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The board then believed in the greater
need OF battleshlps. but the war In
Europe must have converted it TO
equal faith in battle cruisers. These
types both belong 10 the drcadnought
class. Mr.. DANIELS calls for three
scout cruisers in 1917 and six alto
gether by 1921. The General Board
asked for four scout cruisers In the
last report. For every battleship
built four destroycrs should be built"
was Its recommendation. 1t proposed
sixteen for the 1916 programme. The
Secretary will ask for fifteen in 1917
and fifty in five years. Realizing that
fleet submarines were Indispensable
for defence. the General Board urged
that the 1916 programme include
three Of those ships and sixteen coast
submarines. Mr.. DANIELS wants five
fleet submarines in 1917 and fifteen In
five years, also eighty-ive coast sub
marines, twenty-five in 1917 and If.
teen In each Of the four following
years. Pointing out that "the navy
is very deficient in g%unboats," the
General BOARD recommended that four
he authorized in 1919. Secretary DAN.
IELs proposes two in 1917 and M in
1913, and there he stops.
1t must be understood that the Gen
eral Boards programme was to he
continuing, but not annually uniform
In new construction. until an ade.
quate navy had been secured. 1t ron.
tcmplated originally Il battleship fleet
of forty-eight vessels by 1919. In the
four years from 1904 TO 1907 inclu.
slve the hoard proposed ter battle.
ships. and Congress appropriated for
five. Since 1907 the board has asked
for four new ships every year, and
Congress has generally authorized
two. but in 1912 and 1918 only one.
Until now Admiral DEWEY and his
associates have despaired of convinc-
ing Congress that the country should
have n fleet VI forty-cight battleships
for defence. but with the conversion
OF the Secretary Of the Navy and the
popular demand for thorough pre-
paredncss contamination Gems to he
In sight.
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HISTORY'S ENDLESS ROUND.
Democracy, Socialism. Disorder n
Return IL Rule by the Able Few.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-SU. For
a long ,l,ne past the tempt to lcgis-
late morality !nto business has been "A
salient and obtrusive feature Of our
political and l!fe the reflex
shock of European war may make even
politicians and reformers concern them
selves with stcrner realities The aver
age business morality is probably ABOUT
the same AS II always mas been and al
WAYS Will be the agitation Is therefore
no: moral. but is solely "A phase Of social
evolution or change.
The command Thou shalt not steal
IN a primitive state OF society had
reference to the conversion OF property
by physical force We are now attempt
ing to extend it, application to the
creation, conversion or acquisition Of
wealth through Imagination or intellec-
tual superiority
The attempt 70 control tho anarchy
o. mind and lcgisla;e the human race
into equality Of opportunity and int"l-
lertual power reflects the effort ~ f"im-
ulate Into a system the self-acknowledged
iusuficienCy OF the unsuccessful aud
this Is the essence " socialism. \ man,
rather taan blame himself FOR failure
or admit ln'criority in the eternal struc-
gle, wuuld rather ascrihc his detection
20 an Inherently inequitlblc environ
meut or what Is vulgarly called the
"Cspi'alistic system
Socialism has been enabled 10 lay IL
hlightjug nand ON the productive and
saving efficiency of the race. not through
the conversion Of the prolctarltt TO an
idea. but through the extension Of GOV
crumcntaI functiontng and an inc Gate
mass ot regulatory legislation. Nli OF
~lpulzHtiuus. whether social. physical 10y
,,oaF4e 4 Nyhtla gl7.r,u.Dy from . Efgfs -
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NEW YORK IN THE SENATE.
A Progressive Misrepresentation for
Gotham rs the City Grows.

To THE Enron OF THE SuS-Sir. Ex-
Congressman Calder's figures. as quoted
I'm THE St;N of October IS Il have not
verified them), Indicate that II the at
tempt were made at the next Senatorial
ap~portionment TO Apply a uniform ratio
of l56.759 throughout the State, without
change in the existing size OF the Senate
New York CITY would have twenty-four
Senators TO tventy-seven outside. or
would he in n minority of three.
