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STAFF.
Panlhcent Efficiency In Loaves. Muf-
fins, Boston Brown and so on.

To THE EDITOR or THr SrS-Str. There
seems TO be as much diversity OF opinion
In regard 10 bread making az home as
there Is over woman's suffrage. so hav-
ing decided views on both subjects |
submit the result Of my experiences
with the former. trusting ! may make
more converts than ! ever have with my
anti-Suffrag's arguments.
A 2ilg pound bag OF -four az its pres
ent price OF sl.l6, with sugar. salt and
yeast at about % cents. makes bread
enough for my family OF Ave for two
weeks, or twelve two pound loaves and
SIX one pound loaves. with enough nour
over 10 make afiles one morning n week
and cake once. Now. bakers bread TO
satisfy the family needs and appetite
for the same period OF time costs -
cents Il day. as follows five English
mullins Cor breakfast at two cents each,
one loaf each white bread and "Boston
Brown for school and home lunches,
and six dinner rolls at night. the differ
enc between the cost OF my bread and
that bought being s22s for the fort
night.
Ny bread being made. after careful
experimentation. without either milk or
shortening, Is pleasanter to he taste and
keeps fresh very much longer than bread
which includes those ingredients. and
better Yet. never becomes sour.
The time consumed IL about ten 10
fifteen minutes for :he mixing at night
and about tive minutes for putting the
dough into the pans in the morning |
make three loaVcs NJ "A time, two OF the
large and one OF the small size. and
they require one hour OF baking IN the
gas stove oven. FLORA c $. HAZARD.
New YORK, February "a
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IF WAR WERE DECLARED.
What Could the United states DO
Against Any Prepared Nation?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Sup
pose that as a result OF the recently
announced naval policy OF Germany
with respect to the so-yal.ed war zone
ahou me British Isles. or because o,
some other unexpected contingency grow
ing out Of the present war, the United
states were To- be forced into "A declara-
tion " war against Germany, what could
We accomplish under present conditions
at home and abroad? What could our
navy do? How long would Il take US
TO organize, equip n transport. even
with the aid OF the German merchant
men interned IN our ports. an expedi-
tionary force that would count for more
than the British army has counted In
the western field of action?
Again, suppose that recent events had
not happened. but that the dove OF peace
lowered over the greater part OF the
world as II did a few months ago. and
that OF a sudden a situation arose which
led 70 a declaration OF war by the
United States against Germany or any
other Of TIE several vel prepared ma
lions. would the battle ground, with its
accompanying horrors, ne on our soil
or on the territory OF the other com
bsrant?
These questions, II strike. me. AFFORD
serious food for thought for all Of Va,
and should IN a special manner call for
consideration and action by our repre-
sentntives ~ Washington. who are paid
TO devote their time n talents 10 the
promotion OF the nations welfare. and
who instead are frittering away pre-
Cious moments in playing po,.tics or
dallying with an impractical. ~ not dan
gerous. shipping bill. JOHN n. Drum.
BosToS, February 20.
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these United States rly or quite

these United States nea rly or quite
600 colleges, universities and tech
biological schools. In 1913 New York
had 35, Pennsylv va mia AZ, Illinois 30,
Ohio 40, Iowa %. Missouri 26. Ten
nessee "a, Virginia %, Michigan 80,
North Dakota 90 OF these institu-
lions; most Of them superfuous, many
OF them meagre Of endowment and
starved of instruction. The ambition
OF divers worthy and more or less
forehanded persons to impress their
obscure names upon p~osterity Is the
main cause Of the begetting OF so
many f~eeblenesses.
We don't forget what noble pioneer
work some Of these little struggling
colleges do. but why add to their
number in the East. or indeed any
where now? II Is wiser to add TO the
plant Of existing schools than to ere
ate new ones, destined TO be perma.
nently parochial and serving no real
need. Less than sixty miles from
watertown is Canton, the site Of st.
Lawrence University. Why not help
this or some other New York college?
1t is local beadledom and bigwiggery,
1t Is the village spirit that rejoices In
rearing and trying to maintain col
leges' that are rather monuments to
vanity than places Of education.
Nowhere else Is there such a pleth.
ora Of preposterous, high sounding
colleges and universities as in the
United States. Yet to him that hath
shall he given. Not vain reduplica-
tons or limitations. but fruitful add
ton to fruitful existing centres Of
knowledge should be the rule.
There should he coordination and
increase OF educational powers. not
weak, sporadic. fiickering lights OF
pseudo-cultivation. In fact. TO found
n college now is mere waste. There
are altogether too many already.
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Blame Lies on Others Besides the
Thieves and Idiots.

