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FINANCE VS.. PEDAGOGY
q Longer School Term Hard on
Scholars and Teachers.

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir. Alter readinc Controller Prender-
gast's argument in to-day's Tribune have
reached tho conclu Jon that he is not inter-.
estod in the welfare Of the schools or the
children. bu' only in the financial question
regards the city and the taxpayer This
no doubt is consistent with his duty as he
secs H. bu' what be recommends should be
considered carefully in its relation TO the
welfare Of tnc public schools, the teacher
and tho scholars.
II the health of the teachers is sacrificed
OIL the plea Of economy will not the scholar
suffer also The teachers are under
nervous strain greater than people in other
employmcnts. II the health of the scholars
s iniuriously affected. by 700 long hours
and Shortening the summer vacation. VIII
not their mental capacity and progress SUI
fer also?
When boy attended public school in
New York was compelled TO attend dur
ing the month OF July Vacation com
mencel the first OF August and was only
for month. 1t was terrible experience
for children 20 be confined in a hot class
room. uftN or more or tncll' Win tHc 'S"'
peraturc i'm the ninrties. Could they do JUS
tice TO their studies or could their teacher
DO them Justice under such conditions?
Mr. PrenderPast advocates cuTtaiing the
school course TO seven years. is he con
.,derlne the welfare Of the children, or Of
only saving money Tor the city? We nave
an immense foreign element in our schools
and many of these children speak at first
but little English. 1t takes more time to
teach them than it formerly did to teach
our children. whose parents we're tng.ish
speaking people. The state opposes chill
dren under fourteen years OF age going to
work: and when ! went TO school chHd
could not graduate under fourteen. If they
are TO graduate az a younger age, are they
10 be idle and run the streets until they
are old enough TO work, or must they go 70
high school until they are fourteen ana
then. owing to the necessity Of helping
their parents by earning money, leave the
HIGH school without graduating? Mr. Prem
dergast may be an able financier. but IN the
school of pedagogy he has many things to
learn, | think.
Az OLD NEW YORK SCHOOL BOY.
Brooklyn, Sept. ~, 1915.
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Where the Bolt Landed

70 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The arithmetcal work of the editor in
The Tribune's issue Of the DIST could have
been eliminated. A recollection of the facts
az we see them on the European battlefields
Irust bring any sincere writer to one con-
CusiCn, viz, Germany has already won. Our
big editor of The Tribune and the little con-
Il butory editors cannot alter matters any
by blowing the same horn Kitchener did
when he announced recently that the Ger
mans had shot their bolt Indeed, they have
shot their bolt, and 50 deeply is the bolt
penetrating into RuSsias vital organs that
il will take a comparatively short time to
ehcd the Russian bear lying PROSTATE at
the feet Of its Teuton conqueror.
Remember il we'll, big and little Kitcheners;
Boosting Kitcheners in England and Dragging
allied Kitcheners in this country the leu
tons have shot their bolt in reality. not with
their mouths, not with lies nor hot air, but
with deeds, action, work.
STEPHEN BINDER
Brooklyn. Sept. o. 1915
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noisy hyphenated agitators OF TINS cou"-
try cannot grasp. Count Plunketts Oh
servation that there are no pro-Gcrmans
I'm Ireland to-day" may perhaps be an eX-
for there are cranks IN every
country. and heaven knows Ireland has al
all timeshad more than reasonable snare
Of them, But stupidity is not a prevalllhg
weakness there. except among those con-
cerned in the business of government and
the Irish are not dull enough to believe
that if the Kaiser came they would be
better off.
Count Plunkett says that for a while
the report somehow gained currency IN
the Yves, that Wilhelm had already
planned to grant old age pensions TO ali
Irishmen over sixty-fve and to raise the
allowance from five shilings week to
seven and six. But such rumors are not
long lived. and it is unlikely that the
Irish are more trustful Of the Prussian
than of the Saxon. The German is not
As rule successful in adapting himself
to the foreigners way of thinking. and the
clumsy German agent would be peculiarly
at loss among people so utterly alien
as the Irish. As Count Plunkett says,
their attempts to get hold Of Irish
thought and feeling simply show German
inability to understand Irish psychology.
The Germans are probably aware Of
their failure. They nave doubtless dis
covered that between the real Irish and
the blatant counterfeits so closely allied
with the GERMANS Of this country there is
a great gulf fixed, and those Of them who
have visited Ireland must know by now
in what low esteem the Irish-American
aqitator of to-day is held in the Old
Country.
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"a Nice Young Man."

