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emereence from the war ma ster Of
Europe and arbIter Of the worlds
destiny. These leaders Of industry
are jubilant over the prospect Of add
ing the iron deposits in northern
France to the national esources. The
annual output Is 1O.OOO,OOO tons Of
ore, which. they say. German methods
should Increase. Coal mines Of new
territory In France and Belgium are
also to be a valuable asset. and
German thoroughness will make the
most Of them. In Antwerp will be
acquired a trading port available
for the expansion Of foreign trade,
while Brussels will become an In
ternational financial basis, second
only In course Of time to London. The
annexation Of Russian Poland will
he serviceable for agrarian expan-
sion. German ideas and energy being
substituted for Russian inertia ami
thriftlessness.
Both England and France must
part with colonies to a Power that
will know how to get the last mark
out Of them. and to those new terri.
tories the overflow Of German popu-
lation can be sent to look after the
interests Of the Fatherland. So Nord
und Sid runs on in its c%omplacency.
II en%tertains no doubt that the
interest on the val loans can
be met without difficulty. II Is
evidently the opinion of this trade
Journal that in the European as well
as in the foreign markets victorious
Germany will maintain her right to
the lions share Of profit. making
short work Of her competitors. The
alternative Of defeat or a draw for
Germany in the war Is not considered
by any OF her economists. There Is
no one Of such little faith as to touch
the subject. and speculation about it
by the enemy would he laughed to
corn.
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SOrrOwful Proof That England Is
Not Idle.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
this mornings SUN there appears a let
ter headed Wake Up, England :" and
signed wv, j, s." in which the writer
speaks of Englands apparent inactivity
in the war while France and Russia are
doing so much,
This seemingly doing nothing on
the part Of Britain must indeed seem
inexplicable and Is, ! know, causing
many who have no inside Information
TO wonder what is the cause. But that
there must be something doing, although
1t does not appear TO he advertised. j.
plainly evident from the enclosed list
% Canadian casualties containing 2li
names. These names of killed, wounded
and missing are OF the Canadian troops
alone, and a similar list, sometimes
longer, sometimes slightly less lengthy,
appears in the Toronto papers every
day.
The list enclosed was clipped from
the Toronto Mad and Empire Of June
80. This fairly long list indicates surely
that the British are not altogether idle,
however much they may appear SO, SO
far as we can judge from the daily
newspaper reports.
think, too, that Britaln's friends and
sympathizers may safely RELY upon the
judgment and gcnerslship of those at
the head Of affairs in England and at
the front. r. A. =.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, July 3.
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THE CURSE OF PROSPERITY.
Direful Prediction Of the Economic
Effect OF War Trade.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Is
II the friend of the American people
who insists that we assert our right to
furnish munitions Of war to the Allies?
II all our efforts were expended in
producing for the nations at war we
should starve the more we send to
Europe now the nearer We are 10 star
walton, The only commodities Of ad-
vantage to the people to produce are
those which may he exchanged for goods
which they use themselves.
The countries of the Allies are not
able TO send us consumption goods in
return for what we send them, and the
position to sell us in exchange for the
Allies gold what we usually get from
Europe. The suppliers OF war material
protect themselves against the lessened
value of gold 10y reason Of its album
dance by demanding greater prices hut
the workers continue to be paid accord
ing Ia the old standard of value, par
ticularly all those workers not engaged
in supplying Europe. The money that
was earned by other means has less
value,
When the war Is over the gold that Is
here will then go for the building up Of
the devastated lands, and the patriot
ism of the war merchants will tend TO
go where their money is invested the
United States will he an income receiv-
Ing country and the condition of the
people will tend to be as poor as II Is
in income receiving England.
NJ. p. C.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., July 4.
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HELLO. ~SAYVILLE!
Leete Island Talking: Try This Test
for Submarine Receivers.

