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The Lazy WOrkmen's Law.

While the War Depa rtment Is try
Ing to protect Its force OF expert
enced and skilled artisans in the
Government %arsennls and armories
against the raids of private makers
of munitions, It's task as u manu-
fncturer is rendered doubly difficult
through the operation OF the lazy
workmen's law which Congress at Its
last session wrote into the army APP
preparation bill. This statute for the
protection Of shirkers was presented
by Representative DElTRICK of Mas
sachusetts, II statesman whose cleo
ton was brought about by Mr..
RoosFyELT's thirst for a third cup
of coffee, and who has now for his
conntry's good been restored to pri.
vate life:
n part OF the appropriations made
in the bill shall be available for the
salary or pay OF any officer, manager,
superintendent. foreman or other person
having charge of tho work. of any
employee of the United States Govern
ment while making or causing to be
made, with a stop watch or other time
measuring device. a time study of any
such employee between the starting and
the completion thereof, or Of such move
ments Of any such employee while
engaged upon such work nor shall any
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part OF tho appropriation made in this
bill be available to pay N premium,
bonus or cash reward to any employee
in addition to his regular wages, except
for suggestions resulting In improvement
or economy in the operation Of the Gov
eminent plant and no claim for services
performed by any person while violating
this proviso shall be allowed"
To bring about the adoption Of
this restrictive measure, conceived
solely to prevent the taxpayers of the
United States from getting the worth
Of the money they pay In wages, the
whole powerful labor lobby, enjoying
complete immunity from legislative.
executive and judicial interference
at Washington, exerted its influence.
Its threats Of r%etribntlon were ut
tered against any Representative who
should dare to oppose the legal pro-
scription Of modern methods in
United States arms shops. The NEIL
nee OF its power back home" was
brought forth to terrorize those
whose intelligences and c%onsciences
rejected the class distinctions 1t set
up. The authority of its leaders and
the potency Of their followers were
united to coerce Congressman and to
compel the abandonment Of the ra-
tional. proper and economical system
Of modern efficiency engineering on
which the nation had made a long
deferred beginning.
Congress responded to the call with
a promptness that must have graft
fed the promoters OF this provision.
The Deitrick amendment was offered
on January %. The Massachusetts
accident made a speech OF the kind
familiar to those who have listened
to STRIKERS attacks on the system the
late Mr.. TAYLOR did much to perfect,
and withheld his speech for later
publication, Immediately revealing
his own constitutional aversion to eff
fciency. A few bold members sought
light on the purposes Of the amend
ment. And then the House adopted
II without record OF the vote. thus
introducing the handicap on intelli-
gent management that cripples the
Government to-day.
As we have said, 1t IL a law for
lazy men. a statute for strikers, an
enactment to prevent the taxpayers
from getting their moneys worth.
The Congress put 1t in the books not
In ignorance. but in coward.ce in
duced by the labor lobby at the ma
tional Capitol.
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publish her casualties, but her SOL
diers have been constantly and al
ways furiously fighting Mt some part
Of the battle line extending almost
from the Channel to Alsace. 1t Is
known only that the list Of killed
and wounded, which is being syste-
matically kept for the official e C
ords. is appalling, 50 great Is the
sacrifice Of life. One can gain some
idea Of II from the announcement re-
Gently made In the House Of Com
mons that the losses Of the British,
who hold q comparatively small part
Of the battle line. exceeded 100000,
which, however. includes the miss
Ing" As the French have been more
frequently engaged than their ally
ard have taken desperate chances to
capture strategic positions, 1t may be
true. as the Italian paper Corrfere
della Serd asserts, that the French
have suffered a loss Of half their
lighting strength. 1t must be OBJ
vfous. then. that the grand total Of
casualties Of all kinds among the
enemies Of the Teutonic allies and
Turkey rises into the millions.
When we reflect that the offensive
In modern warfare is tremendously
costly. and that the Germans In the
west and the Germans and Austrians
Ia the last have r~ecklessly sacrificed
men In their operations. which may
be described as gigantic, 1t Is evident
that the losses Of these allies in killed
and wounded, not to speak Of prison
ers taken. have reached proportions
that "stagger the imagination" 1t
would be we'll II all the other bellig-
ereut Governments followed the ex-
ample Of England and published their
losses unflinchingly to the world. In
course OF time the particulars OF the
butchers bill" would 81 shock hui
manity. con,batant and neutral alike,
that proposals for peace would no
longer be discouraged.
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WHAT LIQUOR PAYS.
Brief Essay on a Common Economic
Fnllacy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: In
THE SUN of June 2s was printed a letter
on "Wha Liquor Pays" by L. J. Snyder.
Mr. Snyder summarizes his figures in
the following statement Total paid
by liquor industry 1925, 0o0, 1000"
The inference to be drawn from that
statement is that the manufacturers and
dealers In beer and other intoxicating
liquors contribute that amount to the
support of the Government.
While the liquor interests are con-
stantly setting forth the idea contained
In this statement there is not one word
of truth in 1t.
When taxes are levied upon any article
of the tax is always added to
the price which must be paid by the
onsume
This Is the economic law which can
not be repealed by statements put forth
by the liquor interests. The liquor in
terests rs such pay no tax whatever.
The tax is paid by the people who use
the liquors. When the saloon keeper
collects the dimes and nickels from the
drinkers OF intoxicating liquors he is
collecting all the taxes levied on the
liquor industry. as we'll az the cost of
such profit As there may be in the busi-
ness.
one does not n to be a prohibition
ist 20 characterize such statements as
Mr.. Snyder's as economic rot.
JOSEPH MCDONALD.
PAwTUCKET, r. l., u 80.
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The Annapolis Row.