"A nice young man. was Mother
Jones's estimate Of John D. Rockefeller,
jr as far back as the first inquiry into
the Colorado mine troubles, conducted by
Mr. Walsh's commission in this city a
year or more ago Mother" Jones was
warned ominously at the time against sur
render TO his winsomeness. and thereafter
she remained at a discreet distance from
him to avoid contamination But she
might better have sacrificed herself to his
TO visit her children" For now the dis
case which threatened her has become
with them an epidemic.
What difficult thing it is, after all, to
keep the human layers distinct! They thaw
at such slight temperatures and commingle
so readily that the hired guardians of
class find themselves forever on the jump
TO provide artificial refrigeration. In re-
turn for few smiles and jokes and hand
shakes and claps on the back for prom
ising them a bandstand here and a what
not there, for dancing to "Tipperary''
with them and for kissing their children,
especially for the latter, the miners of
Colorado have taken their sworn enemy
TO their bosoms. No longer is he the
geld assassin of Twenty-sx Broadway
but "onc Of us
1t is true, of course, that Mr.. Rookie
fc'ler's belated friendlness will not bring
back the dead of the Ludlow tent colony
nor in itself will it feed and cothe and
educate the survivors of the disastrous
strike. 1t won't even free Lawson. But
il would indeed take a confirmed pessmist
to believe that hereafter the miners
whose little girls the mice young man" has
held on his lap and whose wives he has
danced with won't speak their grievances
into a more sympathetic ear. He can
never completely set himself up again as
the absentee landlord, although there are
few who will expect him to become a sec
ond Henry Ford. But isn't one Henry
Ford expensive luxury enough?
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Mr.. Comstock's Work.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: learn with sorrow from your pages
this morning Of the death of Anthony Com
took. but rejoice that cx-Postmaster General
Cortcyou is quoted as paying such fine
tribute to Mr. Comstock. The comments of
The Tribune also are excellent, but wish to
take exception to that part where you say
..Ie made mistakes. of course, some Of them
bringing upon him ridicule and censure and
causing his friends regret Would II not
be more correct to say that he caused his
enemies considerable delight by these seem
ing mistakes. and that these so-called mis-
takes might have resulted in successful pros
ecution had they occurred ten years earlier
At the present time il seems that even
,yhat we call our best society is becoming
Hardened to the unusual appearance OF such
things as the covers and inside Of some OF
our weekly magazines. We're to describe
I'm detail some of the illustrations ! am afraid
that YOU would refuse to print my letter
Let us hope that successor to Mr. Comstcck
viii be raised up who will be able to bring
the present generation to their senses in
{, owning upon those pictures which they
look at with evident pleasure but which they
certainly would hesitate 20 speak OF IN good
society. LEGION.
New York. Sept %, 1915.
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"Remarka BILE

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial in this mornings Trib-
une entitled "Gve Germany a Chance" is
certainly remarkable, coming from such a
source.
No matter what mistakes have been made
in Washington, you will find very Few men
in this country who are at all inclined 20 be
fair that will accuse the President OF being
abs olutey insincere. Furthermore, you fail
- mention in this article, when defending
Germany and throwing slurs at the President,
anything of the German propaganda carried
on in this country for so many months, and
just lately shown up by THE New York
World" suppose you attribute this to
President Wilson. The man to blame was
William Jennings Bryan, who. If the news
lpspsr reports are correct warned DR.. Dumba,
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An Indictment.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Two Bull Moosers that stood for
Roosevelt and four Republicans are going TO
vote for Wilson. the Democrat, in my group
Of associates, just for those attacks upon the
administration in its affairs with Germany
You are trying to shame the Americans
through Wilson so the English can make a
laughing stock of the United States, but you
have another think coming.
know you will not publish this indict-
ment. | am against you also | am the
nth Republican who will vote for Wilson
and let my party go to hell in the interest
Of my country and Wilson, who is leading
it right, with as few mistakes as anybody
else. You make a fuss of hate In these
trying times it is best to pull away from the
horrors that will affect the poor worse than
some rich people who do not care for conse-
quences. | do not say to be cowardly but
hate hypocrite who cannot settle thing
without cutting throat
JOHN REYNOLDS.
New York. Sept. %, 1915.
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A Satisfactory Sample.

