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would follow the curse he did.
But the practice of appointing special
officers. deputy sherlffs, inspectors and
the like is wrong in theory and has
or frequent occasions produced lamen-
table results.
When 1t Is understood that no such
designation can add to the authority
every citizen possesses to take any
action, even to the making of an ar.
rest. for the protection of his person
and his property, II will he seen that
nc plea of exceptional danger can
Justify these appointments. In most
cases they are made at the request
Of societies to which the state has
weakly yielded some Of Its powers. or
% employers who imagine that by
means of them an additional dignity
is acquired by their employees.
But the designation of citizens ms
special policemen. special deputy
sherirs and the like Is full OF danger
To- the community at large. and par
ticularly to the responsible officers
under whose constitutional and statu.
tory authority they must act When the
Police Commissioner put an end to the
practice in his department no did a
good job, and his example should in.
Splre others to imitation.
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Is the Legislature Capable Of This?

As Speaker SWEET says. tho LcCis-
laturc can finish It's business without
undue haste. pass all the statutes
TINT the state needs and quit on April
Eff It will practise diligence. com.
pei the attendance Of it's members and
ignore the trivial and inconsequen.
tial among the schemes that are
urged upon II.
But WI the Legislature do thlst
VIII II send all the meddlers. all the
fellows with axes, all the Jealous
reformers of other folks habits pack
ing, restrain itself to the immediate
needs OF the people, and have the As
Semblymen ana Senators on hand to
do the serious things of governments
We hope so. hut our hope will not
lead Ms TO confident expectation.
Legislatures delight to potter around.
10 waste time, TO accumulate riches
Of reccsseS. and It Is astonishing how
many important things happen TO
keep n lawmaker outside tho Capitol
while the session is In progress.
Nevertheless, we plump for Speaker
SwrrT's resolution: he cannot get
his colleagues TO leave Albany n min.
ute too O To suit us.
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ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
Another Eyesore on what should BE
the Most Beautiful Of Parks.

To THE EnfToR oF TIN SuN-Sir: Why
has nc protest ever been made
against the structure erected in River
sile I'ark AT thc foot OF Ninety
sixth street. and used as a coal pocket?
Hoe is Cd reinforced concrete building
practically the width and height OF a
large apartment house. which il not
only u%uScntly but cute OF the view Of
the residents and visitors OF The Drive
81 thIS iuIottu't spot.
Tho upper part u this structure server
only Us an enclosure FOR the rurr.ug
gear OF the GOA pocket. The building.
the height OF which Is entirely uuneces-
sary. Is in the most important spot on
riverside Drive and is used entirely for
commercial purposes The upper floors
q his building should At least be taken
down. FOR the runriuu gear OF the coal
pocket would not ohstruct the view,
,vtu though ~ursEut.y. Il would be
preferable Tor tho city 10 break IN"
lease ~ this building and pay resultant
damages than 10 have II remain as Il is
The structure is OF far greater detri.
meut 20 Riverside Park than the ere.-
,'ou Of the covered ash dump proposed
by tho street Cleaning Department at
the foot Of stvcnty-uirth street. The
latter structure At least fills an urgent
municipal need. replacing the nuisance
of an open dump AT mis- spot.
The omen dumps OF the Street Clean
ing department urc dep.orahle and Com
missioner t'othoreton should be COM
mend~i FOR his effort In trying TO DO
away wien them
Where were thu West End Association
and the other protectors Of our parks
when this concrete building at the foot
= West Sinety-sixth street WAS being
ererted7 JosErN NJ PRICE.
NEW YORK, February %,
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WASHING.
A Candid Opinion Of an Open Mouthed
Federal Onicial.

