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CROWDED EUROPE.
Farmer Murphy C%ontradlcts Senator
O'Gorman's Population Figures.

To ~ EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
a recent speech Senator O'Gorman. OF
behalf OF pro-immigration interests, said
Before the disastrous war that is now
afnicting Europe the average population
there was 500 persons to the square mile.
II we assume that a country will main
tain 500 persons to the square mile-and
the experience Of all history demonstrate
that that number can be maintained
then. with our vast area, we shall not
he o~vercrowded, we shall not even ap-
proach that condition. until we have a
population OF 1900, 900, 900.
] should like to have Senator O'Gor-
man cite one bit OF history that bears
out his statement. | want to tell him
that at the period he refers to the popu-
lation OF Europe averaged III and q
fraction per square mile. n M more.
In 1914 the population Of Europe was
i25, 900. 600 and the area is given as g.
1876 900 square miles. Amy one can fig
ure II out for himself. There Is "a great
difference between III and 500.
| believe Senator O'Gorman meant to
tell the truth. but he was surrounded by
pro-immigration influences.
II countries will maintain population
to the amount OF 500 to the square mile,
Europe still has room for 800. 600, 600
more people, and no amount of lying
literature or oratorical nonsense can
avoid that proposition. Another argu-
rrent tho pro-immis %rationists use 10
that there is room enough in Texas for
all the people Of the world.
Arabia Is four times as large as Texas,
yet foreigners from all around Arabia
are coming to this land of the free
bread lines.
stu another argument used Is that
wages are yet a little higher in this
country than In foreign countries. That
Is a big thorn In their sides. Lot them
rush immigration. and hasten the day
when wages will be as low here as they
are In foreign countries.
The pampered and favored few in the
unions. who have become the allies of
politicians, trusts and contractors. do
get high wages, but the general masses
do not share In them.
Does Europe even maintain Ill per
square mile? | say no. The thickly
populated countries OF that continent
have been draining North and South
America, Russia and Australia of food.
Observation-Disclosures 'cll us that Europe
maintains a large population and they
also tell us that his country must feed
the world. lis not that like saying
Smith supports a family OF twenty, and
We must feed Smiths family
l would like to know what we se,
for feeding Europe. T. L. MURrHG.
FALL RIVER, Mass. March 10.
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A Great Lawyer on New York Judges
and Lawyers.

The honor and affection OF the bar,
and not Of the bar alone, Of two
countries, accompany the laurelled
name Of JOSEPH HoDGEs CHoATE.
These concluding words Of his speech
at the dinner to ELIHU RooT, a law
yer and statesman OF the same great
type, are memorable as the opinion
Of as expert a witness as lives to the
undiminished intellectual and moral
worth and dignity of u courts. so
lightly assailed by many mouths OF
ignorance and malice:
THE bench and bar Of New York are
as ine as any that ever have preceded
them. am tired OF hearing them
decried."
Mr.. CHoArF speaks from an init
mate knowledge OF almost sixty years.
Two generations, and long may he
i've to rule among the third!
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No Occasion for Haste.

