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THIS AGE OF SPEED.
Is There No Isle Of Safety But In the
Mind withdrawn?

To II EDITOR OF III SuN-Str, Is
not mechanics responsible in large part
for the present day social, industrial,
political and religious unrest? What
does speed, as embodied In the telegraph,
telephone. locomotive, trolley, automo-
bile and aeroplane. give to society that
1t does not rob it OF in independence.
repose and introspection? How much
nave they and other modern appliances
added to human happiness?
Is not the simple society the more
secure, and consequently the more con-
tent? What is the final criterion by
which 10 Judge OF tho value of a thlng
II II be not its capacity OF creating
happiness m do not all these me-
chanics breed discomfort. an unrest
which we have grown too superficial to
understand
What wonder tina we are superficial
and shallow and are incapable OF appre-
c!at!ng only the superficial and shallow /!
Where now is the independent family.
capable OF existing within itself. which
does not rely upon n multitude of diverse
sources TO supply It's needs?
This is the age of the machine. TO
which Is sacrificed contemplation, with
out which life has little significance. We
ourselves become parts OF the great ma
chine and cease to be human entities.
Bound to the complicated mechanism OF
society, We canno escape.
We are become like a colony OF water
bugs, whose members dart wildly and
a!mless!y over the surface OF a shallow
pool.
What's 20 he lone in such an age hut
to retire so far as is possible into ones
inner consciousness
ALBERT NJ STERLING.
BUFFALO, September IS.
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carriage and will sit on no saddles
but the best. There we're six auto
mobiles In use, but bad roads protect
the pedestrian. The %rhlnoceros beetle
has played hob with the palms. He
came half q dozen years ago, travel
ling snug as any bug in a rug In the
sackfng on roots of rubber plants from
Ceylon. His ravages have not been
felt in American Samoa.
The slapo. native cloak Of beauty,
Is going out Of fashion, cotton is popu-
lar. Bananas, yams and taro are CIV
Ing way to rice and bread. Coffee Is
coming into favor. Sell pots and pans
Hut matches Of sugar cane are eaten
by a bad bug. Roofs Of corrugated
iron r In demand.
The copra market in Sydney Is low.
Australasia gets most Of Samoa's busi.
ness But with the Hamburg market
closed copra has been coming to the
United States; s216.OS3 worth Of It
in the first six months OF 1915. There
Is need of American steamers calling
at Apia. More than $50 tons Of cargo,
part OF It perishable, was, June 10,
lying (and in part %perishlng) at Pago
Pago for want of bottoms to move It.
The German steamer Solf. formerly
running from Apia to with the
Oceanic line, San Francisco to sgd.
ney via Honolulu and Page Pago, be
ing interned, mail and stuff for Apia
has been handled, inadequately enough,
by twenty-five ton motorboats. Apia
is cancclling orders for American
merchandise.
Samoa has n future not behind 1t.
but in suspense.
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DIRIGIBLES IN WAR.
Another Approval Of the Effective.
ness Of the Zeppeilns.

To II EDITOR IF THE SuS-Sir: You
attempt to prove the worthlessncss of
the Zeppelins In warfare because they
have failed to kill any soldiers. II is.
Indeed. a poor compliment TO ~anybody's
common sense to hold that the Rep
pelin's main object is TO Kill.
That the British censor lets out moth
ing to the credit of the airships. they
being In the German service, is natural.
You will find. however, that in every in
stance OF n rald the town selected was
the site OF some military supply depot
either of coal, gasolene or lumber, or OF
blast furnaces. machine shops or rail-
way functions. To expect the British
censor either 10 admit or allude 10 these
facts would certainly DO a low appraisal
OF his efficiency.
Don't. please. call the Zeppelin a
failure because Il has not been as terri
bly, effective as some foolish Missionaries
predicted. In my opinion England's mu-
milton trouble can be laid, in part at
least. to the activities of the great air
navies Of Germany.
Did | not read only a few weeks ago
that the Germans, having been forbidden
the crossing of neutral territory to the
Dardanelles. had sent by a!rship the few
tons of machinery required for the
manufacture OF the necessary ammunl-
tlon? Even II this should prove only in
part true is II not OF tremendous SER
vice?
You advance as an absolute dogma 1T
1.-THE Zeppelinl can take the air only
when weather conditions are favorable"
This Is only your opinion. not neces-
sarily n fact. though It may be true. "In
n big blow the Zeppelin is unmanage-
able Men we'll versed in aeronaut!cs
claim otherwise.
Considering efficiency ms most for the
dollar, | admit the aeroplane seems 20
have a shade, Perhaps Il would be wise
II We waited til this war is over before
attempting to equip our country, and IN
so doing profit by the lessons learned
In II.
TIE dlriglble may prove n failure and
II may not. Let us not. however. cx-
clude II from our national defence plan
until It he definitely and unpreJudicedly
proved either one or the other.
II +. FIELD MCNALLY.
B~RooKLYN, September IS.
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HOME DYES'APLENTY
SOON, SAYS REDFIELD
Your Vest May Not Exactly
Match Your Socks, but In
dustry Is Growing.
GOVERNMENT HAS SUPPLY