A a matter of fact, under the consti-
,utiona, rules. the city would receive by
Mr.. Caider's hpures twehty-three Sena.
tors the res, of the state tnenty-nIne Or
thirty. according as Eric county proves
entitled In three or to four senators
New YORK city's minority IL thus I'm.
creased from three 10 six or seven.
Within the CITY there will be one Sem
ator To sometning over 6 900 lnhabi.
tants. excl,Idins aliens outside of Tho
c,,v one Senator IN abou, lao OOo
Tho vice Of Tho ons,itiuiona ruIes ,s
,ot however thar they double tho eoti-
,ahla uo,orl,v against the CITY to-day.
Their re,I owl, 10 tbreefoId
Eir.t ,,ra.r ,ho ,nyenIouo arr,ryome,
uhorah,, ,ho smaller counties wii, aiwav.
h.va ,,;s, a. many ssnators ,s ,hev have
,o-aay no mattel now su,u lie ,heir MO
nnr,Ior ~ nonuia,io, New yort cl,v
hsoono, n,oyrossIveIv rors ,ndar ron.
rasen,ed ,bo bieger q, grn,ys Tbue wbe,
Nanhat,an Island a,d Rrooklvn seua-
800 on,nhira1 dasorya 80 cons,i,u,o +,
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New Jerseys Significance.

Out Of their defeat in New Jersey
the supporters OF equal suffrage will
ana Il dificult to extract eve a crumb
Of comfort. In an unusually heavy
poll the proposed amendment was de-
cisively beaten in industrial, reslden-
tial and rural communities. The al
verse majority records the u~nfriendly
sentiment Of all parts OF the State.
The proposition was not beaten by tn"
urban electorate alone. or by the farm
ing population alone: it was beaten
everywhere in a poll that was sur
prisingly representative.
How heavy the vote was is shown
BY a comparison with the number Of
ballots cast in 1909, when five consti-
tutional amendments were submitted
Mt a special election. In that year
10000 ballots were put in The boxes.
The incomplete returns from Tues.
days voting indicate that at least
B86, of the electorate turned out.
The total vote for President in 1912
WAS $4,000. There can be no serious
complaint Of lack Of interest where
such a numerical showing Is made.
The logical deduction from the facts
o that the c%ampaigners in behalf Of
equality at the polls failed to con
vince a majority Of the present e'"c.
tors that a preponderating fraction
Of women want the ballot. We have
already spoken Of the confusion ere
ated by the contradictory assertions
On this point in the minds Of the cleo
torate, among whom many thousands
willing to let vote remain IN
convinced that wOmen seriously want
10 take part in this way in the man.
agement Of public affairs,
New Jerseys population does not
differ in any material respect from
those Of New York. Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts, In which votes for
women will he an issue in the general
elections. Like these States, New Jer-
sey has large industrial settlements,
residence communities. urban and ri.
raj districts; Its quota Of naturalized
citisens Is large. The same influences
which opposed the extension of the
suffrage there are against 1t in the
other States; the same confusion rs
to the real desire of a majority Of
women persists In the minds of the
voters of these States. Therefore the
propagandists for woman suffrage
cannot allege special conditions in
New Jersey which do not exist in
the other fields OF their %endeavors
and they must recognize that their
chance of success In the East at this
time Is small.
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No Mark for EcOnOmizers Is the Bu.
e Of Attendance.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SU~-Sn. l
read with some interest a communica-
ton In THE SUN signed "A Citizen
relative to the Bureau OF Attendance.
While | am rank to say that | have
not computed the actual cost of running
this bureau. | am led TO believe that the
creation OF this agency supplied a long
felt want In our educational system II
SO happens nat | am In a position TO
compare the methods and the results OF
the system in the past with that
which is In vogue at the present time,
Having laugh, in public schools | dis
tinctly recall the old system. There was
no attempt to do anything beyond tie
actual apprehension OF the truant.
