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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
Sheriff Grifenhagcn Bears His Own
Burden.

Sheriff GRIFENHAUEN had an op-
portunlty to make n blunder yester-
day, and did not take advantage Of
It. Instead. he declined to appoint as
special deputy sherifIs the mcn for
whom commissions were sought by
private employers bothered by labor
disputes, and announced that II 1t be-
came necessary for him TO do any
thing to preserve the peace he would
do IL with the assistance of his own
force strengthened with men Of his
own selection to meet any emergency
that might arise.
Should the freight strike now In
progress on the New York Central
lead to violence, 1t is the business Of
the Sheriff and the Police Commits
sioner TO preserve the peace. They
have ample authority to curb lawless-
ness and quell outbreaks. Their task
may be difficult; such jobs ordinarily
are difficult; but it will be rendered
infinitely less arduous by the absence
Of Especial deputies
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
Is Preparedness In Danger?

To put 1t plainly, we hope the Pres
ident is not afflicted with cold feet in
the presence OF the demand of the
country for a larger army, a more ef.
fectiye navy, and reserves for both
branches OF the military service. But
the news from Washington is dlsqulet-
ing. There Is said to be an intimation
from the War Department that at
Is not wise TO speculate on the reor.
ganlzation scheme" The defects of
the present army system should be
eliminated and a divisional reorgani
cation has been accordingly urged.
If the plan Is TO be thrown overheard
it viii be bad for the army and worse
for the country. With divisional or.
ganlzation the expansion of the army
to war strength would he automatic.
1t Is the dominating question Of army
reform. There should be no evading
it, no |trifling with It.
In regard to increase OF the army
the President need not wait for any
further returns from the country.
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so that we hav fairly reliable data on
which TO base an estimate OF the amount
OF either drug that is available for all
purposes"
From the exact statistics OF one
State at least, Tennessee, in which
all drug addicts are forced to reg
lister, an accurate estimate may he
reached of the number of such UNI
~fortunates IN the entire country.
With the utmost latitude for possible
errors II would appear that there
cannot be over 1877 900 users Of opium
and its derivatives in the United
States nor more than 10000 cocaine
habitues. This estimate approximates
that reported by a committee of the
American Pharmaceutical Associa-
ton several years ago. which was
about 10000 drug addicts of all
kinds. Nor have the results of the
strict prohibition laws been so de-
plorablc and fatal as had been an.
ticipated.
One important fact has been estab-
lished the knowledge Of which may
serve rs n warning. 1t Is that the
majority Of opium habitues have been
started by renewal Of prescriptions In
comparatively small doses and that
the regular but prolonged taking Of
cough medicines or other soothing con.
coctions Is more likely to result in the
habit than the occasional Indulgence
in larger doses for real or imaginary
pains. The daily use of such n mix.
ture for thirty days IS almost certain
to develop the habit, and the confirm.
ance for three months renders the
necessity for the drug so Imperative
that only by medical aid may it be
removed. For this reason no law can
he too strict in w%atchfulness owe
careless doctors and druggists. As
good citizens the prescribers and sell.
ers OF drugs should lend all aid to
the authorities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
HOT S~CHOOLDAYS.
II Is the Quality, Not the Time OF In
structlOn That Counts.

