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How 10 Scuttle the Ship Bill.

What is the worm in the shipping
bill nut which Congress is trying to
crack? Is II the provision to put
Cabinet officers, the Secretary of the
Trcasury and one or more others on
the Government board which 1t Is pro
posed To constitute for the purposes
Of the bill?
II the worst comes 10 the worst and
Congress decides to surrender to EX
e'utive pressure In this matter 81 far
rs regards the establishment of q
Government merchant marine there j.
n; least this much which the national
well insist on an amendment excluding
Government officers from the commit
tee which is to buy or lease and super
wise the operation of the Government
line of steamships There are solid
reasons for such an exclusion.
Two arguments out of several which
will occur to mind deserve to he par
ticullrly noted. One is that if there
is to he a Government merchant
marine its organization and control
Should he placed In the hands of u
body of business men thoroughly &C.
qunintcd with the shipping industry
and foreign trade. On the other hand
the weichticSt kind of objections offer
t. the appointment of Government of.
. Ia, 81,
Certainly the head of the Treasury
Department should not be included In
its membership. Secretary MCAnoO
is already sufficiently burdened with
his eX ollicio duties as chairman If the
Federal Reserve Board. and the chair
man Of the board holds one of the
most important offices i'm any bank
The Federal Reserve act requires
the i've appointed members of the
Reserve Board 10 devote their entire
time to the tasks dryolviug upon them.
The eN otticio members are not 50 re
S;rictcd, hut ;he logic Of the law
would forbid the overloAding of Sec.
rctarv MCADoo'S capacities with the
work Of the projected shipping board,
especially when he has on his hands
the problem Of preparing to eXtrcate
the Treasury from the hole of bank
ruptcy into which II is threatened with
precipitation.
Perhaps. also. II n Congressional
agreement is cfrected to support an
amendment to keep Government Of
ficcrs oif the shipping board the IN.
tenSity of Administration interest in
the shipping bill, and conspicuouSly
the enthusiastic ardor of Secretary
MCADOo in its behalf, win be vastly
diminished. Congress might then find
il easier 10 refrain from committing
the country to the course of folly
which the Administration mea sure
cOntemplates.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
But the worst l. Not so Long as We
Can Say This i the Worst"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-SW; n.
T.. NJ" is doubtless correct when he
says that the country Is suffering from
too many lawyers and laws The worst
Is. however. yet to come. The all wise
Samuel Gntermyer remarked recently
I'm a speech that lawyers were timidly
conservative and not progressively
abreast of the times.
II the existing mass OF cubist and
futuiist statutory enactment il the fruit
pf timidity and conservatism. what may
be expected II the legal fraternity adopt
his advice and really get down to work -
Perhaps the unfortunate business man
will then he nallel upon to square his
activities with the requirements OF a
suhlimated Aristotelianism expressing
itself in code Of laws suitable to dwell
In the fourth dimension.
Verify. life will be interesting when
Bryan ca is off all restraint and really
talks, and the lawyers leEislate without
tlmiiity and new found courage.
ALBERT X. GALLATtN.
New YORK, February 8.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
THE Bitter BIT.
A Critic Of Wilsoninn Syntax Re-
proved for His Own.

To THE EDITOR oF THE SUN-Sir:
take my hat off to your correspondent
-. Il. S" Of Brooklyn who did not hest
tate to hit even the President of the
United states for falling into an almost
universal mistake in sentence structure.
How often we hear educated people say,
Il was shown picture or II was Of
fered "A position" or as Mr., Wilson said
Il am brought many original ideas in
the course of day"
still. as 1t il principle in law that
one who comes into a court of equity
must come with clean hands" so is not
y. f. s" guilty of an equally "glaring
grammatical error when he says, IF
the speaker was merely the President Of
the United States? The adverb
ZIP calls for the subiunctive mood, and
he should have said III the speaker
were"
SO there are others nor Is II neces-
sary TO be an eX-president of "A college
to render oneself amenable 10 criticism
for violation OF the very rudments of
English grammar +. NJ. r.
NEW YORK, February 6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
The Statute of Eats.