Washington had an army somewhat
y larger than the little contingent of troops
which man1uvred on Saturday at Van
Ccrrlandt Park, and within the boundaries
of upper Manhattan his army fought en-
gagements for the possession of an empire.
But that was almost q century and half
ago, when New York was not quite as
large as New Rochelle and the Alleghanies
stood in the same relative position now
occupied by the Sierras. Even then that
army was obliged to retreat, leaving the
city in the hands Of the enemy. Given an
invasion Of proportionate size to-day and
our gallant little nucleus Of trained SOL
diers would not retreat-it would simply
vanish, engulfed like a morsel Of tender
loin between a mastifrs jaws.
The many thousand New Workers who
watched with some pride and a greatly
stimulated interest the impressive opera
tons of their well trained little guard
should remember, therefore, that they were
reviewing a miniature model, a sample
army. If the complexity and brilliance of
its performance impressed them and APP
pealed to them they must under no cir
remain content with the model,
but seek a lifesize affair, one of some
practical value 10 a community which,
since that day when a slightly larger army
was compelled to abandon it TO the enemy,
has multiplied its population alone 1877
times, TO say nothing Of the Unreasonable
growth Of its wealth and strsta2ical i'm /.
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A Friend of Long Standing

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Having come 20 New York City for me
first time in my life OF some eighty years It
has pleased me to renew my acquaintance
with the New York Tribune which ! first
read with interest during the decade before
the civil War. when il was such a powerful
organ Of The cause Of freedom under the
editorship of Horace Greeley. ! had the
good fortune to see him at lopeka- KAN III
1&5S. where he stopped on his way to Cali
fornia. in COMPANY with Bayard Taylor, 70
organize the Republican party in the then
Territory OF Kansas.
Those were DAYS before the transcontl-
mental railways. and il was long, dlihcult
and DANGEROUS trip by stagecoach. In lSo'
/ visited he SPOT on the old Indian trail to
California on thc SweetwatCr River. where
his name. with that of Taylor, was inscribed
on great rock. Being an enthusiastic Free
Soiler. ! read The Tribune for years indeed,
Il was the great paper in Kansas in those
DAVIS Every cory of il was priced. re-
member. while serving in the army in 1867
Of a bov passing my tent with a copy of The
Tribune / persuaded him to let me have II
a while. ard it was eagerly read by every
man in our tent.
Years afterward removed to New Mexico,
and even in that far-of place remained q
reader of The Tribune. When | landed Il
few days since, in New York the first paper
that fell into my hands was my old favorite'
The Tribune. This mas added to the pleasure
Of ny trip. which is an interlude in a journey
10 the encampmcnt Of the Grand Army OF the
Pcpublic. at Washington. and has moved me
20 drop you these few lines Long life to
the Tribune and tho high ideals for which 1t
stands, WILLIAM A. COIlNE
lof Magdalena, y M.).
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MIR. WILSON'S GERMAN POLICY"
The Tbunes Estimate of the Conduct of Foreign Affairs by ii
Present Administration. ssIe@@-

