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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS--sir: Not
many months ago a man was killed on
Broadway by an automobile OF the Fire
Department in which iremen were riding
mot going 10 firr) at very high rate
OF speed | do not recall that anything
woe 'on" 20 punish the guilty ohcs in
that case
How long can violations of the speed
law In this city by public officials riding
In machines owned by the city continue
and go unpublished? How car the public
expect chauffeurs, running'carS of private
ind viduals TO obey the law when the
Mayor and Police Commissioner 80 will
fully violate It? II. H. SoUtER.
NEW YoRT. June 80
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01

The finical mollycoddlcs who COM
plain that Colonel ROOSEVELT lacks re-
pose must he frog eyed with wonder as
they watch him in his present letharcy.
Up with the lark yesterday on 10 Pitts
burg and the Progrcssves: dollar din
ner. speech. speech, palaver, deep re-
volving long consultation. handshakes,
frenzy Of the faithful. pulverizlng OF
PENRosr: back 20 New York to-day,
verifies collections In Museum Of Nat
ural History. conference with Progress
sive Sagcs. ct cctera, too numerous 10
mention. \ light days work. as near
doing nothing M the Colonel can come
without reaching lnziness almost
equal 10 that Of another celebrated and
salient parsonage In gale OF wind.
Meanwhile Oyster Bay IL windy with
the signs and flooded with the tears Of
the Progressive flock yearnlng mex
pressbly for its big Stick pastor.
Bleat, beat. We orphan lambs. The
shepherd Is worthy of his sicstn. and
he's taking It. As Perpetual Motion
said to Stable Equilibrium, "My doctor
tells me TO rest and I'm doing IT,"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
STEvENsON,s BORROWINGS.
Also the Literary Relationship OF BaIzsc
And Hawthorne

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN--Sir: Al
low me to thank you for the editorial
article on Stevenson's Bottle mp" In
yesterdays Sun and slightly to supple
ment the Information II conveys.
The original of this tale is, as your
critic Justly remarks, "by no means an
unliterary product" II comes honestly
by such virtues az It possoDle for itq
author was Baron de la Motto Fouaue
whose "Undine" may he fairly called a
classic. / never read the original OF tho
! "fmp" In German, but there Is a good
Danish translation Of Il In Oehlenschlae.
gers "Eventyr" ("Fairv Taies") A de-.
iightful collection which unfortunately IL
not reprinted in that great poets complete
works, the stories being more or less
adaptations from foreign authors who In
oil cases are duly mentioned Och
lenschlaeger calls IL something which I'm
German would be and doubtless Is "Daa
Galgennssnncben" or "Galgenmaennleln,''
the Little Man Of the Gallows." Those
interested IN such matters may look up
the term In Grimm or Sanders.
stevenson had all the rare talents you
credit him with he lacked, however. crea-
tive faculty. Hence the necessity for him
of constant inspiration by other writer's.
You mention some OF these, and mlght
have added Belzac. Read the latter's
Bachelors establishment and steven.
diate succession and see how the Scots
man. by eliminating Flore, changing the
Jacobite roysteror into Bonapartist.
making several minor alterations and
dressing II all up in his own graceful
style. has produced a tale that young and
old may enjoy. even though II appears
somewhat fin1sy and artificial by the side
or the Frenchman's mighty creation
Stevensons fine sense OF literary values
II strikingly demonstrated IN his appre-
citation tsoe his letters) OF Barley d Azure
Willy, that solitary, rugged genius who
only toward the end Of his long life began
slowly to gain due recognition. II would
be interesting to investigate II steven.
sons admiration for the author OF
~ Ensorcelee" ever bore fruit I'm his own
production.
One far greater than Stevenson. our
own Hawthorne. once rewrote story by
Balzac. lie Chef d'Oeuvre inconnu.
under tho title of "Tho Artist In the
Beautiful" Admirers Of Hawthorne Will
recall that when he first met Miss Pea
body. his later wife, he told this lady
that he had read all that Balzac had so
far published, and they will not have for
gotten the remarkable letter to him from
Miss Milford and Elizabeth Barrett
drowning in which he If compared to
Balzac. OF course 1t took a couple Of
clever young women TO descry What seems
so far to have escaped ell the male com
mcntators OF Hawthorne. that he had
something In common with tho author OF
Louis Lambert and "Honorine." Even
Henry James In his greatly overrated book
on Hawthorne has failed to make note OF
this. J. II.
BROOKLYN. June 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
Income Tax Inquisltion Threats.
A Washington despatch In the
Epputu0 posf aave.

