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From One Forgotten.

To THE EDiToR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
letter of "E. II. L." headed THE New
Diplomacy" appears dispassionately to
analyze the frequent statement In des-
patches after each German aggression
by submarines, that the Administration
Is waiting to learn what tho country
thinks or feels.
with him and THE SUN I have also
waited until the Administration should
decide on the proper procedure, having
full confidence that II would do the
proper American thing. His mention of
the Orduna sharply convicted me OF
my own good "forgetter' and / ac-
knowledge the Impeachment.
On the other hand the Admlnistra-
ton should not forget II. n now / am
wondering whether the Administration
In its listening for the public's opinion
has not found that we have a yellow
streak and that what is emerging as a
supine policy at Washington IN due 70
the fact tina these rulers Of this blatant
community OF hot air artists called
the United States OF America have al
ready discovered that and are acting &C
cordlngly.
From personal observation. necessarily
in narrow limits, II Ia certain that re-
sentiment or determination to exact our
| rights has been replaced by a shocking
Indifference and n freely expressed wish
to keep out OF war somehow or anyhow.
Perhaps after all Bryan sized up our
national spirit better than ne has ever
had credit for. QUESTIONED
PHILADELPHIA, September 10.
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suoh thing as right and wrong between

such thing as right and wrong between
nations.
AL this has been done. II It has had
any underlying reason. from a total
misoonception Of world facts, which mis-
conception. starting at the head, has ex-
tended down through all the ranks OF
officialdom. 1t has been said hat the
country should stand by the Admins
tration. How can one stand by an Ad-
ministration whose sole occupation Is to
lie down?
What has become OF the ideals for
which America was supposed to stand
and for which she Is ready to stand
against the more selfish nations OF the
earth? On what basil can justification
of our course be placed2 Desire for
peace? But II La our course which has
encouraged aggression and will continue
to encourage aggression until we are
forced into actual war.
Sc far from the course which has been
pursued assuring us of peace II 10 the
very course which, pursued. must nee
essarily destroy peace. Unless tho
traits Of which we have had 90 many
examples are inherent and constitu-
tional limitations Of the individuals
composing the Administration. II is not
too late to save the dignity and to as
sure h peace OF the nation, but per-
sistence In the present course will bring
three things: the contempt OF the world I;
war. and a change Of Administration.
CHARLES STEWART DAWSON.
NEW YORK, September IL.
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ton the whole system would become

ton the whole system would become
the property Of the city. This in
terestlng notion he brought to town
and exploited last week, his disclos-
ures naturally producing a profound
sensation.
1t Is the habit Of the Legislature to
confer its least qualified members on
New York when political exigencies
demand an excursion to this settle
ment. Thus THOMPSON received his
commission. But why LEWIS was in
illcted on us passes understanding,
unless his selection may have been
the result OF the committee chair
mans fear that without a genius of
equal attachments to bear him com
pany he might feel lonely while in
New York.
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'.PaInful and Irksome Economy"

TO Mayor mitchell and his col
leagues belongs the credit for having
begun the revision Of swollen and
unnecessary salaries before the Re
publican organization contributed S14,'
100000 to the city budget by way of
an ~unnecessary direct State tax. How
urgently the payrolls needed attention
may be seen from the bare bones OF
the Mayors plan:
"Ali positions which by any eIpedi-
ont can &c 5-c-ned will be eliminated.
All overpaid positions will be re-
duced to the maximum allowable under
tho standard rates approved by the
Bureau OF Standards for the group
within which the positions fall.
"All underpaid positions will be in
creased to the mlnimum allowable I'M
der the standard rates approved by the
Bureau of Standards for the group
within which the positions fall"
Underpaid, a few. and the mos
worthy; %overpaid, the favorites o.
politics; unnecessary, the children OF
luxurious gratitude. rewarded with
hand from the taxpayers
pocketbook. Power TO the Mayor:
arm! May he be undisturbed by thu
bowls Of the privileged as their ia
perquisites are shorn from them!
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Two Upstate Exhibits.

