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JOBS FOR THE oilers.
Farmer Murphy Sets Forth a Project
for Government Aid.

70 THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: Pro-
lessor Charles W. Eliot says.
The labor market in the United States.
far from being overstockcd. IL never ade-
quately supplied unless temporarily In a
few congested localities.
/ don't know whether Professor Eliot
speaks from knowledge or inspiration.
but | believe he ls friendly to the pro-
immigration interests and that those in
ter rests are friendly to him. There Is one
way 20 settle the whole matter.
Let the Government take hold Of the
problem Of finding Jobs for the unem-
ployed. Then sham Investigations Will
he unnecessary. as the Government Will
always be In a position TO know the
exact condition of the field of labor. II
the country is groaning for want OF
workers. and workers are groaning for
wan OF Jobs. why shouldn't the Govern
meat take hold of the problem? There
are those who frequently express regret
at the great loss to production by reason
of men being withdrawn from the indus
tries to serve in the army. The Gov
INT can more than max good that
loss by setting the idle to work.
Judge Gary of the United States Steel
Corporation recently said
1dleness is the curse Of any nation. The
comfort. morals ana happiness OF a people
are In large measure determined by the
completeness with which the working
forces OF It's citizenship are utilized in
the production OF wealth. An idle nation,
Ike an Idle man. Inevitably drifts toward
degradation Just AZ an energetic, active
and thrifty man or nation progresses In
character, moral and physical health and
wide and proper influence. Therefore
lille mercy and Justice demRnd that those
who can help to alleviate such human suf-
ferlng as arises from enforced idleness
should do everything in their power
toward that end. practical common sense
demands that measures shall be devised
to reduce the possibility OF unemployment
TO n minimum and 70 make the recurrence
Of such an economic disaster impossible In
the future.
be to every practical thinker. that 1t 10
far better to carry men and women ON the
payroll than on the relief roll.
II all practical thinkers think as Judge
Gary does. 1t seems to me that their
Ideas cannot be far from my plan to
have the Government find jobs for the
unemployed and pay them wages while
waiting for Jobs. No other plan will
make impossible the recurrence of such
an economic disaster AS Judge Gary
speaks OF. 7. l.. MURPHY.
FALL RIVER. Mass. July 10.
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WOMAN. LOVELY WOMAN.
DISBURSEMENT Of II Mere Man Who
Watches Her.

To THE EDITOR OF THE ~SuN-Sir: l
read in your edition OF this date the
letter to Mr.. William Leo, Are Women
selfish ?" and | cannot refrain from COM
menting thereon.
recently became an employee OF a
department store in this city. and al
though ! sorely needed the work. and
the salary. | almost regret getting the
Job, as 1t has changed entirely my re-
spect for the female sex.
! am employed as a floor walker and
peculiarly in position to observe the ac-
lions of the patrons of the shop. | am
simply astounded at the daily exhibition
of s~eliishness. boorishness and want of
feeling displayed by women from whose
appearance n would expect only re-
finement. courtesy and gentleness.
II ! were told OF the incidents that I
SEQ daily | would not have believed
the stories. When a crowded elevator
stops at a floor and the door opens to
let the passengers out, do the ladies'
waiting to enter step aside to allow
those In the car to step out? oh, no.
The rushing, pushing and scramhling to
enter is a scene the average man would
not believe possible.
am astonished at 1t all. | an look
ing for another job, although from a
business standpoint my opportunities are
good. But l wish to retain some shred
of my respect for the female sex.
JAMES ELKToN BRUCE.
y YORK. July 10.
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NEW PAINTINGS IN
THE METROPOLITAN
"Ernesta," by Cecilia Beau,.
One of the Important Ad.
ditiOns to Museum.
JAPANESE PRINTS PUT Up