To III EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: When,
on a hot day like Thursday, while
schools in Rochester. Boston. Wilkes
barre and other cities are s%uspending
and petitions are in circulation to close
our own schools, Comptroller Prender-
CAST issues a statement advocating the
prolonging of the school year into the
summer. II Ia with difficulty that one re-
Trains from asking who's loony now?'
Surely II In mid september II Is found
necessary 10 close the schools because OF
the heat II will be worse than useless to
make children attend them in July. OPP
position to this plan may also come from
those fathers who are compelled to take
their vacation in that month and wish
their children with them. Many are not
Ike the Comptroller. who can set his
" time to be away.
As 10 the increase OF the school day
from Ave to six hours. is II certain that
the children OF Paris learn as much in
their six hours as the American boys
and girls do In Ave? Hours of labor
have been longer In France than here,
but will Mr.. Prendergast dare to advo-
cate n longer day for laborers because
OF that fact? In my humble opinion il
is not the length OF time OF instruction
that counts. but Its quality.
II. RICHMOND ARMOUR.
BROOKLYN, September II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
AMATEUR SUFFRAGE CENSUS.
A Drummer In the Jerseys Drops n
Plummet In the Deeps.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. My
business is that OF drumming. and have
Just finished a tour OF New Jersey. /
visited all but one OF the twenty-one
counties. | was out seven weeks. Like
most drummers l talk more or less poll
tics with my customers. AS woman suf-
frage is the uppermost topic in New
Jersey l questioned every one l met on
suffrage. l found an overwhelming sem
timent against granting the vote to
m not only among the men seen
and talked to but among the women as
well. ! was rather surprised ut the at
titude OF the women
A great many OF the men who talked
TO me on suffrage. and some women too.
feared granting the vote to women on the
ground that 1t would lead to further re-
vision of the Constitution. which seems
to be held most sacred in New Jersey,
and that Il would eventually lead to
prohibition. Throughout my business
tour ! learned that many look upon SUI
frage and prohibition as one and insep-
arabic. II suffrage is defeated In New
Jersey October 10 next his fear OF pro-
hibition will be the cause. There is no
one to blame for tNs but the suffragists
themselves.
OF 124 people with MON ! talked
seventy-nine were men and forty-hve
OF the men sixty-two were
opposed to suffrage and seventeen fav-
ored Il, while thirty-six women opposed
It and nine favored II.
II was surprising to hear TIE bitter
remarks made against those women who
want 10 get into politics by members Of
their W sex. NORMAN T. BRISsELr.
NEWARK, y. j., September II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
What Ais Baseball?

Since the present baseball season
began the philanthropists who own
the major league clubs have been
moved 10 sorrow on frequent occa-
sions by the obvious falling of "
public interest, evidenced in q severe
~ practical name by decreased at
tendance at the games, They have
laid the blame for lessened enthusi-
asm on every possible factor ex-
sept themselves, and in particular
they have pathetically mourned the
greed OF the players for increased
salaries.
With characteristic blindness they
have been unable TO see that their
own management of their properties
was alternating public support. The
degree 10 which rowdyism has rees.
tabllshed itself is apparently unknown
to them. In this city they have per-
mitted conduct in the grand stands
that has actually driven patrons into
the street. In other communities
there have been fist fights between
umpires and players, with the blame
by no means all on one side; the
bleachers have enjoyed a latitude not
equalled for years; and In Boston
this week the pitchers INDUCED not
once but over and over again In efforts
TO hit the heads Of the batsmen, with
the result that the police had to pro-
tect the visiting team after the play
ended.
The answer to the question what
alls baseball?" is not difficult to find.
The shOrtSightedncss OF the manage
ment is what ais It. The directing
genluses have committed themselves
In favor OF rowdy ball, which has
never commanded public support.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
fanss