Now, these are u boys; these gu,
sailors; on their white shields Of ex'
p~ectation there must be no speck OF
dirt, no stain" even If convention and
good usage corrupted.
These must be no spoiled children
They must not be allowed to play
with their future or dishonor even
i~nnocently their high opportunities.
We see the officers Of other navies
now nobly acquitting themselves OF
their heroic and every day mort
skilled and difficult profession.
Our boys, u men. the gentlemen
who are to play gayly and gallantly
with death-their work Is toe honor
able. their calling Is too lofty for the
country to see patiently any cOnde
scendance on their part to picayuns
chicanes and stolen prizes.
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NEW COURT SYSTEM TODAY.
Magistrates Hereafter to Dispose
of Many More Cases.

a single system OF Magistrates courts
will be inaugurated to-day under the au-
thorlty of an act of the last Legislature.
which will affect thirty-eight Magis-
tratcs II twenty-eight courts. Chicf
Magistrate william McAdoo will be IN
charge.
Under the new system Mag stratcs
VIII be able To dispose of MANY cases
which In the past have been held for
Special Sessions. They may also con
stitute themselves iuto Courts ~ Special
Sessions to deal with sue cases. rs we'll
as alleged ~flislruranors, including
frauds against hotels. violations. OF high
way. labor and tenement house laws and
other offences pluishahl" by fines not
exceeding 500 or imprisonment not ex-
cccding sixty days, or both.
The new order of things means thai
many innocent persons against whom
,hlrgcS are made will he able to get lib
rrty instead of going to Jail because OF
inability TO obtain bail.
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A Stuffed Club.