The three paintings recently ACQUIRED
by the Metropolitan Museum of A..
have been hung in the Room ~ Re.
cent Acccssions. The mos, importan, o.
these Is the painting by Cecilia Ioalx
the only picture by his arts, tI. mn.
scum possesses. 1t is regarded ~ an
especially fine specimen OF her ait and
admirably suited to museum display.
Miss Beaux has called the picture
"E,rnesp." n 1t is said 70 be- % p5-.
portrait of a girl In a sh,mmtrns
white frock. seated on a white sofa,
Miss Boaux in this arrangement has
posed for herself a daring problem in
technic. and the values in the two MA.
~terials are worked out with brilliant
success. Back Of tho subject Is a mir.
ror with it's reflections OF the res, o,
the room. and in front Of her = a
table ~ornaincnted with flowers. There
are fine spirit and charm In tho pose
OF the hend.
Henry Golden Dearth's most mode-,
style Is represented in 'Cornella." which
has been taken In exchange for "Bou.
logre Harbor." formerly IN the llcaro
Collection. In accordance with ,hs
terms Of this Request II IL permissible
10 exchange the work OF an arts, for
a liner specimen If that is accessible
Mr., Doarth took the painting which
formerly hung in the museum In part
payment FOR "Cornclia," which IL In
a very different n 1t IL said 10
be much more satisfactory 10 Mr.. ncar'h
as a specimen of his work,
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ANYTHING SO SMALL?
An Intelligent Young Woman on the
Physical Force Argument.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-Sir.
Reading the admirable letter Of Mr..
kossiter Johnson in THE SIN OF June 81
on the woman suffrage question brought
to my mind a discussion ! once had with
a young woman of more thar ordinary
attachments, in which | ~endeavored 10
combat her intelligent and ardent ad-
vocacy OF votes for women" by what
is sometimes called the physical force
argument. Her method OF meeting Il
was so delightfully."- feminine that !
have never forgotten il.
BY way OF illustrating my point |
argued that II In "A national election an
issue in which the people We're deeply
interested and as to which feeling ran
high should be decided by a small ma
1orlty and II was apparent that the ma
)ority party was made up for the most
part of women, so that the great mass
or men voters were evidently on the
minority side. IL might well happen that
there would be a bloodless revolution
and that woman suffrage would 20 down
ike a house of cards and become a
thing of the past. With scorn denoted
on her countenance and vibrating in the
tones or her voice my fair opponent ex-
claimed; "Oh. do you really think they
would do anything so small as thato"
This was a woma OF Intelligence
reading and experience. Can any one
imagine a man. young or old. intellec-
tual or ~unedncated, IN a discussion Of
a great question OF political organization
ana government. one involving the grim
facts OF human interests and passions
and the tremendous forces of the Iire
struggle, replying to such an
ny the question, u you really think
they would do anything so small as
una, w. NJ. w.
BRooKLYN, June 20.
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Gibbons, Suffrage. Authorlt,
and Right Rpason

To II EDITOR OF TIL SuN-Sir, As
You rightly remark the words OF his
Eminence of Baltimore on woman sur.
irage VIII be heard with respect.
Some Scriptural scholars have taksn
the liberty to point out illoyicalI,ios
In the reasoning OF st. Paul while adj
hitting his conclusions OH the score
OF divine inspiration, hut an unln-
spired Cardinal fairly depends for his
influential authority on the souudness
of reasons underlying his statement.
whether they be latent or EXPRESSED.
Mere authority, however hlrh. has
no cogency but what IL derives from
right reason, If his Eminence has
given reasons and good ones against
votes for women the influence of his as
sert!ons will be legitimately strong.
CHESTER, July 10. j. A. NJ
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OF both academies are there to be
obeyed. The officers in charge are
there to see that they are obeyed.
The students are there to obey them,
and In 80 doing to acquire as a veri-
table second nature that habit Of In
slant. unquestloning. infinitely exact
obedience which lies ut the very foun-
dalton Of every form of military cdu-
cation. Whatever undermines this
conception undermlnes the work OF
both schools In its most vital partlcu.
lar. And 1t Is undermining Of pre-
cisely this character which Is involved
In the practice Of permitting a stu
dent to run whining to a complacent
Congressman to avert penalties for
misdemeanors which he has not the
manhood to face and from which the
Congressman may be counted on to
shield him.
As declared above. this would be
bad enough II confined to cases Of
personal misconduct solely. But It ap-
pears that the line Ia not drawn even
there. Professor II. Z. SMITH, head
Of the Annapolis department Of math-
ematics, testified before the present
court Of inquiry that outside ~interfer.
enc has developed to a stage where Il
prevents dropping a midshipman who
does not come up to the educational
standards and that students have
come to feel that they can rely upon
this influence In place OF their own
efforts In qualifying for examinations
In other words. political pull has
become In a measure n sufficient sub
stitute for scholarship.
This would seem to be just abou;
as disheartening a statement regard.
ing u Naval Academy as has ever
come from an authoritative source In
the venerable schools history.
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There Is Ne Black Political Peril In
the South.