1t Is good news that NnHJALMUu
STEFANssoN has been heard from az
last. lie Is not only an Arctic ex-
plorer with ideas and ideals but he
is thoroughly competent and master
of a fine narrative style. The world
would Ike to know more about the
Ill starred Karluk expedition than ii
does, and STEPANssoN's adventures
after he parted company with Cap.
tain BARTLETT must be worth record
ing. When the karluk went out with
the drift Sr~EFANssoN vas on shore
with n hunting party. and except that
he intended TO do some exploration
work In the Mackenzie Basin and
might head for Banks Land later
nothing came out of the Arctic Circle
about him.
After eighteen months of silence
we know, through a message to the
Canadian Government from Baillie
Island by way Of Nome. that the
young explorer reached Banks Land.
which means that he will have a story
OF absorbing interest TO tell when he
returns. lie has advanced further
north and found land southwest of
Prince Patrick Island. STEFANssoN
will be able to add TO the sum of sci.
entiiic information about the Arctic,
and a graphic account of his second
experience in living "off the country"
as the EskImos do, may be expected.
The arrangements STEFANssoS made
to continue his course north are some.
what vague in the despatch received.
but there is a hint of his characteristic
resourcefulneSs. \ singular thing Is
that not a word about these arrange.
ments had passed the Arctic Circle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
DEMOCRACY PROGRESSES.
Woman Suffrage VIII Mark Its Final
Triumph Here.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir! Mr..
Bachman erects a dummy OF straw. pro-
ceeds to convict It of being stuned ana
then knocks the stufiing out of 1t. IL IL
al old occupation, pleasing as pretended
argument. but most illogical.
Let us ooh at the dummy. Mr.. Bach
man fears woman suffrage because a
great disaster would overcome us IL
we should give the vote to "multitudes
of women absolutely untitled to vote.
Tha argument was used when property
qualification as BETTING voters was
urged. The poor man was not to be
trusted in this democracy. 1t has since
been used in opposition to every extern
sion OF democracy, and was strongly
urged when the black man was consid-
cred as q voter. 1t Is the cry or the
man who distrusts the people In a peo-
pies government.
Let us take another look at II. Does
sex determine wisdcm? Are there no
men whom Mr.. Bachman would de-
eide are INIT 10 vote? Then II unfit
ness is the test. IL It be the real objec-
ton, why permit unfit men to vote and
not permit unfit women In a deinoc-
racy tho rule OF the people calls for
the voice OF the unfit as well as the nj,
otherwise IL would not be democracy.
And democracy evolves.
Thank God for that, for therein lies
the hope of humanity. The sons and
daughters OF the unfit become fit yea,
perhaps. some OF the fit as well as some
of the unfit breed anew the unit. Thus
out OF the rule OF the people n con-
stantly changing tide sways the des-
tiny OF the nation. but ms the years fit
past we undoubtedly gain in wealth,
knowledge and power. Thus the repub-
lie moves IN.
Mr.. Bachman makes an error when he
assumes that fit women will later neg
lect 10 vote. while unis: women will vote.
Common sense readily disputes that. DO
ft men decline TO vote? Do unfit men
always vote? Humanity is the same, ir-
respective OF sex
The working out OF universal suffrage
in this country simply means making
this a complete rather than n limited
democracy. II will give voice and vote
to all citizens. The people, male and
female. will have attained the fun fruits
OF democracy, the right to have n part
in n finally and actually free govern
ment. Then no one will he taxed TO
support this nation who is without rep
~resentation in It's councils. Taxation
without representation was tyranny.
Taxation with representation Is liberty.
Tyranny dies with the evolution OF
democracy. Liberty lives IN the con-
sent OF the governed.
Our democracy is n progressive liv-
ing force. tie will OF a great nation,
God fearing, liberty loving, sublime
When universal suffrage shall have
been accomplished in this country. and
II IL coming as sure as day succeeds
night. then for the first time on this
planet shall ave been attained here in
the land Of the free full and complete
democracy as the soul and guide of
government. BosroNIAN.
Boston, September IL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
FaIIacIes About Drug Addiction.

When public sentiment Is aroused
10 a high pitch by well meaning so
cial reformers who in their effort to
cure recognized evils too often exag-
gerate existing conditions, harm may
he done to the cause of betterment.
The United States Public Health Ser
vice, always alert in the public In
terest, has printed in a recent bulle-
tin some data on the Number and
Kind of Drug Addicts'' that may serve
to allay the apprehenslons Of those
who have too hastily charged physi-
clans and druggists with delinquency
in safeguarding the sale and distribu-
ton OF habit forming drugs.
A few examples Of these sensational
statements may serve TO illuminate
the subject. 1t has been asserted, for
instance, that fully 90 per cent. of all
the opium imported is used for He
Ultimate purposes; that for every
ounce of cocaine prescribed by ply
sicfans 200 ounces are consumed by
drug addlcts; that the refilling Of mar
cotic prescriptions is responsible for
much of the use by victims of the
habit, and that two per cent. Of our
entire population are addicted 10 the
drug habit, the number OF victims in
creasing 100000 annually! But says
the Health Service:
has been pointed out before (pnb-
lie Health Reports. November 81, 1914,
page $3.50, some at least, OF these
statements arc not based on reliable
data, while others, having the clements
of truth. are misleading either because
OF their incompleten@ss or because of
the partial misstatement of fact.
"Whlle II Is unfortunately true that
ne number of drug addlcts In the United
States is disgracefully large, II does
not. and of necessity cannot, even APP
proNimate the maximum that has been
stated.
practically all OF the opium and
coca used In this country Is Imported
through legitimate channels, ard be
cause OF the comparatively high i'm
port tax considerable care Is exercised
10 iDFure the reporting and recording
tI AL 81 the product at our disposal,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
Ken the balance Fir!