President WILSON has never com
ported himself in a manner In
dicative Of a profound sense OF re-
sponsibility toward the platform on
which he was elected. He has en-
forced his policies and compelled ODE.
dience to his conception Of his duties
with very little Difference to that
document. Mr.. BRYAN will not find 1t
easy to brighten him by tearing the
one term plank out and fashioning ii
into a bludgeon.
Moreover, MIR. BRYAN himself has
NO let the Baltimore declaration i'm.
pede his political activities. He repu-
dated the provision Of that instru'
ment which was not in accord with
his own notion Of the national duty
ir regard to Panama Canal tolls,
and did as he thought most %expedient
when the subject came up for legis-
lative treatment. Mr.. BRYAN found
no difficulty In squaring his we'll ad'
vertised conscience with a complete
about face when a reversal appeared
to be advisable.
So the spectacle Of Mr.. BRYAN whit
Ting industriously at an awkward
timber extracted from the Baltimore
structure will not I'LL MI. WILSON
with grave alarm. Nr. WILSON knows
that the lonely Nebraskan is working
on a useless club.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-01
AN MAN.
sympathy for One who Finds That
Woman Is Unsatisfactory.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: As
my letter calling upon Esop for aid In
the settling of the woman question"
bids fair to make the old wlseacre
famous by the discussion as to his ra-
cial identity II has raised, perhaps you
will permit mi to point out that i In
tentionally refrained from using ASsop
as an argumentative weapon against
your correspondent +. c.
Locke.
] merely desired to state that lien and
women zach rave necessary and supple
mentary parts to play upon the stage
of life and that any question OF a war
Of the sexes or any protract d antago-
nism between them fostered by their
dining into each others ears the pet
phrases denoting mutual superiority now
current IL absurd. But this conclusion
does not preclude such plain statements
Of fact as those made by Mr.. Locke.
1t may be hat many thoughtful men
would admit the cogency Of your corre-
spondent's observations IL they thought
that blunt criticism OF the opposite sex
Is at all effective for good. Mr.. Locke's
discussion undoubtedly has a note Of
real ea~rnestness. and that combined with
his courage In expressing his opinions
over his name calls for praise.
From a careful perusal OF his letters
It appears that he has not manufactured
his convictions concerning man. char
acter a priori his plain assertion to the
contrary rcfutes such an idea. The true
view seems to be that his experience has
made him sad. and being a sensible man
he probably would. II 1t were possible.
rs Shakespeare. speaking through Touch
stone did, prefer a fool to make him
merry. But being rag he ac-
cepts the results OF his experience. ex-
prpaQaQ them with vignr aud Clenrnpaa
and faces the music.
Plainly for him as far as women are
concerned the time is out of joint. His
contributions TO the discussion are OF
undoubted value. HAROLD DELANo.
EDGEMERE. June 30.
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The estimate Of the German period
ical Hecr und POiifik that the casual.
ties of the nations ut war with Ger
many and her allies amount to 5000
600 IN killed, wounded and missing
seems incredible when comparisons
are made with the wars OF the past {;
but 1t must he considered that in
ne former conflict were high explO-
sives used with such mutilating and
deadly effect, nor has the world
ever seen before such far flung" bat
tie lines and 1Q,oOO,OOO men, II con-
servative calculation, engaged In the
work of destruction.
The German estimate will be chal-
longed as being too general, and It
will be said that the method en-
ployed was unscientiic, At the same
time, 1t would he idle to dispute
those figures TINT form n solid basis
FOR the calculation the number Of
prisoners Of war in the hands Of the
Germans themselves. According to
the General STAFF, not fewer thai
l.OO0,UOO Russian soldiers and 300. OOU
French have been taken. The wounded
may recoyer and he sem back 10
the firing line, but these 1900 900
prisoners are out OF the war. Add
the British, Belgians and Serbinns
captured, and the total would be not
far from Il million and a half com.
batantS eliminated.
No estimate of prisoners Of war In
the hands of the Austrians IL at.
tempted by this German periodical.
Il may be assumed that the number
Of killed and wounded on the side Of
France and her allies exceeds the
sum Of the missing" In Januar-
last the London Times came to the
conclusion that the Russians must
have lost l,30O.OU in killed and
wounded up to that time. Since then
the Russian casualties have heen
enormous in the Masurian Lakes
country and in Galicia. There is ma
satisfactory means Of calculating
these later losses,
France for polite reasons does not
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-01
Two Important Arguments for Re-
survey of the Court House Plan.

