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Simplicity Itself.

The intellectuals of the Columbia
Economics Club were clarl-
fed and strengthened this week by
a few well considered thoughts ex.
tracted from the profound depths OF
the Commissioner OF Tenements and
spread before the seekers after wis
dom for their benefit and improve
ment Consider the supreme philo-
sophie heights attained in the sub
joined disclosure:
No temporary palliatives get TO the
root Of the unemployment situation"
Let all who have cherished the be
lief that temporary palliatives do go
to the root OF the unemployment sit
uatlon revise their doctrines What
is the difficulty? 1t Is simple:
Ability does not count in getting a
job"
This revelation OF a generally I'M
suspected condition should lead to dis
covery Of some specific remedy for all
that Is wrong with us. 1t does:
IAN taxes that are now being levied
should be abolished.
Il say that the Government should
be supported by taxes on values that
the people have themselves created,
81 urge tax on the value OF land and
urge free trade, a universal free trade"
Meanwhile, is there no room for
Improvement in the tenement house
laws, the method of their enforce
ment, the system OF administration
within the office, the personnel OF
the departmental force?
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SHALL WE HAVE FREEDOM
Or Are We to submit to Government
Regulation OF Our Meals?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir! The
bill to prohibit the sale OF liquor or
beer with a meal on Sundays, intro
duced at Albany by one Howard, "
asinlne and desire to protest against
the infiiction OF other peoples religious
scruples upon me and others OF my
kind.
There is a clause in the Constitution
OF the United States which guarantees
the citizen the right to worship rellgi-
ously as he feels he should without re-
strIction, and | for one do not propose
to have the religious Ideas Of sect Inn
posed upon me without struggle, ana
any law in regard to Sunday is an at
tempt to compel others to observe the
Christian Sabbath. was born and
brought up as Christian, but | do not
care to observe their Sunday. principally
because I can see no sane reason for not
having n drink on Sunday, or not going
to a picture show II | 30 desire. III A
thing is wrong on Sunday 1t Is wrong on
ain humbed. England Is our best Gus
Thursday, but II should be left to the
individual to decide, Morals cannot be
controlled by legislation, and the sooner
some of our misrepresentatives learn II
the better for all concerned
The Jewish people observe our Satur-
day as their Sabbath. Would we care
to have them inhlct II upon us by legis-
latlon II they should some day be the
majority? Yet their Sunday Is Just as
good and useful a day as ours.
The objection OF many people In re-
gard to the discussion OF religion Is
asinine and merely subterfuge to e.
cape the discovery of certain shams.
Anything which presumes to control our
lives must be discussed and threshed
out, and 1t Is the duty OF every courage
Gus newspaper, as every mans pulpit
to assist.
n the purpose Of this bill IL to re-
form drunkards II is as useful as a stale
egg. True reformation can be accom-
plished only from within the Individual,
and law never has controlled and never
can control morals. Time has proved H.
II /, as n gentleman, enter a restau-
rant on Sunday and desire a glass OF
beer with my meal, am, as free man
entitled to 1t, and I don't consider II
any one else's business. II that is
crime, make the most OF It." But IL
buy a meal on Sunday and desire beer
or wine with II, or II l want II wlthou'
the meal, must have sane reason
for not getting II and not just the state.
ment that ITS wrong" from some hall
baked moralist. w. X. STARRETr
| BROOKLYN, February IL.
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wHITMAN's HARDEST TASK.
Getting Efficient Men for state
Jobs Mt Small Salaries.

How do you like being Governor" a
reporter asked Gov. Whitman at the St
Regis yesterday.
well. to be perfectly frank" Mr.
Whitman replied, with . smile. ~ think
| enjoyed being District Attorney more"
The Governor said his hardest taxi
at Albany was getting efficient and
honest men to accept public office.