To THE EDITOR OF TIRE SrH-Sir' |
am constrained TO- write 10 You on tHc
serious aspect being created 10y the pub
lie rawlings OF Chairman Walsh % the
Industrial Relations commission. In
my opinion. be : one of the most dan
gerous anarchs thu United states has
ever seen because of his official position
and the attention Il creates.
In absolute disr gard of tho purpose
FOR which tho commission was created.
namely. to bring capital and labor 90 a
bitter understandings Of each others
rights and value. ne j.. instead. Great
ing hatred and revolt by a class who.
II we are TO make OF them good Ameri-
can citizens. should he Hught the truth
and not. rs stated by Mr. Rockefeller,
Jr. IN the press. "A distorted state
ment a. given hy Mr.. walsh when he
saws Mr.. Rockefeller. Jr. said to y IN
one Of the purposes Of the Rockefeller
Foundation VAS 70 use its wealth t.
break up STRIKES
Il was the evident intent OF this chair
man 20 create hatred against capital and
make himself solid with labor when %.
gave 20 the press this distorted state
meni e. which NJ. Rockefeller says b"
never gave ut'crarce
Il makes one wonder also II the on
trollers OF labor only intend the pub
lc to see their side OF the labor ques-
ton and are afraid TO let the light ~
day in on their acts when they a y
against the Rockefeller Foundation ir-
ve|stigat'ou Of labor conditions. DO they
realize that here is something that they
cannot erslavo as they have done 20 The
mon IN Congress who jump at the snap
OF their whip And also from which tht
public VIII get wisdom?
There is one thing sure President
s.H.L. IL Ia Far. - saaa7.. sA- .f'
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4 Great Actress.

Without courage and determination
Nine. BERNHARDr would lot he her
self. So the fortitude with which she
has undergone an ordeal that to any
individual would be most serious. TO
any woman n tragedy, and to any
actress a catastrophe, causes no sur
prise. That indomitable spirit which
has notably characterized her through
accomplishments that to recall its
length Is not In any sense ungallant
sustained her as She prepared calmly
for the operation she has undergone.
VIII II not enable her to fulfil her
announced intention TO return once
more to her work?
II the physical limitations under
which Nine. BERNHARDr must here
after labor do compel her retirement
from the unique position in which she
Ia 10Y firmly established. how salts
factory. ever TO II Of her ambitious
spirit. must be the record Of her
achievements. Nor. thanks 10 the
popularity Of hcr profession and the
quality of her genius, has her reward
OF affection and tribute of admiration
been deferred TO n day when It's object
could not enjoy Il. She won success
ard reaped the honors she deserved.
Whatever the future may hold for her,
OF this she is possessed.
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BILL AUGSTS VISION.
4 Most Sweet Song Of the First
Wolverine Robin OF the Season.

From me Gf1nf R1Hifs Nebs
BIZ Angst. EMO SODA 'efker. stood At
Jputo~rs marble bar.
In meditation deep MAS he. HIS mind.
whore tr,u' t-o apt 10 iurk.
4 vision ~ a J"sou, -pring came 10 the
SAY. No. h. sid, a- he brought on our
slukors and our t"a.
takc ;ha' ZIP straight from me.
when came down at S o'clock this
moruiuF-iust AT dawn
l lamrcd mo FIRST srling robin hopp,n'
round upon a avn"
OF cour.. these r,ft sprins robin ruy-
But Rul is a ro.'ri'us wiEht-w.v- got
IN 'tko hls V'rt
He'' .omrw Po, .hr G@orrs w9-hinE'on'
We've NOT known iNI %. tel "A Ne-or,
&C. one HnI hr caught
When 'h1t rg'irl,us gcnsus thing was
Rul WI. tho INST % SO - work and take
the Ccusu, gowU.
many vcags we've heard
His brand Of WISE philosophy on all that
II any other friend Of ours had said this
woudrous thing
ooncerning me discovery of this nrst bird
w. would nave taken It with salt and
uwinkel the 'eeward eye
the truth or die,
T \. harninrcr 7 saw" saii Rnl. was
spW,vhtf Wruk and pnle.
And was some wahti, on hi- pins No.
g were not NJ qIau.
II staggered round about a tree, as crazy
It's song Was weak and seemed TO say, !
gu's7 ma, nero goo, soon
Go back said J. ~ back you NUT unto
Before our climate stops your song h.,
freezing. up your mouth
UnF fhRf htTl FlmH.A- NtALf|I ~ ma ma
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r
Why the Folks in Western states
Want II Restricted.

To " EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Pa
triotic people In the Western states were
sorry to see the defeat of the bill for n
literacy test for Immigrants. II was
not adequate, but II was a step in the
right direction. immigration must be
not only checked but stopped II we are to
retain our integrity and identity as n
nation. When ten thousand people OF
one nationality cav the hall during a
great festivity because The Star Span
gled Banner" Is played. as II was re-
ported from n city In this State a few
days ago. II Is time TO consider what
such an event portends.
People of the Eastern States seem to
think that when n family or colony OF
immigrants come West and go on ain
they become good citizens at once. They
say. IF the first generation does not
become Amerlcanized. tho second gen
Grafton surely will be, through the in
huence of the schools and their Amcri-
can associates" Now, the fact Is In
all these settlements. towns and coun-
try places. no American can do business
or find work. He is boycotted and his
family socially ignored. And whore
there are American schools the language
IL used only in reclting lessons. on
the playground and in all intercourse
the old language is used. There are
school districts even now In which no
school can be held. for they are farm
ing communities, and the teacher must
board in some family n no person
sufficiently Amerlcanized to obtain a
certificate can endure their ways of
living.
The desirable free land il all gone.
Al that is now left is Of kinds that re-
quire so much labor and expense to 1T
them for cultivation that no poor man
can afford to take them up. our "
young mon are going to Canada. To
South America and TO the islands for
homes. for we have given what should
have been their inheritance to the un-
grateful from over the seas.
Every male immigrant takes out first
papers as soon as possible after landing
40 that he can take up a claim and vote.
And the vote OF his nationality is usu-
ally cast as a unit
Tho proportion OF insane among i'm
migrants in the West Is appalling our
ssylums are filled with them. And these
are all supported by taxation. and the
rate OF taxation Is steadily rising and
Is becoming a most g%rievous burden to
the taxpayer.
IL Il, not time that We demand a.
least standing room FOR ourselves and
our own children In the land which orr
fathers formed from the wilderness and
gave US 20 keep ard defend? r. Il.
SUPERIOR. Wis. February 20.
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An Able Day.

Some of the golfers, men spoiled by
good fortune. complained that yes
terday n o. muddy for the one
grave business Of l!fe. People in
capable Of approaching such a
prophet Of the summer as Yesterday
should be sentenced to read the Com
CresSi0ndi Rccord for the rest OF
their unnatural lives, 4 blandcr
Wa%shinCton's birthday cannot be 4;
millions OF folks took the mothballs
out OF their constitutions.
Robins and other members OF the
bird choir were seen on the Essex
Fclls and elsewhere (and earlier).
Even in the bleak wilds OF Michigan
as early ~ the middle Of last week
an anwmlc and n meagre redbrcast
vas hailed by BILL AuGsT, as is told
in canorous and immortal verse else
whore on this page.
In spite OF wars and woe lot MS
be cheerful. hoping that winters
rains and ruins are over" As "A
homcllrr bard hath sung:
II heard ne w%oodpeckcr peckinr,
The bluebird tenderly sing
l arose and turned out Of the window
A patent back action handspring"
why should a March blizzard he
feared OF counted on by the gloomy
and the bilious; Can even Mad March
resist the irresistible onset ~ unfit
and REFORM
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The Federal Trade Board.

