors. sitting atmosphere
and subterranean darkness. The
New York police cell of the past and
even Of the present is an offence to
justice and decency. Its moral effect
upon men, not to say women. must he
stunning. crushing. A few hours In
one will reduce the bravest prisoner to
state Of depression that must wholly
unfit him to put up an effective de-
fence when arraigned In court. 1t
must leave sense Of outrage on his
mind, even though he be freed as limo
cent. to overcome which months or even
years may be needed.
As women. because Of their tempera-
ments, are the greatest sufferers from
such conditions, II Is right thnt Miss
DAVIS should make her first reform ef-
forts for their benefit. But II Is to I've
hoped she will not forget that men
have their rights also. that In the full
ness Of time she will take cogniznnce
OF the black holes into which they are
thrust. particularly In the older station
houses. and that she will ultimately
provide human treatment for every
one without distinction who In this
city falls under the heavy hand Of
the law
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Seize glass case Of red meadow ants he.

Seize glass case Of red meadow ants be-
longing to Mrs. CHARLES w. MoRsE and
await orders--ToieDrdm from Washing
ton TO the Ner York Customs officials.
More undesirables corra.led. Suf-
fragettes too, 1t would appear. for are
they not bossed by queen? But the
country Is safe. the vigilant wisdom
which guards our port has detected the
invaders. grabbed them and locked them
into the Custom House vaults. No es-
cape for them now. They might have
bored through the glass case In which
Mrs. MORSE had them. but not all the
ants In Christendom could ever eat their
way out of the tangle of Government
red tape.
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Crushed.

We met, twas In a crowd.
And she did not seek to shun me
Though my sorrow | may shroud
She has carelessly undone me!
felt her bosom heave,
As | pressed her Oh, 80 madly
TIL compelled to take my leave
Then she squeezed my hand most sadly,
She cast On me no glance,
Yet ! knew she felt me near her;
No doubt twas a mischHnce,
But | learned. too scon. 70 fear her!
I'm sure ri never more
Have such power TO grasp her. nearly,
For alas twas In tho door
That she squeezed my hand severeiyi
oroRos n. NORWOOD,
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rHE GREAT ELIXIR.
western Experiences ~ the Initiative
and Referendum.

on0 NeteFeVuum.
To THE EprroR or THE suN-str! On .
recent business trip to Montana I no.
ticed a decided undertone of opposition
to the Initiative and referendum. al
though there was great reluctance TO
admit openly that the system is fall
ure. The Helena Independent. while
heroically proclaiming that mo State
will ever abandon the Initiative ana
referendum" yet calls attention to some
Of the difficulties which are being ex-
pcrienced with the fad as practical
means Of accomplishing the peoples
will:
"Caiiforniane, according to . Sacra-
mento despatch. must face ballot the
coming fall including twenty-five con-
stitutloral amendments, four referen-
dunn petitions. six initiative petitions.
an entire State ticket, candidates for
Senate and Assembly. judicial officers
and county officers. and number OF
bond proposals. The ballot Is said to be
several feet long.
1.-THE same trouble IL experienced In
Oregon and the last Legislature seri-
ously considered referring a bill to the
people to limit the number Of measures
to be placed upon a ballot at an cleo
ton. AT the 1912 election, aside from
voting on national State Conversational.
legislative and county officials. the
voters had tn take under consideration
fortv.four referendum and initiative
neti,Ions tba resuit beinp that nearly
nil the nroposed laws were beaten. In
thu numb.r were meritorious measures
which would have been Of great value
10 the people. hut they went the way of
n lot OF bad ones. the puzzled voters
killing off good measures in order not
to make n mistake and allow bad laws
to sneak through.
go serious has the situation become
in Oregon that the voters have adopted
n slogan: when in doubt vote "No"'
Few voters have time to reach n de-
cision on forty or fifty new laws and
at the same time be sure of the merits
OF the numerous candidates. Under the
laws of that State any person MAY nut
a bill up TO the people by securing so
many sIgners to the petition and II ia
the custom for hundreds OF professional
signature seekers to walk the streets
in Portland beseechIne every passcrby
to sign his name. The solicitor usually
GETS 10 cents for each name no secnres
to petition. The result is tina, the
voters are almost driven to distraction
by the solicitors. and by the time elec.
ton comes so disguised have they he.
come they either vote No or ignore the
petition ballot entirely.
"The last Legislature considered sew.
eral remedies. but took no action ono
was to limit the number Of hills IN 90
on the ballot Mt any election IN ton
The plan was aba ndoned bacause 1, u.s
feared that designing porsons v,tshir,
to head OF laws would secure the ton
nlacas ON The hall, Dc. ,,,,.t. 49,.
dummy bills Another w,s 10 nrohr,i !,
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Arctic Landscape. Of New York.

To THE EDITOR OF TIM suS--Sr: | shall
make II my business 10 run around to Forty
ninth street this afternoon to see whether
the peaks that stlll abound In the bloch,
upon which live. Fiftisth street. between
Ninth and Tenth avenues, are even slightly
surpassed in grandeur, II equalied at all by
the picturesque piles whose beauties "E W.
extolled In this mornings Sun. a.
EEw YonK. March 81.
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Lieutenant Commander CHARLES =.
HUFF of the navy seems to have held a
strong position as against Mr.. J, PHILIP
KiEsEcKER OF the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company up to
the moment when he knocked him
down.
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twenty-four university students on Sat.
urday into methods Of city government
II would be only poetic Justice II he
were compelled to go down to the U. OF
Il. In June and hear the boys tell him
how to run New York In much better
style than anything he had shown
them.