To tho Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Wilson. although his actions haze
been we'll meant is now in fix; and the
cause of il is that he has attempted to
champion both the rights Of neutral Ameri-
cans and the much abused international law.
He has failed because now, after defending
them. ne has suddenly fallen fiat and refuses
to maintain them with actions, which, aft 2
all. speak thousand times louder than mers'
words
At first the country. with few erce7-
tions. was behind the President, heart I'd
soul. The people lauded such phrases g
without compromise and at any cost
deliberately uniriendly,' strict accounts
bilty," and Others But after the Arabic
Hesperian and other outrageous incidens
had been added BY the Germans the peoPe
began to see that the words had not one
atom of action behind them and tina; the
administration DID not intend TO support
what it had repeatedly alleged. As result
criticism against he President and his ad
ministration has grown, and a wave Of ia
dlgnation has SWEEP against Germany.
IN this country's diplomatic relations with
Germany Wilson tarted well, but he az
tempted to please both the politicians and
the public. In trying to please everybody he
has ended by pleasing only few.
For the President of a nation himself
intimate that his nfion is too proud
fight" is a pretty good hint to other nations
that his nation will attempt TO preservs
roace at any cost Tking advantage Of tins
generous hint, Germany until recently has
continued to tampei with American liveG
and England has declared cotton contrabane
of war, tying up the greatest industry
the South. That the American nation want
peace is true, but It Goes not want II ct the
price of national dishnor and shame In the
eyes of the world .
To my mind, President wilson's course
as plain as day He c,uld say 70 Germany
"If through the fault Of the Imperial Ger
man government another American lie ~
lost as n result of submarine warfare, anu
il you and your representatives IN this eouh'
Try continue to plot againu the United stat7'
the United States will Continue to turhin
the Allies with more and more munitions anu
money TO be used against you" Then Presr
dent Wilson could say to England; "Un"
you raise the contraband on cotton and on
continue to seize American merchant Vss-
sells for apparently no good reason CIV
United States will suspend all further sn'p
ment of munitions and will fatty refuse
lend you one red cent OF all its billions
Either course, if carried out, would nave
serious effect upon the war; and the Suiv
pean nations that heretofore have rdicul"
our seeming weakness would az last SIT
and take notice.
If the President is at a loss as 70 WA.
he should do, could he not call Congre
whom the American people has chosen s.s
pays? And it would be nothing more th,s
right to hear what the voice OF the peop r..
has to say about a question when V''S''
concerns them. .oo N
/ New York, Sept. "a, 1915.
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A Champion Recruiter.

iron The Manchester Gpardiprl
Something like fame has been achieved by
one Of the large army of street corner re-
CRITTERS who have been busy roping in the
youth of London this year. Sergeant Me
meyer is an effective combination of Lanca-
shire grit and Canadian directness He went
cut to Canada from Lancashire some years
ago and returned as a member Of the first
contingent He is now one OF the most ia
miliar Of our street orators. and to passers-
by in the Strand his broad pink face under
the wide hat seen over an audience OF City
clerks and soldiers is as quickly recognized
as Temple Bar. Just now his favorite pitch
is the Gladstone Memorial. where t.e bronze
women seem to be reckoning the young men
10 come in. 1t is said of him that he has
got 5000 recruits in about three months, and
he says himself that if the War Office fol-
lowed the rule OF giving a days leave for
every recruit obtained they would owe him
about ten years furlough and pocketful OF
money The success Of his methods shows
that gentle appeals give much poorer results
than straight hammer blows. He is direct to
the point OF harshness. He is not at all
afraid Of distributing the word coward"
among all kinds OF men who are not in the
army. Even Whitehall clerks are not safe
from his irony. nor is II any good showing
him the bronze badge OF a special constable
After few sharp word he asks every one
in the crowd who would join the army il he
could" to hold up his hani lie then sternly
hauls those who respond into the fierce pub
Lefty Of the plinth and puts them through
it." Nothing short Of document showing
yood ayideDce If reiecfior erovarrroer4
service will save the victim from a trying
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Believes in Wilson.
p Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune ..
Sir: If you are desiring TO secure votes "a.
Woodrow Wilson, keep on publishing sS
,orials Of the kind contained in to-dayS '''''
of Jour paper I,,f
Mr.. Wilson may have made mistakes Ou' !, !,
think you will find that a very large hun'Ss
of native Americans. other than those -.
ing political advancement, believe MN 70 "s che
been perfectly sincere and patr'oue !"
controversy with Germany pv..i.
II is no time to play politics ana our
dent is entitled to the support OF US an
am native born American, hepuO" IN.
lifelong reader Of your paper ana am Va
out one drop of German blood IN my 80 80
and no sympathy whatever for that CON-
in this war. NM' ~
New York. Sept e. LOLA
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Too Proud to Fight.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Are not the score or more persons
who witnessed the assault and robbery of a
bank messenger on lO6th Street yesterday
without interfering entitled to some recogni-
ton from the pacifsts? Could not some OF
Henry Ford's peace millions be used to pro-
vide medals similar to the Carnegie Hero
Medals for those heroes who were too proud
TO fight and were so successful in the difficult
task Of maintaining strict neutrality in the
presence Of such conflict! At least, ought
not their merits 10 be brought to the atten-
tion Of Peace Hero Bryan?
ROBERT c. HULL.
New York, Sept. 81. 1915.
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Vote in the Primaries!