The New Jersey Assembly Commit
tee on Social Welfare has now in It's
solemn Keeping one of the deepest re-.
volving VISIONS that even this fruit
fu age Of sOciologlsts has hcIotten:
An act prohibiting any person from
keeping or harborns any cat nothing
Is said about kittensl without first pro-
curing a license"
\ dollar for the license. fifteen
cents for the fee; shouldn't the fs
urcS hc irauspoSedt Like everything
else. cats are ~ menace to health"
It Is ~ well known fact that cats are
great destroyers of game, SONG birds
ANA rabbits" No doubt vicious eats
attack deer and even bears; but We
are ashamed of Jersey rabbits. 81 diff
ferent from their ferocious tree.
climbing. man.eating collaterHis of
North Carolina, If they can't get
away with or from Graymalkin. one
dollar ana fifteen cents for that de-
stroypr: tag him. collar him, or Stain
he shall be- "hy any officer charged
with the enforcement Of any Of the
laws of this State or 10y any other
person. without civil or criminal LA
billy" And 81. If taglcss. our hand
some old friend the House Father
jigcr tiger. burning bright, is an out
law In the most Nirtuous of States.
~ the Hon. SAMUEL WELLER would
put 1t. Cats Is out and cuckoos is in"
Poet. and beloved Of poets, amorist.
vagrant: four footed Nillon. flaming
eye Of night graceful. cruel. super
cat, what can you expect from the
philiStincSt Cease 10 he of wild ma
ture. II You can: consent to the coll
lar. already bestowed upon some fe-
line fortunutes by lovely hands; re-.
form ere II i too late.
Everything and everybody else in
New Jersey has been reformed. except
the Jersey Canary. otherwise known
as the mosquito.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
The FOrty-nine Masters
Prom me Rai,,ray Age gazette

Prom the Rdibrdv Age Gdseue
That the railroads of Ameri'a have
forty-nne masters. one at Washington
capitals, is an observation which. as a
vague generality, IL very familiar Mr..
Hustis, president Of the Boston and
Maine. has had occa ion to consider the
;ac; In tho concrete.
Speaking before the Massachusetts
Public Service Commission in Boston
the other day, which commission has
suspended the roads new passenger
tariffs raising all fares to gig cents a
mile, he laid that similar tariffs. filed
at the same time, had been approved in
Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont and
New York, and by the Interstate Com
merce Comm sson. There is state
sovereignty with a vengeance That
careful observer who said that most OF
our state commissioners are Con
spicuously deficient" in some Of the es-
sential qualifications needed in commits
sionershps may not have been precisely
accurate I'm his statement but that our
system as a whole is conspicuously eftl-
Client in blocking the wheels of business
Is quite apparent In many places.
The four States mentioned may have
many interests which are diverse. hut
the general fact that most passenger
fares are too low is true OF all of them.
II was only few months ago that the
| commissioners of Ave States met in
Massachusetts, with Federal Commits
sioncr Prouty, and statement was
given out indorsng the view that pas
senger fares generally were too low
but that was only theory. now we have
practice.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
The Crime of Being a Philanthropist.

