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THE LOCKWOOD BILL.
4 History Of It's Preparation. Intro
ductIOn and Modification.

To III EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir. II
has been acknowledged by every one
that the multiplication OF inspections
has practically ruined real estate in
New York city.
The state Factory investigating Com
mission prepared on hat account a ten
tative bill to consolidate the various
city departments and bureaus and the
State Labor Department. In 80 far as
they related to construction OF and
structural changes in build in 4
central Building Department under the
Mayor.
The various boroughs objected so
s~trenuously to this that a conference Of
real estate and allied organizations in
Greater New York was held and agreed
that simpliicat.on was necessary but
that borough autonomy must be pre-
served. This conference had the Look
wood Ellenbogen bills prepared and in
troduced.
The Mayor. desiring apparently CEN
tralized government. or the city Club.
his unofficial arm OF the city govern
'nent.'' had bills presented by Senator
Wagner and A~ssemhlyman Smith 90
turn the matter over to the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment. well know
ing that the board stood . to : IN favor
OF centralizat on and also knowing that
the board had NJ jurisdiction over the
State Labor Department
The conference committee has had
several cont, rences with the legislative
committee and the representative rs OF the
opposition with = view 10 meeting any
Objectionable features that might Ne In
It's 0ll. and on sunday last thes. mat
ters were covered and the memorandums
taken by the introducers of the bill and
mate Mills TO redraft In the bill.
The only matter left unsettled with
the legislative committee was whether
the construr tion Of and structural
changes In mem houses should be
put In the Building Department that
now has TO pass on the plans. with a
representative OF the Tenement House
Department. In that department to see
that the law was properly enforced. or.
as suggested by the Mayors representa-
tives. the ent re supervision should be
lodged in the Tenement House Depart
ment, thereby adding another Building
Department to the city and enormously
increasing the cost 70 the city.
The names OF the executive committee
and the sixty or seventy organizations
included in the conference ought TO have
prevented the mud Singing and asper-
sions cast, and as tho accred tod repre-
sentative of the Merchants Association
Of New York approved tho lockwood
E~ilenbogen bills. ! think hat the ews
papers should give these fatts as full
publicity as the other side has had.
ALFRED h KIRKus.
NEw YORK. March IS.
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Our bipartisan Folly.

Between the expiration of Governor
HIGGrNs's term and the assumption
Of office by WHITMAN New York
State had five Governors-HUGHEs.
WHITE. DIX. SULztR and GLYNN.
WHITE had no opportunity 10 impress
n policy on the State. OF the five Mr..
GLYNN alone knew the States bus
ness and was competent to admin.
lister its affairs with an intimate
knowledge of its necessities. He was
handicapped by a chaotic Inheritance
from his predecessor. a short tenure
of office, and during the major part
of his incumbency an Assembly hos.
tile IN his policies. There WAS re-
specta bility and intellectual capacity
in abundant measure in the EXecu-
tive Chamber between 1907 and 1919.
along with some notorious ~rascality.
but except for GlYNN's few months
there Vas at no time that intimacy
with State affairs that FRANK W.
HIGGINs possessed.
The inevitable outcome of this con
dition Is shown in the tabulation Of
the payrolls of thirty-two departments
prepared by Senator SAGE. Since
1905 their sum has increases in amount
from Si,JOO,Oo0 TO S9,2so,OoO, or by
more than 100 per cent. II went M by
80 per cent. In the days of HUGHrs's
ascendency: 1t rose by 81 per cent.
while the Democrats were in power.
Both parties assisted in loading the
payrolls with men paid to do desir-
able things, undesirable things. Use
ful things. unnecessary things; men
who In any event were paid gener-
OuSly out of the taxpayers pockets.
These facts ARE commonplaces. The
difficulty Is to distinguish between the
justified normal increase In payroll
expenditures resulting from natural
expansion of the States proper func.
lions and those due to wasteful en-
terprises of politicians. The Republl-
cans will naturally denounce those in
'''F' 'h'N VI . Nv i''lll
o~crats; the Democrats will MS virtu.
Ously condemn those that owe their
beginnings to Republican initiative.
Nothing Is clear from the outgiv.
ings on state finance that have
marked the past month. except that
we pny high for n very mediocre
poNprnmpnt and thut its GS,al affairs
nre conducted for the purpose of mys.
tifying the public and obscuring the
means by which r%etrcnchment might
be effected. We are urged to de-
nounc men when a new system of
bookkeeping is what we need we are
brought to put our trust in an indi-
yidual when n ledger Is the instru.
ment required.
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Public and Private Borrower.