In the resurvey of the project for
a new court house in New York
county, a scrutiny we conceive To
be inevitable, as 1t unquestionubly is
desirable, two Important factors can.
not be ignored, though they affect In
no way the p~racticablllty Of the site
selected or the design of the building
that has obtained official approval.
One Of them is the reduction of legal
business in this county resulting from
the erection of Bronx county. and the
other IL the effect on the courts of the
wOrkmen's compensation law.
When the restrictions ana made.
quacies OF the Tweed court house
resulted in the legislative action that
brought TO serious study the replace.
ment of that structure The Bronx
was a part Of New York county,
sending to City Hall Park all Of its
more important litigation. The cree.
ton of the new county relieved the
courts here Of II large quantity of
present business, and materially mod.
ifed the outlook for increase in the
future. In another way the work,
mems compensation law, the prln,
ciple Of which is very unlikely 10 be
abandoned, took from the courts a
0GAsndous burden OF cases that &C.
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Short Editorial Article on Sleazy En-.
welcomes.

We have received this cOmmunica-
ton from the Superintendent Of tho
Division Of Stamps, H. the Office OF
the Third Assistant Postmaster-Gen-
eral in Mr.. BURLEsoN's department Of
Federal administration:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE S%uN-Sir: THE
Sun has often boosted If you see it In
THE sur it's So Hence l take II your
paper does not want to wilfully deceive
its readers. A casual reading OF tho
communication of Third Assistant Posi-
haster-General DoCKERY published in
~THE U Of June 81 as to the spreading
Of ink on stamped envelopes discloses
certain i~rrefutable facts relating to the
current stamped envelope contract:
First, that 1t was made before the
present Administrator came into control,
Secondly. that there has been no
change in the paper out OF which the
contractor makes the envelopes,
Thirdly. that the same inspectors
pass on such paper before it is ac-
cepted and used by the contractor.
"Such being the facts, how can your
paper truthfully charge that the present
Administration is responsible for the al
legged character of the envelopes? Does
THE Sun still claim If you see it in THE
Sun it's So? ! am, sir, respectfully,
wv. c. FITCH,
Superintendent Division of Stamps,
Post Office Department.
"WAsHINGToN, ID. c., June 2S."
Yet the ink does spread. It's so.
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THE POLICEMAN.
PhilOlOgical Research for Peace Ohl-
GERS by u Newark Philosopher.

Polls, metropolis, a city, a city-man,
a po!is-man, the policeman.
The ablest group Of men the world
has ever ~kuowu-they lived about $500
years ago-when they wanted to speak
OF their city said 'polis.' just the word
We use now to refer to the men VINO
try 10 keep our city IN good order and
enforce its rules.
Well, what of it? Why, for one thing.
the policeman has a fine old name. Of
excellent ancestry, once his name
stood for his city itself. and now IL
stands ror MIN, his city's guardian.
That gives him something to live up to.
Then the police man II the city-man.
He largely represents us all, and whore
you ind good policemen there you
usually find n well managed city.
II you don't think our policemen are
doing well and trying 10 do better look
inside and you will change Your mind.
Anyway. II we were all as polite and
obliging AZ our police are this city
would be so gsntlemanly that It would
need no policemen--and they all would
lose their Jobs! J. c. d.
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counted in large measure for their
congested dOckets.