THE trouble" he said, lis that the
salaries are too small to attract the
kind OF men who should have the places
But | think we have done very well con-
siderng the handicap. No one is die
tating who shall I'LL the places at my dis
posal"
The Governor expressed satisfaction
with William Hayward's work as counsel
for the committee that is invest gatng
the Public Service Commission. He
said:
Mr.. Hayward Is my personal counsel
and by giving his services to the com
mittee the State has saved about $50 OO0
in counsel fees. That is an important
economy"
The Governor said with conviction that
the bill transferring the assessment and
determination OF taxes from the Comp
troller to the Tax Department would be
passed. This is the measure which
Comptroller Travis Is nghting.
Gov. Whitman OBLIGATED yesterday AZ
the formal opening of the new Volun-
teer Hospital at Beekman and Water
streets He was greeted by a typical
water front crowd, which shouted "Our
next Presidentr' at him While he
laughed back their welcome the Gov
ernor congratulated Gen. Burlington
Booth, Mrs, Booth and Mrs John Drexel
OF the social service committee OF the
hospital on work performed and their
plans for greater benefits for the poor
OF the downtown district.
| The Hebrew Orphan Asylum band
played, while Gov. Whitman and his
military secretary, Major j. s Moore
took their places on the platform outside
the new hospital building.
| Gov. whitman. addressing those In
front Of the hospital as fellow towns
men," said that no nobler work could he
undertaken than that to which the Vol
| unteer Hospital u dedicated
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DARWINISM.
"a Lying Philosophy Only Ends In
Broken Heads"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--sir: The
very courteous reply from 1T. Il. w"
in THE SUN merits an equally courteous
reply. have no quarrel with the Oar
winian theory OF natural selection as
such. although well aware that its truth
is gravely questioned to-day by some
OF our best scientific thinkers.
What / object to is the cheap and
false deduction thcrcfrom that In the
struggle for existence mo distinction is
10 be drawn between that of animals and
that OF human beings; whereas, as
look at Il, the only thing that makes us
human, and indeed Is proof OF our human
evolution" is as we rise above this
law" to the higher idea OF loyalty TO
the race.
How any one who has read the teach
ings OF Treltschke, Nletzsche and Bern
hardi can fail to see how the German
mind has become permeated with this
false Interpretation OF Darwinism passes
my comprehension.
And as regards the untold blessings
which have followed the false teachings
OF the French encyclopedias, well. I
am glad that | and my family were not
present 10 enjoy the blessings OF the
September massacres, and I imagine 1T.
l.. W" feels the same.
A lying philosophy only ends In
broken heads In this laundering old
world OF ours. II did hundred years
ago. II Is doing so to-day.
Is Il not wiser 10 get back to tho
wisdom of the wisest practical phlloso-
pher Of all time and realize that only in
race loyalty lies the path OF sanity and
wisdom? WILLIAM DAVIDSON.
tLrcHFrELp. Conn, February ~.
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The German Citizenship Law.

We directed attention some time
ago to the German citizenship law,
pointing out particularly that pro
vision whereby, through compliance
with certain requirements, German
national might retain his native ale
glance even when acquiring citizen
snip In another state. The status
contemplated by this cnactment-that
OF double citizcnship--iS not known
70 the law of any other nation, We
believe, aud its effect on the United
States presented problem of grave
Importance.
The subject is treated by DR. BERN
HARD DtRNgrHG i'm the Fathcyiond, and
after recit.ug the fact that before
such a status may he acquired the
applicant must have a special permit
from the Chancellor, to be Issued only
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SCHOOL AIR.
Is the Problem as Difficult as the Ex-
perts Tell Us?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Is
Il not about time that school classrooms
were ventilated with fresh air by nat
ural upward ventilation? Must we wait
several years longer while the so-called
ventilation experts continue their appar-
emily inexhaustible supply OF expert
ments on college boys and guinea pigs
in City College and on the children In
Public School 3D., Bronx. before pupils
and teachers can have relief? Is this
ventilation problem as complex as ex-
perts would have us think?
| have dealt with the facts exactly
as found them and the conclusion Is a
simple and natural one II Is admitted
that there are reJuvenating elements In
the atmos phere that no scientist yet un-
derstands, but II Is not difficult for any
OF us TO understand that II we want to
be well we must breathe II into our
lungs In a condition as nearly like ma
ture produces It as possible.