Gratifying aspects Of the State bond
sale reported recently have been duly
dwelt upon in financial comment. \
year ago last January New York sold
S51,Uo0,00O Of II: per cent. bonds at a
price to yield III per cent. To the pur.
chaser. Last Wednesday Il week. 81.
10000 of long term obligations We're
taken by a banking syndicate on a
4.0S basis. There was a large over
subscription TO the issue, ana this. in
connection with the highly favorable
price which the state received. testi-
tied not only 10 the sustained excel
lence of State credit but to the ex.
istence of an investment demand which
helps TO strengthen business and tinan-
cial confidence.
At the same time there is "A quail
flying consideration. The sale acceli-
tuated the contrast between public
and private credit, which has been
growing more and more pronounced
in the security markets. There can
he no question that the exemption Of
the State bonds from taxation. eSpc-
cially from income taxation by the
Federal Government, vas n material
factor in the price which the State
obtained for them. They must have
seemed a particularly desirable In
vestment for the recipients Of large
incomes that are subject to the Fed.
eral supertaX.
Government creates Il preference
for itself in the money market by
its power to tax the sOurc OF
its citizens for the support of Gov.
eminent securities. There is here
what might he called n natural dis.
parity in favor Of the public borrower
supported by the taxing power as
against the private borrower subject
to taxation.
In proportion, however, rs the dis.
parity is emphasized 10y the eXcmp-
ton Of Government securities from
taxation applied 10 income derived
from securities. il tends 10 become
unwholcSnme. The disadvantages I'M
der which the private borrower in
crcasingly labors in competition with
the public borrower foster delusisns
about the status Of public credit and
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Paris dispatches make the Belgian
commander at Liese. General LEHMAN.
and the French General MAUNouRr
loom larger than ever as heroic per-
sonages: the crippled LEHMAN because
as a German prisoner Of war he re-
fuses parole, declaring that he still
hopes to be able to offer his services
to King ALBERT before the war ends;
and General MAuNouRY, who had an
eye shot out in the trenches, because
being told by a surgeon that "the loss
of an eye means the loss Of only one
twenty-fourth of the sight exclaimed.
We'll, II that is so W eyes seem al
most a luxury" II appears a hopeless
task to attempt the conquest OF ma
ions that produce men Of such great
soul.
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THE EIGHT SEAS.


To rHE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir, Your
correspondent \ + ~ Yates asks for
IAN acceptable definition of the famous
phrase The sever Seas"
The origin OF the phrase, II am not
mistaken is IN the poetry Of Hawaii
In 1923 william Ellis visited that coun-
try and a day or two after the death
OF Kecaumoku, the Governor OF Maui.
was sitting in the house OF mourn ng :
"A middle aged woman came in and be-
gan 10 sing in a rlaintive tone, accom-
ranNing her song with plaintive gesticu-
lationS, such as wrinElng hcr hands.
Grasping her hair and beating her
breasts, wrote down her monody AS
she repeated II
Alas, alas, dead Is my chief.
Dead Is my lord and friend.
My friend In the season Of famine.
My friend in the time Of drought.
My friend In ms poverty.
My friend IN the rain and tho wind.
NJ friend in tho heat and the sun.
My friend In tho cola from the mountain,
My friend in the storm,
NV friend In the calm,
My friend In The eight seas;
Alas. alas, gone * my friend,
And no more viii return"
The kai awalu, the eight seas. are
the channels between the different ISL
ands of Hawaii, Ellis gives the munody
as above in his Missionary Tour
Is26). page l+9, and also in his Poly
nesian Researches w, IFS. The
phrase, long familiar to Hawaiian folks
has waited ninety years before becoming
famous" II may indeed belong TO
some older time.
The Island mourner could not have
foreseen the English adaptation OF It,
ana the nice ALTERATION But the
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FINES FOR EMPLOYEES.
system Of Docking Adopted by One
New York Concern.