A Washington despatch In the
Ercnin0 Post says:
"As soon as the receipts from honest
returns have been disposed Of. the COM
missioner and his assistants will begin
their investigation OF the dodgers. Begin
ming about August / In every community
an investigation will be made of the in
comes OF all persons who are supposed to
fall within the provisions OF the law"
II this he true. and unhappily there
are divers corroboratlons, the worst
fears of those who opposed the income
tax as an ordinary means Of raising
revenue are TO. be realized. The sys-
! TEN Is to he turned into an intolerable
system OF inquisltion such as Is paral-
lcled in no civilized country.
The defence set up for the cumber-
some and oppressive system of "collec-
ton at the source" was that Il vir.
tually made prying and spying into
private affairs unnecessary. The tax
in tho main collected itself. But Il Is
not in the bureaucratic spirit which
pervades every line of this act to alb
jurc any opportunity Of meddlng. The
vague possibility Of catching somebody
In trap Is II temptation that II could
not overcome.
II is given out that u snowstorm Of
| anonymous letters has descended upon
! the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
telling Of income tax dodgers. Mysteri.
Gus tips are whispered concerning per-
sons who have failed to make returns
or figured too sparingly. These products
OF malice or gullibllity are to be made
the excuse for wholesale attack on the
privacy. the convenience. the self-re-
| spect Of tens Of thousands
No excess of language, we believe. is
used In saying that the income tax Is
| already the most irksome and unpopu-
| lar levy that has ever been made In this
country. 1t lacked only the addition Of
general hunt for assets based on n
universal suspicion Of perjury and
fraud among people heretofore regard
ing themselves as respectable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
The Drug Habit Is More Than Five
Wears Old.

Among the documents that have re-
ceived general circulation recently in
the admirable campaign against drug
habits have been a number that
strained credulity to accept, and one
In particular which obviously puts a
wholly false face on the situation II
now attaining wide publicity. 1t gives
from the records Of the Health Depart
ment laboratories the number Of
samples submitted by the police for
analysis in each year since 1909. and
as presented to the reader It takes the
able increase In the use of habit form
Ing drugs" in this city in Ave years.
The figures are portentous:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01

During the recently threatened cpl
demic which has been happily averted
by the alertness OF our Health Board
THE Sun endeavored to aid the latter
by informing its readers Of the true
value OF vaccination as protective
against loathsome disease. \ few
earnest but fatally mistaken agltators
have attempted to neutralize the ener-
getic labors of Comm asoner GoLp-
WATER by paid articles, removing the
latter when the editors deem 1t their
duty TO refute the views by reliable
statistics and sound arguments.
Nituperation is their chief argument.
as is evident from the following portion
Of letter addressed to THE sun:
II am not supposed to know the Indlvid-
ual on your stan who writes the pernicious
stun in favor of vaccination
Now doctor who refuses TO listen to evil
dence In a matter Of such serious i'm
port comes near being a degenerate and
| II after considering such evidence as |
am enclosing herein he stil insists on ad-
vocating vaccination he is "a constituencies
rogue and UNIT for any position whether
on a newspaper or what not"
The signature of the correspondent
has been omitted In order to thwart
this philanthropist's chief object. which
is self-eXploltation. The evidence he
! refers 10 Is statement that Japan
passed through the bloodiest epidemic
/ n1 Snu1lpnx In 1nnS " fTh. -
cases of smallpox In Japan did sud.
| denly rise from hundreds into thou.
| sands in 1905. But they also did al
| most as suddenly fall from thousands
to hundreds in the years preceding
! 1905. The reason is plain. During an
epidemic vaccination IS stimulated by
! fear. 1t has been shown by DR. BIGGs
| that ian epidemic Is due at almost reg
ular intervals because acquired I'm
munity Ia exhausted. A reply from
| the Snrgeon-General to an inquiry by
! TUE Sun two years ago explained con
ditions IN the Philippine army which
| these maudlin reformers cite as proof
Of inutility of vaccination. II shows
clearly that the epidemic, which began
n few days after the occupation of
Manila, failed to he checked because
Of deterlornted vaccine matter from
Japan, and tn.t Immediately after gen
uinc lymph was produced from cnrabao
, calves smallpox subsidized almost sud
denly. units not one deaf was reported
last year.
The conceit Of these agitators Is mon
umental. They brazcnly pit their opin-
ions against the scientific obserya tions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
Inquiry into immigration. Headline.
What, another?

