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grssor to- j. Robert Rurnham, 2oi W
Naiu street Phone l5ll-Ndv
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FOR ,lcau cotton raEs-Worid office,
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Robert 4. McBlrncy. UndertaklnS
puJuJs IN West Third St Phone Neb,
Residence phone l9l-Adv.
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At III Dorado
The test OF The Wichita Natural Gas
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
The Way an Old Town Solved the Tax
Problem.

To THE EpIT1R OF THE SrS-Str. I
once lived in "A place where they had an
odd way Of levying taxes. II was a very
easy way Of toms and might interest
the Mills committee.
First a return was made by a citi-
zen to the central government, and upon
this return a tax was assessed. II was
levied upon income and upon capital.
\ man with an income resulting from
his own work. paid less than one derlv-
Ing his income from invested funds.
The city government figured its levy
on the basis OF these returns, and the
year | was there IL needed 100 per cent,
OF the amount the national Government
collected. The amount collected by the
latter did not vary from veal to year.
The county collected It's revenue IN the
same way az the city.
Ny tax was about 500 TO the ma
tional treasury. To the city ] owed
$3.50 and 20 the county SIS. a total of
s3O5. and all payable to the same Off
c!al. The division was made later.
II was simplicity itself.
The tax on real estate was low and
depended largely on tho income from
the property.
All this happened In q very old town,
where they have probably gone through
just such troubles as New York is hav-
Ing now and the above was their way
OF solving the question. T., y.
NEWARK. y. j., October 22.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
THE PRESIDENTS THANKS
GIVING.
An Examination Of His ProclamatlOn's
Rhetorical Content.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Str: The
President IN his Proclamation for
THANKSGIVING says. "Among other
things. we have been able to assert our
r.ghts without breach of friendship &C.
What Is a naked assertion worth with
out compliance"
What lights have we asserted that
either Mexico or Germany has COM
piled with" The case of the Lusitania
j. still unsettled and Mexico Is still kill
ing our citizens.
He also says, "Out OF darkness and
pefpleNities ave come hrmer counsels
OF policy and clearer perceptions OF the
essential welfare Of the nation
Does ne refer here TO his policy Of
watch'ul waiting while the Mexicans
have been numbering our citizens. or his
policy of tlmid inactivity while Germany
has been drowning them"
The net result is that We have seen
more OF our citizens Killed during the
administration Of Woodrow Wilson by
people with whom We are not at war
than during any other similar period in
our history.
We have seen little or no action taken
TO stop such killing. at TIE same time
Ne have seen ourselves stripped OF the
respect OF every decent nation.
Are these the things We are TO be
thankful for No greater amount OF
"plfle' has ever been Incorporated In a
public proclamation than Mr.. Wilson has
put IN this. LIVINGSTON R~uTHERFrRD
NEW YORK, October 90.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
Two Queations AnaNered.

THE Sun Is willing to sacrifice n
little OF its space to answer the lues-
lions p%ropounded in the subjoined CON-
munication:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: why
so silent upon the proposition OF Under
Sheriff FRANK X. Bowers to return some
$4,000 annually to the city treasury.
while you advocate large appropriations
Of the clty's money to standardize a
few small salaries which will net not
much more saving in the aggregate to
the people?
Incidentally. does not everything you
say about PERKINS apply equally to
BOWERS? HENRY q. THOMAS.
NEW YORK. October 49,"
We have been silent about Mr.. Bow.
rRs's ridiculous attempt to buy the
Office OF Sheriff Of New York county
for about sdD.OOO annually because we
considered 1t so silly that It was not
necessary to expose its essential cor
Iuptlon ana immortality.
Nothing that we have said about
District Attorney PERKINS applies to
Mr.. RowERs. Mr.. PERKINS is a mature
and capable citizen.
THE Sun has hitherto ignored Mr..
BOWERS in the belief that the superior
qualifications and precminent capacity
Of ALFRED r. SMITH, his Democratic
opponent. must inevitably result in the
defeat Of Mr.. BowrRs at the polls. and
we are confirmed In this opinion by
the intelligent action Of the Citizens
Union. which. after q careful scrutiny
~ the two candidates, yesterday de.
cided against Mr.. BOWERS and In
favor OF Mr.. SMITH.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
Has This Country Earned Its Bless
ings?