To multiplication of offices, gross
frauds in public enterprises. wasteful
expenditures in worthy causes, ex-
curslons of the State into fields in
which II has no legitimate concern. a
chaotic system Of ap%propriating and
disburslng the taxpayers money TO
these and the evils they create and
aggrayate New York owes the fact
that it must raise by direct tax the
sum OF $ls,sl33O3. officially communi-
Gated yesterday by Governor WHIT
MAN to the Legislature and the men
and women who must pay II In add.
alton. 10 their other not inconsiderable
buttons 10 the treasury.
Apportioning among political par
ties and interested individuals IN.
blame for New York States financial
breakdown Is not a matter worth
bothering about. All parties have adj
vocatcd extension of state enterprises.
emharkation on new schemes OF UNI
necessary Improvement, attractive but
uon-essential philnnthropies; and all
individuals who have not steadily and
perSiSt"ntIy SGT their faces and used
their influence against such perver-
SionS Of the state authority must ac-
knowledge their responsibility. Some
thieves have protiIcd hy small or large
suns; some idiots have made par.
%ticu,arly noticeable offerings 10 our
difficulties, but the great burden as
a whole rests on the shoulders OF
those who through carolessness, heed
leSSncSS. l~aZineSS and default in their
civic obligations lot the thieves and
idiots thrive,
- they must pay the piper, al
Il coth precious little Of the dancing
nay~ tnoy enjoyed.
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GOD GIVEN WOODROW"
A Bostonian Traverse Of . Bostonian
Panegyrio.

To THE EDITION OF THE SuN-Str: In
The SUN the other day l noted that one
OF our "stanch Republicans has turned
traitor and Is now a stronger Demo-
crat" and supporter Of Woodrow will
son. be II only consistently to uphold
a man 80 truly great and good" I
fear his admlrer In something Of an
idealist and dreamer himself. some
what after the manner of his Idol Wood
row He is tremendously exultant over
the President and really does not think
this nation OF ours Is good enough for
so great a a God given indeed A
wrecker or business. a destroyer OF en-
terprise and confidence and wrapped
up In self-worship a fine type Of man
to have in tho White House!
Also Boston has overlooked the
unemployed army and the effect OF the
low tarin here In his home city and
state. But what Is the use of arguing {
For to tell tho truth there arc no
grounds for argument plain facts and
figures clearly show what an I'll advised
Government can do to inJure the coun-
try. Yes, a day OF reckoning is COM
ing and the Hon. Woodrow and his
followers will be held strictly 30 ac-
for the damage they ave done.
For a sample OF Inconsistency take our
conduct In Mexico: tho whole business
has the appearance of being managed
by an immature and indicative charac-
ter. But let that matter drop and try
TO guess at the Presidents unreason-
able disposition and character in per-
sisting in tho passage OF the shipping
bill directly in The face OF q nations
d~isapproval.
You may remember that Just before
the President took office ons of his COL
lege mates said
God help the country II he ever gets on
the wrong side of a question. he IL not
subject to reason and will be immovsbis
and stubborn.
At least that was the substance Of
II, and II seems that 1t has turned u
to be the truth. And hasn't the Presi-
dent paid a high price for Bryan's 10y
atty? The aniable Secretary OF State
IL truly not tit for discussion and as
for being fit for his high Office, well,
he Is about as At as a qulck doctor
would be as a hospital intern.
Therefore. to make a long story short.
that b%eaneater from Boston is on the
wrong track, and being dim OF vision
he fails TO see tho red danger signal
ahead. t. tell the truth. We have sc-
tually bumped into the signal post and
ave finding some difficulty In backing
out. II "Boston" will kindly read THE
Sun a little more carefully he will soon
become enlightened, and let us hope he
Will. Z. W. LINCOLN.
BosroN. February "a
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many Of the customary extremities Of

