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REGENTS ELECT CHANCELLOR
PIiny T. sexton Succeeds the Late
81. Clair Mex clway.

ALBANr. July 97.-The BOARD Of
Regents elected to-day Nice-Chaucellor
Pliny 4, Sexton of Palmyra as Cnancel-
lor of the University of the state Of
New York and DIR. Albert Nanderyror
OF Albany as Nice-Chanccl,or. nr Sex
ton succeeds the late Chancellor -.
Clair Mckelway. He IL me senior
member OF the Board OF Regents, hay
ing been elected in 1870. Or. Wander
veer ranks next IN seniority as =
member of the Board of Regents
The Regents appuinte3 a board II I've
examiners under IA Law passed this year
providing for the reg Strat.on and Ii
censing of architects The members
OF the board are Arnold W. Drummer
and u. Everett Wa!d OF Manhattan ,
William Baunister OF brooklyn y L..
Brockway of Syracuse, and r. Il. Green
of Buffalo.
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Mr.. Quigg insisted that the conv.,.
ton would insert provisions I'm tho CON.
stitution %curtaillng New York citvs ron.
resentation in the Senate and AssenhIv
without regard TO the population f, N.
greater city. n IL the convention so..
this II might just as well finish ia ,,h
and make the apportlonment. lie though,
the Democrats In the convention VIA,
convinced that the representation Of N.
big city was to be limited would prefs,
an apportlonmeut by tho conyen,Io,
rather than by a Republican LegIsl..
ture.
MIR. Root said that he had an o,,,
mind upon the question and tina, beto,.
agreeing to a convention apportlonm.n,
No would prefer TO see the lines a,or,
which II was Intended to cur'a.l Ne,
YORK city's representation In tho Ing,
lature and the outlines Of the Legislative.
districts which the new apporuoune,,
would embrace. II was decided 70 nav.
another conference upon the question
tomorrow.
Inc committee or corporation. ri.
winch Jacob Bnenner Of K!rgs Is chat.
man, decided by "A vote of 10 10 Z 10.
day not 20 report favoraLly Louis Ma.
shdIIs proposed amendment VII n
would permit a minority IN a corpo-a.
tioh 10 secure representation on N.
board or directors and access =, .ra
corporations financial affairs tsrour,
the Introduction of the cumulative yo,.
ing pan in the election OF directors
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THAT GINGER CAKE.
4 "Reminiscences: But Where Is the
Desired Recipe?


What memories this reference to the
FIVE cent ginger cake OF III Will
arouse In the minds of men approach
Ing or past middle age. who passed their
boyhood in the country
At all public gatherings where con-
ccssions were given for the serving of
refreshments 1t was the chief feature
In the order Of the day down to a period
much later than half a century ago.
And then IL seems to have disappeared.
suddenly and mysteriously. after the
manner OF the disappearance OF the boot
jack and the passenger pigeon, and like
them probably never to return.
Who among us whose hair has grown
hin atop or disappeared altogether can
not recall the bill of fare OF the refresh
ment .venders in those earlier and sim
pier days at fairs, town meetings and
Fourth OF JuIy celebrations! The as
sprtment was not elaborate. but IL was
filling ana satisfying. and one got a good
deal for his money.
Most co~usplcuously displayed were
those ginger cakes. everywhere locally
known as baker . Gingerbread to dis
tinguish 1t from home made ginger
bread. which lacked the delicate color.
the spicy fragrance. the workmanlike
finish and pleasing regularity of the I'M
ported article. Then there were coffee.
served in big mugs. crackers and cheese,
baked beans and brown bread. not in
frequently home made ~dOughnuts, and
always raw oysters.
The gingerbread and the oysters were
the things that took with the crowd /.
for only on such occasions were these
v!ands readily a~ttainable. What coun-
try boy has not watched some older per-
son order a auCer of raw oysters. cover
them with vinegar and cayenne pepper
and then absorb them as though TO the
MANNER born, without idmirlLg the grace
u nunchalauce with which the trick
was done and wishing for the time TO
come when he might venture to give
such an exhibition?
His consolation lay in n sheet" OF
that amous bakers gingerbread. and X
he was particularly well fixed financially,
"a piece Of cheese to go with II. Those
were indeed happy days, when a piece
e gingerbread and a hunk az cheese.
at a total expense OF 6 cents. would
MI an aching void which in these de-
generate days Is hardly satisfied with
a SIX curse dinner.
II may be assume that the men
who made that FUNGUS gingerbread are
not all dead. Here and there through
out the country there must be several
survivors who retired for we'll earned
rest after long service in the best in
;crcsts Of hungry humanity. This being
the case 1t is barely possible that the
recipe for those ginger cakes is not
irrctrieVahly lost.
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New York Mt the National Negro
EXpOsltIOn,