To II EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir: The
articles Tn TUE SvN # Friday, July ?,
entitled ~"Sayville Wireless Puzzles Of
hcials" and Company Denies Leak"
are Of much importance
More powerful apparatus n
higher masts than are usually put on
submarines would be required The
higher masts might he required. hut the
more powerful apparatus for receiving
would consist OF a few hundred more
turns Of wire upon a cylinder. called a
loading coil. To Illustrate; with my
receiving Sc, that consists of a receiv-
ing transformer with $50 turns OF wire
on the primary. go turns of wire on the
secondary, in four sections OF $50. 2lo,
$40, 2T0 turns each, loading coil OF
800 turns Of wire. two Condeusers.
iNed and variable, a galena de'ecior.
a pair OF $500 ohm phones, ! receive
very loudly Arlington's stun by using
1873 turns OF primary. 2lo turns OF srr-
ondary. Arlirgtors wave loHgth is
2.50o meters. For Sayv'llc. that usually
comes In AZ i've minutes before Ii
l. NJ, | use $50 turns Of primary, ?I0
turns of secondary and 200 to 400
turns on loading coil. Sayville is not
A. finely tuned as Arlington.
The highes, point on my anteHre il
rs feet above the ground. Sayville can
I've heard 1000 miles away, east. south
east or southwest. louder than Brook
Ign navy yard can he heard $50 miles
away in any direction.
The wave length the STATION tSay-
Viilel uses is SO much longer than that
Of a submarine apparatus that the
submarines could not handle it," This
must make the radio experts smile. NV
principal object in writing this is to
advise the radio experts to have the
Chester or some other well euuippel
ship start for the coast Of England and
every night at II + VI. listen in" for
SayNille. after they get away from
America 1000 miles. ard every night
thereafter arrange their receiving set
10 receive Sayville at 1000 or more
meters with their usual antenrR. Thea
lower the antennn rs long as they can
receive Sayville, They can then deter
mine how high a submarines wireless
mdsts must be TO receive the stun
JoUN BEATTIE.
1EErE ISLAND, Conn, July 3.
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Mr.. Burleson's Opportunity.

In the statement Of postal receipts
and expenditures during the year
1014.15. issued on Sunday in Wash.
ington. Postmaste General ALBERT
SIDNEY RuRLEsoN said
fortunately. during The seventeen
months OF It's tenure prior TO the out
break Of the European war. this Ad-
ministration had worked out plans for
simplifying, standa rdizing and improve
ing postal service and administration.
These went into operation during the
last fiscal year and. by eliminating
waste effort, extravaganza. special
and privileges aided very ma
terially in adjusting expenditures to
meet. az far as possible. the depletion
of revenues caused by the war"
No confidence Is violated when It
In revealed that a number Of useful
citizens who contribute to the tax re-
ceipts Of the Federal Government
hope to see the effect Of these econo-
mics made manifest In the Postmas-
ter Generals estimates for 1861.
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THE FINAL
Pathological Examination Of Certain
Mysterious Locations.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: l
have been much interested In the letters
about Sing song kitchee ketchee XII me
OH" which I knew as a child in Mary
land. Has any one suggested that 1t Is
a bit Of pldgln English?
Imported, dear knows how, along with
Hunkydori. which Is simply the name
OF the main street in Yokohama, Hon
cho dori. and which probably obtained
Its sense OF "all right" from the JOY
with which the street would be recog-
nized by one wandering in the mazes OF
Yoka's back streets.
Then there is the word "Taddy." which
I as a baby was taught to say for
Thank you" and which I have heard
many other small people use. Great
was my surprise ITO hear a tiny Jap say
TIA de- in token OF gratitude.
SO Is II not plausible to conclude hat
Sing song" came along with them. as
1t very clearly suggests pidgin English,
but how? FARMERS WIFE.
GREENWOOD, Va, July 3.
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Independence Day Thoughts Of .
Railroad Man.

Mr.. Howard ELLIOTT OF the New
Haven Railroad. In his address yes
terday at Peterboro. \. H.. under.
took the dangerous task Of imparting
statistical Information to his hearers.
He was, however. justified. for the
figures he had prepared reveal the
tremendous extent Of the t%ransrorta-
ton business. and the wonderful
service It renders to the country. The
totals, like the figures with which
only astronomers are familiar, make
scarcely any Impression on the mind
Of n person not specially educated to
understand them. but Mr.. ELLIOTT
reduced them to units which may be
comprehended
I'm the United States there were In
1914. 252.s5s miles OF railroad. or ssh
miles for every 100 square miles Of
territory and one mile of railroad for
every 3si people.
The total revenues OF the roads 70,
that year were s3.o47. 0lo,90s and the
expenses &2,leS.754,ooo and the bal
ance. $3.50. ?s5. soS. was returned to the
people In the shape OF taxes. interest
and a limited amount OF dividends
In the course Of the year the rail.
roads furnished enough passenger
transportation to give to every man,
woman and child in the country a
ride Of $50 miles, and freight trans
pounds Of supplies 2,SS7 miles for
each Of them. The haul Of a ton of
freight per inhabitant in other coun-
tries is:
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the host,lities may disrupt the pres.
ent church organization.