There Is no obvious reason why en-
deavpr should be made at this time
to put all the provisions Of the Fed
eral Reserve act into effect. A grad
ual, steady development Of the new
banking system Is on all accounts the
most desirable objective. once its
foundations have been well estab-
lished IL will be time to make prog
ress toward the realization of all It's
possibilities. The Federal Reserve
Board has been on the whole acting
wisely in this respect, but there Is
a tendency to crowd the new banking
enterprise along too fast.
Occasion for the foregoing observa-
tons is furnished by the news that
the Albany Legislature will be asked
to amend the State banking law in
order to permit national banks to ex-
ercise trust company powers. This Is
something for which the Federal Re
serve system can well afford 10 walt,
but more than that II Is action which
the State should he in no hurry to
take.
Aside from the questions OF con
stitutional law which have already
been raised respecting the grant OF
trust company powers to nationaI
banks, there are questions Of public
policy which need thoroughgoing con
sideration. Among various features
Of the Federal Reserve act which were
not sufficiently discussed and justified
when Congress was shaping the stat
ute Is the particular provision au
thcrlzlng the Federal Reserve Boart
- confer trust company privileges or
national banks where State laws do
not conflict with such a grant.
Ibe provision may have been In
serted in the Federal Reserve &C
partly in the process OF elaboratinl
the intention which appears elsewhere
b eoerce State banking institution
into Joining the Federal Reserve sys
TEN. 1t may have been in part 70,
the purpose Of making the system
potentially more attractive for na
tional banks which were subjected I,
an unqualified coercion to Join. II
any case an attempt to mako tho pro
vision effective Win ast promote haE
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WEEPING SAMMY.
A V~erjuiced View Of a Most Precious
Vessel Of Lachry mostly.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Str: ]
should like To- have made a personal in
v~sstigation into the genuineness of The
tears and emotions" that Sen
ator sam" A. Jones at Albany the
other day after listening to an appeal
made for the prohibition bill by Mrs. Ella
boole OF the W. c. 7. l.. We are told
that after Mrs. Boole had mad an
earnest plea for the passage OF the bill
IN order 10 save the generations yet
unborn and the children Of present day
drunkards' the Hon. Sam wept. For
o~xpertness IN setting the stag at hear
ings on prohibition bills in the Legislative
halls of our country the prohibitionists
out-Herod Belasco to the nth degree.
wonder whether the Hon. sam
would have been moved to tears by the
snti-prohihition appeal made by the
Mayor of Bangor, Me. The Mayor called
4 public meeting OF the citizens OF that
municipality recently for the purpose of
~arousinE public sentiment In support
OF securing r. special appropriation of
50, 900 which was To- he spent in en-
forcing the laws. especially the prohibit
tory law. OF Bangor. Although Bangor
has a liberal supply OF policemen. who
are directly under the Mayors control
sin he IL forced u = for al extra
appropriation 70 enforce the laws in ma,
glorious prohibition city That things
ARE Out Of Joint In Bangor. a place ~
which rrohih!t'ontS's are wont 10 boast,
may be shown ny the pertinent state
nent which the Mayor made before the
cry Council. The Mayor said
The time has come In the city OF Ban.
eor whom Il 10 necessary for us to deter
mine whether we are going to have a
reasonable amount Of law. government
and order IN tho city. or whether we are
goins-IN say to heii--sor ,his city Is
fast on the decline.
This declaration strongly condemna-
tory Of the prohibitory law has stirred
thai old New England city as never be.
fore. JOHN T. BALLARD.
MOUNT VERNON, March Is
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Poetry yis Chicago.

Again from the Windy City breathes
Poetry, q MdGdsine OF Verse. and
takes the winds OF March with beauty.
Again our old and learned friend
EZRA LOOMS POUND. the Idaho Nal
larme, waves his mystic plectrum and
strange sweet sounds troop forth in
choral consonancy. For one brief and
soon repented moment EUNIcE TIET-
JENs made us only falsely true to the
Poundists. She has a very whole
some homely outdoor nursery poem
whereof here Is a fytte:
you merry little roll OF fat,
Made warm to kiss, and smooth TO pat,
And round TO toy with. like a cub;
To put ones nozzle in and rub
And breathe you in like breath OF kline,
Like Juice OF vine.
That sets my morning heart ~a-tingling,
Dancing. juggling.
All the glad abandon minglins
OF wind and wine!"
Wind and wine! A poetical tran.
script Of BRYAN and grape Juice"
Much have we wandered in the realms
Of the New Poetry, but the domestic
Bacchante is rather the newest crea-
ture yet found there. Were the MR-
nades Little Mothers? Was DIoNY.
sUs a Dry? Some medieval chap
moralized and allcgorlzed the Met.
"a ~ ~ t-N bnaaaf 80 nt,p. ;aI1nl ,lo
Art of Love" OF that peculiar moral
st was also moralized. we believe.
Let us trust that the New Poetry may
give Us a New Mythology. And now
back 10 Pegasus in Pound, or sew
eral excellent poems of his in this
March number. be VI special praise
and thanks TO "ESile's Letter" from
the Chinese. Signs of Pekin dangle
in the mind of memory. Mandarins
Of all the buttons rustic in silks OF
all the rainbows. Antiquity shops of
76O A. D, seduce the passer-by;
Out came the East-of-Kan foreman and
his company;
NhA1 hf'se INV efep NHt ~
shi-yo to meet me,
Playing On a jewelled mouth organ.
In the storied houses OF San-Ko the,
gave us more Sennin music
Many Instruments. like the sound OF
young phBnix broods.
And the foreman OF Kan-Chu. drunk.
Danced because his long sleeves
Wouldn't keep still. with that music
playing,
And !, wrapped in brocade, went tC
sleep with my head on his lap,
And my spirit SO high that it was al
over the heavens"
What was 'the sound OF young phG
nix broods' likef A Are alarm, per
haps, judging from the end ascribet
to that wondrous bird, and the phrase
"East-of.Kan foreman and his com
pany" supports the Interpretation
This was before Chinese fire depart
ment reform, before any sort of re
form. Not only was the foreman
drunk, but earlier in the poem "w'
were drunk for month after month
at a special tavern built for the Exile
and u little later We lind the vsr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15
Getting the Ball.