To THE EplTo or TUE SvS-Str; \
corporation in this town. tines It's em-
ployces as follows
one minute late. fine II cents
Every minute late after five minutes,
one cent fine each minute.
Failure through forgetfulncss, Sc. 10
register on the clock AT mig I. %oue.qulr-
ter days pay.
Please note tho quarter DAYS pay. and
IN = Notwithstanding that the employee
can give proofs hy the dozen, even the
department head himself may know H.,
that he or she worked fun time
"" employees are often tiued as high
ts 81 80 a month They are made To
sign for fun pay, though they only re-.
ccivc Il less the fuc. Thcrr are other
things too. If this is legal, the law
surely is "a ass. DIM SrlRo SprRo.
NEW IORk, March rs.
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Yesterday the malicious god Hetero-
phemy made THE SUN ascribe to the
Hon. JoHN j. FrTzoERALD of Brooklyn
a passage from a speech made by the
Hon. F. II. GrLLErT Of Massachusetts.
II continues To be true that the Ad-
min~istrat!on recommended appropria-
tons greater by ss4.404. 664.10 than
the Sixty-third Congress authorized.
The admonition 81 MIR. GILLETT on the
necessity Of an appreciation by the
Executive Of his responsibility In the
matter Of estimates remains true; and
doubtless Mr.. FITZGERALD would saw
Amen TO IL. So We recommend Mr..
WILSON 10 read Mr.. GiLLErT's speech
as we'll as Mr.. FrrzoERALp's.
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The Rev, BILLY SUNDAYS dash ROUND
the bases at Shihe Park. Philadelphia.
in IL scconds-l20 yards with three
turns-was "A performance to make
many a professional in his prime green
with envy. but it will not surprise vet
Gran fans who remember SUNDAY ms
an outnelder on Pop ANsoN's famous
Chicago White Stockings. A live wire
was the youngster in those days. No
rs ball within his radius, which eX-
tended almos, TO the baCkneld fence.
WAS a safe hit, and for stealing and
running bases SUNDAY had no supe-
rigr in America,
But the evangelist at fifty must not
think hat because he negotiated" the
bases in good time he gould train mp
and make a living m the diamond II
necessary" Not in a major league,
anyway, \ man of middle age, no
matter how fit for his years. could not
stand the pace or competition with
youth, which will not he denied in any
sport. BILLY SUNDAY in his baseball
days was a contemporary of hard hit
ting DAN BRoUTHERs and that pattern
of careful living JIM O'RouRKE, both
Of whom played baseball for nearly
twenty years after the Chicago
Splinter retired. But in both cases
what a decline in skill and power there
was as the years went on, Toward
the last no system OF training would
have won either Of these Old men Of
the diamond a place on a big league
team.
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As Provisional President RoorE
GOMEZ GhRA. who reappears in the city
of Mexico to head the civil govern
ment under uhe protection of EMrLrANo
ZAPArA, is too much of a historian
wide his story of the battle of Juarez)
and too little Of a soldier 10 risk his
neck 10y opposing FRANCISCO VILLA, II
is a fair conclusion that CARA Is
VILLAS man as well as Z.PATA's and
also that the two able bodied eA-out-
laws and rising statesmen are work.
ing tremendously together for the con-
fusion Of the C~arranzistas. VILLA *
planned his appropriation Of supreme
powers recently as a necessity Of the
occasion. and disclaimed any desire
to become President Of reconstructed
Mexico. Time. distrustful as il is, vii
show whether this remarkable char
acter was sincere. but "A brief in mis-
favor would make something OF the
resurrection Of Professor CARA as pro-
visional President at the seat of gov
eminent.
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Mrs. MARTHA KoocH. six feet two
in her stockings. who has applied for
patrol work upon the Passaic. New
Jersey, police force to look after the
morals Of young people and old sin
ners. is statuesquely the kind of
woman who should be called to police
duty under the new dispensation in
Passaic. AS belonging to the weaker
sex Mrs. KoocH would have the con-
sideration of chivalrous wrongdoers,
and masculines with no gallantry in
them would display respect for her
massive proportions and potential
strength. Small. undermuscled. fiat
chested. anemic. vinegarish women
should eve be allowed upon a uni
formed police force.
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Sins Of the Fathers.