many Of the customary extremities Of
panic disturbance. The Federal Re
serve banking system IL a guarantee
against excessive financial excitement
or unsettlement, but IL looks very
much as though the Aldrich- Vreeland
law will not have outlived its useful
ness until the Federal Reserve banks
have become more thoroughly incor.
porated into the business structure.
There is now only one useful pur.
pose which the currency
law accomplishes. 1t provides ample
facilities for the conversion OF bank
deposits into acceptable monetary in
struments for hand to hand circula-
ton. The facilities which il affords
are, and will be until the Federal Re
serve banks get more extensively into
business and more business gets into
h Federal Reserve banks. superior TO
the note issuing machinery of the Fed
eral Reserve banks themselves. The
Federal Reserve tote ISSUES require for
sudden expansion a supply Of redis.
countable commercial paper. The Al
drich-Vreeland note issues can be put
ont either on commercial pal per or on
high grade securities.
There Is nothing in the situation
which Indicates the probability or ever
the possibility Of another recourse to
the provisions Of the Aldrlch-v reeland
act. Nevertheless the times are I'M
certain. and 1t would be Just as well
for the country to he equipped with
every workable preventive Of the spe-
cial kind Of panic mania which ex.
presses itself in a demand for the
cashing Of bank deposits.
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In the Senate on Monday MFR. Nor
Ris OF Nebraska said that IL General
VILLA knew how unprepared the United
states was for war he would take
the country in two weeks. The Hon.
GEORGE W. NORRIs has no more humor
than a woodchuck. so the presumption
IL that II he made such a statement
he thought he believed II. We hazard
the conjecture that Francisco VILLA
has so much respect for General
JAMES PARKER's First Cavalry Brigade
as TO be convinced that II could march
to the city Of Mexico. brushing aside
the patriots who tried to check its
advance.
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Mr.. Deiano's Politics.

To THE EDITOR oF TUE SUN-Nir. Fr,i.
ere A ncl1no Of tie Federal Rns,r,,
BOARD Is not a Republican as stated M
the Washington despatch to this morn
ing's SUN.
Mr.. Delano has for some time beer
curious TO learn tho source OF tho re,
port that ne liz a Republican. lie has
always been "A Democrat. The only bottle
blown, wool dyed Republican to whom
a position on the Federal Reserve Boar.
was offered WAS IT, a Wheeler ~ Cn.-
Cago, Toward the end of the process
of selection Of mon for the reserve
board II became apparent that any one
would do II h" vas a Democrat
In looking over the IFS, Of men So
lected for various positions by Mr. VII
son, is there to be found any moro
striking demonstration Of Jealous aud
uncompromlsIng paltisdnshIp than II
here displayed? \. u. w.
NEW YORK. February 20.
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PAIRING the City Payroll.

The hope that elimination from the
city payrolls of useless employees will
not work hardship in individual On --s
Is ba ssd on the fact that in many in.
stances the retrenchment can he made
by the simple process Of NOT filing
vacancies as they occur. and ny trans
ferring men now In unnecessary iohs
10 departments whore their services
will he valuable. Prudent foresight
among the department heads should
obviate a large proportion Of the dis
tress that immediate suspension OF
unneNled workers might entail. and
this We may depend on the authori.
ties to exercise.
To support the belief that the re-
ductlon will be brought about wisely
we have the case OF the thousand
dock laborers who, under a rigid eff
cheney system concerned only with
the payroll OF this department, would
have been sen adrift January /. 4
broader providence. sustained by an
enlightened understanding not only
Of the city's obligations but also OF
its burdens, prevented these whole
sale dismlssals. and the men will ba
kept or part time until July l.. In
the intervening months a high per
centaGe Of them will be transferred
TO other work, find other employers,
o. in the natural course Of events
quit the public service.
Il must be borne IN mind that about
the mos expensive economy the city
as Il large employer Of labor can prac
tise is 10 adopt "A course that might
add materially TO rs burden as a
dispenser OF charitable relief.
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T.. =. Not n sigpatory.

II has been said nv sevarnI Ar,cri.
CauS-hy one in particular. a i,t. Am
hdssador to- France-that this yio..-
ton Of Bels.um's noutra'fy sl.u.l
have boon protested n,. - r',t,,,i
S't'cS AS one OF tho s,guers ~ -. las,
Hague convention. and. ,l,rougb l.
'atc 20 contradict So eminen, a dri,
~r.l''st. ! venture % say thar tho I-,,,.I
States never rn,d ANYTHING At ,as
Haruo convention assuring he nan
tralitv ~ Belgium The Powers wno
guaranteed her rcutrality wore E,c
.tni. Franco and I,rm,ny ard 80,
.7 no poss be diplomatic REASON vn-
on. Pres dent d.rpIv os ~. W. NJ.
ru-,.trd II sn,vld h,ve n,,,.,.,
a.. rst y. 10 ,p,.s ir,,st.r -. -.
Bu, wHl, THIS roup,rv our,, g., h.,.
a .c. in upfo'l.u. tn, c',,I-- a.,
Ilu,u, ~cuuv.ri.,r ahou. tina ,Y,.. ,,.,
u-,srs of r,yr.y.J v,rr.r. g., q.
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THE BALLOT.
Do Women Honestly Want II or Do
They Nnto

To II EnfToR OF THE SuS-Str.
have heard many men say In public and
In private that they would favor votes
for wonen II convinced that a majority
OF women wanted 10 vote, and con
veISc.y.
MY plan is nm attemp, to find a way
out for voters thus p~erpleNed. being N.Y.
self OF their number 1t might be OF use
also 10 the devoted women 81 both par
ties who are striving against the inertia
Of the electorate.
Intolerance seems 10 me TOO common
in political and other controversy 10
cause surpr Sc or special resentment.
EOnERT s. COLLYEr.
NEW York, February -.
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REPLIES TO QUERIES
ABOUT INCOME TAX
Pulling Questions Answered
for Those to Whom the
Law Is Not Clear.