the host,lities may disrupt the pres.
ent church organization.
But the Moravians throughout the
whole existence Of their church have
been victims Of prosecution. 1t was
their struggle against this that early
in history brought them as set
tiers to Texas and Georgia and that
led to the formation Of the colonies
at Bethlehem. Nazareth and Lititz.
Pennsylvania. In the civil war. al.
though Moravians fought on both
sides. they maintained their church
unity. Again. at the time of the
Thirty Years war they were almost
wiped out of existence: for AFTER the
rout Mt White Hill their homes we're
destroyed. the Polish branch Of their
church was absorbed by the Re-
formed Church Of Poland and they
were practically extinct for a cen.
fury. After living through so many
severe trials there seems to he good
reason to believe that this ancient
church will yet prove equal to its
present grave peril.
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GENERAL SMITHS FRIENDS.
Sorrow In the Gas House District Over
the Loss OF an Old Resident.

To THE ErtroR OF THE SUN- sir. New
York's via dolorosa is in length a scart
300 feet. Located on Twcnty-siNth
street. from First avenue its terminus
IL the river. Here much of the city's
mechanism for aiding It's INDECENT. sick
and moribund is centred. Sorrow and
pain. early and late. foot up and down
its pavements on one side is Bellevue's
entrance, thanked by the clinic. the dis
pensary for outdoor relief and. further
down. until lately. the Mortuary. At
the end OF the street the army of the
city's desperately poor apply for help
there the hushandless wife seeks the
dole her marriage partner under threat
of duress Is compelled to pay. Here,
also, for many years has been the
Morgue. clearing house for New Nork's
derelict dead.
In all that little lane of u~nhappiness
the p~lcasantcst figure was Gen. George
Moore Smith, who passed away a few
days ago. one Of the owners Of the
brick plant located on the river edge.
his daily coming and going saw the re-
Election of his own sunny heartedness in
the smiling faces of those who met him.
There were few in that section that
knew as many people as the General,
Even the ambulance horses held him in
remembrance and nickered when he
hove in sight. for he had a pocket. won
derful to them, filled with Jumps of
sugar.
A fine figure of a man to the day Of
his last sickness 6 feet in height. afooi
or on horseback his soldleriy hearing
would never pass uuuoticcd. For his
military service, A DISTINGUISHED one
earned in the civil war. he was made
AdJutant-Gencral and later brevetted
Brigadier-General.
Mayor Gilroy appointed him Police
Commissioner and he served under the
successive heads of our city government
till the end Of Van Wycks administra-
ton. 1t was said of the General that
a more likable mar never stepped in
shoe leather. As one Of the firm Of
Candce. Smith n Rowland his popu-
larity insured the non-existence of labor
troubles. He held in deep affection the
old Gas House district, the place of his
birth and the neighborhood wherein as
man and boy he lived all his life.
The newer influx OF aliens into that
section, changing II from the old viii
lage days, bothered him, for 1t was his
pride TO boast that he knew every man,
woman and child who lived within its
confines. He was unfashiunahly Sc
cretive of his good deeds. and the long
roll of kindly acts and many helps to
the needy were prefaced will the de-
mand that he be never mentioned.
His passing will he specially regretted
by those whose business or profession
centres about T~wenty-sixth street. for
they had learned to know and appralse
with just esteem the qualities of heart
and mind Of Gen. George Moore Smith.
New York, July 5. PET.
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way down South where l was born.
Sins song Kitty. can't you klmeo7
Chopped lie wood an husked de corn,
sing song Kitty. can't YOU klmeo?
CHoRrs.
Keno kino. dar o. war.
Me hi. me no. rumslt pun a diddle.
Sot bug. poddy woody. link um nip cuts.
Sins song Kitty. can't you kimeo?
Come my iub an go wild me.
Sing song Kitty, can't you kimco7
I'll take you down In de countree,
Sing song Kitty. cam you kimeo7
CHORDS.
Now white folks Use gw!ne away.
Sing song Kitty. can't you kimeo7
Sing for YOU some udder day.
Sing song Kitty. can't you kineo?
CHORUS.
Dere wuz a frog libbed In de spring.
Sing song Kitty. can't you kimeo7
An he had such a cold ne couldn't Elm Z
Sing song Kitty. can't you kimso?
CHORUS.
Befo' ! go | want to say.
Sing song Kitty. can't you kimso7
Dis a mighty good song. for mighty DO
pay.
Sing song Kitty. can't you kimeo?
Cuusrs.
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At the Camp Fire,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Al
me 10 submit for the beneft Of old
New Yorker" a variant TO the chorus OF
Sing Song Kitty" as I heard II suns at
the evening sing songs round the camp
In southern New Hampshire:
MI KENO klmo dero nj.
III hee mi hi mi himo homldiddle,
Riny bony homiddie.
Strim strem stromsdiddle.
Rims tum Polly mi,chi kmeo.
WATSON WHITE.
OTTAWA, Canada. June -.
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New York city 10 not adequately or
properly represented BY those who b.
seech the Constitutional Convention
for Q license TO turn the municipality
into o vender Of ice, q dealer in food
stuffs, q manager Of railroads and
bus lines. The town has no desire
to cot UP the taxpayers IN their cor.
porate capacity 40 competitors against
themselves ~ individuala What
)Cew York wants to 80 In the Cons.i-
'St1on that will be laid before the
Sectors in November are provisions
that will insure for all the citizens
of the State two things. Those are:
Equal representation;
Equal taxation.
There Is no substantial body to the
talk Of a Transformation Of the city
government from q political institu-
ton into a department store OF a
manufacturing corporation. The city
needs and asks only for equality. 1t
Is willing to bear a fair share Of the
burden. but II wants the rural e
tons Of the State to treat 1t Justly.
Justice New York city has not had In
the past. and the danger which now
threatens it Is that Justice may be
withheld in the future.
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KI-m.e-O From Ireland.