We had supposed that in the per-
son of Senator GEORGE T.. THOMPSON
the State Of New York had found the
most unfit and incompetent person to
inquire into the affairs Of the Public
Service Commission Of this district.
and that belief was supported by the
manner in which Governor WHITMAN
was compelled to dismiss the charges
the Thompson committee brought last
spring against four Of the commits.
sloners. But Senator THOMPSON has
a rival In Deputy Attorney Genera
MERTON Il. LEWIS, who has just put
himself consplcuously and officially on
view In this neighbOrhood.
Mr.. LEwIs's incapacity to conduct
a sober and sensible investigation OF
transportation problems hereaboul
was acquired In Rochester, whore he
conceived the idea that the franchises
for the new third tracks on the ele
waited railroads here were granted for
limited period in order 10 make m,
citizens think that on their explra
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by Republican leaders who had won
their places by long yearo of service"
What are long years Of service to
Wichita's most brilliant illuminant?
He was born to lead; Apprenticeship
for him was the n n~on-essential.
II others would Vol follow, 80 much
the ors for them; the guiding,
dazzling beacon was lighted for their
choosing. Rejected, he still blazes
with. a 100000 candle-power radi-
ance, u~ndlminished by the accidents
Of statecraft, undismayed by the jaun-
diced envy Of discounted and bilious
standpatters.
VICTOR in a bad way? No, no; the
country may be going to the dogs, but
that respondent and unsnuffed poll
still braves the storm and lights the
way to social Justice.
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To THE EpIToR OF THE SuS-Siv: The
memory Is stirred by a reading OF your
editorial article on the passing OF Al
Spalding, the once great pitcher OF the
Boston National League club, You name
players who were associated with him,
Mcvey. first base; Ross" Barnes, second
base; the famous George Wright, short.
stop. and Shafer, third base. all names
which are not forgotten In Boston. but
why omit Jim white, the greatest catcher
OF his day. who helped by his great work
TO make the name OF Spaldins famous2
white was n Boston idol. played every
day. and when not catching played right
field. his speciality being to throw out at
first base what would ordinarily be base
hits. this being due to his wonderful
throwing arm.
Batting" Oh. yes. a dependable 500 per
cent. right along, At that time gloves,
pads and masks were not known.
RALPH MARpBs,
New YoRK. September Is.
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ERASMUS Z TODAY.
Misunderstanding with Fire De-
partment Causes the Delay.

Yesterday was the first opening day
Of school IN l2S years that the pupils ~
the old Erasmus Hall High School IN
Brooklyn weren't assigned to thor
classes with text books by $50 o'cloyh,
according to Principal Guunison after
he had watched the loo applicants try
ing to get out the door first when told
they could not he accommodated he.
cause Of the objections Of the Fire De-
partmcnt.
There was a misunderstanding no
tween Fire Commissioner AdaWsoN hrl
President Churchill Of the Board q I'-
ucation which led to p~lacards ON a' '.e
doors OF the famous old building N'-''r-
day morning which read "'.'-'i bF
order Of the Fire Department" T'"
misunderstanding was cleared up 20 \
conference shortly ~aft,rward, howe y-r,
and to-day the LOO pupils VII h'E0
work.
Those pupils on the second floor WIN
be allowed to continue null October !,
when the heat will nave 20 zoe turned o.,
and those on the lower floor wHt r. rHtn
throughout the present term N.r
changes have been made hy on" N'.rl
of Education at the sugE,s'.un ~ 'H
Fire Department to permit 'N.+ 'fN
the pupils of the upper floor. WON
President Churchill estimates H D..
tween GOO and 700, Will Ice prov no .r
after October | is "A br.dG tho u~ ct
says he has not Yet come TO-
Last December on receipt Of q report
from several fire chief, Comm H"I
Adamson wrote to President .I
stating that the old huild'r- ,..'-
gcred pupils who occupied II H.
in the new building adjoin!nr "'
agreed that the building m'sH' l Hr'
that term with certain chJ-- .'
n-1..-l AFFA-,aAVI T#H.
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NEW YORK'S STATE TAX.
Effect Of the Ratio Of Population Fixed
for This City.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
THE SUN there appeared recently a
headline which cad Bigger Tax
Burden Put on New York Realty.
Ninety-three Per Cent. Assessment Rate
for Direct Levy IL an Increase OF Two
Points"
Many readers OF the article which
follows this heading n states that the
State Board of Equalization has raised
the ratio of assessment upon real prop
erty In the city of New York might be
unfamiliar with what Is meant by eauali-
zation and form entirely erroneous con-
illusions even from the news article
The ratio of 90 per cen fixed by the
State Board of Equalization means that
in adjusting the burden OF the State
direct tax New York county L. credited
Will assessing its real estate at that
percentage of full value, whereas last
year II was only credited with assessing
at 81 per cent. This increase Of 2 per
cent. Is. taken by Itself, a material adj
vantage to the city OF New York.
Whether or not II will result In les
SEEMING the proportion OF taxes paid by
mis- city as compared with what was
paid last year depends upon the ratios
which are fixed for the other counties OF
the State. Should those ratios also be
Increased II would mean that the other
counties are likewise credited with a
nearer approach to full value assess
ment, and the proportion paid by the
city of New York might be the same, or
even be increased.
As a matter of fact New York city
should be credited in the State equal
ration with a much higher percentage
OF assessed to actual value OF real es.
tate assessment than the 90 per cent.
for New York county and 90 for Kings
and Bronx counties, which with the
other counties makes an average for tn.
city OF s2.4l. 1t is a matter OF common
knowledge. and was shown by the Tax
Department to the State Board from
records of sales, that assessments are
very close to actual value. and In some
cases exceed II.
on the other hand. a number of the
upstate districts are credited with as
sessing nearer to full value than they
actually do.
the real estate values in the
city OF New York are so large that even
II these injustices were corrected tha
city would still pay far the larger par;
Of the State tax Is no reason why the
city should not receive credit for the
ratios at which property actually is
assessed. a. c. PLEYpELL,
Secretary New York Tax Reform As
sociatlon.
NEW YORK, September "a.
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100000 REPORT AT
CROWDED SCHOOLS
Fully $4,000 Pupils Will Have
to BE Entered on Part
Time.
GARY PLAN rs TRIED