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: In TINS
Sun OF September l6 a letter headed
Work for the Police" complains OF tho
riot breeding efforts at Ninety sixth street
and broadway OF "a young p~ropagandist
from Hoboken who began a disgraceful
soap box campaign against J. p. Morgan
and England last Friday night and threat
ened to repeat It this week" 1t IL as
serted that the soap box orator was sur.
rounded by a gang OF hoodlums who
howled down any individual protest by
the audience, and that his TRADE was q
disgrace to the city, ! was present on
the occasion complained OF, md / con-
trade, your correspondent In every one
Of his assertions. The speaker was we'll
informed. witty and good natured.
The trouble with foreigners in this coun-
try. ALLIES a- we'll as Teutons. Is that they
refuse TO allow us 20 remain neutral, each
seeking to force US TO his side OF tho
quarrel. This is an impertinence no mat
ter from which side Il comes.
The crux OF the question 10 that this "
a land, supposedly, OF free speech, and that
It Is the business OF foreigners OF all ma
tionalities to attend to their own affairs
and lot us enjoy our neutrality,
w. W. wBITnLocI.
NEW YoHH, September II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
This Picture and That.

For the first time since the moving
picture plays began to offer an ap-
probable rivalry to the spoken drama
there is TO be opportunity for the
public TO see simultaneously the coun-
terfeit ~prcscntment OF the player and
the actual being. While two popular
actors are playing here, there are ac-
ceSSlble within a short distance picture
plays in which they are the important
figures. Thus Is the personality of the
player made the centre Of attraction
in two playhouses.
The relation in which the moving
picture play stands to the spoken
drama Is shown by the difference In
the cost Of admission to the picture
theatre aud the other. To see the ac-
tor on the films costs but n fractional
part of the other pleasure.
The theatre managers make no con.
ccalment of their chagrin ut the stimuli
Iancous divulgence OF the popular ac-
tors In two such varied forms Of en-
tertainmcnt. They prophesy loss Of
prestige for the player ana financial
hardship for themselves. The public
IL of course In a position to take its
choice, either or both.
And possibly the advantage 10 the
theatregoer may be much greater than
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
FARMER MURPHY, OH
His Campaign for American Freedom
Gains Its First Recruit.

To THE EDITOR OF iii SUN-Sir: |
thank you for giving Farmer Murphy
the space you do. / catch the vibration
OF his thought as a tuning fork. No
doubt others of your readers do. yet
somehow Farmer Murphy calls and calls
from the wilderness, and you give him
all tho power of your space to aid his
message. and though the matter Is ur-
gent months pass and no answering
sound comes Jack from the void OF
human intelligence. Is 1t indeed void?
VIII you give another farmer a chance
to send a whisper or a blast Of encour-
agement as 1t may turn out?
Hello Brother Murphy Be OF good
heart. 1t is a great truth o utter
about immigration. Be not downcast
that seemingly you stand alone, IN
needed by the multitude. Keep your
voice lifted and send II against the
sounding board of THE Sun that 1t may
be reflected out over the sea of human
thought.
Somewhere, some time, 1t will strike
the sympathetic chord which will swell
Its volume to the strength Of ar ire
sistible force. You cit In THE Sun all
by yourself. Brother Murphy. for ! have
never seen any reply to your letters ap-
pear. Why is his l him I could
a@'a Ece VtE ceN W. hNso NV s,es. VI.
courtesy OF our host by hair splitting
arguments over slight differences OF
opinion.
The problem of immigration Is more
important than a score of so-called pub
lie questions which are constantly In the
limelight. Farmer Murphy Gays. and
rightly, I think. that he Is the only man
who has risen to demand that all who
Will shall v work and that immigra-
ton shall be stopped. I believe he is
right. and / believe also that there are
legions who think as he does. though
there Is no way to make effective their
widely disseminated opinion.
Pending some wiser or better plan. /
propose the formation Of an Anti-Immi-
grafton Society. The purpose of UGH a
society shall be simply the study Of the
problem, to get at the truth. TO draw to
Its support the best OF our citizenship.
and after study and discussion and a
gathering OF all the facts possible. TO
use Its force for the best interests Of
American industrial workers.
The first essential in any such move
ment Is money. As farmers we are not
rolling In cash. but also we are not
without resources. For my part. I will
do this. and I have no doubt Farmer
Murphy will agree 20 do likewise I will
take "A load of precious food products
TO market where / know ! can get ten
cents on the dollar OF its value. With
the proceeds of this load. whatever Il
amounts TO. we will start a fund for a
campaign. I invite others 70 come to
the support OF the scheme. Any good
American citizen is available as a MEM
Der. regardless Of religion. color, race or
such like. The only thing IL a member
should not hold mental reservations. and
II an alien who has become a citizen he
should not hold those precious docu-
ments as a mere scrap OF paper.
Are there enough Americans left to
show some kind OF a front in such a
movement? Horace MARLEY.
A~LLESpALE. y. J.. September II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
'SQUAN RIVER.
Nearly seven Miles Long and In
Places Quite Deep.