To THE EDITOR oF THE SuN-Gir.
one we used to sing some fifty
years ago.:
There was an old Paddy from Ireland,
Sing song Kitty can't you ki-me-o.
He went to the priest with the money IN
his hand.
Sing song Kitty can't YOU ki.me-s.
dar a wah.
Heem-a'home-a hime-a, rum jug, purga.
tory.
Lick him with . hrickhat,
Sing song Kitty can't YOU XII me-o.
The old prizes, grinned at the sight of the
tin,
Sing song Kitty can't YOU XII mao.
He promised to pardon Old Fogy from sin.
sins song Kitty cant YOU ki.me-o.
There were other verses which have
faded from my memory. OLD TIMER.
PRINCETON, y. j., July 4.
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ON A COUNTRY ROAD.
And That Road was the Road TO
Washington.

To u EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir
A few days ago / made a visit to a
friend who has bought a farm In the
town of Washington, Conn. l walked
there from a station. in another town
and on the way 1 fell In with a little
boy who said:
schools out for the summer and
I'm going to Washington to work
picking strawberries to help my
mother. I'm Swedish, but / don't
look like 1t. do /? My mother came
here across the big ocean. No, !
never had any father. My mother
never said anything to me about my
father. My mother does washing.
Last week she went out nursing.
Some rich people had a small baby.
Those people W farms and buy up
COWS. and when they get enough to
fill up a car they send them 30
Bridgeport to the slaughtery. And
they raise tobacco and make hats.
No, they don't use the tobacco to
make the hats. They make cigars. a
kind that ! think are called Havana
cigars. Making hats has not been
very good work. The people got mad
at each other. They are all folks and
l don't see why they have to get mad.
We like the folks next door and We
keep chickens too. There Is a pond UP
near where my mother went and q
week ago Sunday a boy got drowned
there. His father and mother saw
him. but he went down three lines.
There Is a little girl this boy liked
and he wanted her to go with him
and his folks. but the little girl had
a dream that he would he drowned
and she wouldn't go. Last Sunday
our preacher said the boy was
drowned because he went out in a boat
on Sunday. go to church. but 1t made
feel bad TO hear about that boy.
| wouldn't kill anything unless I had
TO. ] was born in a city, but not a
very crowded one. 1t was Bridgeport.
! have heard that people that live in
the country are twice as strong as
people that live In the city. I guess
it's because they go out in the air
and out in the cold and dig In the
ground and everything. I'm glad
school is out, but | want to learn all
! can. The teacher let's me haul up
the flag on the flagpole. 1t makes
me feel good to see the flag. ] wan
TO he a scout. but ] am only 10 and
you have to he IL before you can be
a scout. Did you read about the war?
! think the val is wicked and | guess
1t won't come here. IL it does | hope
| can be a scout. / might help a
little Bit
a man In a buggy came along and
paye ne a Ift Tho Iittla hny %, on
behind. There was not much room
there and he fell of. When he grows
up perhaps he may get started again
on the way to Washington. and ! hope
he will not fall off
EpwiN W. SANBoRN.
NEW York, July 5
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Won Tirpitz and La Toilette.