To THE EniToR OF THE SrN-Sir. 7
read every day in the newspapers of mon
living W q two or more women. who
bring children into lhe world. What
about thcSe children What will he
their future? Must they go through life
sentenced to torture, through no fault
of their own As they grow older their
suffering viii he intense. God alone
knows what torture OF mine they must
endure
Is there no remedy Is there no pun
ishmelt for these men who comm I
worse thar murder? | could tell - tale
Of many chapters OF just suc "A ruined
life, of ono whose life IL a living death
such are the sins of the fathers.
T. J. pAGANL
NEW YORK, March is.
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British squadron upon the Dresden in
side the three mile limit Of one of the
Juan Fernandez Islands, which are
still pretty much in a wild state. al
though Mas-a-Tierra was once used
as a penal settlement, 1t will be a relief
to England to learn from Lieutenant
Commander FIELDING OF the Drama
that the location OF the sunken Ores
den will prove his statement that she
was sent to the bottom ten miles or so
off shore.
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encourage p~rofligacy in Government

encourage proligacy In Government
finance.
Whether or not they do these things
better abroad where incomes derived
from public securities are in many
countries subject to taxation is per.
haps debatable, but the point Of privi-
lege enjoyed by public borrowers in
this country should not be lost sight
Of. We are altogether too much &C.
customed to an artificial rating for
Government credit. beginning with
United States bonds and extending
down TO municipal obligations. That
the result has been to stimulate the
extravaganza Of public expenditure
at the cost Of private capital which
has been attracting concerned atten.
ton in recent years Is hardly open
to dispute.
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II any Arctic navigator ran And sur

vivors Of the Ksrluk upon Herald
Island Captain A. i. JocHIMsEN of the
King and Wing is the man. This ship
has made a famous record In the far
north. and sailormen, explorers and
hunters have unlimited confidence in
her. The chance of the eight missing
men surviving turns upon the quality
OF leadership in the party. II II
reaches Herald Island. There is Arctic
game on Herald in abundance. and
with the right kind OF management
1t is possible to live on the country"
and weather the fearful winter storms
of that high latitude.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SvN-Sir. The
in last SUNDAYS SUN telling how
Ford reclaimed murderers. thieves and
AL around bad men by paying them
s. "A day instead OF 80 30, the usual
suggests the idea that other PEG
pie should be paid twice their present
earnings. Thus We car make all men
honest and do ava with Judge, Jury
and ja!ls, c. r. QuINBY.
TLEAsASrvILIr, March IS.
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The circus Is coming,
Delicious Joy,
That ! may attend ~
borrow a hoy
His eyes Will be ssucers
when they sha,l behold
The sparg,ed performers
A.. daring and bold
Nis s.ics VT, be aching
Az soon AZ no hears
The clowns mirthfui sal,ies
Assu!inG h!s cars
Ana whom am taking
A. cost Of my pe'fT
borrow tho fellow
Who once was myssif.
NcIASnRrnnH wilson.
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According TO a correspondent IN
Tenedos. the gate Of the Dardanelles
is open. but the corridor into which IL
leads is still strongly held by the
enemy" Corridor fighting is notori-
ously ugly and dangerous; only the
stiff punch wins. and the price has to
be paid in broken heads and bruises.
The allied fleet is not going TO gain
the Sea of Marmora without casual
ties, and perhaps the loss OF a ship or
Two.
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oh. hell, What does tina, matter7"

"Oh. he'll, What does that matter?'
exclaimed the Prince OF WALES. on
duty in the trenches. TO an adJutant
who explained to him that a letter
from a soldier was not addressed ac-
cording to court etiquette. Two CEN
turies ago my Uncle TOBY recorded the
distrs ssinG fact that our armies swore
terribly in Flanders" There's ONE
thing in the lad he may turn u 10
be a chip o. his grandfather.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-19

