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WINTERS or OLD.
We're They Longer. SnOwicr ana Icicr
Than Those OF Recent Years"

To TIE EpIroR or THE SrS--Sir. There
has been considerable talk In tho papers
recently about a change In our climate in
this vicinity, but the weather men Insist
that the temperature averages about the
same now ss 1t did years ago.
Some twenty wears ago met very
about the middle Of winter, and the
weather came up for discussion.
This man told me that when he was a
hoy sleighing parties used To start at the
Battery and so to Albany almost every
winter. AS he appeared To be IS or So
ears old. that would make it about a
hundred years ago that this happened
He said further that people walked
across the ic. from Jersey city n New
York for weeks each winter. and that an
oyster man used to set up shack a,
about the middle OF the river and sell
raw oysters 10 people going back and
forth. When the oyster shells would pile
up too high he would get somebody to
help him move his portable shantv.
II this man told the truth. even the
Immense number If craft in the river TO.
day az compared with hundred years
ago would not account for tho way tho
river IS now kept open even In the codes,
weather We have
\ friend ~ mine in New Jersey. NOW
IN his ninety-siNth year told mo once
mat In his hoyhood days II was a common
ming for snow to com" In November and
last until March. and for even the fences
10 be covered. We don't see anythlnv
like that nowadays NJ y
NEW YORK, February g.
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FOOD AND TROUBLE.
Farmer Murphy" Puts on the Prophets
Robe aud sees Things.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SrS-Sir, In
THE SrS Of February .. under the title
~. s. Meat Shortage Shows Big In
Crease" II is stated that official figures
report ls.259.o00 animals less than are
needed for eating In an address at the
bankers convention at Boston on October
Q James J. H!ll said
In a few years We may he buying food
abroad.
He might have said in few weeks. MS
his prediction has already been ahundantly
verified predict that In a few years
we shall not be buying food abroad "a
IN country will have any food to sell to
us. South America is fast filing UP with
swarms Of immigrants from the Old
World who will raise large families
In five years from now. with the large
broods Of foreigners this country will
have 1000 900 population can look
forward 10 that time and foresee famines
during which radirg parties composed uf
hundreds OF thousands will go out Of
New York city and swarm over tn
states OF New York. New Jersey and
Connecticut and plumber every farm Of
It's live stock and everything eatable.
can also foresee hunger strikes in which
mobs west Of New York city will tear up
the railroad tracks to prevent food being
shipped east. Then will the people Of the
Eastern cities get what their hypocrisy
entities them 10
Al thes. troubles aye being brought
upon the country ~ result W inmi-
ciaphobia. a disease which manfests IT.
self in those who favor "liheral imn,-
grafton" and other forms OF mmgrat on.
r. l., MvErHy.
FALL RIVER. Mass. February 4.
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mOnition that I'VE needs must mea sure
well our duty before deciding upon
forlble Intervention, else we may 80
change the scales Of historic Justice
as to interfere with genuine progress
toward great personal end" Hav.
ing placed himself on record as Op-
posed to Intervention In the abstract,
General CARTER takes up the question
Of our state Of preparedness for action
in Mexico. 1.-THE matter of most
serious concern" he says, us the de.
ficiency In numbers Of organizations as
well as In the strength Of existing
units" Without stripping the coast
artillery Notifications the War Depart
ment could not mobilize for field SER
Vice one corps Of three complete d.
visions. That Is to say. the ranks
would have to be filled with recruits
and 1t would be necessary to call Ma
tional Guardsnen TO the colors.
But II Is some comfort to know that
our regular army WIS never 80 efficient
as 1t Is to-day. The rifles with which
Infantry and cavalry are armed have
no superiors the world over" Never
before have We had such good field
guns such satisfactory ammunition,
and gunners who could shoot 10 accu.
rately. The men are "well trained,
physically athletic and mentally re-
sourceful," while their equipment Is
all that could be desired. Both the
quartermaste and the commissary
departments are ready at a moment $
notice to supply the army with every.
thing II would need for a campaign.
The General stan has worked ont plans
for any emergency. At last the regular
army Is modern In every detail Of eff
cheney. Between the lines one reads
General CARTER's opinion that although
small In numbers 1t would make n
splendid record In active service.
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ture. Those to whom the educa tion Of
our children IL entrusted would do we'll
to consider with delibera ton the Al.
mlrars proposition that men teachers
should be employed for boys and
women for the girls. Up to this point
we are entirely In accord with the
Admiral's views
The Admiral. however. lays no en-
phnsis upon the refining influence
which women teachers ure sure to exert
upon boys Of Immature age and which Is
Of absolute Importance In the teaching of
the woman teacher Is absolutely indis-
pensable. and for this reason we can
not approve the Admirnl's suggestion
that women teachers should receive less
pay than men tenchers Of equal eff
cheney In their respective sphere. nor
can we approve of the small raise Of
salary which he recommends. Eiu-
cation being the cornerstone of the so.
cial fabric. qualified teachers Of both
sexes should receive higher compensn.
ton than they do at the present time.
Aside from the favorable effect Of com
pensation based on the Importance and
therefore on the value Of work. this
course would remove the deep discrim-
nation against men teachers that takes
away from them the possibility Of es-
tabishing family" which the Al
miral justly criticises. That none Of
the greater nations Of the world have
adopted the American method Of femi.
nine teachers for boys Of maturer
years. as is pointed out by Admiral
CHADWICK, is matter for deep consid-
Grafton ut n time when each nation
vigilantly watches the others activities
in the building Of Dreadnoughts and
other preparations for war. and acts
accordingly. The cultivation OF vlril.
ity In our boys. their conversion into
strong men. must be pursued with at
least the same care as the construction
Of the forts and ships which they are
destined to man or support or the up
building Of the great industries they
are preparing to govern.
Admiral CHADwiCKs remonstrance Is
timely. 1t demands immediate heed.
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The Magical slip Of Words.