Since the Supreme Court declared In.
valid the grnndfnther sections Of the
Oklahoma and Maryland State Con.
stitutions. there has been much specu.
lation. with not n few sensational
predictions, as to the effect Of the de-
cision on political affairs In the South,
some persons assuming that the negro
vote would soon overwhelm the white
and control a number of States. This
opinion, In the face Of the national
sentiment OH the subject. was absurd
on Its face. as THE Sun pointed out
when the finding Of the court was
published. The attitude OF Southern
Republicans against such Il calamity
10 we'll set forth by FRANK A. LiNNEY,
chairman Of the North Carolina Re
publican State COMMITTEES, in this
statement
Il want It distinctly understood that
I DO not want to see the ignorant negro
a voter In North Carolina again, and 90
far as l have a voice in the Republican
party he shall not have tina right re-
stored 10 him.
The educational test and the poll tax
provision are sufficient protection against
this vote"
Certainly the Democrats do not
wan the black vote to prevail, al
though Mr.. LINNEY asserts that In
IN cases the negroes have voted the
Democratic ticket. The white mel Of
all political faiths stand on one plat.
form 50 far as this subject Is ION.
cerned. according to Mr.. LLNSrY:
~ feel that the effort of both parties
under this decision will be to protect
those who ave registered under the
grandfather provision from being dis
franchised.
81 dislike TO see any white man in
the State disfranchised. but the vote Of
the Ignorant, negro Is II menace that no
party can stand in this State
1T has been my effort to lead the
Republican party away from the odium
OF race prejudice into a calm discussion
Of the great principles OF the party.
with such an opportunity. know
the party must and will win success.
But fetter 1t again with the ignorant
negro vote. and 1t will be manacled like
a slave.
Whatever may be the result OF this
decision. l am determined that the Re-
publican party shall keep itself free and
clear from this political body OF death"
The assumption that in any State
a sufficient number Of white citizens
would consent to negro domination to
make 1t possible Is outside of reason.
a few politicians might recklessly
commit themselves TO such a course to
win a temporary advantage, but their
punishment would be swift and Of a
severity to discourage imitation.
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prospective yields are bewildering In
their immensely.

prospective yields are bewildering In
their immensely.
Those persons who use the Capitol
at Washington or the Woolworth
Building or belt the world with trains
Of freight cars in their effort TO find
comparisons Of bulk must he hard
put In vlsualizing the greatness Of
the prospective products. Can you
imagine 2,S41. 900 bushels of corn?
That Is what the crop Is expected to
be; 100000 bushels more than
last years production and 100. 900
bushels more than the last len years
average. Imagine how 063. 900 900
bushels Of wheat would look heal ped
up In one pile!
Take n Of the minor crops, bar
ley. for instance. II all the automo-
biles IN Kansas-they have been varl-
ously estimated to form lines extend.
ing from twice to M hundred times
across the State-were turned into
fifty foot freight cars they would not
carry the excess Of this years crop
Of barley. 100000 bushels, over last
years. And where could you fnd a
building big enough to represent the
prospective potato crop Of 3S3, 100000
bushels, all rolled up into one mighty
giant spud3
As d much Of the world is engaged
In other pursuits than agriculture,
Uncle SAN 10 not likely to suffer from
any lack Of demand for his farm
products. While this may force his
own consta nry growing family to pay
more for them than in other times,
there will be solnce in the fact that
all will In the long run benefit by the
money that must be spent in gather.
ing and transporting the crops and
the millions that will come ~ the
farmers reward. As the biggest OF
the neutrals Uncle SAM stands ready
to serve the world. Even II some
portions are without money they will
not lind him heartless. His whole
past record proves that. In fact the
old gentleman Is a good and liberal
provider.
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SOUL VALUE,
War or No War. Love Waits Those
Who Seek II.