JOHN A. WILBUR
NEW YORK, February IL.
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LIKE THE LUSITANIA CASE.
In the Spanish War an American
Yacht "MIsused" the British Flag.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: In
regard to the misuse" OF the American
flag by the Lusitania ! would like to
ask IL the following is not parallel
ca Sc At the beginning OF the Spanish
American war we we're at Punta Arenas
in the Straits of Magellan on our own
schooner yacht We had put in there
for supplies on our way to Valparaiso.
At once on learning OF the war we
turned back for North America to offer
our yacht to the United States Govern
ment. Subsequently she was accepted.
on arrival at Rio Janeiro we were ad-
vised OF the danger In running the
Spanish BLOCKADE" to Gloucester, Mass,
under the American flag. To avoid cap
ture we hoisted the British merchant
flag and got to Charleston. 5. C., In
safety. although we were fired on once
by a Spanish cruiser. which. however,
on seing the British flag let us go on
We never heard that the English Gov
eminent took offence or even any no
tice OF the incident, although the news
papers spoke OF the "ruse" we had
practised. GLOBE TRorrER
BosToN, February II.
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General CARRANzA's expulsion Of tho
Spanish Minister JOSE CARO- from Mex
leo raises the question whether for
eign Governments will desire to be
represented in Mexico II any militant
patriot temporarily in possession OF
the capital can throw the credentials
OF an Ambassador or Minister In his
face and cast him out Of the country
The offence of Senior CARO- was harbor-
ing Spanish citizen who had been
accused Of aiding General VILLA II
such a charge is to be the signal for
expelling a diplomat from Mexico, what
one ls secure in his official place OF
residence?
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on reports through the German con.
sular service. he says:

Such permission will not be granted
where a conflict OF duties arises.
THE United States demanding an oath
Of allegiance and abjuratlon, such per-
mission is out OF question.
mo German consul ever recommended
1t and there is no American citizen exist
ing who retains German citizenship"
Under the laws of the United States
the oath of renunciation each appll.
cant for admission to citizenship must
take is precise and specific. and any
reservation in the mind Of man sub
scribing to II would vitiate 1t and
render his papers revocable for fraud
and himself liable to prosecution. But
this would be small recompense for
the abuse of hospitality and the posi-
tive dangers entalled by a dual allie.
glance, fact which DR.. DERNBURG's
emphatic words show he thoroughly
understands.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-13

THE SUN invites questions regarding
the income tax law which its readers
find too Intricate to answer Last year
hundreds OF SUN readers who had dffi-
Guilty in applying the law to their own
particular case wrote to THE sun. and
their questions were answered through
It's columns.
An arrangement has again been made
with Babson's Statistical Organization.
economic engineers, OF which Roger W
Babson, the statistician, Is president.
to answer all income tax questions Each
person subject to the Federal Income
tax law is required to file a personal
report OF his actual income before March
/. THE SUNS special question and
answer bureau is particularly useful
to tho small taxpayer, whether a prl-
vate individual or corporation whore
special expert is maintained to solve
these problems, in clarifying the ques-
tons that arise during the preparation
OF the income report
In answering the questions TIE SuS
cannot he responsible for the adapta-
ton OF it's replies to individual cases
but accurate information will be fur
nished regarding the special legal points
upon which the query is based. The
questions should he written as briefly
as possible, and they will be answered
in sufficient detail to give the infor-
nation required to help the reader fr-
ure out his debt to the Federal Gov.
eminent.