More than sOO 1000 boys and girls. az.
cording to Board of Education e,,,.
mates, reported for enrolment vcs'cr.
day morning at the public schools.
Three or four OF the number gr, o,ed
teacher with a sincere smile Of vel.
come.
The exact figures OF the reeIs'rt'ion
will not be available for a week, bu,
1t is estimated that between 10000 and
$1,000 pupils will be put on part time
for lack OF facilities.
Even IL the Board Of Estimate had
granted an appropriation OF $4,000 oOO
asked last fall for The erection az ,.eh.
teen new schools and additions 10 some
OF the old schools Brooklyn and The
Bronx would not have sufficient school
accommodations.
II is thought that the high schools
will be more crowded than over ne.
fore. Many pupils, more this year, 4,
is believed, than in any recent years,
left school in June hoping to get work
during the summer and quit school,
but they have been disappointed. and
so will go back 20 spend another term,
or year, at school work. These pupils
enrolled yesterday In the upper grades
Of the high schools. Morris tTUsh
School in The Bronx is an example OF
this the registration will reach 400.
which is between 500 and Goo more
than last year. Tn school has seat.
ing accommodations for 2.32N, $50 TIA
pupils are divided Into two sections
Each has a long half day session. not
quite SO long as "A regular FUN day
session. but considered the best solu-
ton OF the problem.
The Gary plan. advocated hy William
Writ, was put into operation at Public
School 2S, fremont and ANTHONY aye
nues. The Bronx. Half tho pupils ar.
rived at school at 80 and began class
work. At . 30 the other hllf ropor',1
and went 10 work in the vocation % le-
partmtnts. At 1880 tho scH'Io.s
changed places, the first going to 'he
vocational departments and tho second
into the class rooms. The school aa
ended for all the pupils At $3.50. only
one school was ready for thus o. n.
although t~wcnty-eight have been deg.
mated.
Last Iune tho b~oroughs' part tlno MI
pills were as follows: Manhattan. 1851:
Queens, 3,G97 Richmond. Ct Broot'g n,
l5.5is, and The Bronx. ESQ. Il Il
believed that the proportions viii ha
about tho sam" this year. with about
$1,000 pupils added 10 the total.
Mrs. Helen l.. Becker, widow ~
Charles Recher. was at her post In
the eighth grade class room Of tNe
girls department OF School No. 9n
Manhattan Henrietta Rodmau. tho
Wadicigh High School teacher who was
suspended last November for writing
an article criticisiug the attitude ~
| several members Of the Bo1ri Of Edu.
cation I'm regard to tho tcacher-mo'hNl
question. was also back AZ her WORK
In the high school.
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UP GIRLS.
A Definite View OF the Place Of the
Daughter In the Home,