To II EpIroR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
caustic editorial m In THE
SIN on the Rev, Billy Sundays alleged
prayer to help me get that BALI and
the alleged favorable response thereto
would seem to be equally applicable 10
the situation where another Billy in
vokes supernatural aid In his war game,
II he should get that ball" Warsaw,
he would attribute his success 10 the
divine participation in the game and
proclaim a day ~ THANKSGIVING there
for And will no, that Interpretation OF
the event be cordially received in some
universities greater than Princeton?
NEW YORK, March "A. c. G. NJ,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15

To The EDITOR or THE ~SvS-Sirt Your
correspondent Mr.. Rossiter johnson
proposes to take away the sidewalk along
the park wall on Central Park West.
How shall people reach the tracks for
the northhound cars? They would have
TO cross both car tracks and then have
the pleasure OF standing in the middle
of a busy roadway suhiec' 10 the dan
gers Of traffic. | do not think that Mr.,
Johnson's proposition will appeal 70
many people, least OF all to women and
children, A. VI,
NEW YORK, March IA.
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A Friend Of Civil Marriage.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Tho
whole trouble with the Episcopal Church
and with other churches Is that they
look upon marriage as a sacrament
instead OF a civil contract" as It really
Is. II It were not, why permit the cere-
mony to be performed by aldermen,
magistrates and Justices OF the peace
] am with Or. Grant in his contention,
slthouGh an E~PIscoPALIAN.
NEW YORK, March "A.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15
SAVE 10000 LIVES,
DR.. BIGGS'S PLAN
Health Commissioner Tel,s
Governor Death Rate Can
Be Lowered.
MUST HAVE FUNDS FOR IT

ALBANY. March N,-That tho Fiat.
can save 10000 lives annually and ~.
duce the death rate as low as tina, /,
New York city. II not lower, ia the kew.
note OF the letter from Or. Herman,
NJ. Biggs. State Commissioners ot Health
to Gov. whitman. transmitting TIE tN,-.
ty-hfth annual report OF The deps-.
ment.
The State department has sst for n.
self the task OF saving $4,000 i've,
within Ave years" avs Or. Bss,
The question now Is whether the Le,,
lature will provide the funds necessary
to secure this saving. Tho amour,
required annually IL not more than .
or 2 per cent. Of the sum which will
inevitably he lost 10 the State unles,
the experience OF the past is definitely
changed.
The education Of the public 70 M.
risks OF neglect and 30 The aiyan.
tages and ways Of healthful living Il,
necessarily a slow process. For It's
successful accomplishment 10y the SAM.
tary authorities its requisites are
adequate funds. broad powers and az
efficient organization, carrying gld.
ance and inspiration into every school
workshop, store and f%.etorv. as well
as into every home, whether on the city
town or remotest countryside.
THE exact achi. vem,a's 81 modern
preventive medicine and The collection
of statistics of disease and death hay,
made II possible to-day. ys d has never
been before. TO calculate with reason.
| able accuracy and IN terms ~ i', St..
health, az we'll as In dollars AMI cents.
the returns which expenditures ~ money
ana Of personal service 10y the State may
s4cure
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr; Is
II true that the President has really
said Tut! TUT" to villa and Zapata
because OF the killing of John 3. Nc
Manus in Mexico? Or has he only
threatened TO say Il?
And is McManus the 206th or the
o07th American citizen slaughtered in
NJ Aico during this Administration?
NEW loHk, March IA. IL. w.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15