II Is certainly black lngratitude. in
view of pending legislation in the anti
trust measures, for labor unionist to
run foul of Administration policies.
But WILLIAM T. FERRIS. president OF the
Philadelphia hosiery union, did not fear
to incur the reproach in his testimony
before the Industrial Relations Commits
s!on. Waving psychology aside, he
came out Hat footed with an attack on
the neg Democratic tariff. The impor-
tation Of cheap stockings from Ger
many, he insisted. had thrown his fol-
lowers out Of work. Hence great de-
preston. FERRIS apparently has not
heard the spirit voices which have been
procalming the new boom in the last
week or so on the strength of infallibe
Government information and provision
He Is a sordld slave of facts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
CRIMINAL PRosEcuTIo,
Were These figures ACCENTED

We're these figures accepted at their
face value they would indicate moral
catastrophe Of the most terrifying sig
niiicance. Fortunately they do not mean
what they are made to import.
Previous to 1910 there were drug
fiends in New York and elsewhere. and
the fact that no samples of cocaine,
morphine and heroln were submitted
to the Board of Health merely means
that the effort to prevent the use Of
these drugs was noneffectlve. II II was
made AT all by the authorities. The in
creased activities Of the police and pri.
yate agencies for the suppression Of the
traffic are what this ingenious table tcs-
titles, and II gives no clue whatever to
the proportion of drug takers In the
community. That proportion may have
lncrea sed persons acquainted with the
facts assert that II has; but this tabu-
latlon has nothing to do with that as
pect OF an intricate subject.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01

New York's appreciation OF the best
In every field OF art is shown by the
announcement of the Boston symphony
Orchestra that all the seats for Its ten
concerts In this city have been taken.
the books closed and Carnegie Hall def
nitely sold out for every appearance of
this orchestra. OF course It would have
been fattering to local pride II this
demonstration of appreciation had been
made in favor Of New York orchestra
But II has remained for visiting or
ganiZation TO win such approval from
New York music lovers.
Yet this organization did not take
New York by storm. Its popularity was
won by tho proof year after year that
Il really was made up of the finest or
ganization that brought orchestral music
to this city. so public appreciation in
creased until the orchestra attained its
present prestige. With all credit to
New York's artistic perceptions. 1t is
not possible to avoid the regret that
such appreciation is not shown o a
local orchestra. Only the opera can
awaken sufficient enthusiasm to sell out
most of the seats at the Metropolitan
before the season opens.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
The German Duration Tests In the
Air

Whether Lieutenant PORTE will he able
TO fly the Atlantic In the big aeroplane
with which Mr. GLENN Ct'RrIss Is In.
boriously experimenting at IIammonds-
port remains to he seen: that sooner or
later a heavier than air machine will
make the passage the endurance tests
Of the German aviators LANpMANN and
BAssER Indicate.
In less than week the record Of
II hours I minutes made by another
German. Bruno. has been raised to IS
hours 10 minutes by BAssrR. and then
to Fl hours 80 minutes by his rival
LANDMANN.
Less than ten years ago, in 1909. Mr..
ORvIrLE WRIGHT caused sensation by
remaining in the air IS minutes and 10
seconds Herr LANDMANN says that he
had the physical strength to fly much
longer than nearly twenty-five hours.
Apparently he believes that he could
have stayed up for whole day if his
petrol had held out. But II must be-
remembered that he chose his own
weather conditions for the test, and
that Drawing the unknown air currents
over the vast Atlantic is quite another
thing from flying above familiar soil.
Moreover. the distance travelled by
Herr LANDMANN was only LOO miles,
and his average speed Nfty-sN miles a.
hour. The performance was full of
promise of an Atlantic flight on some
day not far distant, but success must
| depend either upon greater capacity TO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
4 NEU CAMPAIGN or SONf,o
william Harness Elder brother. ThurlOw
weed. Drops Into DepIorabIe Verse