THE Sun will answer any In.
quir'es bearing on m. Federal In.
come tax While the Information o-o.
vided will be correct to the hes,
OF THE SUNS belief. no respors.
bility for the Interpretations can he
assumed by this newrps,.-r. rle
column OF answers. which viii a~
pear daily. Is meant merely Tor ~.
convenience OF THE SuS's reaae-,
1t is In charge OF Babson's Statistical
ORGANIZATION.
Inquiries should he addressed 10
THE SuN Federal Income Tax Ne.
partment. They mus, be bret
clearly written and beat N. IN.
quirer's full name and address,
Initials only will be used In N.
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PREDICTS KAISER'S
DAY OF ATONEMENT
Meanwhile r. 3. Should Pro-
test Against War Abuses,
Says Correspondent.
WANTS NEUTRALS TO ACT
nv MOxCJRE ROBINSON.

One OF the few incidents OF my early
classical education which still cling In
my memory. as related in the ifth book
OF %Thucydldes, Is the reply OF the
Athenian ENJOYS ia the Government OF
Melos when the latter protested aga INST
the forcible annexation OF It's islann by
tho Government OF Greece. The
Athenian envoys, speaking In that
heavy hexameter which was the diplo-
matte language OF the day, maintained
"Ths good old plan,
That they should take who have the
power
And they should keep who can"
This theory OF power as conclusive of
might as right has been the underly-
ing principle Of tho German foreign
policy since the days OF Bismarck, and
tho fact that for over forty years Ger
many has waged no war of aggression
for the acquisition Of territory IL In no
sense n proof (%although a constantly
advanced argument) that she has not
been laying her plans for such a war
through all these years.
The arguments also So often put for
ward that preparations for war are the
greatest safeguards Of peace cannot
hold In the cast OF Germany, for during
all these forty years not only have
preparations been in progress but pro-
fessors have preached and poets have
sung war as a great and purifying
process without which the true nobility
of the people and the perfection Of the
empire could never he attained, and the
f~avorite toast OF the German solder
after The Kaiser" has been That day
meaning of course the day when GER
many In the perfection OF her military
power should put forth her full strength
Tor the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF the empire.
| have spoken in another article OF
the diplomatic performances which led
up TO the great war, and | have there
tried 20 prove that Germany. although
not automatically an active aggressor,
had 1t in her power. and in her power
alone. To- stay the aggression on the part
of Austria at the crucial moment when
Syrvid's reply to Austria's ~ultimatum
might have been Interpreted either as a
sufficient guarantee OF Austr!a's nor
d.nate claims or as a 'casus beili."
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: I
hereby protest against your contemplate
insults and unneutral action against tn.
German Race, which IL no doubt causei
BY your being under CONTROL Of the
money power ~ tho Y. S, A.. and Eng
land, who Will commit any crime to win.
Hoping YOU are square enough to act
square in YOUR war news hereafter.
WATCHFrL WAITING GERMAN AMER
ICAN VINO IL WAITING FOR A NANCE
TO EVEN Up MATTERS.
NEWARK. n, j., February 20.
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Should Women Rnle?

To THE EDITOR ny THE SUN-Sir: The
'et'er OF Robert : Col,yer in THE SvN
OF February 20 strikes me as holding a
very sensible suggestion.
! believe that the only desire OF tho
woman suffrRg!st IS 10 forge ahead ~
man. II Is no God given wish Just for
equality and happiness.
The sufraEist wants her sax repre-
sented as standing with her foot on the
neck OF PROSTATE man. Ask nine
tenths OF them, I'll give the one-teuth
remaining credit for sincerity and wei
meaning. Wake mn mem WIN YOU let
women rule YOU entirely?
ELLA BgNFnIcr BuEKMAH.
WEST NEW R%RlGHToN, February 81.
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Bismes Germany for War.