The constitutional convention is upon
us and its deliberations might lead " 10
all sorts of nostrums to relieve the
Weaknesses Of government as now or
gained, and T. IS up 70 this Republican
Legislature and Republican Governor to
rescue the government now from such
a possibility by enacting sane, neediul
legislation.-Scrdtor ELoN r. BRowN.
The spectacle of ELoN Il, RRowN
protecting the State from a constitu-
tional convention in which such men
as CLEARWATER. MARSHALL, O'BRlAN.
R~onFNsEcK and Roor are to play con
s~picuous parts is truly refreshing,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15

Tw~onty-eight persons of hitherto
excellent reputation who In 1914 were
sentenced to Jail for violation OF the
Sherman antitrust law having OH
tanned new trials by a decision of the
appellate court. we confidently look
forward to an immediate demand for
the recall Of judicial decisions,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15
Ne,adan Didn't See Any Hone.

From ne carson NtYS
In the United states District Court the
past week a defendant, entered a plea Of
n"t suil'y After The jg-y had been 40
cured the defendant looked them over and
then had a sudden chanse OF heart where
by he withdrew hts plea Of not guilty
and entered one Of guilty"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15

adhesive plaster; two ancient prac-
tees not unknown beyond its walls,
and not heretofore regarded as either
barbarous or cruel. Perhaps the State
should not try in any way to correct
the not oversensitive young women
who are sent to this resort.
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1t Is generally understood in Wash
ington that President WILSON'S de-
cision to forego his trip to San Fran
cisco this spring was largely due to a
cesire not to produce n situation which
might interfere with Secretary BRYAN's
lecture engagements.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15

1t is entirely appropriate hat the
Boston preacher who urged the unem-
p!oyed to parade hat city's streets un-
clad should have delivered his advice
from a band stand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15
The Man and the Mouse,

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir AT this
iuncture In Mexican affairs, o hat Uncle
Iud Harmon were a. the head OF the
state Department. Then reason and not
rhapsody would hold the helm. Nest %
pas7 h. :. J.
NolwALx. osna, March -.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15

Collector DUDLEY FIELD MALONE as
sures us hat there Is no neutrality
crisis at this port, which will greatly
comfort all persons who are capable
Of being assured of anything by DUB
LEY FIELD MALONE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15

We needs must love the highest when
we see it.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Hence the greatness OF the Hon.
OLLIE JAMES OF Kentucky and the Hon.
CT SuLLowAY Of New Hampshire.
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The Department of Commerce is being
flooded with letters n kilograms from
ship owners, the general tenor OF which,
Is an inquiry as TO o they are TO be
saved from going out OF business. 49,
Washington despatch.
Ship owners are the shipping trust
aren't they? When they are put out
of business, the ship purchase bill viii
have the floor,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15

Attention is called to tho continued
existence OF the Bull Moose by a row
in It's Kings county organization. OH
viously the number OF casualties will
be small.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15

1t seems to be established that the
disciplinary methods in use at tho
Training School for Girls In Hudson
included washing ilthy tongues with
bitter mixtures. sealing foul lips with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15

" ou, friends uho tdror US tnih manu-
scripts and illustrations for publication toish
to have rejected articles returned hep mus
IN al cases send stamps for that purpose.
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l am n young a 80 or 80 years
old, ! forget which.-Cty Chamberlain
BRuERE.
Young in years but in sage counsel
old" We had supposed that MIR.
BRUERE wal not a day under 800.
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London ONCE. Bingham House, 1 Arun-
del street. Strand.
Paris ONCE. 6 Rue de Ia Michodiere. of
Rue du Quatre septembre.
Washington once. Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn once. 1o6 Livingston street.
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To the EDIroa OF Tue suS--Sir; Should
are or u.s. b used after the word
"nons"S WALT1B HAST.
BAooILyN, March II.
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Ia II not a little premature to honor
ELIHU Roof on his retirement from
official life" while he is packing his
grip to go TO Albany ne "A delegate to
the constitutional convention?
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The new city directory is a delight
full little bed book"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
DIAMOND SPARKS
After few days off we return to the