wAsHINGToN. Sept. 15.-secretary
Redheld of the Department Of Commerce
is optimistic about the future of the dye
industry In the United States. After a
conference with the President on tho
situation in the United States with re-
spect to the development of the dye In
dustry. Secretary Redfeld said
you may not DO able TO purchase q
vest OF a hue to match your tie and
socks this winter, but the United States
is gradually developing the home indus
try Of the production OF dyes and the
outlook is growing more favorable
daily"
Some time & the master dyers Of
Philadelphia made an appeal to tho Ad-
ministration for relief from the dye
famine reported TO exist on account OF
the war In Europe. which had prevented
importations OF dyestuffs from Germany.
Secretary Redneld said to-day that ne
did not regard the situation quite as
serious as the master dyers had repre-
scented in their appeal for relief. The
dye industry in the United States is
gradually evolving, he said. and the va
riety and quantity of dyes, while not yet
sufficient to meet the demand, Is evidence
that the industry is a substantial one,
although II is young.
"You'll he able To- purchase n red han-
mel shirt. but you may not be able TO buy
the exact shade of pink trousers that
should go with it," said the Secretary.
The Secretary said that he had offered
TO stand as consignee for two cargoes
Of dyes reported to be in German ports
detained by the German Government
until an agreement can be reached that
will permit the entry of cotton into
Germany. The Secretary admitted that
he was doubtful about this story. Fac
tories that make dyes, he explained, are
the sort that makem munitions of war and
he believes that they are now turning
their attention to munitions instead OF
turning out ~dvestufrS.
The Secretary explained that the Gov
m was not embarrassed by the
scarcity OF dyes used in the making Of
stamps II money, The Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing has been econom-
zeal and has enough stock on hand to
last for six months. BY that time the
director of the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing believes that the industry In
the United States will be sufficiently
developed to furnish the necessary sup
plies or an arrangement will be made
for bringing in the dyes from Germany.
The bureau laid in a years supply OF
colors at the beginning of the war. Sew
eral small shipments have been ad-
mitted from Germany and one large
cargo as a result OF diplomatic negotia-
ions. The director of the bureau adj
mits that IL has been expensive and he
has paid three times as much for dyes
since the war began as previously.
1t was learned to-day that one color,
a vegetable dye. used in c%oloring black
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SAVE THE INFANT
Thoughts Inspired by the Birth Of Our
Dyestuff Industry.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sfr: VIII
the good old SUN rescue from imml-
nent and deadly peril a smiling, rosy
helpless babe? II would. Bravo. SUN
We knew you would We knew you
would!
Is the child in danger Of the mall
cious envy of an enemy of the family
Not so, but Its papa has hired a brass
band to celebrate its arrival n the
noise may kill 1t.
The fond father is you Uncle Sam
uel and the infant is our newborn
dyestuff industry.
What was the procedure when his
cousin OF Germany was IN process OF
CESSATION? A factory silently taken
from England. a man from rance or
Italy. an Idea from America.
Oh. yes. we helped. Their whole exec
utive and selling organization is
modelled after the Standard Oil Com
pany. For our own infant the Admin
istration has hired the music and Is
going to sit back and watch the child
grow.
Now. competent chemists are silent
folk and work sometimes for years
without results, which when they do
come show in the dividend sheets or
the technical journals and not In the
Sunday supplements, and this is not aid
in encouragement OF the latter.
I'll faut que le monde s'amuse, ct
sa femme aussi.'
Our suffering land Is cursed with an
other type OF chemist. He shuns the
laboratory and seeks the limellght. 1t
would he unkind to mention names, and
might be libellous but look over your
hles since the arrival in our town OF
DR.. Norton-interview with doctor this,
interview with professor that. interview
with chief assistant high cockalorum
the other: youthful genius has discov-
cred wonderful new pink. a man in
Philadelphia has given to the world the
cheapest black eve produced, made
from an ineNhaustible mineral and
wind, think of it-wind.
1t IL TO laugh, also II Is to mourn,
Gentry OF this kidney bring our pro-
%fession into contempt. hence my bile.
IL you want to know when our new
dye industry IL going to start. go south
on Broadway half n mile and ask Mr..
Farrell OF the Steel company. II is pos
Sfhle that he may be reluctant about
fixing a date. so I'll do 1t for him.
1t will DO the day after the price OF
powder comes down. Get me?
At that time we shall be large pro-
ducers OF anlline and anthracene pri-
maries, and we are not going to make
mothballs out OF them, not we.
The ~secondaries. the acids. the soda,
the coordinates. the selling force. will all
come; and there will he dividends,
scads OF 'em, but no band, nary TOM
tom.
In the meanwhile. q SUN. send
word 20 Washington and bring forth
the magic OF that hand which stilled
the unsuitable. CHEMico.
NEW YORK, September Is.
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MILITANT PROFESSORS.
Their Theories Are Not Accepted by
All Their Brethren.