In tho pamphlets issued by the New
York state Commission OF the National
Negro Exposition held last week at
Richmond, Va, Is shown by means OF
statistics the marked Advancement of
the negro race in this State during the
past FEW years.
The negro population OF New York
state Is row l70,l25, OF which gl.7e3
negroes are engaged in some special oc-
cupation or industry. In 1910 there
were 295 farms valued at sl,3O6.G23
owned by negroes. There are 2.643
negroes engaged in the farming industry
alone,
In 1910 tho proportion OF illiterates.
ten years OF z and over, was 5 per
cent, and in 1915 this Was reduced to
As per cent, The death rate has also
decreased In 1910 It was "a 10 the
thousand OF population as against 27.6 to
the thousand In 1900.
Thu 1t is seen that the negro is TAX
ing long strides toward the advance
ment OF his race and the desire of the
nation should be- to encourage and holp
him in his efforts to solve his indus
trial problems.
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For Hot Moralists to Ponder.

The Spanish Government has placed
an order with Chicago contractors
for a large quantity Of military stores,
including rife cartridges. Work on
the order will begin in August and
continue until February.
We suggest for the consideration of
all amenders Of international law and
selfconstituted censors Of other folks
morals these questions:
II In January Spain declar war
on France and uses these G. cartridges
against French troops. will the deliy.
cries made previous to the declaration
OF wal constitute OF their fabricators
murderers and a~ssassins?
Assuming that Spain were able to
keep her ports open and get goods
from this country, would the con,in.
uance Of deliveries on these contracts
convict us Of Immortality as between
Spain and France?
After the opening Of hostilities.
were Spain to obtain all the goods
called for In the existing contracts,
and on their completion to renew
the contracts, would the acceptance
OF the new contracts be a breach of
neutrality?
A sufficiently violent pacinst Of the
kind 50 familiar nowadays should be
able to get comfortably warm debat.
Ing these simple problems In ethics.
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The Twin Handicaps Of Business.

Tho Federal Trade Commissions
Inquiries in Chicago again brought
out a matter on which witnesses be-
fore the commission at its sessions
here laid much stress. All Of the
men OF large affairs who touched the
subject in their testimony here were
unanimous in the opinion that until
the ~obscurity surrounding the Sher-
man laws overseas application is
cleared up American business opera
tons on n large scale in the Central
and South American countries, now
90 invitlngly open to us, are not to
be considered.
Mr.. JOHN II. KIRBY, Of Houston.
Texas. the head Of Il firm which does
a lumber exporting business, in his
Testimony at the commissions Chi
cago session was very positive in the
same view. Competition in the lum-
Der trade in foreign markets is very
keen and American merchants are
heavily handicapped in such markets
by the Sherman law restrictions.
The bulk of European ana South
American trade is obtained by form.
Ing selling comblnItlons,' Mr.. KIRBY
continued. Credits can be secured,
ships can he subsidized and agents
IN the principal cities can be main.
ta!ncd by the foreign merchants, but
We cannot do that. The restraint OF
trade clause in the Sherman law pro.
hiblts US"
Mr.. II. p. DAWSON in his testimony
before the commission here id not
60 50 far as to interpret the Sherman
law as actually p~rohihitory, but his
view and that OF all the other wit
hesses was that the uncertainty OF
the laws application amounted to
prohibition. Either the law must be
amended or definitely interpreted as
n~onLppllcable beyond seas, or Ameri.
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culture Is shown BY the numerous