Reading the Burnett Immigration bill
passed by 80 fat majority Of the
House Of Representatives. one comes
upon this list Of persons against whom
the gates are 10 he shut:
".\ll aliens over sixteen year. OF are
physically capable OF reading. who cannot
read the English language or some other
language or dialect"
This made us think Of an unfortunate
and mostly illiterate Kentucky family
that has got its place in history in spite
OF educational defects NicoLAY and
HAYS Abraham Lincoln" tells Of his
mothers folks:
THE whole tHanksl family connection
was composed Of people no little given to
letters that It Is hard to determine the
younger members"
NANCY HANKS. the mother Of ARRA.
HAM LINCOLN. was an exception. In that
day and region almost marvel:
''She could read and write--a remark
able accomplishment in her circle"
Her husband. THOMAS LINCOLN. seems
to have been absolutely illiterate, but
NANCY HANKS taught her husband to
form the letters of his name
The mystic sesame of mot less than
thirty or more than forty words" pro-
vided by the Burnett bill. would never
have opened the gates to the HANKsEs
and the LINcoLNs.
The men that fought Indians, felled
forests, founded States md finally
spread the great western empire, the
precursors and the pioneers, were no
scholars as rule. They had small
chance of letters. How would the North
have Jared In the civil war II aliens
ready to fight for her had been sifted
by the thirty word "test"? An immi.
grant guiltless Of reading was good
enough to build the United States, Ia
fight for the United States; now his
ability, his character. his productive
capacity, his usefulness and value ire
to be judged by his skill to read from
thirty to forty words In some Language
or dialect. Words, words, words! the
great American art.
But, we are told, the litcracy test Is
only n pretence. Some check on inmi-
grafton there must he; the word test
for want Of II better.
II so. at least be honest about 1t!
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Beginning to Save New York.