Corporation Commissioner DAVIES
is going up and down the land ex-
rounding 10 business associations the
mysteries of the new antitrust legis-
lation and especially the act provid-
ing for a Federal Trade Board. APP
~parently Mr.. DAWES cannot extol suf-
iiciently the virtues of this particu-
lar miracle Of lawmaking.
As he sees it the Federal Trade
Board is clothed with authority Of
investigation and judgment for the
protection Of the public in general
against business in general and the
defence Of little business against big
business. To the directors OF corpO-
rate enterprise the Federal Trade
Board looms up nightly like a new
political terror clothed with powers
of inquiSition and prescription.
However. letting these debatable
features pass for the moment, It is 10
he observed that appointment of the
Federal Trade Board Is still de-
llyed. II is taken for granted that
Mr.. DAVIES is 10 be its chairman. but
only more or less officially inspired
rumor has placed the other four mem
hers in public nomination.
President WILSON In his annual
message TO Congress said that, the
Administrations programme Of bust
ness legislation having been prac-
tically completed, the path Of business
lay clear and straight ahead. Yet the
enactment Of business laws Is nothing
compared with their definition and
application, and until the Federal
Trade Board Is created and gets to
work the business over which II has
authority can have only the vaguest
idea Of the character Of the road
which it must travel.
Three months It was expected
that the President would send to
the Senate within n very short time
the names Of his selections for the lat.
est corps Of Industrial and CONNER
rlal regulators. They are still un-
known except as mentioned in Wash,
iugton reports; and the names thus
given suggest. in connection with the
Presidents delay, that he Is bent on
making recess appointments.
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BILLY SUNDAY COMMENDED.
He Is Fighting Vice. According to a
Social Register PhiIadplphian.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: What
a quaint idea Is up. DIS" about BillN
Sundays language In "A letter TO THE
sun, Would New York preachers really
forbid their children to hear II even
through the tongues Of their servants9
DO New York preachers have many
servants? Way back here In poor old
Philadelphia our preachers have lots
" children but not many ~rvant But
"P. D." II right in one thing he Will
find more res; r, the churches Of :tsw
York than he will In Mr.. Sundays tar
ernacle. For, my dear "P. D." there
will be a tabernacle in New York. IL
BILLY Sunday cares to come you can't
keep him away. though you write to
tn L ever so quantity! And
mighty r~estless you will he II you ever
hea. Mr.. sunday.
know YOU, "P. D." You come from
Sheffield. and you will writhe inwardly.
and ma Nhap outwardly, and perhaps
your feet will carry you up the saw
dust trail. II they do I hope YOU will
write to THE Sun and confess. And
let me give you q piece OF parental ad-
vice. II you don't wish your children
to hear Mr.. Sunday. take them away
from New York. or keep them locked
Up. otherwise they will go to him,
for the young like to invest gate all
that Is new and vigorous n effective
My own offspring got there before !
did. and do you know. "P. D." 1t has
actually ono no harm.
I shall be very pleased II the tangi-
bic effect of Mr.. Sundays Influence Ia
with us for life. And let me state,
proudly. that I and mine are not of the
emotional middle classes. No. ~. D.
we are all in the Social Register in
fact. we move In even more exclusive
circles. We land our bow-wowsD walk
just as stif and proud as could any
New York "P. u" with canine Access
sories. And only think DIedda). We
keep six servants. and II they should
talk to us and our offspring the way
Mr.. Sunday does, we might be com
PEELED by our new co~nsciences 70
knuckle under 10 get in practice for
heaven So 7 warn you. Up. D." you're
going TO he most awfullv upset when
NJ. sunday comes 20 New York city.
And get him 20 come soon. Mr.. Editor.
for he IL growing thin and wornout look
ing and may not be hnre 90 very long.
as he tells his God he needs help. foi
he can't do II all alone. BY the way,
your discerning correspondents do not
seem to realize fully nat sunday Is
fighting vice and that "restful church
services" hardly do That.
pHILAnrIPUtAN.
PHILADELPHIA, February %.
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PHILADELPHIA, February %.
PROPHET AND POET.
\ Bun Mooser Looks Into the Seeds
Of Time and Sings.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCS-Sir: tn"
i'ruE'cSslves have without a complete
orEtui2ition, by the power % suggestion
backed hy the voice of two million in-
dependent voters. men who consider and
think Of their Cuuutry's need, men not
rfrlid OF the party lash. not looking for
political pap or tho pamperel recipients
" political graft, compelled great
humanitarian measures. mothcr~' p'u-
s.ouS. workmen's compensation. shorter
hours 81 s,rV!c" for women and children
h,inE written into the laws OF a number
~ States since the adoption II tho
i'rpertss!V" platform. Angus Il, 1912
This. with both OF the OLD parties try
ing 70 hammer out the Bull Moose trade
mark from our trust and tsrlff plinks.
Indicates very clearly th- path of use
fu.ucss OF the Progressive party.
Tho~e TWO million men cannot go back
they are 'he bone and s.new OF this
great country. they are men who pm.
their feet under their own table. they
produce the food that gives on that table.
rs the result Of their own energy they
are the men who think and know cause
and effect Th.s" men have found a
yoh..'e Ia tEo Progressive party Of cV-
pressing thor political IDEAS. through
the party platform. and by the power
Of suggestion have forced the paid o'iic.
holders Of both old parties TO put Their
ideas into effect by fear OF this bal
auce OF power. which means obey the
peoples VIII or get out, and office hold.
v's who see IN" handwriting on the wal
VIII often do things rather than get u
These two million Independents voters are
the men who have swung the pendulum
60. political victory back and forth for
parry or 'tuiiit;o correction. You can
r.t rob th,so men of their party. their
vehicle for political EXPRESSION, now
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PROFESSORS.
The Sway Of the Academic Intellect
Approaching.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str. Let
"F J. u" take courage and raise him
self ont OF tine slough 81 sociological
Woe that IS consuming him, for we are
soon to Ice up,lftcd 20 the rutilRnt peaks
the lurdan common people.
President Hadley OF Yale In THE SUN
~ Friday, February IL, thinks that the
moulding OF pubic opinion In this coun-
try VIII he transferred In the near future
from editors &C. professors
"Ou with tho dance, lot JOY h. un-
con'u,d' every one vii, soon Dee I'm
ius' -" &."h" COD made hin fui. tul
feed uup a salary just suited 20 make
for perfect morals Chautnuqua will he
come a holy shrine for professors cats
win sleep at night. and men will say
that Womcn's hats ara just right, no
matter whether they look like n bun or
an airship. JAMES ~ DEwFLI. Jr.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, February 20
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Net export balance over