After few days off we return to the grind.
 Mobile developed a knock -out punch in the ninth yesterday afternoon and won. The Schmidtmen have shown ability this season to stage unexpected rallies. This is a characteristic of all fighting teams.
 Bernie Roland, who starred with Nashville last season, is going like house afre in the American league this spring. Bernie has so far hurled in three games and won every start.
 After Roland had whitewashed the White sox and held them to three measly bingles. II. D. Johnson, Chi cago scribe, wrote that the former Vol had only a wide curve and that American league wallopers would soon bat him off the mound. Bernie since that time has pitched two other very creditable games and seems to be as elusive as ever to the hitters. And to the unprofessional eye Bernie ap- pears to have made good.
 Benny kauff, who jumped to the Giants on Thursday from the Federals. will be renstated. All star ball play CTS are reinstated
 Organized baseball has no use for a player such as Kauff, hut will accept him in its ranks because it will iniure the Federals. The outlaw organization is obnoxious to the public and to the baseball powers, and anything that will shorten it's existence is welcomed.
 Jim Thorpe, the great Indian athlete, passes to the minors. A few lines an nounced the transfer-a few years ago and columns were printed of the race between McGraw and other managers to sign up the wonderful Olympian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01

Mobile. April 30.-tSpecinI. )-MobiIc outpIayed and outbit Birmingham fo- day and the second game of the series from the Barons. breaking their losing streak of eight games. The score was to !.
 The GuIIs got the breaks in the eighth and ninth innings. and aided by some fast base running and infieid hits, won out when the score was to l against them. Miller, the center fielder of the Mobile team. again fea- tured at the hat, and snyed his team from defeat In the fifth, when he made a running backward one-hand catch of ball off Clnrk's hat that was .a- beled for triple.
 Hemingway featdred the game with a great stop and throw in the sixth inning, getting the ball way behind the bag and smalSing a perfect peg to first.
 Three hits and a sacrifice gave the Guls one run in the first inning.
 Birmingham came back in the third and tied the count and went two to the good Ion an infield out. A double by Magee, a single by Clark and a wild throw to center by Schmidt that went through Millers legs.
 After this inning Townsend kept his hits well scattered and the Barons were unable to score any further although they had men on second and third, the needed hit not coming through
 Hits by Matley and Townley in sue oession, some fast base running by the former, and sacrifice fly gave the Gulls their second run in the sixth.
 Tn the eighth a single by Miller, Dohard's sacrifice and Mateys base hit to right gave them the tieipg run.
 Mobileysso1i ,.se game in the nfnth wien Powell Jit to Ellam at deep short and beat t>s6ut for hit, the throw being de- Wstd Schmidt hit leg-breaker to John son. the runner being safe when the ball bounded toward third. Calhoun then singled to short left and while E,llam 1uggled the ball Powell scored all the way from second base with one down, Perry having fouled out
 Grimes and Wallace will be the battery tomorrow for Birmingham, while Hogg and Schmidt will work for Mobile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
ALABAMA HITTING
 SWAMPS SOUTHERN
Hamilton Gets Two HOmers. Cargile and Roman Get
 One Each
By JESSE JOHNSTON

University. April SO.-(Speeial)-A slaughter took the place of the expected pitchers battle between Roman of Ala bama and Locke. the highly touted South ern university star. Alabama piled up 29 runs in five innings and the game was called after the frst-half of the sixth. with the score g to 3. The slugging bv the Alabama boys was the most terrific ever seen here. Hamilton made two home-runs, while Cargile and Roman each contributed another5 One three bagger and five do'1bies complete the list of extra bas swatting. Hamilton, with two home-s and double led in the hitting. Carsile. with four-bas clout ;sz thres- sagger and a double followed closely. Turkey Boman's long one wa a distinct feature McCann led in run getting, crossing the pan five times