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: II
Is seventy-four years since we had a
whirllng campaign OF song to put life
and rcvelry into a canvass II seems to
he high time that We should have a merry
twist attained by that now going ON, so
while | know my imperfections. yet ven
ture TO request that you shall open up
your columns TO all who would he pleased
to have some zest and laughter. inter-
mingled with a tang OF logic on the side
slapped into the discussions Of our date
To start the bail a-rolling submit tho
following: II deals with the desire OF a
political parent 10 escape responsibility
for his own offspring
ODE ADDRESSED To AN ANXIOUS PARENT.
Behold the strdont one intense.
Seeks fatherhood to screen.
When Wilson most needs defence
Explodes a magazine!
Who gave MS Wilson, Anger plainl
Who changed hearts ease to rue?
who split Republicans In twain?
Who Teddv, u NOT youe
The heir sure needs 20 have brace.
Droops the schoo,masters birch,
O treachrous dad. 10 save your face.
You leave him In tho lurch
But nay, the child can't be disowned
It's modelled your way. man,
It's not our KIN Down to the ground
Not Mordecai Haman'
The ratified voters went astray.
To their cost eternal.
II YOU. Teddy. led the way
Your vanity, Colonel!
xtha hat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
This cheerful Ago.

To THE EDITOR or THE sUN-Sir. II
seems to me that as the world gets older
II gets more and more cheerful. meet
nowadays fewer people depressed In
spirits than | did years ago. There Ia
in the present age a greater general and
individual habit of buoyancy.
THIS may he owing to better genera
health. due TO modern sanitary precau-
tions. II Is perhaps in some measure 10
be attributed to the multitudinous variety
OF amusements easily attainable by
which the mind Is diverted but there
never has been a time when the habit OF
looking out on the world cheerfully and
hopefully prevailed among men 80 ex-
tensvely as now. s. NJ. Senate.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 20
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
While the Owner L. at the Play

To run Enron or THE SuS--Sr: Although
am neither interested in public garage
nor taxicab company. happen 10 be for.
tunato enough to be just enough above the
poverty stage TO own an automobile. and
therefore read with some interest the article
headed Clearing the streets" Monday
morning.
Would you be kind enough either to let
me know through the same channel or refer
me TO tho department OF municipal service
with this matter in charge. what rights the
owner OF car may have who would choose
to call on a friend or so 10 the theatre by
this means OF travel, and not be obliged Ia
hunt for a garage while the car Is not being
used7 VIcToR A. CAHfLL.
new YoRK. June 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
A Gratifying Communicable

To THE EDITOR or THE suN-sir. The
girls OF Public School 80 who won
Medals IN the contest conducted by THE
Sun wish to thank you for your kindnes,
in taking such an Interest in those who
aim for literary career.
The contest not only helped us In per-
fecting our English hut the honors con-
ferred on us have stimulated our ambi
lions and encouraged us to 60 on with
this line OF work.
We sincerely thank you foi the help
we have derived from this work and we
shall try 20 follow the words OF the
Little Corporal, that There shall be no
Alps" and leave nothing In our way to
bar our progress to success.
ELIzAbErH MAY 'SHoEMAKER
HELEN Z. SHORTER
AMY KLINGMASS.
ROSE MAGt'iRK.
New YORK, June 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01

The Hon. Al JENNINGS. who took a
course in train robbery as prcpara-
ton for literature. Is candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Cover
nor Of Oklahoma. The Hon. LINCOLN
SrErrENs and divers other athletes Of
the typewriter have implorcd the Ok
lahoma Democrats TO rally around Al.
These recommendations. powerful as
they are. must be superfluous. 4 train
robber, holder up of railroads, foe
of express companies, Il plllager Of
plutocrats. "A stern regulator Of inter
state commerce. the Hon. Al JENNINGS
Is the perfect cpltome and cxemplar Of
prevalent principles. Nothing but fraud.
corruption, conspiracy of the interests
or lack Of votes can beat him in the
Statewide primaries of Oklahoma
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
Another 100000 POLICIES.

Probably 100000 more policies have
peen issued under the act by the cas-
ualty and mutual companies About
twenty mutual insurance companies have
been formed under the act and of these
about six have been licensed by the state
Insurance Department
The policies do not insure any specific
number of men They are based upon
total payrolls. and IL WAS impossible to
got any one TO estimate how many men
were insured under the act The pre-.
miums for the first year will amount
to s45,O0O,O00. II was said Yesterday by
the Workmen's Compensation Commission
The aggregate amount of the payrols
insured under the act, 1t was estimated
is about $4,000, 900, 900.
Applications for insurance with the
state fund came In with "A rush yester-
day. ON Monday those In charge of the
fund thought that IL they wrote 5000
policies they would be dong well. but
the applications came In so fast yesterday
that the estimate was last night IL ,O0O
policies, OF which $500 have been de.
as fast as possible. The Workmen's Com
pensaton Commission has sixty clerks
OF whom thirty are extra men. handling
the applications, These men are work
ms In two shifts one from A. VI. TO
> p. NJ and the other from 6 p NJ. to
4. NJ. In the effort to catch up with the
business
The casualty companies are Just as
rushed as are the mutual companies
The state fund has obtained about 10
Der cent OF the business written under
the act. and its premiums will amount
20 $4,000. 600 year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01