TO II EDITOR Of THE SuS-Sir: In
THE Sun Of September IL the Rev.
Thomas Bickford. VI. A, talks on the
subject Girls Should BE Educated in
Personality for Initiative" With all
his good intentions Mr.. Bickford does
not appear to me to get anywhere. Just
as people learn to work by working.
children get initiative or personality by
being forced to show initiative and to
create In themselves personality.
We have become such IA comfort low
ing nation that most Of us do every
thing for children instead of forcing
them to do for themselves. In their
clumsy efforts to learn children are sure
to make trouble for some one and so
We deprive them of the effort that
makes them strong.
A child can develop no personality
unless from the time II is old enough
to have a room Of its own that room
Is its own sacred precinct. Its desk and
private drawers should not be opened
without permission. Letters should be-
~unviolated and If possible after the age
of Is a suitable dress allowance should
be provided.
Daughters in families where there is
no necessity for contribution toward the
family income should be put upon the
same monetary status as brothers who
have paying positions out in the world
In return they should show active in.
terest in the business putin of the
house by performing various stipulated
duties.
A girl Of Is, In addition to her homt
studies, should md IL no hardship e
do all the family marketing. Indeed
a clever girl should hnd 1t interesting
to see what a good table she can pro,
vide for a given sum. Nothing will 50
sharpen her wits as having TO render
n strict account for the outlay OF
money or SO strengthen her ingenuity "a.
planning how to serve inexpensive cut.
and vegetables.
She should select and see to tn,
making OF her own dresses, ~lcarn!n.
stitches she places herself the more sh,
can afford to pay for the material.
II is too often the custom in well I,
do households where the boys are earn
ing and spending all on themselves. FIRE
quently contributing nothing for board
for the daughters to be doing irregu
larry all sorts OF odd Jobs for every
body and having to supplicate thei
elders for such ne~cessaries as shoes
looking properly meek and guilty be
cause shoes have a remarkable way o
wearing out.
II is through we'll considered. con
sistent Justice to children that charac
ter building is made possible.
HELEN T.. ATKINSON.
UPPER MoNTcLAIR, n. j., September Il
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Wilson Diplomacy.
From the PhNadelphia Recorc

From the Philadelphia Record.
Our esteemed contemporary THE
SuN gives prominent place on its edi-
torial page TO a communication which
II heads The New Diplomacy" whose
author deplores the substitution of Will
sonian methods for the good old Re-
publican methods Of handling our for
eign intercourse. THE SUNS oorre-
s%pondent is too credulous. He Is OBJ
viously n Jealous reader of the Wash
ington dispatches and a firm believer
in all their contents.
IL there ever was a President whose
diplomacy, "disregarding ephemeral
convictions. was based on convictions.
on an abiding faith in the public spirit
Of the country, or principles, settled
policies and precedents," that President
is Woodrow Wilson. He gets plenty Of
advice. but intelligently edited news
papers do not imagine that they are
running the country. II all the news
papers in the United States should in
definitely suspend publication to-mor-
row VIZ are confident that the diplo-
matte affairs OF the nation would still
he administered with skill. fidelity and
honor.
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Unsnuffed the MurdOckian Torch.

Flame topped NIcToR, the Murdoch
Of the great advance, no longer Il.
lumes the dreary waste of a drab Con-
gress. His light has been put out at
Washington, and from Missouri. where
the Kansas City journal studies with
jealous eye the antics of the inmates
of Kansas, this brutality cruel mes
sage Is flashed
From the pit Of political defeat
comes the waillng voice OF VIcToR MUIR
DOCK bidding for a little more public
attention.
"NlcToR IL manifestly In a bad way.
THE discredited politician Is nearly
always "A pathetic figure, M~uRpocK's
case Is not one, however. that affects
the deeper sympathies.
'lie went wrong politically because
he wanted to, lie gave way to childish
resentment because he did not insta ntiy
command tho public confidence enjoyed
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Good News From the Oyster Beds