For the past two years, as the gem
eral secretary of the Jewish Bic Brother
Association. | had the opportunity OF
cooperating with DIR. Davis, the director
OF the Attendance Bureau, n | know
from actual knowledge n experience
that something more than that is done
for the truant at present.
Time and time again cases are re-
ferred to our association by that bu-
reau nor does rs interest in the
youngster cease even when the boy il
discharged from the truant school.
do not feel that the money spent
for the purpose OF correcting our youth
and helping him to grow up into decent
citizenship IL money III spent. only re-
Gently Commissioner Woods In the course
of an address stated that even the po-
liceman on the block IL urged to take an
interest in the truant, for truancy, II
unchecked. is apt to lead to a career OF
lawlessn"ss and crime.
True economy does not consist in re-
ducing appropriations promiscuously. Its
al,tngt chn,t1l ha tha UItln 10 t1. 40 a.
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An Omeisl Exposition Of the Per.
senal Assess ment system.

President PuRDY has made no Sc
cret Of his opinion on the assessment
and taxation system. and he probably
took sedate pleasure i'm submitting
to the legislative committee now in
session this unadorned explanation of
the manner in which those from whom
q contribution on personal property
10 hoped are put on the books:
I'VE take the telephone book and the
city directory and have men cut them
up into districts and alphabetical divi-
districts.
III you happen to live east OF Second
svsnue you will most likely escape the
personal property tax.
I'VE have what we call the exempt
sone.' east of Second avenue. n the
people there are not likely to he assessed,
II confess we are not doing our duty
II trying to collect taxes there"
A snip Of the shears. Il scrawl of the
zen. and u millionaire is made. Bu.
prosperity asst Of Second avenue-it
10 not unknown there-does not count.
Let the dwellers to the west OF that
mystic highway come down and swear
OF their unknown riches; 1t makes
work for clerks.
If Mr.. PuRDY's department is not
doing its duty near the Fast River.
II 10 not to be %censured. 1t has ex-
ceeded all Of its obligations in other
parts Of the city.
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You may search the Pacific.
In ships once prolific:
Not a single American haG's to be seer.
Now call mo "A liar.
Condemned to hellnre.
But we'd once an American merchant ma
rine.
our ships on each ocean
Gave people a notion
That something was meant nv the ~.
3. A"
our Stripes and our stsre and
Our gallant tars and
our shippers they swarmed every port In
that day.
From Kobe To Alden,
our ships they were laden:
They carried world from Lon.
don to Ind.
Now search the Pacinc.
You'd have a terrific
Hard job an American nag to hnd.
For, the wise men at Washington
Get lots Of sloshing done:
O'er n pork barrel
They'll higgle and quarrel;
But when anything matters
They're cheerful old squatters:
They'll draw their pay anyhow:
So why kick up a row.?
Thus wise legislation
They choke; regulation
Apply: strangulatton
Ensues. and tho ships Of this nation.
The Stars and the Stripes that once
gloricd each breeze.
by our "statesmen's" own act have beer
swept from h ssssi
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ECONOMY SEEN IN
NEW CONSTITUTION
Barge Canal Bonds 10000.
900 Less Costly Under
the Serial Plan.
DETAILS TO MERCHANTS

william Hamlin Childs, a Progres.Ivs
presided yesterday at the luncheon Of N.
Merchants Association at the Ho,,, A.
tor. while Henry l.. Stimson. Rcp.h,.
can. and Morgan J. O'Brlen, pemo,r,.
told the 500 business men presen, .bo
merits OF the new State Cons,itut. m,
MIR. stimson explained to the audienr.
the financial reforms In the new Con
stitution and MFR. O'Brien discussed ~,
short ballot and conservation pro,l.
sions.
Mr.. Stimson pointed out that Neu
York State has the largest debt Of any
in the Union, both absolutely and ne,
capita. It's local Indebtedness ,q ale,
greatest and Jumping all the public
debts the State owes $i09 for earb n,
Its population. The State Of washin,
ton. which comes ext. has n debt q,
only $40 per capita. The mere cos, n,
running New York has swept from s..
600. 900 in 1885 to more thar $4,000
600 in 1915. an increase OF SOC per cen;
and the population only grew 81 per
cent. Republics. observed Mr.. Stimaon.
do not fall from external violence, bu,
because of extravaganza at home. and
II is toward just such a fall that We
have been heading.
For instance. on this proposition Of
finishing the barge canal. which YOU
are going to vote on. amounting 10 SCI.
900 600" the lawyer said. III the new
Constitution passes. that $4,000 900
will be issued i'm serial bonds. IL tn.
Constitution does not pass. the issue
will be in the present kind of honda
dong term issues with n sinking fund.-.
| am informed by the calculations Of
the Comptroller that the net saving to
the state I'm ultimate interest and prin.
cipal charges effected by serial bonds
will be more than $40. 900. 900. Had our
present debt of S11S.0OO 900 for the
ana been issued in the new form We
would have ultimately saved more han
$40. 900, 900"
Mr.. O'Brlen said that il was un,ru.
that the new Constitution would le,
down the bars of conservation and
permit the ~spoliation Of state fores,
water power and other resources Af,e-
saying hat the growth of office had
been such as TO make the short ballo'
ono and concentrated responsible.
ity imperative. Judge O'Brien praised
the quality Of the men i'm the Constitu.
ton Convention and their earnes; -
forts TO act for the public good Ne
said
III this Constitutional Convention
had been held five years ago the del-.
gates that would have been brought ~.
gethcr would have been largely made
up OF men who believed In the initia
tive. the referendum and the REGAL
The body hat did meet was "A conser
vative body. willing to he progressive
along safe and sane lines. If this Con.
stitution is rejected all the extreme
radical theories will be invoked AMI
hen what sort OF a Constitution W.
you get?'
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subject Of transportation; that four
departments and three commissions
muddled over commerce and banking ;
that five departments collectively and
individually had a whack Mt the pub
lie health, which explains presumably
why wc are SO robust that the meth.
DDS Of all Government accounting dis
tort and misrepresent facts. and that
the improvidence and waste in varl.
Gus Governments run from 10 TO 90
per cent. above legitimate expenses.
And now Mr.. CUTTING would have
another commission Of like nature
turned loose and kept permanently en-
gagged I'm debauchihg the public mind
with standing and frequently renewed
exhibits Of unsettling truths such as
these! And that, too, Just when we
ire thinking about extending the same
thriftily sagacious business methods
all over the seven seas with Govern
ment owned and politically operated
steamship lines.
Could any suggestion be more In
g%eniously u~ntimely1
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The Cabinet Problem in EngIand

In England the coalition Cabinet
has never excited enthusiasm. The
politicians disapprove of it because
they are always party men, war or no
war. and only a fractional Cabinet
would suit them. The people were lei
to expect that the coalition Cabinet
would win victories at the front. and
the Dardanclles fiasco has discouraged
and angered them. The people are
now convinced that the makeshift
Cabinet Is inadequate and unfit. So
II pleases no one. Sir EDWARD CAR
SONS resignation has not been ex-
piained, hut IT may he conjectured that
the pugnacious Irishman found the
fighting spirit lacking among his as
sociates ana fell out with them about
the conduct of the war. Dissenslon
Is shaking the Cabinet 10 pieces. How
could ii lie otherwise when in the
presence of defeat in the field. for
so the Gallipoli failure must be re.
garded, and Of diplomacy working at
cross purposes in the Balkans. the
twenty odd Ministers cannot agree
upon a policy and suspect one an
other Of incapacity?
There Is n growing feeling In Eng
land that the Cabinet is too big for
united and vigorous action in the
crisis. The necessity of the hour Is
brave, intelligent. resourceful and
masterful leadership. Mr.. AsotlrH
cannot supply II. and Sir EDWARD
GREY hasn't force enough. They ara
intellectual men. analysts. phlloso-
piers, and beyond doubt patriotic: hut
not in any sense c~onbative and great
of soul. Neither Of these accomplished
and worthy men is In touch with the
people. Sir EDWARD GREY. a born
a~rlslocrat. has never trusted them.
Mr.. AsQUITH does not share their
emotions, II Is the people who must
win this war, If 1t is to lie won by
England and her allics-the people
under magnetic leadership. Both Of
them lack the qualities which the
historian l.ECKY had In mind when
he wrote: I'm entering on Il great
war the management and guidance
of popular passions and preiudices Is
one Of the supreme arts Of states
manship."
4 Cabinet directed ana dominated
10y Mr.. DAVID LLOYD GroIGE might hp
equal to the great occasion. lie of
all Englishmen has shown any skill
In ''the management and guidance Of
popular passions and p%erjudices' since
the war hcgsn. He is in touch with
the people as no other man Of his
time Is. He has brains. heart and
soul and he never hesitntes to as
sumo responsibility, LLOYD GEORGE
would he the fighting Premier. With
KITCHENER managing the army he
would organize victory If il could he
done. But whether political condi-
tons are yet ripe for the promotion
of the Welshman TO supreme author
ity may be doubted.
There Is talk OF ANDREw RoNAR
LAW as n compromise. The Scot has
solid qualities, phlegm, and nm Obsti-
nate courage, but he lacks suppleness
and makes no appeal to the British
Imagination. He might serve ms n
stopgap. but the drift Of popular SEN
timent Ia Enthusiastically toward the
energetic Minister Of Munitions who
has made good"
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CATHOLICS TO RAISE $500. 900
Columbus knights ! 10 Campaign
to Erect Great Building.

Officials OF the Knights Of Columb4s
building fund announced yesterday tina
a campaign has been started to ra'se
$500, ooo for "A great central building 70
serve as "A CatnoNc headquarters for
tho archdiocese OF New York ard FOR
work along the lines of the Y. NJ. \
The campaign will last sixty days and
Will have it's headquarters at g. Wa
street. II will he conducted under The
auspices of the New York chsIrer, -
which Edward a. Arnold Is cha
Joseph NJ. Adrian, president of the G~r
man Exchange Bank. Is treasurer of me
fund and will receive contributions The
campaign will be directed by Al-xander
| Rorke
The committee includes Robert J O.
ller, John -. Crimmins. John MCCor
mack, Charles V. Fornes and Ius''o@-
bowling, CohalAn, Con and Mu,Qucc"
Cardinal Farley has written \ lore
approving the project and urging Cf'ho-
les OF the archdiocese 10 suppoft 70
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APPEAL TO DEMOCRATS.
Convention Committee sends out
Plea for Constitution.

ALBANY. Oct. 20.-The committee ~
the adoption of the Constitution sea-;
out last night an appeal to the Demo
cratic voters of the State to support the
new Constitution.
The plea declares that the clause CIV
ing the Governor greater powers and
the article on home rule fulfil pledges
Of the Democratic platform. The al
peal Is signed by the following mer.
bers OF the committee
D-Cady Herrick, .Iohn II. Kern.
Thomas w. Meachem. Deios NJ c..
grove, William Burnet Wright.
Cortland a. Wilbur. Alton H. parA, ,
De Lancey Nicoll. Francis L.ynde Sto;-
on, Morgan J.. O'Brlen. George Gordon
Battle. Harry W. Newburger. J So
ney bernstein, Andrew Mclean. Charles
A. Wehber, Edward j. Byrne ard Eu-
gene Lamb Richards.
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LETTERS OF LIBERTY.
Where j. the white Plains Monument
That Bore Them?

To TuE EDITOR OF THE SvN So. The
town OF White Plains VIII &c .bratv the
anniversary of the battle OF White Plains
on October ~. and there viii be uu-
vciied a battle monument on Battle I'M
This announcement leads me to present
,o your readers II query Of unusual IL
tcVr>t.
Not lone ago ! had occasion I'm a pro-
fessiuual capacity t. eNamlu" the orderly
book. il that Is the proper term. Of u
nOu-Cgmmissiuned officer OF the IioAulu-
ton, Upon II OF its pages, IN another
and elegant handwriting. was the rec
ord which ! then transcribed ana "
enclose. What was this monument
What d'd II commemorate What be-
came of IT.
CsMr wHIrr TINNs JIty 81 i77s
THIS day VAS Erected a nne Monument
81 u Great stone of curious Carvings. by
the Field ~ Other Officers and Gentlemen
of tho Regmt. commanded by colo wood.
After which, IN the evening. those Con
tlencn wer" attended with a Band oc
Musick and thirteen toasts We're drank IN
tho following manner. & carried on IN
the greatest Decency < Good order:
LIST IN" CoL-Hor!ng that we shall he
made sensible that this is the year tina
We shall gain a nnal Victory over our
enemies; and that Independence shall he
established upon Good ana lasting Rasis.
"a. Lieut.. Col--Suycess to the American
Abandoning that the present Campaign
may terminate the American Warfare
3d, Major-t;eul. Washington and all
his brave officers and Men. hoping they
viii have the blessings Of Heaven and
the Conquest Of their Enemies
ith. capt Nuble.-SuCsess TO GAui Gates
and Officers under hts commandments
they will prove themselves Courageous and
Valiant.
9Th Capt, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10 Gent
Morris and his field Oricer., and others
Under his command.
9TH, Capt. Carpenter-His Most Chris
tian Majesty. .
7th. capt Green Success to Genl Green
and all his endeavors to stop B-ltisn
Tyranny.
Sh captain stearns The American
Allies.
9th, Cant, prury Everlasting linton to
the n United states.
10th. Capt. romeroy Success to en-.
deavors to stop the inroads OF our In
veterate Enemies.
nth. Adult success to His Most Chris
tian Majesty's Fleet upon the Water.
~. our. Master.--As tho Letters are en-.
craven upon this stone, 50 let the Lot,crs
OF ldbsrty DO engraven upon the Hearts
of al! true Americans to all Generations
isth. surgeon May the Engraving "
this stone remain in View IN AL the enc
mlcs of America are buried In Oblivion.
Can any of YOU readers enlighten
me as to the purpose of this monument
and it's present location?
WILLIAM NJ. CLEMENS.
Editor Gencdlo0y Magazine.
NEW York. October 20.
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make one form of business after an
other unprofta Bile and take II over?

~ W.
other improbable and take 1t over?
First the political cry was "Bust
the railroads." and politics has been
doing It quite successfully. One-sixth
Of the railroad mileage Is in the hands
OF receivers to-day. About the same
time, the clamor arose to "Bust the
trusts" and It has been going up
ever since. Having failed to win n
verdict against the United Shoe Ma
chlnery Company In a suit under the
Sherman law. the Federal Attorney
General has Just begun n suit against
the company under the Clayton act.
The slogan OF the Administration
seems to be. BUST the American mer-
chant marine and then we can have
Government shipping Why not?
Have not the advocates Of Govern
ment ownership Of railroads argued
all along that the carriers must first
he regulated to death?
This Is n republic for ideals. but It
is also n republic for prosperity. II
Is not half as much n republic for
politicians who live of the incomes Of
the people MS It Is for the business
mel who create the work that fur
nishes incomes, either as profits or as
wages. The practical necessities of
the times are not exactly propitious
for the schemers whose only ticket
for office has consisted In n pro.
grnmme Of destruction for the bust
ness goose which lays the golden
eggs of prosperity.