To THE EDITOR oF THE SuN-Sir. In
THE Sun OF Saturday. September IL,
a letter dated Bay Head. September 8,
and signed wv. T. L." referring to the
Manasquan River and proposed canal.
says the shortest distance between
Barnegat Bay M the Manasquan is a
little over a mile. IL wv. T. L." will
take the trouble TO secure a copy OF the
Geological Survey OF New Jersey and
scale 1t. he will nnd that the route for
the proposed canal Is laid out across the
shortest point between the Manasquan
River and the head OF the bay. This
distance Is about a mile and three-quar-
tiers. The original route as laid out
along the shore would have been two
miles and n half.
'"W, T. l." say the river is two and
a half miles long. 1t IL a well known
fact t?at II Is nearer sever miles. II is
at least two miles long in the wide por-
ton above the Old 'Squan Bridge. and
possibly that Is the portion OF the river
which your correspondent believes IL
only two and a half feet deep. Even in
that portion ] could show him many
hundreds OF square feet where the depth
is very much over two and a half feet.
Below the 'Squan Bridge. and particu-
larry from Osborne Island down. re could
md water as deep as fifteen feet and
certainly a depth OF four 70 six feet in
many places. Many prominent men in
tho state are very deeply interested in
seeing this proposed extension put
through, and put through promptly.
The vast area 81 Barnegat Bay al the
very head. which Is now fresh water.
could be made salt and available for an
enormous growth of oysters and clans,
aside from the valuable extension OF
trade in other directions.
| own a summer residence on this
river and have been going down there
now about fourteen years. and know
almost every foot of the river.
ROBERT L. PATTERSON.
POINT PLEASANT, y. j., September II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
Disquieting Mental Revelations.

After consultation with other pa
cific gentlemen HENRY FORD Of DE.
troit is still opposed to nm increase
in our army and navy" He is quoted
a. saying:
IF Belgium had not been prepared for
war she would not have had her nose
punched"
What spirit and saGacity and above
all what a broad grasp of the domi-
nant facts in one Of the great TRACE
dies Of history are here revealed!
There then the agreeable and
logically inescapab!e sequence OF the
proposition: If you do not wish to
have your nose punched" obligingly
lie down In the mud where you belong
and make yourself useful as a foot
wipe.
What could be simpler, what more
calculated to appeal TO all u ira
ditional American characteristics.
The news despatch which brings Us
this gem Of thought also informs US
that the Secretary of the Navy has
invited It's originator to Washington
for a conference From such sources
presumably we are 10 receive informa-
ton for our guidance in considering
the all important, the overwhelmingly
important matter Of preparedness for
defence against a danger over and
over demonstrated as existent and
az at any moment likely to become
threateningly imminent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
DIR. BOLDUAN'S ADVICE,
Let the Health Congress BE Cleared Of
Suspicion.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
the newspapers OF this morning wide
prominence is given to the warning OF
DR.. Charles Bolduan OF the Department
of Health OF this city against the dam
gers OF h use Of alcohol during he
present hot weather.
II IL said further that this warning
Is the direct result OF Dir. Rolduan's re-
cent experiments NJ Rochester. Can II
he that these were conducted during the
sessions OF h public health officials
held in that city ~reccntlyo
one would suppose tNat such n field
would he the least fertile for research
work OF this description. feel quite
certain that Or, Bolduan's remarks we're
misunderstood by the press regarding
the source from which he drew his con-
illusions and that when his attention Is
called TO II a ready explanation will he
forthcoming w. n. Jr., NJ n.
NEW YoRK. September II.