To those who like oysters the fol
lowing authoritative announcement in
the Bulletin Of the United States De
partment Of Agriculture will bring a
sense of security:
"Oysters now being shipped from
Northern oyster beds in interstate COM
merce are safer than ever before. being
as safe n food as milk. This condition
has been brought about through the
sanitary surveys OF oyster beds CON
Quoted comparatively by the Public
Health Service and the Department Of
Agriculture. by the hearty cooperation
Of the State shellish authorities with
the Federal authorities, and finally by
a realization on the part OF the oyster
men that they themselves, in the inter
ests OF their industry, must prevent the
taking Of oysters from suspected or
polluted beds"
Attentive readers of THE Sun will
not regard the view expressed IN the
first sentence as comforting, for they
know that oysters were quite as safe
as milk for many years, indeed that
both were unsafe unless subjected to
heat. Nevertheless the facts that con-
dltions now exist that practically in
sure the safety of the oysters in many
waters and that the dealer himself
is alive to the necessity of preventing
contamination of his wares, together
with alert governmental supervision
OF the industry, are ~reassurlng.
The officials ought, however, TO in
vestigate present conditions of oyster
cultivation in rivers like the Shrews-
bury and its ~estuaries, where oyster
planting continues despite the fact
that their shores are lined with dwell.
ings, hotels and clubs, The New Jer
sey Health Department, ioath to fore
go the small income derived from 4
few oyster planters, has endeayored
to secure strict exclusion of sewage
from the Shrewsbury River by com
polling the shore dwellers to construct
cesspools. The crowded boats plyine
between this city and Long Branch
furnish more contamination to th'
shallow waters in n day than The
shore jewellers would supply in d
month. The Government official,
would do well to inspect waters OF
this type that are used for shellfst
cultivation, for their apparently small
output endangers the u ot
their product by the concentration OF
polluting material.
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THE NEW
Real Leadership Is the Great Need
Of America.

To THE EDITOR Dr. THE SuN-Sir: Mr..
Wilson is reported to be keeping his ear
to the ground to learn what the people
want In connection with u foreign no
lations and then give 1t to them.
What the American people really do
want is n leader with the determlna-
ton and courage to formulate a policy
which will maintain the honor and dig
nifty of the United States, and such a
leader they are prepared to stand by.
1t Is unthinkable that Andrew Jack
son or Grover Cleveland would be con-
tinually listening for the voice of the
people.
Either one Of them would tell the
people what must be done and then pro-
coed to do II n expect the people to
back him up and 1t Is n safe bet hat
he would not be disappointed.
New YORK, September 10. NJ. T. r.
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President WILSON has found II nee
essary to cancel several engagements
which obligated him 10 leave Wash
ington and deliver addresses. Not
withstanding the fact that in some
cases elaborate arrangements had
been made for his entertainment, and
the disappointment among those who
were to hear him is great. the pro-
priety II his decision is apparent. and
the citizens whose plans the demands
Of his office have disarranged should
be among the first TO commend him
for his course.
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Archibaldlan Simplicity.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir; What
a dirty trick fate has played James r.
j. Archibald. TO take his own word for
II! ~ had no reason to suspect says
he, that serious or base secrets were
hidden IN the simple, unsealed letter"
What artlessness! From what we
know OF Jimmie and his military ca
reer | don't think he was at all averse
10 ohlige his Teutonic friends In any
way that might prove effective against
the Allies. He has never concealed
where his ~sympathies lay IN this war,
He WAS convincing about that when he
recently was interpreting his pictures at
Carnegie Hall. So why should he whine
now that he is ound out?
l suppose It is the common failing OF
mankind TO do 80 Miserum est deprendi.
T. Il, W.
GLEN RIpGE, y. J., September 10.
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Archibald's Serious Side.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Your
adjective '~unspeakable" applied TO
James Archibald Is In the opinion OF
many OF your readers we'll mer!ted.
In the interest OF Americans who may
have occasion TO use American pass
ports | think We are Justified in de-
manding a complete investigation into
this mans completely. He has been far
too active In German propaganda no:
10 ave been perfectly we'll aware OF
the nature OF the documents he was
carrying. an action peculiarly desp'cablc
at this particular crisis In u foreign
affairs JUsTIcIA.
NEW YORK, September IS.
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II the Department OF Taxes sue
ceeds in its plan to collect on
$4,000, 900, 900 worth OF personal prop
erty that % escapes assessment, the
tax rate may remain where It is, Or go
down a little. But personal property
is elusive; that found by tho assessor
Is frequently invisible to the court.
We shall postpone spending the rev.
enues from this source until they have
been locked up in Father KNIcKER-
ROCKERS strong box for at least twen-
ty-bour hours.