Net export balance over
imports for six months. s4lo,3s2,427
o February's trade has carried this
balance well above 5000 00, 900. As.
Stunning no material Interference with
our m by impending develop
ments, the current trade balance by
the end of March. that is. for the
first eight months of the war. will ne
500. 900. 900, a larger total than has
ever been attained in any full trade
year.
We need these great returns to
able American finance TO carry the
burdens which the war Is shifting
from Europe to u shores and alb
sorb the strains that are reflected
here. Business will accordingly OBJ
serve immediate events abroad very
closely for the signs of any serious
disturbance of our extensive trade
movement.
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GERMAN ~ANTI-SEMITISM.
Fruit 81 PruSslan Kultur Arrogantly
Spreading Itself.

To THE EulToR or THr Sv%--S;r. I
road with grca' satisfaction tho letter
II Richard Go''hel and agree fully with
him In his remarks about German anti
eemitiSm"
II is there and always Will he there.
and particularly so because Germany
becomes more Prussianizcd
The Prussian spirit 81 class d,stirc-
ton produces hatred and not love.
! hope hat this prussian spirit WI.
not spread over the world. because IN
that case democracy would DE.
! do not believe that th'~e Is any rea.
love for America In the heart ~ a twp e.
cal Prussian. Thev all like the Amer
can dollar. but they hate what We call
the american idea" of liberty.
SovTIt GERMANY.
New YoRK. February %.
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II is a not altogether gratifying
fact that because of our previous
treatment of the only peoples within
the United States who are entitled to
wear the name American without a
hyphen a great many persons SYM
pathize with the Piutes in their pres
ent encounter.
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one or the CHIEF tools OF the presen,
day acad mic conIurer Is the blessed
word sociology. Both ArGrsrE CoMrs
and HEEBEEr SPENCER would be not a
little surprised TO see what has become
OF the term that they foudled 50 ten.
derly.-NicitotAs MURpAY BrriFR.
a thought tina, offers comfort u
less DISTINGUISHED men who daily find
themselves surprised At tho all IN
clusivcness Of this frat and last
refuge OF deep thinkers.
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II VoN fffNDESByRG continues to
capture Russians Nv the hundred thou
sand. not only will the German food
problem rapidly become acute hut tho
Kaiser's armies viii he in danger q
attack from the rear.
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London once, Bingham House. 1 Arun-
del street, Strand.
Paris ONCE. s Rue de Ia M~ichodiers. OF
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington office. Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn ONCE. l06 Livingston street.
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The British Ambassador at Wash
ington must be losing his sense Of
humor if he sends 20 the state De-
partment an Indignant denial' Of a
Berlin story that an American mer-
chant ship is 10 be blown up IN the
war zone in order 10 involve Germany
with the United States. The British
Ambassador is usually such a matter
Of fact and unperturbed gentleman
uhat the report IS incredible.
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The Russian General stan an
nounccd last summer that its task
was to get It's armies to Berlin, ana
the Germans are helping do Il.
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Though problem uovc'is's To-day
Among the muck heans grovrl
Aas. the problems they display
Ars anything but novelI
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August 1. As we'll as these may be
set forth geographically they are
represented thus:
4uOuN 1.
ALIEN American.
December J.
ALIEN American.
January /
ALIEN American.
February /
Alien American.
February IS.
li.n-AMERICAN.
February %.
AMERICAN.
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~ our friends ,cho fdror Us Nth rdnu-
scripts and Illustrations for publication utah
10 haze rejected articles returned fhev musf
il oil cases send stamps for thai purpose.
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Senator sMoor does not help the

cause OF national defence by propos-
my "a first year appropriation Of
$50, 900. 600 for the construction o.,
htty submarines Of a selE0ing tyne
and twenty-five smaller ones In tho
whole world to-day there ara prob
ably not htty submarines of the sea
going type he has in mind, There is
such a thing as knowing what you
are about. The Utah senator should
consult a naval specialist. 1t is true
Bhe country needs moro submarines,
but n Congress worrying about tho
deficit Is in no mood to appropriate
$50, 600 600 az a starter.
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AMERICA

Surely no progression Of emphasis
could be more completely gratifying
thar this.