The initial step In the rational i'm
provement Of the port Of New York
was taken this week when the SUBJ
committee Of the House Committee on
Rivers and llarbors recommended IN
appropriation Of $5OO.OOO for beginning
the clearing OF distractions from the
East River. This action must be In
dorsed by the committee itself. and
the bill carrying the expenditure must
pass House and Senate and be ap-
proved by the President. II is not an
easy road, but the need is so evident
and the benefit to be derived from the
betterment so general that any op-
position which may develop should be
overcome with comparative ease.
The activity of Boston IN seeking to
obtain a greater share Of the COM
merce naturally New York's than II
now enjoys has aroused the mercantile
associations of the town to a realizi-
ton of the danger that threatens our
supremacy. Some concrete attack OF
this kind was necessary to stir them
frym the torpor into which they had
fallen. They now recognize that vigor-
Gus team work in planning and exc.
cutting must replace the attitude Of
comfortable self.satisfac,ion which ~
long has hampcred New York. and that
efficient cooperation Is all that will re-
tain for this city the place II gained
aud has held by yirt,,e Of its ,inSur
passed natural advantages
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Panama Canal Tolls.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
the matter of Panama Canal tolls, aside
from the greatest consideration OF all,
that country hold inviolate it's treaty
obligations. there 10 another important
consideration which Congress must take
into account: In which way will the most
direct benefit accrue To Uncle Sans peo-
pie who pay the bill for the construction
OF the canal? VIII II be by RENTING tolls
on coastwise shipping or by turning all
Just tolls into the United States money
chest?
In the one instance, will not the boneft
be largely absorbed by the coastwise ship
ping companies and the shippers, that
are under no obligation to reduce prices
to their dealers? or, II they should volun-
tarily reduce prices at first hand. how
much OF such reduction would eventually
reach the people of the United States at
large?
In the other instance, II all Just ....s
are paid to Uncle Sam, will not all of his
people have an equal benefit from the
revenues Of the great waterway? II
there 10 to be a ship subsidy let IL be
equally dealt out to all United States ship
bottoms needing IL. A.
NEW YORK, February l.
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The Hon. A. MITCHELL PALMER pro-
poses but the President disposes. On
Tuesday there were two conferences at
the White House between them. They
discussed the political situation In
Pennsylvania and the prospects Of the
Democratic party In that Common
wealth. At the first meeting to which
Chairman ROLAND Morris OF the State
Democratic committee was invited. the
President was Informed that Repre-
sentative PALMER would lie a Demo
crutic candidate for Governor at the
next primary. After the second confer
ence, which did not include the Demo.
cratic State chairman. Mr.. PALMER made
this announcement:
Il expected to be = candidate for Gov
ernor. and so announced to many of my
friends. We hoped that Secretary WILSON
would be a candidate for Senator, but.
having sought the Presidents counsel, We
lind that ne Ii sverse TO Mr.. WILSON $
leaving the Cabinet. II Is the PRESIDENT
Judgment that I should make the race for
Senator and have decided to do So
Two ambitions seem to have been
knocked in the head by the President
invasion Of Pennsylvania. His name.
sake and Secretary Of the Department
Of Labor. the Hon. WILLIAM BAUcHOr
WILSON, had been laying his plans Ia
enter the primary as a candidate for
United States Senator, but the Presi-
dent preferred the Hon. 4. MITCHELL
PALMER, who did such 'yeoman
work" for him at the Baltimore
convention. So the Secretary will stay
ut his desk In the Department OF Labor
and see the debonair and obcdient
PALMER make the run. although that
gentleman would have been better sat
istied with the chance to he Governor,
| by no means forlorn hope with a
Progressive candidate In the field.
The definition Of a Democratic pri.
mary seems to be the mental process
by which the President OF the United
States makes known his will that n
certain person shall he candidate for
office. or In the event that there are
several asplrants that all shall with
draw but the favored one.
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STOvERATICS.
Another Mathematician Tries "a Esiuatc
the sudden vacation.

VVV SVuuVu vWVutuVVs
To THE EDITOR or THE suN--sr: Mr..
algebra" is also wrong. and to a
greater degree even than was Mr..
Arithmetic" whose calculation he un.
dertakes to correct, when he says that
Mr.. Stover's present two day vacation
would last one year and 335 days because
his previous nfteen minute vacation had
proved to be one Of sixty days.
Judging by Mr.. "Algebras'' computa-
tion I might plagiarize and suggest that
he needs to go not one but several steps
higher In his mathematics before becom-
Ing competent TO correct Mr.. Arithmetic
or Indeed anybody else. even In the kinder
garten grade.
II Mr.. Slower stepped out for fifteen
minutes and stayed away for sixty days.
manifestly he was absent 5,76O times as
long as he expected to be hence his two
day absence would. proportionateiy. be
equivalent to two days multiplied by g.
700, or i1,520 days. that is. thirty one
years and EOS days--a rather extended
vacation to be sure. but possibly not one
to which some OF our citizens would have
made any very serious objections "A while
ago.
OF course II we become technical and
measure a day by Mr.. Stovers working
time and not by the calendar the result
will vary according to the number Of
hours no put In daily. IT, for example.
sixty days. less say one.s!xth for Sum
days and holidays. would mean nifty
hours. or 200 times as long as the fifteen
minutes ne intended being out hence his
two day absence would mean 400 days,
or one year and thir'y-fve days of his
official time. and twice that period for
two working hours day. and so on
nut in order to make 1t possible TO be
absent that or any other length Of time
officially. thirty one years and 20s days
calendar time, would nevertheless have to
elapse. as already shown. q. T.. -.
New YonK, February T.
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General Carter Upon Intervention

When an army officer Of high rank
writes for publication about interven-
ton In Mexico It bchOoves him to deal
with the subject tactfully, and that Is
what Major.General WILLIAM II. CAR
TER does In an article contributed To
the February number of the North
American Reric,o. Until the first of
the month General CARrER was In
command Of the Second Division In
Texas, and he Is now in charge Of the
Central Department. with headquarters
at Chicago An able cavalry officer,
the best authority on army organiza-
ton in the service. for some time nm
accomplished member Of the General
STAFF and likely to be Its chief in due
course, General CARTER would have an
important command II Intervention In
Mexico could not be avoided. Natu-
rally his views on the subject after a
year Of duty on the border should be
OF compelling interest. In this article
however, he does not describe condl.
lions In the field MS he has observed
them or Indulge In prophecy.
One thing Is plain enough: the Com,
mandcr In Chief, the President, has no
more stanch supporter OF the policy
Of non-interventlOn than General CAR.
TER. 1t may even be said that the
General, like the President, synlpa.
thizes with the movement to establish
constitutional government In Mexico
taking no cynical but hopeful view OF
It. lie says:
"Out OF the existing struggles there
may yet arise a great Mexican patriot
who will opcn the eyes of his countrymen
TO the blessings Of constitutional liberty,
and show tho world that a quarter Of a
century OF suppression OF the popular will.
| exploitation, and tho thrift OF fawnins
which follows in tho wake Of such q
! government has not destroyed the spirit
| OF a people who have survived oppression
! for more than three hundred years"
Mr.. WILSON could not fail to bs
pleased with General Cairns I'D,
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The Gentle Constitntionalist villa

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-sir. wha,
signihrano" for the early ending OF the
reign OF battle murder and sudden death
III MEXICO attaches to President Wilson's
EASING OF tNr embargo AGAINST the export
OF arms to the belligerentso pra.un,ahi,
the latest step in our laundering MEXICAN
pollcN mas been taken with view 10 IA.
cllitating the phlebotomiaing processes M
the so-called Constitniunalists and thus
hasten liuertas downfall. However. n
mere mas been any truth In the reports
bands OF butchers, the Constitu,iona,is,s
nave not lacked the weapons of warfare
they have not been fighting with Their
hsts down there, have they?
NEW York, February g. Orrsrp,sr
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STEPTAkEN FOR en- RCH INIT,
Episcopal Com mission sends Ont
Call for World Conference.

commission composed OF Bishops and
distinguished laymen OF the Episcopal
Church In the United States has taken
the preliminary steps toward bringing
about a world conference on faith and
order which will have for its man rur-
pose the removal OF differences Of on.r-
on and bitterness between the churches
Of Christendom. II will be imposs .h'-
for several years TO hold the unltica'iou
conference because OF the difficulties and
delays that are sure to occur, but 80
preliminary work is going on steadily
The commission believes that the COZ.
ference will be the most important re-
ligious congress the world has known .-
centuries,
The preliminary commission consists ~
Bishops Charles L. Anderson OF Oh. ago
president; Boyd Vincent OF Southern OHIO,
Thomas +. Gailor OF Tennessee, a &. \
Hall OF Vermont, c. Il. Brewster Of Con-
nectIcut, Reginald H. Weller OF Fond a.
Lac, Charles II. Brent OF the Phi rp.Ne
! Islands David IL, Greer OF New No~,
T. NJ Rhinelander OF Pennsylvania, tho
Rev. Drs. William 7, Manning OF New
York Alexander Mann OF Boston, Fran.
els NJ. Hall OF Chicago r, Talbot Rogers
OF Fond du Lac, William NJ, tlark -
Richmond Va; H. T. W Foshrokr -
Cambridge. Mass. the Rev. Edward l.
Parsons of Berkeley, CAL George ~
hrisk!e, Seth Low and Francis lyr.e
Stetson of New York. Samuel Math'" :
Cleveland, Edward i. Bailey OF On. ago.
Horace II, Lurton of Washington, u DO.
and Robert II. Gardiner OF Gard r-
! Mass who is secretary.
Invitations to attend the Coufr'"
have been sent to the Anglican .f'-
munion throughout the world. r.
invitations have no, been sent YET 'u '.,
Roman, Russian or Greek chur .hr. 40
cordial letters have been received :. '.'
commission from Catholic tlri f....
bishops and priests.
Thirty -fve commissions have h.""
pointed in the United states '..
Great Britain, Ireland, Europ" Aust
South America, India, China and i
and notice of others is expected
tary Gardiner in "A statement issued
terday said;
THE conference Is not eApcCtrj -
achieve unity directly, II Is hoped ''.'
by promoting prayer for u comm,H
iect, personal acquaintance, apprc'.a '"
knowledge of the terets of Others AND q
clearer sense of proportion sN!~,'
comprehension will be substituted '''
that Of controversy and that the ,''.
ference will opsn the way for subseque'
direct effort for reunion"
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Political "Charity."

Here is an instructive passage Of the
Hon. JosErir CAssIDY's apologize:
They talk about charitable institutions,
but the political organization Is the mos,
charitable institution that We have In this
country"
As the head Of the Queens county
branch of the most charitable institi.
ton Mr.. CASSIDY acted upon the pre-.
Cept that charity begins at home.
The charities and philanthropies OF
district and other political leaders
range from chowder parties and picnics
free turkeys at Thanksgiving, to Jobs
such as II Supreme Court Judgeship
Mr.. CASSIDY aud his kind are paid II,
votes aud money for their Charity
They do not give, they sell.
The sentimental theory Of the merce.
nary politician Is that II he steals or Is
bribed in the course of his profession
he makes up for II by seemingly elee.
mosynary demonstrations. As matter
Of fact he robs the public which pays
for his populations, his collections. his
'u"'h' VIC Sihit Nui'h uhb CustoIi
ers have to get back from the public
after dealing with him or agreeing t.
share their profits with him.
CAsslpYs defence Of his political prac.
tice, his idea Of politics, seems to be
about AS sound as that OF which the
variety theatre singer used to howl forty
years ago: Jim FISK was good to the
poor; defence in the forum of poppy
cock against any failure to discriminate
between mime" and thine"
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A Timely Warning.

When man OF Admiral CHADwIcK's
experience in life and observation In
many countries utters an earnest pro-
test against the present method Of edu.
cation of boys and girls he Is entitled
to Immediate attention. As reported In
a recent issue of The SUN, the Admiral
declares that the prepondcratins femi.
schools of America is producing fem-
MIXING, emotional and illogical man
hood, TO which hc attributes yielding
u power, rs illustrated by inability to
struggle against capture Of franchises,
and II general passive attitude In mat
tiers concerning the veal or woe OF the
country
If The statistics offered by the Ad-
miral are correct, and there is no rea
son to doubt them, two.thrds of the
teachers in our public schools are
women.
There is a large modicum OF wisdom
in the Admlral's contention that mere
book knowledge does not produce that
most important element In the further
ance of efficiency and happiness Of
men and women. character; and he Is
certainly correct In estimating honesty,
upriehtness In conduct, courtesy, manli-
ness IN boys, womanliness IN girls, as
Of paramount Importance Calm refiec-
ton without bias would result in agree
ment with his view that placing boys
under woman tutelnge ut their most
dmpressionable, character forming age
must do VIOLENCE to their masculine na.
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Two Blts ~ Polk Lure.

To 1uE Enron 90 TUE SuN-Sr. All don.
Keys are said I" wear the cross commemora
we "t the entry Into Jerusalem. the dark
ln' running along the back and across the
shoulders forming the complete emblem.
have any OF your readers ever noticed
Just inside the f"velegs of hogs near tho
feet after these animals are dead and
cleaned or scraped, from three to fve black
Spots about an eighth Of an inch apart,
THESE are said to be devils claw marks
and to relate to the destruction of tho hora
or swine incident IN Matthew VIII. IS to 49,
ARLINGTON. ~ j. February 8. T..