In recent cable dispatches from
German sources the statement IL
made that Admiral Won TIRPiTz Is by
no means averse to war with the
United States. In fact these des-
patches assert that the distinguished
chief Of the German navy Is Of the
opinion that war with us would be
In the end advantageous to Germany
In that, for one thing, Il would block
the way to that American CONNER.
clal supremacy toward which the
German Admiral evidently thinks
events are now tending.
II Admiral Won T1RPITz really en-.
tertains this opinion 1t is in all prob
ability ased on insufficient informa.
ton az TO our actual status in the
field Of international competition.
His absorption In the urgent prob.
lens Of that successfully destructive
German marine warfare which he has
been so ably conducting very likely
has left him insufficient leisure to
grasp fully the Significance Of our
brilliant American exploits along
analogous lines, exploits unfortu.
nately directed against our own in.
stead Of a hostile merchant shipping.
With a clear knowledge of the La
Toilette seamen's act and the far
reaching devastation which that act
Is causing TO the American mercan.
tile marine. Admiral Won TRIPLE
would surely have little unea slness
about possible American commercial
supremacy so far at least az the con.
duct Of foreign trade under the
American flag Is concerned.
As long as the La Toilette shipping
act Is In force no war with the
United States either on the part Of
Germany or Of any other nation Is
needed to block that path toward a
commanding position in the commerce
OF the world which lies 70 tantaliz.
ingly open before us. We have at.
tended to all that ourselves. Our
position as a pitifully limping cripple
far back in the procession Is guaran.
teed and doubly assured by the hob.
bling legislative handicaps with which
our forward looking statesmen have
loaded is. Our shipping is a water
logged derelict floating all nwash
with a dead weight deckload' Of
demagogue legislation heavy enough
to founder ever the most sanguine
hopes OF ultimate survival. In Sen.
ator LA TOILETTE and his coadjutors
who are responsible for putting Ms
where We thus find ourselves. Admiral
Won TIRpITz and all others Interested
In keeping us hopelessly in the rear
have allies more potent than even
war itself would he.
With n law on the statute books
acting as an absolute blight on any
aspirations to an American mercan-
tile marine and another rich with
lurking possibilities Of ruin to any
American foreign trade expansion on
a large scale. u competitors nay
rest in eutdre security. There Is not
the remotest need Of their puzzlinz
out plans for putting spokes in our
wheel. Our W home talent has
demonstrated its capacity for sur.
passing anything in that line which
the most gifted competitive ingenuity
could possibly devise.
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The Nameless Batrachlap.

To THE EDITOR or THE rs fl
response to the request Of "Old New
| beg TO submit a version o.
Frog in a Well" as 1t was familiar "a
me fifty years ago:
There was a frog lived In a well.
Tum a rig tum Polly meta klmo,
But what hts name I cannot tell,
Tun a rig tum Polly meta klmo.
Kimo karo delta share,
kino karo kImo.
string a strang. a Polly meta,
Bola nera Jig.
Tum a rig tum Polly meta kiino
New YORK, June 30. r. WHITE
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clans, who either do not comprehend
Its intricacies or ignore them. 1t IA
treated as II gripping 1t would on
nance the nations prosperity. and In
juring It would contribute to the wei
fare OF the public. a thoughtful con.
slderation Of the figures Mr.. ELLIOTT
prepared for his New Hampshire
neighbors should have a depressing
effect on the agitators who prosecute
1t to line their own pockets or to
achieve political power.
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Mistress Mouse.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir! This
version I remember clearly. as It was
sung TO mo by my lear old father sixty
1--WE years ago:
Mr.. Frog sat In a well.
Rinktum Polly would YOU kimee on?
Mistress Mouse sat In the mill.
Rinktum Polly would YOU kimee OH
ksemo klmo. dayro nj.
Muh hee. muh hi. muh no mo homma-
dlddle.
Rare ee bone e bommadlddie,
Str!m STRAIN strommadiddle
Rinktum Polly would YOU kimee OH
The music IL very bright and catchy.
l remember II distinctly.
An OLD FELLOW WHO DOES NOT For
GET THAT He WAS ONCE YouHG.
New YORK, July 2