The annual celebrations Of the
Friendly Sons Of St. PATRICK were
marked by a decided loss of prestige
by the new order known as the I'm
friendly Nephews OF Uncle SAM.
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field. He had better stick to the taber-
nacle: the returns are handsomer than
any star" of the first magnitude in
baseball can command, even In these
days of swollen salaries.
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! am hunting for heads with brains
in them, and will try to persuade their
owners TO enter the service Of the state,
-Gorcrnor CHARLES :. WHITMAN.
And nohoiy will deny that the State
needs them.
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Since a dozen girls on Sixth avenue
mobbed a man who called himself a
reformer, Tammany Hall Is seriously
considering a proposal TO indorse votes
for women.
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A Desirublr Vision.

or nj! glad aishta I fain would see
Surprising gowns or hats,
The Eladdest ons I think would he
a ccrt,reds IN .rnt-.
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Among these sixteen men who since
LINCoLN's day have served in the Of
6ce Of Secretary of State there was
not n who was not of respectable
attachments, acute realization of the
Importance of his duties and devo-
ton 10 the performance If his task.
In each of the numerous crises
through which the nation has PASSED
in the period covered 10y their ser
Vices the President has been war
ranted in leaning with confidence ON
the man who held this high office. in
committing Ia his care the develop
ment and perfection of his policy.
None of them failed Ia take from his
Presidents mind u great measure of
anxiety, or to perform with his own
intellect and judgment a large share
Of the labor entailed upon the .Ad,
ministration with which his name is
associated.
And WOODROW WILSON'S Secretary
Of State divides his time between the
Swiss Bell Ringers and the total alb.
~stlnence lecture platform.
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Cahlcxra ms for nulGnri

The Commercial Cp..e o.
nounced yesterday that ..tt.'.
Bulgaria must be written
guase. either English ~ Nr,'
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The thriving industry Of blackmail
and extortion is not affected by wars
or by rumors Of war.
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Representative Clark Is Right.

At first glance the subjolned decla.
ration made by Representative CHAMP
CLARK Of Missouri may seem to be
somewhat overdrawn:
ut is no exaggeration to say that
President WILSON bears a heavier load
than any President since ABRAHAM LIN
oLN has borne"
Yet the former Speaker of the
House is well within the fact when he
thus describes the burden under
which WOODROW WILSON to-day at
lacks the onerous duties Of his Office.
\ moments consideration Of the his
torlcal facts set forth in this table
will disclose the explanation of this
momentous fact:
President. Secretary Of state
JOHNSON. SEWARD.
GRANT. WAshBrRS.
GRANT. FISH.
HAYES. EvARrs.
GARFIELD. BLAINE.
ARTHUR. FRELiNGEuYsEN.
CLEVELAND. BAYARD.
HARRISON. AIN
HARRISON. FOSTER.
CLEVELAND. GRESHAM.
CLEVELAND. OLSEY.
MCKINLEY. SHERMAN.
MCKINLEY. DAY.
MCKINLEY. HAY.
ROOSEVELT. HAY.
ROOSEVELT. Root.
ROOSEVELT. BACON.
TAFT. KNOX.
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As the American party polled over
10 600 votes for It's candidate for Gov
ernor in 1914, ii became entitled TO al
official primary, and tho BOARD Of
Elections is offering tn all who regis
tered but did not enroll the required
legal opportunity to list themselves
for participation in next falls party
quarrel. Nobody who does not wan
to he q member OF tho American party
should I'll out the blank.
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When President WILSON rave away
the price OF a bale Of cotton he proved
that he was o completely under the
domination Of his Secretary Of State.
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While Chile would hardly have made
|, serious issue ~ an attack by the
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London once, Bingham House. 1 Arun-
del street. strand.
Paris once. s Rue de la Michodiere. of
Rue du ouatre septembre.
Washington once. Hihbs Building
Brooklyn once. 100 Livingston street.
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