culture is shown BY the numerous
inquiries" which Mr.. MURPHY says
are received by the department. Win
dow gardens increase in number and
beauty each summer. They have
grown away from scraggly plants in
old cans and soap boxes Of the lower
East Side to rich expensive blooms of
the uptown resident districts. They
come from ancient and worthy ante.
c%eients, these window gardens. Noble
ladies' waved farewells to departing
knights from amid beds Of flowers on
deep stone ca sements Of castles and
the gentle herolnes Of the mid.vic.
torian & sighed deepest ut rose EN-
powered windows.
Old New York had It's tulip bed,
then its rows Of blooming plants at
the front door. It's shade trees and it's
Ivy covered walls. But the towns
growth stopped the gardens and the
trees, and the ivy walls are luxuries
only for churches and old family
mansions.
In the place Of these have come the
window boxes, and the little gardens
blaze as true beauty spots these warm
summer days on the house fronts.
They are in as great variety as the
tastes or inclinations Of the planters.
They are confined to no part Of the
city; a window full OF geraniums on
II Mulberry street tenement gives
color to half n block. and n wealth of
blooming plants and greens dropping
from a first story window OF a Park
avenue house covers the bare stone
walls and transforms the entrance
into a bower OF creeper roses. They
are the common gardens Of the rich
and poor: and If the city has made
the land too valuable for the flower
lover, 1t has ~endeavored to recompense
him by carrying his gardens up with
its high buildings.
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In a letter to THE Sun Commits
sioner JoHN j., MURPHY SAYS that
the Tenement House Department Is
in sympathy with the efforts to re-
lleve the monotony OF "our long rows
Of tenement and apartment houses
by the Introduction Of flowers AMI
plants His restrictions regarding
tho c~lutterlng Of fire escapes. insecure
fastening Of window boxes and flush
ing Of plants with water are all ap-
parently just. We have street dan.
gers enough from devil drivers and
their wagons without adding such
overhead perils.
The interest in this branch Of nori-
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WAR o VALUES.
Are Their Prices Inflated. or Actually
Under Their Worth?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: II
appears to me that. while there Is Sc
we're criticism of the general van
In price OF the war stocks, the only
legitimate ground for complaint Is the
lack of a positive knowledge OF their
earnings. which lack OF course lends IT.
self to all kinds of imitation, Just and
unjust. deals and rumors OF deals and
unbridled stock jobbins.
That the Increase In price Is out
rageous and un~warranted is by no
means certain. believe the majority
have not begun to represent the profits
accruing Il them through the war.
Let me most strongly suggest to the
ardent critics OF alleged stock market
imitation of the war stocks a compari-
son OF price of the standard chemicals.
easily verified In any reputable trade
Journal. They are a very fair compari-
son and they are directly affected by the
foreign demand
July. 1914. August. 1918.
Csrbolic acid. . to So. lb...+7c. to u.55
Toluol, 20 cts. eal........S to
Benzol 20 cts. gal........G cts TO 30 cts
.Acetine. . cts. ID. ........25 cts.
All acid about 100 to 200 per cent. advance.
Potash. 1000 per cent. Increase.
I have with intent omitted smaller
or less important drugs. These are the
standard chemicals needed for civilized
existence. You will observe the aver
age advance ranges from 800 to 1000
per cent.
Imagine the howl and roar from one
end of the country to the other against
wicked Wall street II the war stocks ad-
vance 1000 or more per cent. Conse-
q~uently II follows there Is ground FOR
belief they have not begun to represent
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state Has obligations,

when the state has ono genera sys
tom OF annual taxation" sa.i Mr. W b
ersham. land invites tho holder ~ "
particular kind Of property, such as
mortgage and "a bond, 10 rty a par
ttcular tax, once and fur H.i. IA cor.
sjdcratiou Of the solemn obligation ~
the State that that pI,.e e II 1NT}
shall not be subject 10 taxation N W
future. that il a c~outrac'u9l 81. gtto'
Of tho state, despite Chairman SAKE
contention otherwise,
Il DO not think Il would he wise
"a enact in tho Constitution q '''n-e
which would attempt 10 repeal er"'ra''
solcmnly made Icy the state ~ Ne"
York. because laws which might req
souably he claimed - h' .oI'ra.'s ~
the part 90 the state W,,'i ''F'" w.
cation which would g. to tn" : 'Ifcn'
Court
A]t,crward Chairman SAY" a'~''f'
that under tho tax art'''" rri.''"i 'f
him 10 the convention 400 a.n... '''
could bee levied by the state o" ?.
OF the New York Stock IN.H
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The Battler OF Bayonne.