The Thanksgiving proclamat1ons Of
the Presidents would make an inter
esting collection. As we recall these
documents. they have been remarkably
free from can and rant. Sometimes
there has been apparently little to
give thanks for except that things
might have been worse and were not /;
but this year we have been blessed Of
the earth's abundance and safe in q
world Of perils.
In reading President WILSON'S proc.
lamation some searching queries arise {:
How much do we owe the year ~
peace to u " wisdom, and how
much tn the more or less deserved AMI
direct intervention OF n kind Provi-
dence? How deeply and how truly
has our national consciousness been
qu!ckened? Has any part Of the price
Of our safety and prosperity been loss
Of self-respect or the respect Of other
peoples? Have we been in all things
American?
As these questions are answered in
the hearts Of the people OF these
United States will President WILSON'S
proclamation he proved sound and rue
or inadequate and romantic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
The Night Schools.

The night schools will close. IL they
close at all, for the smallest period Of
time required for the accomplishment.
of the formalities necessary to pro
vide money TO maintain them. OF
that We are sure. Involved as it,
finances are, the city Is not too poor
to furnish educational facilities fo-
the thousands OF earnest men AMI
ONE who resort 10 these institu-
lions for serious study and instruction.
Therefore the money 10 support then
will be forthcoming.
But the discovery Of money to meet
the deficiency ought not to end public
Interest in this Incident. why did the
appropriation run short: ont of the
tremendous expenditures made by the
Board OF Ednratlon was II not nos
sible to save enough 10 keen the 1t,
class rooms op"ut Might not "A cu,
have been nadc elsewhere. mj.ht NOT
an experiment have been ltestponcd
might not certain novelties iof peda.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
ANegiigibie Attack on Judge Swami.

If the Republican opponents of
Judge SWAMI were eve approx
matcly confident Of defeating him for
District Attorney not one Of them
would be resorting to such a personal
attack as has now ~disfgured an other
wise gentlemanly canvass.
No assailant OF Judge SwASN's
character, Notwithstanding the eager
ness Of his p~artisanship, can possibly
believe that he IL morally unfit to be
District Attorney without believing
that he has always been unfit to sir
on the bench and this we do not for
n moment believe that anybody be,
lieves, wen under the most intensified
Impulses Of campaigning.
We deplore this unfounded attack,
without in any sense regarding 1t as
putting the Democratic candidate on
the defensive.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
The New Mar~euIaise.

There's a mighty host that's marching
through the sursing streets to-day,
with tn. bra . hlar- OF busles and OF
blatant. pulsins drums.
And the tread OF COUNTLESS thousands
moves In rhythm an they sway
as the tatetul moment Gomez.
Ana the weapons that they oarry. where
they par in ranks of white.
Are tho basic truths That underlis a
nations sacred vow.
The promise that the FNthsv made when
gazing at the Hight
That Freedom shed upon them-Ani
the,- women zee II now
Not an army set on slaughter. not bat.
talions sworn TO XIII,
Not to Turk and wait In trenches for a
foe they hate and slayl
No, th.ir strength IA OF the spirit and they
have the heart and will
To show a bruised and bleeding race a
better, Drawer way.
And the hymn they raise In chorus A. they
pass before a thronx
That thrills with hope reviv!ng for a
race that's seeing red.
Is a new and grand.r Marseiliaiss, that
speaks tho word IN song
That the God VIII save us liberty 10 not
a god that's dead.
That tells a weeping, weary world that
mourns for youth that lies
Asleep IN death on battleneids acro~s
the sobbing sea
THAT now again a star OF hope 10 ahinins
in the skies,
As on a nisht that grandeur save to
wsiting Gslalse,
EpwAHp 8. Van zILl.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
WOULD ADVERTISE OUR PARKS
Expert Calls Publishing Of ,on.ti-
tutiOn n Waste Of Nonc,.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. oct. .. --'rr -
the most serious wastes Of pull.' u'.-f
Is in public advertising" said q
Moree. advisory expert In ruN'' ~l.
education of the New York c't'e -.
partment of Health and assle'su; sc"--
'hrN of the New York sta" r..Ir '"'
Ald Association, In an address '.rD
day before the New Eugl,ua 'ufa- ..
losis conference. An inquiry ...,.rr
practically every city In the cou.'r.
more than $4,000 population :cFr.'s =
Tact that very few are doing p.F..Hs
to s"cur" the use Of public ut''t.
cording to Mr.. Muree.
Hundreds of thousands. and ey"r
millions ~ public money arc - ,.'. .'-
parks, fairgrounds, hospitals, OIL - %.
Sar'cS. milk stations II tho %"
'iuS" these necessary and usc.
lie utilities are not ADVERTISED ., 500
Merely providing a ~plavGroGfH.
p.'tl or ~dispensary. even who.
is extreme, does not mean tlt' p 10. ...
lie is going 10 know ahou' 'h,..
million dollars spent for a Ya,.
only half used means that rt
million is wasted, We should g.. '..
element Of chance out ~ oar Ua.
and insert Ce~rtainty-tue Co.,.
which can come only through i". H'
and extensive use Of newspaper t..''
tisiug space.
publication OF session laws ~ --''
ticllly no one ever reads II a "a '" =
hundreds Of thousands a ye.~ " Sow
Work. and other States TNnfs1n'.
dollars have been spent dur. = 'ur
few weeks IN printing the en- 90 hV y
the New York state COus'itg.n.
has been presented u~nattractl"N t.'
such small type that ! venture ir ,''
one has obtained whatever ~. '''-.
he may have OF It's 1rrris.o0s '~.
thousands Of dollars OF adVert.s'' = ''"
the State has spent"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
Angry Texans would invade Mexico
now-Neuspdper headline.
firing of watchful waiting on the
border