Then Germany. fully cognizant from
the first Of the terms OF Aus'ria's ulti-
matum, watch had been submitted pri-
vttc,y though not officially to the Ger
man Emperor before being despatched
to Belgrade. entirely ignoring England
efforts to preserve peace by the sugges-
ton ~ a meeting Of The great Powers
through their diplomatic representatives
and refusing m answcr to tngland's sec
ond appeal 10 suggest any means by
which peace could bee preserved. gave
the word to Austria which precipitated
the war against Servii and thus lighted
;he torch which set Europe ablaze.
A ord from Germany TO Austria
could have preserved. for a time az least.
tho peace OF Europe. and her reply 10
England. that Sic could not bring her
ally. Austria, l"tor" a tribunal 81 ma
toms was hUt the H!'nSi-st excuse for
letting matters take their obvious
course II is Interesting 70 note IN this
connection mat a great part ~ the dip
.omatic correspondence between Ger
many and Austria during the last days
OF July has been carefully omitted from
IN" German Orange papers" and has
leaked only recently IN the ~ con-
s.d'.rd r,mt,kS OF German statesmen 80
II Germany could have prevented the
war and did not. what were her real
eye IH'' tlblhNAllS IT. ne an
sw1r seems to be threefold Arst. tho
Slav peril in Serv!a. the Servlan sue
'esS's IA 1912 having made Servia a
powerful. syWpatG!zor 10 tho Slav ar
E""ssion In the dual monarchy Sec
"ndtN, the uunropar-dness OF Russia. her
strategy" railways being uncomplet,i
ana h"r mobilization consequently re-
curing months u complete. "A state Of
dHt'TS which another two years would
nave rrH'Gied, and thirdly and lastly
ia" genera. belief. sanctioned by Prince
~Li'hNOWshN. the German Ambassador in
London, mat England would not go TO
war
These, II true. are all prefectly good
N'dsonS Tor Germany wishing To- have
wa now rather than later, since oc-
cord nr 20 the general belief in Pots
dain, war had 20 come and y Germany
mad come out fairly n square!v with
these reasons her statesmen and dtnlo-
W1i!Sts would not have laid themselves
open {" the charges Of peridy and in
sincerity which have since been Justly
made The fact that Germanv's r.o-
sons for wishing war were adaIulte -
however. no excuse for her methods I'm
wagnC a. and tho violation Of H,l-
& um = neutrality iu marching against
France, with whom she had no ouaIr.,
and who had not declared war. fol-
owe hv tfc sack Of INuva!u. Llcgs.
T"rmoud" and Ae-Shot. Wil always re-
main t1" greatest International outrage
the world has even known. and even
according 90 her " Imperial Chanco'-
Tor, a wrong for wh'ch there was mo-
excuse. save the Inadequate one OF
military necessity.
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Certain Of tn. srv's friends, In

Certain OF THE SrS's friends, in
geniousiy striving 10 combine domestic
relief to our people with measures for
the rehabilitation of tho national treas
ury, write 20 us urging the imposition
~ a Federal tax in one form or another
on foodstuNs shipped from this coun-
Try 10 foreign lands. We counsel all
those to whom this plan appeals 10
read again and with care clause five
Of section . OF tho first article OF t1e
Constitution, which provides that no
tax or duty shall be laid or articles
exported from any state" This sub
ject was well considered IN tho Con-
v%en'ton. and the provision renders
necessary.
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THE SUN has no desire to intrude it's
advice upon Governor WHITMAN, who
undoubtedly has more than enough al.
vice and cntreaty- from politicians
and "publI"ists' in general, and the Of
fee chasing species in particular. sun,
TUE SUN may he allowed to ask II %
will he to public advantage that tho
Public Service Commission b. entirely
remado 30 as to bee composed 81
absolutely fresh material. Shouldn't
somebody who knows thu rope, and
the business be kept at his old post?
II sccms to TIE Sun that the Hon.
MILO Roy MAiTBlE possesses quail
fcations and experience, including n
sounl training in mathematics ana pn-
ntical economy and municipal affairs
and government, that will not easily he
replaced and that would he invaluable
10 the commission ana 10 the city.
Even in tho hullabaloo about the
Public Service Commission and the
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Strons Language In . Kentucky On,c.


Unobserv-d and unannounc-d the pr.si-
dent Of a church society entered the com
posing room iu't IN time 90 hear th-sa
words issue from tho mouth OF IN. boss
printer:
'BilIv, 60 TO the devil and tell him 10
hnlsh that murder he began thi. morn
ms. Then KIN william j. Rryan's Young
est Grand'hili' and dump tn, Sweet
Angel OF Mercy into the h.llhox. Thcn
make up that Naughty Partisan Actress
and lock up The Lady in Her Boudoir.'"