Never was the riot act read with
mch orotund resonance as when the
Hon. EUGENE f. KINKEAp read 1t. The
Sheriff of Hudson county has, and has
under admirable control. all the para
phernalia of open air oratory; the
0sshing eye, the silver plated voice
the eloquent fist, the fluent phrase
the " Of instant transition from
Jovian dignity to the genial grace OF
the smoking room %raconteur. A nm
figure of a man." Aramis, Porthos
and D'Artagnan in one, with an Irish
man sluaring the triangle. Congress
man. Sheriff: and still a Barkis.
With growing delight we have read
of KINKEAD's Battle Of Bayonne. Fol-
US 1t Is all Kinkead. We forget the
strikers, the employers, the police, the
Governor and the invisible militia.
We have eyes only for that heroic
figure. crowd and cloud o'ertoppins.
We swim in ecstasy as he pleads
"Boys. / haven't had a bite OF food
since @ o'clock this morning, and here
It is . Of the afternoon. Would you
starve your poor old Sheriff? BE
good. now - We chortle as the bricks
and bullets bounce Off him. for well
we know he cannot be hurt. Almost
we wish they might whistle past a
head at Sea Girt, and stir the hest
TAM Governor into action. We bow In
reverence when the Sheriff arrests
the police and Tugs them to the line
Of battle: It is the simplicity of r
genius. But when lin the report,
whether or not in fact) he smites the
infamous BALY. thrice smites the cal
tiff. beats the mischief maker to his
knees and wrlngs from the covering
wretch a disavowal and an apology,
abject Of course. we laugh and cry at
once; we freeze, we burn.
These are days Of too democratic
mediocrity. People are all alike.
There is reason to rejoice when a
"cha ira cter' appears. When the head
Of a Kinkead rises above e leve!
It shall he no shillelagh Of ours that
cracks IL.
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The only other important bin IN u.
committee. which would compel the IN.
corporation Of the New York stock Ex.
charge, also has been killed yy "a,
committee.
h committee on public u,.!:l.s W
Ieport tomorrow favorably go tie con.
Neht.'N the article recognizing the ~
lie service Commissions tS CO.'S, o..
tlpNdl bodies. giving the C~0rpl.l....s -.
constitutional light OF review on h,.
the Facts and the law from ..rs .'s
the commission prohibiting the Lgs.
Iature from passing a b,l ac,ta.
rates or service of public u'i.'v cog.
poratlors until after an INVESTIGATION b,
n Public Service Commas uI al
keeping In office the present Democrat
members of the commission IN. the 2
terms expire.
The first amendment proposed 70 th-
state Constitution To be killed oT o..
iioog OF the convent IN Was ,He I"egs''
amendment eliminating the pr.E.S.a IT.
y official oath which requires a.
elected official to swear .hlt be 600.
Not directly or Indirectly I,. T. O"e-,
or promised TO pay. contributed or RI.
!erea or promised 20 Cults.sg'e. a..
mu.cy or other valuable tu.'E as q co.,
sidcrttI9u or reward for 'Eo gF0s FL.
Withholding a vote at the election, n p
made any promise 90 iU''vr-'e ne gy'
Ing oil Withholding Of u vote
The taxation article reported favora'
bly, Icy Martin SAKE, thu president q
Tho state Tax Commission and cha. rman
Of the committee on taxation, struck o.
suag to-day. II came up for Cor!'
Grafton in the convention when cX- .A'tor-
ncy-Geueral WickerShsm inquired Il .
did not contain Il provision wi''h v'u..
uarp,rf tho 1,rIsIa'nr. Ia Tpf.ti the Sc
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The constitutional convention now
In session at Albany has proposed to
abolish the existing law exempting
the members Of the National Guard
OF this State from jury duty.
AT a time when endeavors are being
made to Increase the efficiency Of the
Guard and to enlarge it's ranks such
a step would prove IA great handicap
TO accomplishing this end.
Service in the Guard requires time
and money, and its members mus,
always be ready at the call of the
State. For the sacrifices of these
men and their service to the State
exemption from jury duty seems a
small reward.
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Who Il Behind Badly?

It now appears that the individual
calling himself JEREMIAH j. BALDY,
who has been conspicuous in the 70.
menting Of disorder in Bayonne and
the efforts to destroy the Standard
on works in that city. is an Austrian
by birth and has never been an en-
ployee Of the assailed corporation.
What was the origin Of this philan-
thropic outsiders altruistle interest In
the welfare Of the men who have
hitherto seemed reasonably well salts
fed with the terms and conditions Of
their employment
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Even Kansas, where money gushes
from the farms like oil from okla.
homa wells, Is moving to the towns.
There has been an increase in the
urban population ver the rural fol
years: in the twenty years from 1890
to 1910 the gain was 20 per cent. and
the forthcoming census will show a
still greater gain. There are toe
many n~on-producers in Kansas" says
tho secretary of the state Board II
Agriculture, 1T IL time to get a 10,
OF the farmers who moved into the
towns to go back to the farms" But
Will the men whom Farmer CoRrRN'
helped into devil wagons and whose
fronts he loaded with diamonds heed
the voice OF his successor? With wheat
more than q dollar and corn at eighty
cents It seems an opportuns momen,
to make the appeal.
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Unnecessary Noises.