The late AMOS +. EMO Inherited from
AMOS X. Emo something more valuable
than his portion Of the fortune In the
division Of his fathers estatc-a sense
OF honor that controlled and guided
him throughout his life. whose mani
festations were found IN his daily con-
duct and business relations and not
set forth in pr~etentious conversation
or bombastic ~utterances. When the
civil war destroyed the mercantile ad-
venture in which he was engaged at
the time OF its beginning he at once
devoted his abilities and offered his
person to the all important cause OF
preserving the United States Of Amer
lea. Having made his creditable con-
trlbution I o this object and seen the
nation united In peace he promptly
turned to the task Of paying the debts
OF his ruined firm, and the whole OF
the self-assumed obligation v : dis
charged, regardless Of statutes al lim!-
tation, outlawry or the ~immunitics
universally accorded to b%ankrupts. Nor
did Mr.. Emo regard himself as entitled
to unusual credit for having adopted
lnls CbuIst, WHICH iItltlN SiuhItu
with his conception of an honest gem
tleman's duty. In another emergency,
not forgotten by those who know New
York, Mr.. Emo again shouldered an
unnecessary debt and did modestly
what few men would have undertaken
These things were lone with a sim
plicity and grace that were never I'M
paired; Mr.. ESQ. dwelling in honor,
found II unnecessary To talk Of honor.
THE SUN had particular Interest in
watching with increasing respect the
development Of his admirable qualities;
Mr.. Emo succeeded his father as a
shareholder In the Association publish
ing this newspaper, and when IN the
consolidation of his business interests
ne Invested himself OF his stock he
retained his intelligent and helpful In
terest in the progress ~ the journal
in whose material fortunes he long
had a part. II Is a matter of high
qualification to THE SIN that through
put the changes incident to many
years. and In spite OF the unavoidable
differences OF opinion engendered In
the discussion of public affairs, II re-
ceived to the end Of his days the APP
prevail OF this excellent citizen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23