Tho first instalment OF answers will
be printed within a few days, and after
that the questions will be answered
from day to day as rapidly as they are
received. THE Sun cannot undertake
In any case to mail personal replies
to its readers or to answer the income
tax questions in any other way than
through It's columns. The questoners
full name should be signed to every
query. together with his address but
only the initials will he published with
the answer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-13
THE SUFFRAGE TEMPER.
Are the Feminists Always Ready to
Do "EyI, That "Good" May Gomez

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: 1t
is a great advantage in a campaign to
learn what your adversary is doing.
The Epenin0 Post, which Is by far the
most candid and intelligent advocate
OF the extension of political suffrage to
women, gives the following informa-
lion:
As for money, We know Of some philan-
thropies that are suffering as much be-
cause OF the suffrage campaign as be
caus. Of the appeals for war sufferers. A
canvasser in an upstate town writes that
there is no money there. because "all the
women I have seen are devoting their
last pennies TO the cause"
have heard this suggested be-
fore, but the paragraph referred to Is
the first authentic statement. In fact,
therefore, when the feminists in this
State are asked to help the starving
Belgians and to clothe the women and
children who have been driven from
their homes by the cruel war, these
campalgners reply, We care nothing
for the Belgians. Give us the vote"
When they are asked TO assist the
widows and orphans in their own State
their reply Is: widows and orphans
do not interest US. All we want is
the vote"
This gives light as to what these
women would do II they should get
the vote. All the ordinary instincts
Of humanity, every call Of duty would
yield to the exigencies Of the particu-
lar contest in which the party might
then be engaged. Experience in the
| at lie
shows this Is the case there now. For
example, in Illinois Judge Puterbaugh
one Of the ablest Judges In the State
was tabooed and voted down because
| he was not a suffragist. So far from
women elevating the tone of politics
in those States where they have ac-
tually got into the saddle, they lower
IL. for the very cause that makes them
in this State withdrew their wonted
contributions to charities. That Is &c
say, the one thing that for the time
they want makes them unmindful oi
anything else. They are always ready
to do evil that the good which they
imagine is most important may b.
obtained.
This temper is most dangerous II
public affairs. We cannot say tha
men are altogether free from II. II
fact there is already too much of 4
in politics That is why men do no
want the women, who ought to keeI
up the ideals OF right. to forget thes'
ideals and put their whole energy int
a contest for immediate success.
EVERETT p, WHEELER.
NEW York, February IL.
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Manchester's Advantages over Liver
pool as a War Port.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-sir:
have read the article in THE SUN deal
Ing with the congestion OF freight at
Liverpool, and ! would like to point out
that the port of Manchester, although
handling unusually heavy cargoes, has
been free OF any difficulty of moment
in respect to the handling OF traffic.
This Is because the port of Manchester,
the most recent addition to the great
ports OF Europe, liz thoroughly equipped
with the newest and most modern ma
chinery. All the docks at Manchester
are In direct connection with the great
trunk lines of England, the freight be-
ing loaded direct from the steamer to
the railway car without the need OF
intermediate handling. Indeed, II nee
essary, the whole length OF the Man
chester Canal, some thirty-six miles
could he used as one continuous wharf,
especially as along the banks railway
lines traverse 1t all the way
@. ARMSTRONG.
NEW YORK. February IL,
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Have Statutes Nullifed the Law OF
Supply and Demand?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-sir: It
surely must be that some hidden clause
In the Sherman antitrust law will allow
vs. to export wheat at $l65 a bushel
but enable us to purchase here at nor
NAL price Of say SO cents.
II the sherman law IL inadequate,
surely the Federal Industrial Relations
Commission, which has been kidding it.
self (only), can find some way to com
pei the farmer TO offer his wheat to our
own consumers first at a maximum price
OF SO cents a bushel
CHARLES T. ELLIS.
New YoRK, February 10,
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EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW
Does the Nation Recognize Glass Su-
periOrlty Of Trades Unionists?

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: The
United States Supreme Court confirmed
decisions OF all lower courts In Dan
bury Hatters" case.