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
Justice TO the enemies of your youth
call the attention of your readers to the
fact that a declaration signed by some
eiChty-two men OF emiuencc has followed
the one YOU refer to in YOU editorial
article THE Professor at Large"
This declaration protests against the
annexation of any peoples accustomed to
govern themselves. insists that the war
was defensive and must not degenerate
into conquest, and desires to preserve
the national character OF the German
State.
The signatures include those Of Herr
Dernburg, Professors Hamack and Del
hrueck the two leading radical editors,
Herren Wolf Of the Bcrliner Td0cbidtt
and Stein OF the ~Frdnkfurter ZcitUnO;
tire great banker Herr Mendclsohn :
Major ParseVal of the airships. Princes
Won Hatfield and Won Donncrsmark, y
score OF professors and several en-
ambassadors.
Don't overwork the Won Trcitschke
idea. but let THE SUN constituency re-
member that In Germany there are Pro-
fessors and professors. as in the United
States there are Colonies and colonies.
JOHN l.. STEWART.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY. September Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-16
Lend Me a Billion.

Who can fail to be struck by the
extraordinary composure with which
the foreign finance commission. now
comforting with u bankers, launches
it's vast loan request, and the still
more extraordinary composure with
which the request has been received
here? The phenomenon Is the most
forceful argument for the expression
Of business confidence through the
broadening activity Of enterprise in
all directions.
There Is something In the attitude
Of the borrowing representatives
toward the lending representatives
which suggests that they are asking
for so much loose change. Could
there he a more emphatic tribute to
the plethoric solvency Of American
finance? Yet Is IT not even more
astonishing that our public attitude
toward an application for so colossal
Il loan Is characterized by neither
CONSERVATION o excitement? We're
supplementary evidence needed that
We have the money 1t is furnished by
the raging of the hyphcnatcs, who
would not nce themselves about
the disposition Of Americans TO con
suit their own interests in the loan
proposals II there were any question
OF American ability to engage in the
operation.
Here Is borrowing absolutely with
out precedent. Never in all the world
nor in all financial history has one
nation been asked, merely In the way
Of business. to find 30 much money
all at once for other nations so that
the borrowers may trade with the
lenders. The only doubt even sug-
gested relates to the possibility Of
agreement on terms and methods.
American finance has more than
once startled the world by manifes-
tations of resourcefulness and cour-
age. There has never been a more
marvellous exhibition of the economic
power Of the United States than that
which these foreign loan negotiations
afford. When all has been said that
can be said about our interest in pro-
vidlng the ~stupendous credits sought
for foreign customers Of our indus
tries, and when all allowance has
been made for the circumstance that
the proceeds Of the proposed loan
are to be made available in the shape
of exported goods and commodities,
there remains the transcendent fact
that we car do what the borrowing
nations ask us to do. We have the
ready money. 1t Is a miracle which
gives a new meaning to the phrase
"a billion dollar country" and 1t Is
none the less n miracle because no.
body seems to think 1t one.
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In Hostile Territory.