1t is cmnently desirable that every
right-minded voter who is an enrolled
member of any political party should vote
in the primaries tomorrow. This Is con-
sidered an "olf year" politically because
there is neither state nor a municipal
election. Yet it will be an important cleo
ton for the city and the state. If the new
constitution be approved by the public IN
November there will be drastic and far
reaching reconstruction both of city and
state governmental machinery. In this
the Board of Aldermen and the state
Legislature must participate. II is there
fore of the highest Importance that every
party put forward its best and strongest
men as candidates for Aldermen and As
semblymen.
Inspection of the designating petitions
at the Board of Elections shows that there
are many primary cOntests-for nomina-
ton to Office and for election to party
position. In some cases these represent
assaults on the machine; in others merely
struggle between party members seek
ing Office. Whatever the motive Of the con-
test, every party member ought to have
his preference and register it at the ballot
box. The opportunity afforded to him for
this expression of his views is the great
value of the direct primary. 1t is both
his privilege and his duty to avail him
self of it.
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The Austrian Ambassador, privately that this
oycrnment did not mean what it said. Here
again you would blame Mr.. Wilson for the
ms of Mir BRYAN, which is positively unfair
The writer believes that apart. from poll
ties every one will credit President Wilson
with being a sincere man.
You say Mr. Wilson would not act to de-
rend national honor when it was assailed.
Yet if he had used any stronger methods he
would have been accused of plunging the
country into war.
In short, your article is not only insulting
TO the President, but it is manifestly unfair.
ARTHUR S. FIELD.
New York Sept Il. 1915
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Wealth of Nations.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: notice an article on Page IA OF
this mornings Tribune on the wealth OF
our nation. To settle a dispute would
thank you to inform me which was the wealth
lest nation before the present war, also how
the other nations rank A. t. ALDER.
New York. Sept. lG. 1915.
The current world Almanac" prints these
estimates in billions Of dollars of the wealth
Of nations: United States. $50; United King
dom, So; Germany. so; France. so; Russia
30; Austria-Hungary %; Italy. 20; Belgium
g. These are bsssl on sntS-bellum figures
ed
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The village fremen of Hartsdale are ac-
cused Of setting fires to break the monotony
Of Hartsdale lie. But the monotony Of
Hartsdae is nothing to compare with that Of
Sing Sing, even. we venture to say, under
Warden Osborne's regime.
Vice-President Marshall is pronounced in
his opposition to an extra session OF the Sen
ate for fear Of the windy talk which might
result. Mr. Marshall does not enjoy COM
petition.
Malachi Murphy's nervous system functions
with the same flowing rhythm that marks his
suddenly famous name.
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I-,.-.d ., ihs Posio--, a. Nsv lo-k IS sNood ''''
Nf,f Mstte-
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The Tribune has received the following
letter. which il takes pleasure in submit
ting to its readers with its reasons for
advocating the approval Of the main body
Of the proposed amendments to the con
stitution. regardless Of the fate Of the APP
nortioument article: