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WAGE FARMERS FUN.
Are Workingmen Tired OF the Lon
LOus and Kings Of Patagonia?

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. An
article in THE SUN OF September II en-
titled Fun for the Workfngman" saws
that there is ii probability OF the estab-
hshinent of "a theatre for small wage
eafhefs, which Will be supported by pri-
Nale subscription, and expressrs the
opinion that since the theatre will obvi-
ously have Il certain selection Of plays.
as THE Viewers" for instance. which
In the opinion of authorities will be
especially lit for the w~orkingman. the
Worhlnginen VIII be nolens VOlens com
PEELED to take their melancholy pleas
ure' from contemplating the suffering
OF their kind, and consequently the pub-
lie will have only that which is pre-
Scribed for 1t, but not that which 1t
really wants.
What workingman,' etnphatically
asks the writer, would not prefer TO
pay his way and see what he wants TO
see rather than he compelled to sit
through the sort OF plays that Others
think are or at least should be suited
to his ~taste?"
This question and the
above il tend to imply the negative feel
ing OF the writer toward such an insti-
tuition as a theatre for workingmen. II
seems rather strange TO ms that the idea
for establishing such a theatre. instead
of being encouraged and heartily well
coined. can be discussed and even re-
garded as "A dangerous one.
Just let US look around and see what
are the entertainments and amusements
the workingman is now provided with
cheap movies, corrupting our children {;
burlesques, vaudeville and ~farces. with
dirty jokes and buffoonery for our youth I;
different Lou Lous, kings Of Patagonia
and pairs OF skies for all OF us, the
good music, operas and plays being sy-
pensiye and unpopular. Truly IL is now
that the worklngman IL under a pres
sure OF taking the cheap stun which is
thrust on him, Then the author of the
article fears that contemplation of the
sufferings Of their kind will give the
workingman not pleasure but pain. and
thus the theatre will not relieve, but
burden our lives, for life il only then
endured when II is a pleasure. Con-
temptation OF sufferings gives pain :
ergo, do not establish II theatre where
the tragedy of life will be reflected.
Give us Lou Lous and kings of Pata-
gonia. AS to that, ] am rather apt to
think that the theatre Is not for con-
temptation only, but for meditation also,
and undoubtedly for instruction and
education.
The American theatregoers at large,
and the w%orkingmen especially. need the
projected theatre. 1t Is only a pity
that the w~orkingmcn themselves, their
associations and organizations. did not
think of II long ago. Whoever will care
fully study the question will see how
good il would Ire to have such "A theatre
in the United States,
JAMES LIBERoFF.
NEW YORK, September %.
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MEXICAN RAIDS IN TEXAS.
An Assertion That the Carranzlstas
Are Responsible for Them.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. I
have just read In THE SUN an article
signed Heriberto Barron, in which he
asserts that the outlawry at present eX-
listing on the border in tho State Of
Texas has been brought on by followers
Of Huerta and is favored by two Mexi-
can dailies. ~ PrcSonte and La Prensa.
! am the director of ri Prescnte and
! am in Il position to furnish YOU with
more accurate Information about this
matter than Mr.. Barron, who. owing to
his connections with the Carranza fac
ton, cannot be impartial.
The Mexican refugees in this country
have, as ii has been proved. absolutely
nothing to do with the outlaws and do
not sympathize in the least with their
movement, We have exposed in our
paper this fact OF several occasions.
Besides you are no doubt aware that
the United States Government has
through its military authorities come
into possession OF facts that prove CON
clusively that the disturbances on the
border have been created, induced and
f"mented by the CarranZista faction ard
their military element across the Rio
Grande. This IL no secret to any one
In this section OF the country and YOU
can easily obtain plain proofs OF my
assertion, JOSH FLdUERo.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, September 20.
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Where Docs Mr.. Wilson stand on
the Main Question?

As President WILSON wrote to
JAMES NJ. Cox a month ago, the
United States possesses in the Depart
ment of Commerce and the Federal
Trade Commission agencies einpow-
cred to collect all the information the
Congress needs to write n scientific
tariff law. The scientific tariff com
lission" Is an inconsequentlal incident.
which cannot be raised to the dignity
Of a political issue. The country will
not be interested in IT, and for an ex-
cellent reason
What absorbs the attention Of the
business community Is the Presidents
attitude toward the law nov in force.
Does he still believe. as he did "A year
ago. that it should he left unamendcd
until normal conditions" are re-
stored? Is he still unconvinced that
its failure was moi thoroughly dem
onstrated by its operation previous
to August I. 1914? Does he imagine
that the establishment of peace in
Europe will reinstate the normal
conditions that obtained until the
end of July last year:
The Underwood law was dlscred.
tied in peace, and "A has changed
the situation of commerce and bust
ness. The end of the military strug-
gle will still further alter our circum.
stances. Already the lessons are writ
ten for those with sufficient wit to
learn them. The n Of an in
dustrial struggle of unprecedented in
! tensity Is over our manufacturers and
merchants. their workers and all who
are dependent OF them. Has Mr..
WILSON recognized it. or Is he blind
to the danger on the II hand and
insensible to the wonderful opportun.
ity oh the other?
With n tariff adjusted TO It's needs
and It's situation. with schedules de-
signed 10 meet the facts Of business ana
not the economics of the hustings, the
United States can regard with conf
dence the assaults industrial Europe
will launch when it stops killing It's
men but with the Underwood law in
force. this nation will he at the mercy
of the most skilful and desperate com.
petitors the world has ever known.
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The Broadway underground rail-
road structure which gave way on Sat
urday evening had been carefully in
spected by Public Service Commission
engineers within twenty-four hours of
its collapse, and had been pronounced
sound. In testing 1t the inspectors
had the benefit Of what had been
learned In the Seventh ven acct
dent on Wednesday, which had shaken
confidence in the security Of the shor-
ing system in use. Yet they We're I'M
able to detect the presence of the flaw
which was 80 soon to reveal itself.
There IL no reason to question the
thoroughness OF the examination made
last week, or the routine examinations
that preceded it. Had they been in
expert and superficial the town would
have suffered not two or three but
dozens Of fatal mischances of the same
kind since the adoption Of the cut and
cover system of tunnel building. The
recent accidents will direct attention
to the ever present possibility Of dis
aster; hut Is this greater under the
scheme Of operation now in use than
It would he under another
In considering the lamentable con-
sequences Of the miMdventures OF
last week the extreme difficulty of the
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Safety OF Vaccination.

Among the inanc arguments urged
ny the opponents Of vaccination Is the
claim that tetanus. commonly called
lockjaw, has been transmitted through
the vaccine virus. Indeed, n member
Of our Legislature stated in one of the
recent discussions on this subject that
his own son lost his life through virus
Illuminated with tetanus germs.
Some physicians even have in the alb
sence of proof to the contrary given
credence to this fallacy.
1t is fortunate, therefore. that the
United States Public Health Service,
always alert to ferret ont error and
establish truth in sanitation, has IN
dertaken II thorough investigation. not
tetanus following vaccination TO their
sources. and by accurate data sitting
the evidence, but also making animal
experiments to verify or controvert
the idea of transmission Of So fatal a
disease through an indispensably prev
alent practice.
With his well known t%horoughness,
DR.. JOHN +. ANDERSON, director OF
the hygienic laboratory, not only ana
lyZed all the reports of tetanus after
vaccination. but inoculated with virus
in which an abundance Of tetanus
germs was mixed eight rhesus mon
keys and u number of guinea pigs.
These animals, especially susceptible
to both kinds Of germs, took" per
fcctly but developed only vaccine pus-
tules. Examination of a quantity of
vaccine virus sufficient TO protect two
million persons revealed not one to.
tanus germ. although the most deli
cate tests and cultivation methods
were applied. There were reported
forty-One authenticated cases of this
disease among 81, 100000 vaccinations
I'm the United States. Some of these
alleged cases were traced to the source
Of vaccine supply, by means OF the
ltbOIdtoIy Ittolus, ilbHi NV dhi
local source were obtained samples
for examination, without the discov-
cry of tetanus germs, proving that the
latter must have entered the wound
after the operation, as II often does
in the most simple wounds that are
carelessly handled.
Moreover, army and navy Stats
ties, always accurate, show that $1,000
vaccinations were made during nine
years without II single case Of tetanus
following them. The tracing Of virus
IL quite easy by reason of each pack,
age hearing II registered number. The
conclusions reached yer that tetanus
occurring fifteen or twenty days sub.
seIuent to vaccination Is due TO in
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work which led to them must be borne
in mind. The highways must be kept
open, surface traffic must not be OBJ
structed, engineering problems Of
great intrlcacy must he solved under
the most adverse conditions. If Sat.
urday's breakdown was caused by Il
fault in the rock formation, it II
probable that tunnelling would have
resulted in n similar giving way. The
unhappy fact seems to be that such II
vast and complicated undertaking in
wolves dangers human skill cannot
provide against. and the toll of death
must he paid before the enterprise is
completed.
In the meantime Mayor mitchell
and the Public Service Commission
have exhibited ~commendable prompt
ness i'm closing some thoroughfares
absolutely and greatly restricting the
use OF others. This action must BE-
supplemented by prompt for
the relief OF the business men affected,
and a lnudable enthusiasm for safety
must not obscure the fact that the
subways cannot be permitted to bank
rupt those on whom the burden Of
paying for them must fall. The pro-
lection of life is paramount, but the
needs OF commerce cannot be ignored.
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has not been the panacea for Chinese
Ills that the young Orlentals with an
Occidental education had expected. In
the first place, II did not have the
sympathy OF its stronger n~eighbors.
who from their political creed were
opposed to u republic in Asia, and
again. the people were not prepared
for the big jump from despotism OF
the Mnnchus to self-government. YUAN
oon after his election to the Presi-
dency became practically dictator OF
the country. The Constitution existed
only In name, the real government
was an autocrncy. While this brought
an improvement over the decadent
Imperialism that 1t succeeded, IL Is
doubtful IL the influential Chinese
looked upon ii as anything more than
an eypedien,.
The question Of providing in the
permanent Constitution for the Presi-
dental succession and the recent ex-
perience with the japanese were the
principal use Of the present situa-
ton. The Chinese felt that they were
Inundated by the Japanese aggres-
sions, and their patriotism was
aroused as Ii had not been for years.
That they might not he again suffer.
ers from foreign interference they
n Government strong enough
to protect them. The one man who
was able to centrallze authority and
to combine the different sections into
a united nation they believed was
YUAN, and to fortify him in his posi-
ton they have sought TO make his
tenure Of Office permanent.
YUAN has expressed himself as on.
posed to the change Of government
and has gone no far as to declare tina
he would leave China rather than
become Emperor. But YUAN had to
he coaxed to accept the Premiership
In the last days Of the Manchus, and
again the permanent Presidency of
the republic: so there is reason for
believing that even II he did thrice
refuse he may yet be persuaded.
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." Clearing the Decks"

Within a week or ten days, accord
ing to the Washington dispatches. the
President will decide the question of
calling an extra session of the Senate.
Senator STONE and Senator KERN. OF
Missouri and Indiana respectively,
have been strongly urging this step
upon Mr.. WILSON in order. as they
put 1t, ito clear the decks" for the i'm
portant work of the regular session
Of Congress in December.
The particular deck litter specified
as desirable for expeditions radiance
ID the Colombian and the Nicaraguan
treaties. The first named hands over
to Colombia $20,OOO.0OO, accompanied
with the %penhential assurance Of our
deep regrets. The second provides
for the payment to Nicaragua Of So
100000 for rights In the i~nteroceanic
canal route, for several naval base
rights on the Gulf OF Fonseca and for
two islands somewhere on the EAST
N~icaraguan coast.
Both these measures have been long
pending and bitterly opposed. That I'M
der existing methods of Senate pro-
cedure the decks could he cleared Of
them in the six weeks between the
opening Of an extra Senate session
and the regular converting Of Con
gress is 81 prepoSterous a proposition
that asking their acceptance as an
excuse for the very questionable step
which for some more or less mys-
FERROUS reason is being 80 inSistently
pressed upon the President simply
amounts To an impossible o~verdraft
on public credulity.
The real reason for the demand for
IN extra session is obvious enough
and Senator KERN put it very clearly
and frankly several weeks 9 when
he said there should he such II session
Ia pass the Cloture rule to cut off Sen
ate debates. In other words. clearing
the decks means the suppression of
that full. free. unlimited discussion
OF public measures which has eve
existed in the United States Senate
and which has been the means OF
averting so much i'll advised legiSla-
tion and of saving the Treasury from
10 many outrageous pork barrel
raids and river and harbor schemes of
plumber.
With a cloturc rule in operation il
IL unpleasant to think Of some Of the
i'll omened enterprises that are lying
in wait TO take advantage of the fact,
among others not only the Colombian
treaty. but the disaster breeding Jone,
Philippine Independence bill, and
worst Of all, that scheme for Govern,
ment owned shipping which has beer
so long skulking in the background.
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Carl Schurz on the Hyphcn.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sir; Carl
Schurz, speaking before the Chamber OF
Commerce OF the STATE of New York in
1896 said
Nobody will deny that their Irish
born American c%itizensl hearty owe FOR
their native land Is as such entirely
natural and entitled to respect but as
American citizens, having sworn OK
elusive allegiance to the United states.
not one of them should eve forget hat
this republic has a right to expect OF
all its adopted citizens, AS to their at
titudc toward public affairs, especially
questions OF peace or war, the loyal
and complete subordination OF the in
terests OF their native countries to the
interests of the United States"
AMERICAN.
PATERSON, ". J., September 25.
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Yuan Shih-k'ai, Emperor.

The agitation of the last two years
for IA change of government in China
has apparently resulted in II decision
10 substitute for the present republic
a monarchy with YUAN SHIH-K'AI as
IL head of the new dynasty. This
was effected not through the violence
Of MAI that has so often accompanied
such revolutionary changes in the
West, but. according to reports,
through the petitions Of influential
persons In all parts Of China and
against the wishes OF YUAN.
The republican form Of government
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In Time of Peace.

I'm time Of peace prepare for war"
Just AT this moment there are three
different applications Of this ancient
maxim. One party declares that the
proper way to prepare against not
for war. which Is the true meaning
Of all preparation. il 10 make the
country so strong that no other oul
try will be eager to attack it.. These
people are called militarists. II very
hard name indeed. Another party
holds that we cannot have war If We
have no means of fighting and that
therefore the best possible prepara-
ton is unprepa redness. Naturally the
supporters of this doctrine do not con
slider nor care about the advent of "A
possible enemy. II one does arrive at
our shores he must be permitted TO
land and take whatever he desires.
But of course he would not do such "A
thing. Noble ideals forbid ruthless
conquest. one understands that If
any land devoted to noble ideals
found a casus belli with this country
and then learned that we could not
fight by reason Of having nothing Ia
fight with. she would Immediately
say, 'Oh, well, in that case, of course,
we shall employ moral suasion.'
There Is a third party whose doc
trine is now preached with v~Ociferous
and incsssant elopuence. What this
party says In effect is I'm time OF
peace prepare for war. Make certain
that you are going to have a war.
You can do this by only half pre-
paring. Let the information 60 forth
10 all the other nations of the earth
that we have about half an army
half a navy. no trained reserves. IL
aviation corps or scout cruisers. no
one-auarter Of Il submarine heet, nc
heavy artillery at all, and no rapid
field transport. But we are neverthc'
less getting ready for a fight. In time
Of peace we are preparing moi only
for war, but for defeat. Come over
and help yourselves"
As between the proposals of mel
who earnestly hope that the United
States will never fight any one Oh any
ground, and that of the extraordinary
statesmen who believe that the country
can be made perfectly safe by provid.
ing it with a feet half the size of one
which an enemy could bring to III
shores, or an army Of similar proper
tons, most of US should Iearnestl,
hope for the triumph Of the dove anC
the philanthropist. They, at any rate
would hand u country over to a for
eign Power without the useless sacri
flee Of lives. Nevertheless some Amer.
leans will continue to he 80 old fash
toned as to wish to preserve the in
dependence OF these United States
and the only way to do that is to
make 1t unassailable.
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AMONG THE UPLIFTERS.
How Ideal Election Laws Differ One
From Another.

To II EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir; After
reading your editorial article on AN
other A~bsurdity of the Election Law"
even a b~enighted Bay Slater is forced
to believe that when it comes to election
legislation Massachusetts, is a hit more
clear headed than Is tho great state of
New York.
why should a candidate "~designated'
for "A nomination be required to decline"
such nomination? over here we put the
cart in front of the horse and require
n candidate To accept "A nomination, or
designation, by signing his name in "A
space marked for the purpose, This
would seem to he the natural way OF
doing things.
Now that New York has seen NJ to
adopt the Massachusetts ballot" with
no resulting fatalities it nay he that
she can pick up some other good thlGgs
by looking to the east.
JULIAN r. DiLLABY.
Boston, September %.
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An Opening for Political Sagacity.

Railroad gross earnings are reflect
ing the broadening movement of gen
eral business with gratifying gains.
Allowance has TO he made for their
comparison with the Shrunken reve-
Tue of a year ago, but net income
has made even more gratifying in
creases, thanks to the heightened eti-
cheney of operation which circum-
stances have forced upon the rail
roads.
In this situation what a magic e.
feet on general business conditions
could be produced by "A more liberal
policy of State and national regula-
ton which would enable railroad
earning power to be adequately ex-
pressed in terms of buying power!
Without the libFraliZing Of regula-
tion railroad arrangements will un-
dOubtedly feel obliged to husband the
resources which "A larger volume of
traffic brings them and use income
iH'Ht Hl"i'"-S W. ~"
Improvement. With liberal regula-
ton they would he encouraged TO an
expenditure for better transportation
facilities which would communicate
stimulating impulses 10 all lines OF
domestic business and augment the
expansive Influences which the bril-
liant crops of the year add to the
foreign trade factors in our recovery
from depression.
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lection received about the tenth day
after the operation from some source
like that furnishing the germs in
other cases.
The elimination Of suspicion of this
most obscure and dreaded though
rare complication of vaccination from
the other trumped up perils assigned
to this innocent little operation may
bring comfort to those who have been
disturbed by the well meaning but
deluded antis. We have presented
the scientific evidence fully because
they never hesitate to cast doubt
upon the statements of the most dis
Interested investigators.
The reader may form his own iudg.
ment.
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"There are 500. 900 voters In NasSa-
chusetts. Every one of these voters
will either be seen personally, be spoken
to at a rally or receive a circular before
election day, Many of them will he
approached from all three angles. Signed
cards plcdg!ug support to the suffrage
movement are pouring into our head
quarters by the thousands.
"Our publicity is gaining all over the
state. There IL hardly IN editor identi-
tiol with any newspaper Of standing in
the Commonwealth who Is not pledged
To- suffrage and g. doing his utmost to
place the women Of our State upon a
political equality with men.
zone of the finest things that have
happened IN our campaign was the great
Endorsement that we received from the
entire representation from the suffrage
States ut The Governors convention in
Boston on August 81. In spite OF OIL
invitations to attend other tunC-
lions the ten men who represented nine
of tho suffrage States At the convention
Joined together and attended "A luncheon
given them by the Massachusetts
Woman suffrage Association,
These men spoke, Gov. Stewart Of
Montana, Gov, Lister OF Washington,
GOV, Capper of Kansas, eX-Gov, Carey
OF Wyoming, GOV. Dunno of Illinois,
GOV, Hunt of Arizona, GOV, Alexander
of Idaho, eX-,iov. Ammons n eX-Cov.
Adams OF Colorado and Gov, Spry of
Utah This was the full representation
from the suffrage States nj the Gov
ernors' conference, o Lister said
that he would rather go to a suffrage
meeting and tell the true story Of
woman suffrage in Washington than
make an address at the conference it.
self,