Guilty as Mr.. JOHN ID. ROCKEFELLER
10 of the atrocious crime of being a
rich man who has made splendid
gifts for many purposes of philnn-
thrOpy. education, health. science. is
he not Il better democrat aud Il better
citizen than the critics of his foun.
dations when he says
81 regard the right to amend or
rssrind the respective charters of the
several foundations which nheres in the
-; .-..:."c I'D: ws.c5 granted them
an entirely sufficient guarantee against
serious abuse OF the funds Further
mog', have such confidence in democ.
rary that / believe It can better be left
10 the people and their representatives
to remedy evils when there is some
tangible reason for believing they are
impending rather than TO restrict the
power for service in anticipation Of
purely hypothetical dangers"
Is anybody simple enough to be-
lieve that the Federal Investigators
have Il real solicitude over dangers
that may or may not arise in the
future from the administration of the
Rockefeller funds for public purposes?
The Federal Commission on Indus
trial Relations has shown its hand
from the first moment that IL in
tested the country. 1t has "A known
attitude and permanent bias 1t
inquiries with Its mind. so far as
mind can properly be attributed to it,
made up. 1t ought to be a fair, judi
clal body, seeking facts. 1t Is as
judicial as GoMPERs and as Judicious
as BILL HAYWOOD. 1t spreads its pref
udices, its blind suspicious and ami
mosities, its unreasOning ignorance
over every hearing. 1t ought to be
an impartial court. II is a vaude-
vile Of claptrap, playing to the radi-
cal gallery,
We speak of the general dsposi-
ton of the commission aud without
reference to such of its members as
coca sionally or oftener deviate into
sense. Its chairman. The Hon. FRANK
Z. WALSH of Missouri. is the tuning
fork Of the show. Who induced Mr..
WILSON to appoint this micrencepha-
lous yawper 10 discharge duties for
which he Is 50 palpably unfitf Is he
from the variety stage or the NOV
ing picturesf The insertion of some
Colorado strikers into the investiga-
ton seems to Indicate the latter
origin.
But there is n very serious aspect
to this farce Take the rich at the
worst moral valuation. Shall they
not I've allowed 10 make restitution
shall the community he forbidden to
reap the benefit of their dedication OF
some portion of thcir "ill gotten
gains Ia elecmosynnry and humane
rndsf shall such gifts he diScour-
aged? Whatever may he or has been
s1id against the rich in America,
their mere tSing tithes and more than
tilhes to great public uses are n mar
vel of the world.
80 far rs cheap ana noisy walsh
ing can do it, that munitcence Is
made to appear II peril or crime.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

The wise and prudent managing di-
rector is Just now assembling the
company to appear at the Metropoli-
tan opera House next season. The
event of the current season has made
retrenchment imperative.
So there will be reports of the pro-
iected retirement of more than one
singer from the operate stage. The
concert field is always held out as an
alternative sphere of activity. How
unproductive that may be in COM
parison with the earnings possible at
the Metropolitan Opera House more
than one singer knows well
But in spite of wars and rumors of
wars there will he the necessary
forces at the Metropolitan Opera
House next season. 1t seems fairly
certain, moreover, that they will he
there on terms that make It possible
to keep the institution this side OF
bankruptcy. And whatever the con-
ditions may he, they will all be most
contented to he there.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

THE Sun believes ii to be OF the
greatest importance that the United
States should hold itself aloof from
the present European war.
The Sun believes that this result
can best be accomplished by a frank
statement Of the American position to
all bellgerents, so that there can be
no possibility of a Misunderstanding.
Therefore, we believe 1t is the duty
OF the Secretary of state to notify
the German Government that any at
tempt to interfere with American com.
merce, properly conducted, in any
zone or waters, will be resented with
all the resources of this Government.
II this course is followed there will
be no trouble.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. A
highly respectable butler. who at times
has had to do a certain amount of
public waiting, tells me that the waste
fulness in our American hotels de luxe
Is something fearful AS the walters are
allowed to take no "leftovers" home
Cfor obvious reasons) half partridge or
chicken. &c, is sent bounding into the
waste can.
Cannot something he done about this
constituencies passion OF wasting nour-
'shing food in spite Of the appalling
want Of the world? Cannot society
he formed 10 collect the valuable waste
in the kitchens and pantries of certain
luxurious hotels for the benefit of NUM-
cipal lodging houses, &c? Cannot this
society also visit the homes of multi
mllionaires" on the same errand?
NEW YoRK, February s. INQUIRER
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
Prophets and Kings.

The Hon. WILLIAM C, REDFIELD OF
Washington and the Flutbush Glee
Club continues to be wonder and a
JOY, lie now appears as the privy
counsellor of privy councillors, the
confidant Of Prime Ministers, the Jon
athan of Kings. "A monarch OF a
foreign Power"-the phrase implies
that there is domestic monarch at
WashingtOn-says frankly;
"He wanted America to come into his
land and take the place which others
had hitherto filled, To-day an able AZ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
"POny-y-y."