To mi EDITOR or TIE SUH-Sfr: II
Is said that during the month OF June
there was experienced a marked fall
ing on OF marriages. which was thought
to be partly due to the war. The war
is being blamed for a great many
things 1t seems fashionable to do so,
However, men are more careful and
women are certainly more dlscriminat-
ing. to their credit be IL said.
The predomlnance OF divorce cases Is
enough to make one sit up and take
notice. These cases are more in evil
dence among the wealthy and marital
unhappiness is mainly due to the wor-
ship OF gold. which Is in the last analy-
sis only n bubble which when burst
leads to a great deal OF u~nhappiness.
The world Is what we make il, IL is
made for each person and each person
is made for the world Il is in our
hearts and it is what we ourselves
max II.
When we really want love we will,
find It waiting for US. The soul value
is the only true value. There are
plenty OF stupid persons to-day mad
so by education. paradoxical as II may
seem. persons full of opinions they do
not understand. and one opinion is that
to be happy one must have gold. They
lack all sense of the only real value.
soul appreciation. Unhappy are those
who worship vulgar success, who are
preoccupied with the gross waterfalls
tic side OF life. Did not Christ treat
worldly success as a thing absolutely
to be despised'
john FORSTER HARLEY, Jr.
BAR HARBoR, Me. July 7.
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Lombard Painter OF Note.

ButluonD was a Lombard artist who
worked from about the middle OF the
fifteenth century up TO 1907. The dates
of his birth death are not known
HIS paintings show the influence ~ TIE
study of MuntcCna. Herbert Cook
his article in the BurliHOton NGgGsir
sums up Butinonc's importance IN the,
words: HE cannot be called an ar -
of much charm, but in his own als'.,
way h" is impressive. and rs an EXPO.
neut Of the sevgrcr IDEALS Of PadI.r
art he takes rank among the Lomhtr
painters next after Niucenzo Fuppt
The museum has not hitherto owr,'
any example of Lombard art before 'N,
L~conardtsQue period.
Another important collection whit
has just been thrown open to the pub
comprises the Japanese prints viii
came from the collection Of Samlr.
lsham. The 236 examples Of Japarc-
art were presented to the museum .
accordance with the wishes If Mr.
lsham. who died last summer. There IS
a large variety of the prints and many
of them possess important historic a.
well as artistic value.
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Uncle Sam, Good PrOvider.

Uncle SAM has just published the
returns of his crop reporters and he
Ii greatly pleased that he is able to
issue such II cheerful publication. In
the 1870 years that he has been Mt
work he has sometimes been com
PEELED to report that his g%rnnnries are
almost empty, or that II full there
Is no demand for his products, This
year there are crops and demand.
That he has taken advantage OF the
present condition Of the worlds NJ
fairs is very evident from the IN
creased acreage. There are half a
ailliOn more acres In corr than were
ver planted before, and there are
tx million more acres In wheat than
here were last year. The figures Of
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From The Minneapolis journal.

N''f 80
That men who take liquor into he
Indian country by automobile are likely
20 lose both the liquor and their auto
mobiles was demonstrated when "A sui,
entitled "Thc United States of America
vs.. Fourteen Quarts OF Whiskey and one
Automobile" was begun at Fergus FAILS
In the Federal court,
The complaint alleges that on June %
fourteen quarts Of whiskcy were brought
from Moorhead TO Wauhun. which is in
the Indian country, In a one seated auto-
mobile, the license umbe OF which was
7i06i. and that the ear was owned by W.
]. Nsctcha: that both whiskey and ma
chine were seized by Special Government
Agent Edward Belland and turned over TO
Deputy Marshal !. W, Carson at Detroit
United States District Attorney Jaruurs
asks that the court issue an order for the
sale Of the automobile and the whiskc,
as provided by law, Il is understood also
that one-half the proceeds of such sales
goes to tho persons giving the information.
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Exchanging Reserve Notes for Gold.