TO rnE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir. Tn.
police seem TO be negligent In enforcing
tn. law against unnecessary noises, they
do not enforce II rigidly enough, For
Instance, there is too much back yard
singing permitted in places where tho
residents wan quiet. Under certain con-
dltions the singing Is tolerable, hut few
have the remotest idea Of the difference
between singing and shouting. and SO
many young boys are INDUCING in the
habit to the dctriment Of their education
that the police would 10 well to stop the
nuisance At best It IN only another form
Of begging, and In places whore persons
happen to be III the singing is very
offensive, Alto.
Nrw YoRW. July 81.
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STEAMBOAT INSPECTION.
Now Is the Time TO Test Its Scope
and Quality.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Now
Is the time TO establish beyond all ques-
ton the competence or the lack OF IL
OF the steamboat inspection service. The
character of appointments TO the service
in all ranks should he thoroughly
scrutinlzcd and II there are possibilities
OF influences that would tend to affect
the impartial efficiency of the service
they should he carefully Investigated
In respect OF fire prevention meas
ures the Government authorities have
not kept M with the progress tnat has
been made In civil affairs. The Slocum
disaster revealed that. and the chances
are that very little real progress has
been made since except that due 20 tho
progressive spirit OF some owners Of IN
land steam vessels. ECoSoMICUs.
NEW YORK, July ct.
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THE ten carnot!te claims being OPP
Grated AT Long Park. col, by the Ma
tional Rad'um Institute have already
produced over 100 tons - ore averaging
above : per cent, uranium oxide. The
cost of the ore delivered at the radium
plant In Denver has averaged SNl go
per ton. Thi included II per cent. roy
atty, salary OF bureau Of mines en-
ployees, amortization OF camp and
equipment and all expenses incident To
the mining. transportation, grinding and
sampling OF the ore.
"A concentrating plant for low grade
ores has been erected at the mines and
Is successfully recovering material FOR
merly wasted. Grinding and sampliur
machinery has been installed at Denver
and a rad!um extraction plant erected.
The radium plant has now a capacity
OF three tons Of ore per day. having
been more than doubled in size since last
February. Before that time that plant
had been run more or less on an eN-
perimental scale, although regularly
producing radIum since June. lgl4.
TO July l slightly over three grams
Of radium metal had been obtained 10
the form OF radium harium sulphate
containing over one mtlligram - radium
TO the k.logram Of su,pha;es. The con-
version OF the sulphatcs into chioIidcs
and the publication of The rad'um there
from is easily accomplished aud with
small loss OF material.
unfortunately, however. special acid
proof enamel ware, O~btainable only In
France. has not been delivered of sufl-
cient capacity to handle the Crystalliza-
ton of the full plant production, 50
that n little less han half the output,
or. to be exact, 1904 mill grams Of
radium element. have been delivered to
the two hospitals connected with the
National Radium Institute.
THE ralium remaining can he Crys-
tallized at any time from neutral So
luton in apparatus already installed,
but the greater rapidiry and efficiency
of production OF this valuable material
by the methods used hay decided the
bureau OF mines to await the completion
Of apparatus now being built before
pushing the chloride capitalization TO
capacity"
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WELCOME TO ATLANTA.
Strange Message on the Decline of n
Religious Movement.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-sir: As
your Journal carries more weight for
ability among Southcruers land gets
away with ~ than any other vehicle
may | say to tho 400, 900 Southerncrs
In New York city that
Atlanta has buried the men and
religion movement" so deep hi no
gentleman need now hesitate TO stop
off here and be properly entertained.
IN VINO NERITAs.
ATLANTA, Ca, July %.
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To TuE EDITION or The suS-Sir. Your
friend Mr.. /. Burke has left out the names
% two great in his letter pub,
lished In THE SrN, Helmholrz, q great
mathematician, musician, physician an
the inventor OF the oph,halmoscope, and
I.eibnitz, the real Inventor and discoverer
Of tho dinerential and Integral calculus
BENJAMIN +, Gaoys. II. d.
BALTIMORE. Nd, July ~.
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Another Cnnsual Address.

To THE EDITOR % Tue srs-Sr: Here is
an address longer than that OF Corpora
Lamas published In The Sun. 1t went out
from his town on a letter last week:
J. G, Melknich. A. u,
LIST Section. 18th Platoon,
ID Company, Hawkes. Battalion.
Royal Naval Division.
LIST brigade,
British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
Gen. Post once,
London.
England.
BEAUFORT. 8. e., suly 3s. NJ, Z. @,