counted in large "a for their
congested dockets.
These practical details Of the ju-
dicial situation could not be foreseen
nor provided for when the scheme for
II monumental court house, consti-
tuting a unit in a beautiful civic
centre to which nation, State and
city were to contribute generously,
was devised. But as accomplished
facts they are OF the highest impor-
lance at a time when the city. with
treasury depleted, endeavors in every
department to practise the unusual
habit Of economy. They must not be
put aside as Of no consequence, nor
us inadmissible because OF their late
development. On the contrary. they
reinforce every other argument that
urges the demand for a general rec
tification Of the accepted design and
Its adjustment to the present needs
of the judiciary and present financial
resources Of the city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-01
BRIDGE PAYMENTS.
Is the Fire Hazard Of Wood Blocks
Too Great for Their Use?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
view OF Detroit's recent experience. the
plan of Commissioner Kracke to pave
Brooklyn Bridge with wood blocks seems
n hazard that should be avoided.
The Belle Isle Bridge was paved with
wood blocks. A pavement repair wagon
crossing the bridge dropped a few live
Goals on the blocks. In n few moments
the whole pavement was burning like
finder and in spite Of prompt work nv
ireboats and regular fire apparatus the
steel work was so heated that the spans
collapsed, almost completely destroying
the bridge and blocking the channel.
II a fire were started on Brooklyn
Bridge by an automobile. a trolley or
otherwise. iireboats would be useless.
would they mott And unless the fire
were very promptly controlled nv the
land forces New York would suffer n
calamity. WALTER Il. KRuEsI.
E YORK. June 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-01
BRYAN HAS TORPEDO
READY, SAYS HARVEY
Editor Asserts COmmOncr win
Try Roosevelt Tactics ON
Democratic Party.
PUTS on THE Cooked HAT

Col. George Harvey In the ssue ,
the North american Rcricr published
to-day assails William Jennings Rr,,,
for %resiguing as Secretary of state a.
critical moment in the negotiations VIZ,
Germany. lie says hat M. Bryan !,
planning TO torpedo the Democratic
party precisely as col. Theodore IIoo.e.
welt shot the fatal holt into the Raplb.
lican organization"
The article IL headed The R,vol, a,
Bryan bears the text OF THAT which
Is crushed breaketh out into a v,per"
and Is signed by the Editor" 1t N
fers first to the story OF "The Revol, ~
Mother" by Mary wilkins. dealing with
the woman who could not abide tho re-.
strictions of the house and moved INTO
the barn.
Col. Harvey says that 'the conc!lia.
tory note to Germany was a prc,ex,.
not a reason for Mr.. Bryan's resien,.
ton. He goes on
Bur 1t was not the act itself which
called for excoriatlon II was the man
ner. the disingenuoueness. the chosen
time OF his doing. that was ignoblr. II
is idle to attempt to excuse Mr.. BRYAN
as a sincere adherent Of his mistaken
convictions or as n victim Of his own
temperamental Inconsistencies. When
he assigned u false reason for his per.
Torrance he declared his hypocrisy and
evidenced his ~malevolence. To CRAFTY
his passion for notoriety and lucre and
incidentally to revenge himself upon the
man who had Inundated him he did moi,
hesitate to strike a foul blow which
might easily have constituted a betrayal
of his country.
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The board OF trustees Of the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania are men OF too
large a degree OF intelligence. judgment
and spirit OF tolerance to act as they
have acted without reasons Of weight
which they will doubtless advance at
such time as they may deem ftting.-
DEAN McCREA Of the Wharton School OF
the Untversify OF Pennsylvania.
1t Is a curious fact hat when Il
mar Is asssiled as an enemy Of free
speech, as the Pennsylvania trustees
are In the Nearing case, he generally
turns out to he intelligent, tolerant
and OF good Judgment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-01
Urges Tax Exemptions.

Charitable, religious and educational
Institutions are dong a public work. and
as public servants are entitled 10 have
their properties exempted from taxation.
This sentiment was voiced to-day by
Dr, Nicholas Murray Butler. president
OF Columbia College. at "A hearing he
fore the taxation committee OF the
constitutional convention on proposals
pending before the convention to abolish
all tax exemptions.
DIR, Butler said prosecuting officers
throughout the State could easily stop
abuses of the tax exemption laws and
thereby end the present cry Cor "A repeal
Of all exemptions.
Buffalo, Schenectady, Eltnira and AL
banN had representatives, at III" heur-
ing to opposition to the amendments,