When 10000 State soldiers, com.
posing a tactical division such as New
YORK has never seen, assemble at Van
Cortlandt Park on September % for
dEn and exercises, the new National
Guard will be for the first time re-
vealed to the citizens Of this town.
The full dress uniforms Of formal
parades, the bands, the tlnsel and the
decorations will be missed; but in
their place will be displayed the prac-
tical soldier, working out, so far as
the limitations Of the muster ground
allow, the actual problems of war.
The division will represent a hostile
army on ats march through the enc
my's territory, and the primary OBJ
1ect Of Its assembly will be to let the
public know what the guard really is.
1t will include ~detachments from
every branch Of the service welded
into a unit from which the civilians
may obtain some insight into the in
tricate organization Of what are SO
glbly spoken Of as armies" Those
whose conception Of the guard IL
founded on regimental reviews and
Fourth Of July parades have no idea
Of what 1t looks like in its service
clothes, or Of what 1t does when they
are donned.
The National Guard has undergone
a Transformation. 1t has not aban-
doned play, but 1t has assumed work.
1t has become practical. 1t has set
for itself a higher standard Of pro-
fesSonal attainment, attacked ser1-
ously the serious task of mastering
the soldiers art and mystery. Yet
many persons are unaware Of the
changes that come to it, and the OPP
portunitles to see the result of its
endeavors are few. For this reason
the exercises at Van Cortlandt Park
invite, and those who witness them
will come away with an increased re-
Rect and a better understanding than
they now have Of this increasingly
important body Of patriotic citizens.
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One Really Undesirable Alien.

That black ~rascally bird the star
ling had better beware, and If possible
reform. Every State where his mum.
Der has increased since he first came
to this country a quarter Of n CEN
fury ago Is in arms against him, and
ornithologists, suburbanites and farm
ers declare that he is a nuisance.
Not a bad looking member of the
bird tribe, the starting delights 10
strut In the sunlight 10 show that he
has purple and green as well as black,
to perk his head on one side and
sauciiy shake his small tail at the
farmer as the bad bird destroys his
fruit and grain. G. WILLIAM BEEBE,
bird curator Of the Bronx Zoo,
charges that starlings wander afield
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TO CONSERVE OIL FOR NAVY.
Government Seeks Injunction
Against ~ Operators In Myomiug,

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. l5.-The United
states Government filed AZ actIon ia no
Federal Court here to-day asking tur a
permanent injunction TO restrain '.e
Ohio on Company, which Is the m
ducing branch OF tho standard on con.
pany the Midwest oil Company, to
Midwest Refining Company and th.'e
other corporations and fifteen individual
defendants from operating claims in '''
Salt Creek and Grass Creek oil d|istr.y'S
OF Wyoming.
The action, according 10 statements
by Government agents, is the %forerunntg
of similar suits, which Will involve 1'
producing oil wells in the state, '|"
value OF which is estimated AT S9oo
coo. 900. The proceeding Is based upon
an executive order OF former rrcs'du"i
taft, by which the lands on which tAe
wells are located were Withdrawn from
entry,
The fight on the part Of the Cove
mont, II is generally understood, IL "
effort 10 conserve the nations OIL supply
for the benefit OF the navy.
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JOBS FOR
A Detroit Experiment Praised for Its
Social Possibilities.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Mr..
Shuldham asks whether 1t Is good policy
for Mr.. Ford TO show q preference for
convicts as employees.
Such a policy on the part OF the auto
mobile manufacturer seems absolutely
sound n reasonable.
The writer goes on to speak OF the
absurdity OF rewarding crime by Offering
the offenders positions which are now
sought by citizens.
In the first place, the employer would
not be rewarding crime. The criminal
upon his release from prison should no
longer be regarded as an evildoer. He
has served his sentence and his punish
ment Is over. With his long hours Of
Imprisonment behind him, then, how
could the prisoner consider the work
offered him to be a reward for the
crime for which he has been so Justly
punished?
Furthermore. the great good that
would result from such an action should
be considered. Since temptation for
crime usually arises because OF a state
of want. 1t naturally follows that EN-
ployment tends to lessen crime. Is 1t
not far more important, then, to protect
these fellows who have once gone wrong
and are weak from their misdeed rather
than those who are stronger In mind
and spirit?
Think of the countless numbers our
prisons are now turning out upon the
world only to join the army of the I'M
employed.
Does It not. then, seem to be n self
evident truth that ex-convicts employed
by n man like Mr.. Ford, where their
conduct may be observed. will, with per-
haps the first real chance In their lives,
turn out TO be useful CitiZens rather
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OUR NOTES TO GERMANY.
An IrascIble Patriot Thinks the Ian
guage Too Refined.

To EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
the morning papers of September 10 were
printed almost side by side this country's
note to Austria, asking for Ambassador
Dumba's recall, and Germany's note on
the Arabic AFFAIR. He who runs may
read. The former Is "A dignlfed and re-
strained yet firm and unainbiguous ex-
preston OF our meaning and intent, and
is set forth In language which no rca-
sonably intelligent and honest man. not
to say n gentleman, could under any
pretext fail to understand. In these re-
spects 1t differs In no wise from our
previous Austrian note of August IL
and our last note to Germany.
But what the use? BY their
answers to these notes, in Austria's ca Sc
by the officially authorized Dumba con-
spiracy and in the case of Germany by
the Arabic outrage, followed by this
belated and clumsily clubbing insult to
our intelligence just received, they have
made IL conclusively evident OF further
evidence were requlred) that the Ian
guage of our notes is either incompre-
hensible to or finds no response In the
Prussian consciousness.
In the earlier days OF the West, when
railroads were more scarce and mod
ern mine tramHays were unknown, the
motive power on the plains and in the
mining camps was Tor the most part
furnished by a certain class of hybrid
beasts of great physical strength, i'm
measurable stupidity and obstlnacy and
an atrabilious and outlaw disposition.
II was, moreover, a universally recog-
nized fact hat for the proper control
and direction OF these eccentric quad
rupeds an unrestraincd and su~lphurous
vocabulary was ar Indispensable quail
f~cation. An ordinarily decent horse, as
We all know, will respond readily to n
gentle word or a light touch upon the
reins. But not so a mule. II you were
to speak quietly and kindly to a mule
either he would not understand you or
II he did he would not believe that YOU
meant what you said. The mule drivers
knew this, and accordingly In giving
their commands they adopted a sly lie of
unbridled and tiuculent hyperhole that
threatened dire things II the Obstinate
ones did not git a move on"
The mules. thrilled u the core OF
their simple. primitive natures with
sympathetic admiration, did move. II
= true that during a long aud varied
experience in tho West | have never
encountered an actual case where any
Of these terrible threats were carried
into literal execution. But that is be-
side the question. The point is tina the
use of plain, straight mule talk is neces-
say In order TO carry due conviction to
the mule mind. GEoRGE W~EsTERvELr.
NEW DIRK September Is.
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In the House q Commons Il Is OIL
cially announced hat 1887 officers
and men serving with the British
armies have been killed in battle or
have died Of wounds. Surprising the
war continues four years. the duration
OF u civil war. the British dead could
be calculated at about four times the
above number and the grand total
would be 0 3,s2S. In the civil war
the Federal side, which had the
heavier casualties. lost ll0,o70 men In
battle, killed and fatally wounded.
But there is another phase of the Fed
eral losses that will hardly be paIal-
leled in the final British table. No
less than 249.450 Federal soldiers died
from disease. accidents or In military
prisons.
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WORK FOR THE POLICE.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: II
you will notify the proper authorities to
be AT the corner OF Nlnety-sixth street
and Broadway. Friday next, September
II, at S o'clock 7, NJ or shortly after
that hour, ] think they will find II
within their province to stop n young
propaganda from Hoboken who began
a disgraceful soap box campaign
against England and ]. i. Morgan last
Friday night and threatened to repeat
It this week,
He is surrounded by a gang OF
hoodlums who howl down any individual
protest by the audience, and his TRADE
last week was n disgrace to the city.
He almost succeeded last Friday In
starting a riot.
Sowing, as he does. a propaganda OF
hatred, he must eventually reap the in
evitable harvest OF violence and blood
shed. III, U.
NEW YORK, September 15.