Our Two Million Women Of Voting
Age.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. The
leading editorial article In THE SUN OF
October II represents. believe, the
opinion of a great majority of open
minded men concerning one OF the most
momentous problems they have been
called upon to decide.
May one who formerly was an uncom-
promising anti" venture to explain why
he low hopes that the women OF New
York will be given full rights OF suf-
frage' In the first place there are said
10 he not less than 1000, 900 women Of
voting age In the Empire state and at
the lowest minimum 10 per cent. OF
them. or 200, 600. are asking the right
to AVE a voice In tire government of
their w country. That the suff~agists
are carrying on their propaganda
merely for the excitement OF the game
is an idea held by many but Il IL an
idea simply childish. These women al
ready possess equal rights before the
law they have equal lights In public
education; in almost all religious Or.
ganizations they possess equal rights. as
they do In social and family life. And
now they only ask that the right TO
full citizenship he denied them no
longer. | wonder II the "antis' ever stop
In him what this means" In the first
place, II means that IA multitude OF
loyal women. who are as intelligent as
their fathers. husbands, brothers, feel a
definite civic responsibility. AN awaken
Ing that may mean much In future to
the republic, We are very much mis-
taken II we underestimate this one fact
alone.
We men trust the women with our
homes, with most of our earnings and
with the health and lives 81 our chill
dren. II we trust them thus We may
safely trust them with the vote. Six
months ago I happened to be on n
steamer with Governor Carlson Of Colo
RADIO, and for three hours we talked
woman suffrage. Governor Carlson
told me that instead of having unrortu-
nate results. equal suffrage Is one of the
best things that ever came to his state.
lie says that the women voters Of Colo
n have exerted a direct and sus-
tanned influence In all moral questions 4:
moreover. that the women nave broad
ened their vision of life immeasurahly,
because no longer Ia their life so cir
cumscribed as In some other states.
Take another definite statement from
one who has had practical experience
In a suffrage state. n man from Kan
sas. De Witt c. Croissant, n native of
Washington, ID. c.. IA graduate OF Prince
ton, for some years resident In GERMANY
and England. In other words a level
headed man OF wide experience. Mr..
Croissant has lived in Kansas for four
years. He says that while the women
out there do not upset party tradition or
party management, they do take a very
decided n effective part In what he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
The Grand March OF Courage.

To the admirable qualities OF contro.
versial dignity. rea~sonableness Of tone
and unrutied temper under good ma
tured gatherings. for which THE SvN
recently gave credit to the sufrragists
and anti-sufragists alike. we now
wish to add, in the case Of the former,
the equally admirable and probably
much rarcr quality Of high political
courage.
To-day In ranks including we know
not how many thousands or tens of
thousands Of earnest claimants Of
the right to vote the s~uffragiTs Of the
Empire State will marcel through the
town with steps as firm and hearts
as hopeful as II the majority in New
Jersey four days ago had counted for
them and o against them.
What man. whatever his individual
notions OF the merits Of that cause.
can help admiring the pluck of these
women under what would ordinarily
be discouraglng conditions?
1t Is only just to express the opin-
Ion that II the vote in the State across
the river had been the reverse Of what
1t was II $4,000 Jerseymen had voted
70 give the Jersey women the ballot.
and 1876, 900 had voted against It. the
anti-suffragists OF New York would
have pursued their energetic campaign
with similar intrepidity.
Indeed, what is perhaps the most
singular and notable circumstance
about this unparalleled contest be
tween two political parties Of women
In that the anti-sufrragists, by their
excellent management and effective
political oratory. are every day helping
to establish the main contention of the
suffragists, namely, that there is moth
ing necessarily u~nwonanly or unseX-
ing in ardent and active participation
in political strife.
Meanwhile there Is no pcrceptible
increase Of indigo In the color scheme
Of the suffragist rainbow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23

ton as an important economic factor.
Under a medical officer and Superin.
tendent THORNTON Of the Long Island
road, close supervision Of food and
drink. camps and bunk ears. and in
spectiOn daily Of each employee. no.
only resulted in rapid execution of the
work hut furnished a practical dem
onstration of the value Of Medical
supervision and discipline in the fur
therance Of efficiency and consequent
economic benefit.
THE Sun has hitherto mentioned
the United States steel industry ~
applying this principle with enormous
advantage. We would suggest emu.
lation Of these well authenticated ex.
amples by smaller industrial concerns
that would readily discover material
benefits from voluntary sanitary pro-
vision for their working people.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
The Execution Of Edith CaveII.