Now the union has tho nerve to make
the outrageous suggestion that the peo-
pie OF this country pay their bill
II Congress Is to interfere with a
decision of the final court It is not rep
resentatlve as intended, and for one
am In favor of compelling an enforced
adjournment of at least five years.
The sooner everybody In this country
realizes that laws should be enforced
absolutely without discrimination, that
much sooner will we all he better off.
This problem OF the labor unions has
Just about reached the limit soon II
will have to be fought out, once and for
all, ROBERT X, DEMAREsr.
New YORK, February H.
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Keep the Legislature in the Capitol
at Albany.

That the city Of New York. as the
natural result Of long continued
course OF extravagance and waste,
has reached a financial condition OF
the most serious lmplicati lions Is
fact known to every Intelligent man.
The contributions made by the Legis
lature of the State to this lamentable
situation are fully understood by
those whose interest has led them 10
Inquire into the subject Unhappily.
there Ia nothing in the record OF the
Legislature record that Is written
In the statute books OF the state, to
indicate that 1t has had In the past
any other object than to milk this
town for the benefit of the rural dis
tricts when the Republicans have
been in power, or for the political
good of Democratic spoilsmen when
they have had authority.
Has the Legislature which came
into office on January a standard
OF economics and political con
science different from those of Its
predecessors? 1t Is Republican; 1t Is
dominated, as a Republican Legisla-
| ture must be, by men from above the
northern boundary of Bronx county
It includes in its membership familiar
/ figures whose antecedents have not
been forgotten, and whose oratoric1l
outbursts concerned with the popula-
ton OF the Ave boroughs have a highly
reminiscent favor.
Yet this Legislature proposes now
10 appoint committee to inquire
under its broad authority into the
conduct of our municipal affairs, os
tensibly to the end that our financial
system may be remodelled, the motto
rious leaks In our treasury plugged
and the outgo from our strong box
brought into a rea sonable relation
with the sums that might he raised
by taxation without imposing too
great burden on the people OF the
town. This object Is admirable; the
legal power of the Legislature is I'M
questioned and yet there Is dis
tinct dislnclinatiOn on the part oil
New York city to welcome this vista
tion with the enthusiasm that woul(
mark the company of stranded sh'!
as the life savers approached It.
Outside Of the Republicans, foI
whom any investigation Of New Yorl
and It's affairs always affords soli'
sustenance. and the Tammany gen
fuses who would scruple at nothing e
diScredit the present city administra
tlOn. who can contemplate this threat
ened lncurslOn with sentiments ex
cept Of disgust and alarm? who no
possessed OF an interested politica
motive can look forward to the descen
Of the Albany qucrlsts with compo
sure? Who can discern in their pro
posed inquest the possibility OF goo,
to the people Of New York city,
The truth is that the city admins
tratlon. under capable leadership, !
lntelligently and faithfully attackin
, a great problem, or cOnGeries of In
terrelated problems, with moderatlo
and good sense. 1t Is making progress
, II will continue to make progress II
; Is left alone. But its progress will b
halted. what 1t has gained will he los
and New York's last condition will b
worse than its first, II the evil inht
euce OF partisan politics Is injecte
$ into it's difficult task.
Let the Legislature keep to the Car
I itol at Albany,
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NEW YoRK'S GENEROSITY.
why Does Not Uncle Sam Educate
His Own Wards?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: It
has been reported in the press that the
Federal Commissioner OF immigration at
this port has nduaed the city authors
ties to delegate teacher from the pub
lie schools for the instruction OF immi-
grant children at the immigrant station
at Ellis Island.
1t would be interesting 10 know why,
in the first place, the Federal official
did not apply to the Federal Govern
ment for the means OF carrying out his
benevolent purpose toward the Federal
wards for such they are; and In the
second, what lawful right the local au-
thorities have to divert the proceeds OF
local taxation 10 the instruction OF chill
dren outside their Jurisdiction,
TAXPAYER.
NEW YnRR EehrlInrY IL