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str.
watched lot of boys coasting to-day
Good sport as ever.
When we were boys we used to cal
"pony-y-y" AS we started down to give
the boys walking up warning to get ou'
OF the way "po-nyy-y-y-y-y" all the
way down hill. The boys to-day gave al
sorts Of calls, but when ! asked why
they didn't call pony" not boy hat
ever heard of 1t as a warning call.
Was that a local call only? | ash
other old boys II pony" was so useC
in other places than Flushing fort,
years ago. FLUSHING INSTITUTE
FLUSHING, February 8.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
PRESS CENSORSHIP.
Master and Doctor Francis Radicals
the Inventor.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN Sir: II
Is not to Kitchener nor the British War
Department that credit should he given
for the rigid press censorship, but to
a physician, Rahelais, In his "Panta-
gruelian Representations" he says
Since, then, they are so ready to ask
after news and consequently the more
glibly swallow down every hlmflam
story that Is told them, were IL not ex-
pedicnt that some people. on whose
faith We might depend should hold Of
fees Of intelligence on the frontiers Of
the Kingdom, and have a competent
salary allowed them, for nothing else
but to examine the news that Is brought,
whether II Is true or not?"
WILLIAM LEE HOWARD, NJ. n.
WEsTBoRo, Mass, February 6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
SENTIM ENTALISTS.
Do We Condemn POlygamy Yet Sym.
pathize with POlygamists?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir:
would like to know why the Rogers
Walters case arouses so much sentiment
tai pity among those who should know
better?
do not think them any more deserv-
ing of pity than the poor, ignorant
couple who were sentenced to prison.
Have they wealthy and influential
relatives and friends back of them?
should Judge so.
This is certainly a mad world. We
condemn polygimy. vet laugh and sym
pathize with the man who has "affini-
ties A WOMAN LOVER or JUSTICE.
New YORK, February 6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
THE WRESTLING PEST.
Detection of Victim who Labor.
'Twixt n Pair Of Music Murderers.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Sir: I do
not believe "OXolene Carr" will find any
one who can suggest satisfactory
means of doing away with the pest who
whistles in public conveyances.
The pest is found not only in the cars
but at the theatre where he tries to
whistle the tunes played by the orches-
ira and he drums on the back of our
seats, always out OF time,
Unfortunately, | happen to have one
on each side ~ me in the office where
! am employed one OF them huns and
the other whistles, and between the two
II Is almost unbearable The person who
puts up a protest is looked upon as a
crank by these insects.
There is no hope OF exterminating
them. II. A. b.
RED BANK, y. j., February g.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

The International Custom Cutters,
who have been holding convention
in Milwaukee affirm that the man
perfect of form Is generally a young
ster because a mans waist line with
out the restraint of corscts expands
as he approaches forty. The infer
ence is that the perfect woman may
be forty or older Again liz womans
superiority over man established
Mans only advantage Is that his in
difference to physical symmetry com
pensates him with the ease and COM
fort denied her in the struggle &c
retain the lines of her form by arti-
fetal means. No doubt many of the
International Cutters look more like
JACK FALsTAFF than ADoNIs and are
Just as happy and careless as Prince
Halls playmate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

The receipts at the Custom House for
duties on imports dropped little lower
last week, the total being 81 057, $500
For several weeks past the figure had
been increasing until 1t was well toward
the three million mark The receipts
for yesterday when the Collectors office
closed at noon were S2l3,b2S,SS, OF
which ss6,l15,l2 was for duties on goods
Withdrawn IRON the bondeu warehouse ~
and Sl27,4lS,7l was for duties on re-
cent importatons.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr.
Permit me this brief expression of my
admiration of your leader in this morn
ing's SUN under the caption "Spooks
at Washington" | am particularly en-
chantcd with the latest acquisition to
your famous glossary OF new coined
words "jackassery' Could anything
other than the long cared beast he more
ruly emb,ematic of the Democratic parry
as it is distinguIshe to-day by its pro-
fessed leaders in and out of Congress?
H. YOUNG
New YORK, February L.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: In
regard to God Save the King" in the
book Just out, "A Great Peacemaker"
CGaliatin), the darist states that the
original manuscript is in the Arsenal at
Geneva. Switzerland. and that II is
ridiculous to attribute the music to
either Lulli or Handel.
LENA CADwALADER EVANS.
New YORK. February 6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
Field Drivers in stockbridge

FFVW NV WtTh6WWe JOHTIcF.
The usual amount of fun was realized
over the choice Of field drivers for the
ensuing year. II mas been the custom for
many years to appoint to this ONCE those
who have been married within the year.
william II, Mercer, Samuel HugEins ana
Egbert Yale were among the names suy
gested,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
The Nerballst.