At considerable length the CONNER
cidi and Financial Chronicle In Its
current issue expounds an erroneous
view Of the principal process by which
Federal reserve notes are now getting
Into circulation. 1t is not customary
to find this respectable authority in
error as to matters of fact. hut the
question which 1t raises regarding re-
serve note issues overlooks one Of the
highly important clauses OF the Fed
eral Reserve act.
1t has been discovered by the
Chronicle that there Is no mystery
about the way in which the issue of
reserve notes has been mounting up
In the last few months, although dis.
counts, which might be supposed to
put the notes In circulation. have been
practically stationary IN that time.
The explanation Is that a very large
total Of the notes has been emitted
against an equivalent amount Of gold
deposited with Federal Reserve banks.
AS to this the Chronicle asks:
"But Is not the operation ultra vires-
and II so should It be encouraged even
though the intent be good? Can II be
affirmed that It was ever contemplated
that these Federal Reserve notes which
constitute one OF the chief features Of the
new banking system and the issuance of
which is authorized 80 as to facilitate re-
discounting, should be put to a totally
different use and mad simple certin.
Gates of deposit for gold?"
In support OF this contention our
contemporary examines the act and
says that "the language OF the stat.
ute, al we read 1t, Is Clearly against
the idea" Yet very apparently the
following language of the statute,
found in Section II, has escaped the
critical observation
"Every Federal Reserve bank shall
have power TO deal in gold coin and
bullion at home or abroad. to makel LOAF Ms
thereon, exchange Federal rcscrve notes
for gold, gold coin or gold certificates"
So the rest of the argument against
the policy which the reserve banks
are nov pursuing wanders OF into the
abstract air.
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WARDEN oSBoRNE'S DUE.
Should Superintendent Riley COngrat.
ulate and Not Criticise?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: State
Superintendent OF Prisons Riley prob
ably is justified in saying. IA he has,
tina many prison reforms were inau-
gurated before Warden Osborne was
appointed 10 Sing Sing. However. we
must remember that MIR. Osborne was
the only nan in the state Of New York
who had personality enough TO make
those reforms a success.
Men have reformed pretty nearly
everything In the universe at one time
or another, but 1t has taken men OF
good red blood and sufficient punch
TO make those reforms a benefit rather
than a menace
Therefore let Mr., Riley give Mr., Os-
borne all due congratulation on the high
standard to which the honor system
has been brought in Sing Sing. II men
like Mr., Riley and Mr.. Osborne could
work In harmony the whole moral stand
ard Of the convicts could be raised.
NUTLEY, n. j.. July 10. ID. +.
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o Chicago strike ends.--Headiinc in yes
tcrdGy's newspaper.
Which one?

To the persons who have Joined or
purpose to join the organization. now
forming here, whose members pledge
themselves not to enlist as voiun-
teers for any military or naval service
in international war" and against CIV
Ing their approval to such enlist
ment on the par, OF others THE Sun
offers this entirely d.s!nterested ad-
vice: lie exceedingly careful of your
behavior If and when the matter OF
enlistment enters on a serious phase
in this country. The vaporings OF
theorists and the brave words OF those
who promote the so-called pacifst
propaganda take on a different mean
ing when they may be OF immediate
importance in the defence Of the ma
ton, and the Government possesses
and will employ means for the sup
preston Of the disloyal that, in its
mildest form. infiicts what may with
out exaggeration be called incon-
v%enience OF those subjected thereto.
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Since 1910 the garment making In.
dustry In this city has enjoyed peace
unprecedented, by virtue Of the agree
ment entered into by manufacturers
and unions in that year. This agree
ment was denounced by the employ.
ers a few weeks ago, and 1t has
seemed probable that n strike, or re.
ries Of strikes, would disrupt the trade
this summer.
In an effort TO avert this calamity
Mayor Mitchell. responding to re.
quests from both sides. has appointed
a council Of Cancellation, which will
seek not only to devise u plan to
avert the trouble now threatened. but
to institute a system for the adjust.
ment Of future disputes. The success
Of the so-called protocol Of 1910 en-
courages the belief that unless the
~selfishness Of n few individuals OBJ
tains precedence over the welfare OF
the great majority, a lasting solution
Of the problems may be found.
The manufacturers have discarded
their objections to n permanent arb.
trntion board. but they oppose a mini.
mum wage and the compulsory equal
distribution Of work. to which the
unions are committed, and they want
whatever compact may be adopted to
run for a period Of time sufficiently
long to enable them to establish their
business on a firmer basis. II would
Seem that II the permanent good Of
all hands is the paramount object Of
both sides, the Mayors cOnciliators
should lie able to adjust the details
without great difficulty.
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Once again we have with us IssA
B~oLIETINAa, the Albanian whose name
is spelled as many different ways as
there are persons to write it. Re-
ported shot as a spy. a~ssassinated as
a traitor. hanged as u brigand and
drowned in the Bosporus as Il secret
agent of the Sultan. he has been
quite as often apparently successfully
disposed OF as his illustrious or no.
torious countgyman EssAp Pasha. He
Is said now to have surrendered with
his tribesmen to the Montenegrins.
Here is a new role for this tricky old
Skipetar, for whatever else he may
have done he was never before
charged with surrendering.