Many large employers who believe the
rates under the State fund arc too high
are organizing mutual companies Under
the law mutual comp MES can be organ
tied by thirty employers, but cannot
write policies until forty employers, who
have q total Of 900 employees, have
Joined. The disadvantage OF the mutual
companies Is th't II Il long series Of accl-
dents depleted the resources It might b.
necessary 10 assess the members.
The casualty companies are getting
heir share of the business, because many
employers fear these assessments of the
mutual companies.
Other large employers are taking ad-
vantage of the provision of the act which
enables them 20 insure themselves.
Some OF the large companies which have
taken out insurance under the State fund
are the Intern tlonal Paper Company.
whose premium II s35 600 for six months
the Lackawanna Steel Company with n
s33 600 premium twice a year the Cloak
and Suit Manuf ctur"rs Association. with
a payroll OF 50, o00.0 900 IA year Larkin &
Co, soap manufacturers OF Buffalo: the
Internatonll Railway Company OF Buff
falo, the Wholesale and Retail Coal Deal
ers Association. whose payroll Is $1,000
400 a year: the Third Avenue Railway
Company. the Turner Construction Com
pany and the STth-Cochrane Carpet
Company Of Yonkers
act IL the insur!ng Of railroad EMPLOYEES
or any other men classified as engaged in
lnterst to commerce As matters stand.
even though a railroad insures its en-
ployees with the state fund and pays
them under the workmens compensation
act In case OF accident it may We e.
f'cc suit under the Federal laws for tho
accident causing the injury.
For this reason few OF the railroads
have applied for insurance with the fund
Some Of the casualty companies which
have been insurng railroads against suits
for years have made new rates to cove-
liabilities under the compensation ac..
and most Of the railroads are getting
their protection there
Tho State TUNA II considering a pro
posed solution Of this difficulty II II to
issue blanks which the workman may
sign or refuse to sign az will. II signed
the wage Garner would waive his right
IN sue under the Federal laws IN view
NJ his Insurance under the State law.
There is grave doubt among tho cc'nmiS-
sloners that this solution would stand
he test OF law.
nv n decielon Of the classification commit
t,. Of tle cu'uprn~qti.u insn'c'lon TIM
board the STANDARD on Company learned
Yesterday that it, annual premium for
Insurance with the St9te fund would b"
sS3.63S.20. The standard on COMPANY
has . paJroll in THIS state Of sil4S,000 a
year.
The highest rate Is sl73. and aupiies
10 box makers the lowest rate Ia n
cents, for office workers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01

The third, July September number Of the
Unpopular RepieD OHolD follows It's predc-
cessors In respect OF honest expression on
topics of permanent or ephemeral interest
without vain pose shallow cyniclsm or
auerulous pebsimlsm, with unsigned articles
on 'Iinsocisl Investments', tipping, "a
Stubborn Relic OF Feudalism"; New Zea-
land's experiment In syndicalism, re
statement" OF the economic aspects Of i'm
migration policy; The Disfranchisement
OF Property" academic ideals and leader
snip: hypnotlsm, telepathy and dreams.
The Way to Fiatlsnd" Is a eupsp'ic pro-
test against the attack on individual initih-
tive. Articles In less serious vein deal with
psychological pleasures to be INDUCED In az
railway functions. Minor Uses Of the Med
ding Rich" experiences OF moderately
moist lecturer In dry chautsuquaand, The
MUSES. on tho Hearth" and the "sleopIess
watchdogs" Of tho peace propaganda
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-01
inserting a specially copyrighted set Of

inserting a specially copyrighted set Of
records Of his own.
Otherwise there is little to choose
between them ms earnest advocates and
powerful promoters of Executive usur-
patton. The more Immediately dan
gerous OF the two will always be the
reformer actually In power The more
radical and potentially mischlevous
will always be he who is temporarily
out OF power and therefore bent on
outbiddlng his rival for the support Of
the crowd.
When will there arise leader At to
muster and lead the party Of the Con.
stitution; the party Of balanced adj
justment of coordinate powers the
Legislature. the Executive and the
Judiciary