To THE EDITOR oy THE suN-Sir, Don't
you think 1t Is very suitable for Americans
TO use the word act" as they do when
they mean behave For they are al.
ways acting instead Of behaving,
NEW YoRK, February G. NJ. WHITE,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

Major VARDAMAN. the Junior Senator
from Mississippi, describes the White
House as the fountain of syco-
phancy" Aside from the fact that the
Major is getting his metaphors mixed
4 may he conJectured that the Hon
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS gets more than
his share OF the Federal patronage,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

According to Or. Won BETHMANN-
HoLLwEG. the German Imperial Chan
cellor England treats the United
States as a besieged fortress II
that is the case, the United States is
hlissfully unconscious of 1t and vic
tim of the delusion that England Is
treating Germany as besieged for
trCss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: A
line on Wilson's prosperity statements
the bread line. B. s. +.
LAKE WACcABUc, February g.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
Sunday.

To THE EDITOR OR The SuS-Sir, Is that
acrobatir bawling, scream salvation
evangelist what he's cracked up to be- OF
is II ease Of just plain nut sundae7
New YORK February g. X.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

The decree that fashions for mon
the coming season will be designed
with a thirty-four inch waist meas
ure as a model will cool the enthusi-
asm Of more than one of greater
circumference who had been looking
forward with some interest to the
summer modes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

" our friends rbo tdror rs mn manu-.
scripts and illustrations Tor pHbicotiOR utsh
10 hare rejected articles returned ihsp must
IN all cases send stamps Tor that purpose
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

London office Bingham House, ! Arun.
del street, strand
Paris ONCE. 8 Rue dc Ia Michodicfs. IN
Rue du Quatrc Septcmbre.
Washington oihcc, Hhbs Building
Brooklyn once. los Livingston street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

Mrs, KnickeT-is your husband neutral
Mrs. Bocker-No. he blows up every
bridge I give,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

Tho celebration at Vera Cruz Of the
nfty-eighth anniversary Of the Con-
stltution Of 1857 proves at least that
the Carranzlstas have sense Of
humor, although they seem to he I'M
conscious of It,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

D!a cur caton!an Comptroller ~ the
Currency. the Hon. JONI SHELTON
WILLIAMS. ever cast his falcon gaze
upon tubular finance?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

The 200 women OF Pike county,
Kentucky, who have been indicted for
selling their votes may point proudly
to the fact that no less than LIZA men
are 10 be tried for the same offence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

Fog or no fog, there seems to. ne
mighty little excuse for rear end coll
lision on the elevated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

Published iaiy. includIug sunday. by the
sun Printing and Publishing Association at
10 Nassau street, Co. the Borough of Man
haitian. New York President and Treas
urer. william e. Reick, i5O Nassau stree,
Vice President Edward =. Mitchell. 10
Nassau street. SECRETARY G.. e LuNton, i7O
Nassau street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
"a Line on Wilson's ProsperI,y."

New YORK. February T.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-06-01

The German submarine menace is
bringing officials to realize the great
danger facing England if Germany
increases largely the number of her
under-sea craft. This has been in
pressed on the British mind by the
success Of submarines operating in
the Dardanelles, their ever-increas-
ing activity around the British Isles
and the threat to carry this form Of
warfare to the Suez canal and trade
which passes through that water
way. Friday came reports of the
sinking of the British steamers
Cadeby and Spennymoor and the
Swedish bark NJ. Roosvall, and a
statement that a big liner Argyllshire
was chased and fired on by an un.
dersea boat but escaped to Havre.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-06-01

President Wilson has decided to
serve notice on the waring factions
in Mexico that conditions in that
country have become intolerable and
that unless they themselves. compose
the situation soon, some other means
may have to be employed to accom-
plish the result. The first intimstion
Of the Presidents determination to
take this step came in his APP
peal issued as head OF the American
Red Cross, setting forth that "due to
several years Of internal disturban-
ces the unfortunate people Of many
parts of Mexico have been reduced
to the verge of starvation" and urg-
ing contributions to be relief funns.
This statement has been prepared
and will be issued after the cabinet
meeting and then be commu-
nicated to the leaders of the Mex
can factions.