Nothing is more pathetic in the
Cavell case than the unfortunate
woman's realization that mercy was
not to be expected from the military
Governor of Brussels. She admitted
her offence, the aiding Of wounded
British. French and Belgian soldiers
to escape. concealed nothing. equivo-
Gated nothing. disdained to show weak
ness in the presence of her Judges and
met her fate without falterlng.
The woman's humanity to German
soldiers should have pleaded in trum-
pet tones for her. hut VoN KISSING
was not to he diverted from his pur-
pose Of executing the sentence of the
military court before the appeals OF
the American and Spanish Ministers
could reach the ears Of the Kaiser.
There Is now reason I, believe that
WILLIAM would have reprievcd and
saved the heroic English nursc. for
he has interviewed In the eases of other
women and Of some men who also
were found guilty Of aiding the en-
envy" In the same way. BY his action
he condemns the ruthlessness OF the
Military Governor, who has covered
himself with lnfamy and earned an
odious Immortality.
In spite Of the manifestations Of
"f~rightfulness'' with which the record
Is already crowded. we are not will
ing to believe that chivalry TO women
is dead In the German army. To the
rank and file Won BIssIN0 can never
he a hero. Doubtless his monstrous
deed will ne justified: nevertheless,
1t will sicken the soul Of many an
honest German officer. And the Ger.
man women-for woman Is true 10
her sex the world over-will deplore
the fate imposed upon n who was
a victim Of her sympathies. Never
has there been a war in which women
have not played such a part as this
English woman did.
Indeed. to all Germans who have
not been corrupted by Prusslan mill
tarism the hurried. stcalthy shooting
Of hapless EDITH CAvrIL in the dead
OF night behind prison walls will al
ways he a hitter memory. More than
ali the counts in the Bryce report NJ
atrocities in Belgium II will weigh In
The scale OF judgment. for II has
struck the world with horror.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
Economic Value Of Sanitation.

The accepted idea that sanitation Is
Il matter with which only boards OF
health in cities and towns are cou.
cerned fails 10 convey its significance
as al economic factor in Industrial
and other enterprises which contribute
vastly to general welfare.
The recent visit OF JOHN d. RocKE.
TELLER. Jr., to the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company's mines revealed the
fact that not a little Of the discomfort
that led to the deplorahle strikes ~,
that region was attribute bile to the
~insan,tary dwellings and modes OF
food supply existing there,
The ~so-called rebellion ut Wheat.
land, Cal. last year was discovered
after thorough investigation by the
California State Commission Of I'M
migration md Housing to he partly II
not primarily due to the miserable
dwellings and the insanitary environ
ment OF the hop pickers. The com.
mission was led to investigate other
labor camps In that State, with most
b~enefcent results. 1t established a
model camp, and from the practical
data obtained issued n pamphlet con
tanning rules for camp sanitation, pho
tographs and drawings for sanitary
bunk houses, that served the commits
sion to make propaganda through prac-
teal workers under the commissions
engineers. The camps inspected con.
tanned $1,000 Inhabitants. At the burst
hop ranch, in which fatal riots had &C.
Cured during the previous years, the
plckers are now working In sanitary
and attractive tents, shaded by trees,
supplied with shower bath houses: and
three men maintain order and cleanli-
ness, Discontinued hop pickers IN
other ranches have on this account
mainly failed TO arouse the burst
ranch pickers TO Join their strike,
showing that sanitation may remove
industrial warfare.
The efforts Of the United Fruit Com.
pnny offer another example Of efi.
cheney arising from sanitation in m
industry. Having nm aggregate of o.
900 employees In Cuba, Central and
South America. the death rnte was
reduced from - a thousand In 1912 "a
a thousand In 1913 In that division
of its territory In which were applied
large expenditures OF money, skill and
labor for sanitation under periodic
medical visitation. This company did
not wait for the Panama Zone dem.
onstratlon, but proceeded with It's mos.
quito campaigns Immediately after the
transmission of tropical fevers by
thrs" insects was demonstrated.
Th" splendid work of the Pennsyl,
ynnia i;allroad after The foods In
1913 offers another lesson On santa,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23

nations possessed OF a masculinity or
ideal, practice and temper more vigor-
ously assertive and relentless OF amb'-
tion thar ever before?
In comparison with such momentous
questions az these, OF what importance
can be the clamor of all the women or
the and for political equality? In the
face of such possibilities of disaster as
anti-suffragists have urged against this
funda mental alteration of our repre-
sentative standards. of what consequence
Is any mere preference, desire or aspira-
ton? Surely TIL SuN cannot be pre-
pared to throw its enormous influence
in the direction Of the feminist revolu-
ton without meeting frankly and fully
the real and vital issues Of the problem.
issues which your generally cultivated
readers must recognize as inseparably
connected with mans ultimate and in
alienable responsibility for the defence
Of his family, his home. his country and
his freedom? Fam MErcALf.
PLAINFiELD, n. j., October 20.