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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-16
Pry Into the Bowels Of Both Ship
ping Trust and Ship Bill.

The unanimous pa ssage by the Sen
ate of the amended Burton resOlu-
ton for an investigation of all influ-
ences at work for or against the
ship purchase bill is a good thing.
If there is a shipping trust, as the
ardent worshippers Of the ship pur-
chase bill assert and doubtless be-
lieve. bring it out and show 1t up.
Harpoon the leviathan II he can be
found on the sea Of suspicion, tow him
to the shores of fact and cut out the
blubber Of him. THE Sun approves
and invites C more the plan to in
vestigate that monster and put hooks
into the jaws thereof. And If any
evil ones Of WAL Street" or other
focuses OF iniquity have laid unholy
hands upon that favorite bill, may
they be found and punished. boiled
In the oil of the said leviathan.
As to the original resolution offered
BY Senator BURTON Of Ohio. asking
for information about negotiations, If
any. by Government officials for the
purchase of ships of ~belllgerents. Mr..
Mc.ADoo heartily approves and ac-
cepts it and is eager TO give informa-
ton. Charges have been limited ut
by at least three Republican Sena-
tors, and have been too lightly dis
seminated by private rumor. II Is
due to the Administration, and espe-
cially due to Mr.. McADoo, that these
charges, in our opinion b~a-eless SIAN
der and eXsutiicate surmise, should
be investigated.
THE Sun has not the good fortune
to agree with much of the financial
and political policy Of Mr., McADoo,
but it has absolute confidence in his
absolute integrity.
Search the whole shipping bill and
shipping trust, pro and anti. from
A 10 lizard. Possibly such a search
ing may have the further excellent
result Of blocking that curious AMI,
as we believe. dangerous and high
socialist measure.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-16
THE PRICE OF BREAD.
An Old Baker Says There wonld Re
Economy In a Larger Loaf.

To EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: The
bread question and the baker are now
up for discussion. 1t interests every
body. aud especially the poor who at
this time of unemployment have found
IL difficult to make both end meet. The
wholesale bakers, otherwise known as
the big bakers. IN n mastery way mad
known by announcement to their trad"
and tho public that on and after a cor
tain date an advance of one cent a loaf
would be made. These Same big bakers
figured TO their wi satisfaction that
twelve ounces Of baked bread at the
present market price OF -four would be
cheap at six cents a loaf OF twelvs
ounces, but the public Is not satisfied
with this. and most OF us agree hat tn"
price Is high. very high.
II these big bakers were TO sell one
pound loavcs of baked bread for five
cents. W. would not say it was "A mir
acle. Each OF these concerns has a well
equipped plant, with the best machines
known In the business. and so the public
rightly expected cheaper bread, n bigger
loaf. There are retail bakeries in this
city to-day which ave no machinery
whatever. aud yet are selling at their
counters a one pound loaf Of bread for
i've cents. This Is considered a fair
price whore delivery IS not required.
/ hope and trust that an earnest discus
sion Of this question may bring results.
There are several things that 70 10
make the high COS; OF bread the cost
Of delivery. the erocer's toll Of one cent
a loaf or more and tho return OF stale
bread. There are ZONE people who
think tina bread should be sid by
weight. saw. ore mound or any multiple
Of a pound. but this does not seem best
20 me. The changing market price of
nour Is always n difficulty. II your
baker to-day makes "A good -four pur-
chase. the purchase Of tomorrow will
probably not be 80 good. and 40 II is
beyond our power 70 regulate or hN tn.
true measure Of value IN the individual
LOAF Of bread II he baker pays -
cents moro to-day for his barrel Of -four
than he dld Yesterday. the cost OF each
LOAF is Increased by 20 many fractions
OF a cent lie cauuot charge and coll
lcc' these FRA tioHs OF a cent and he
bears the loss himself There is an
economy in the bakiug of the larger
loaf 81 breed that W. often lose sight
Of: FOR instance. the baker can mould ~
good FORM a two pound .osf Just as
quickly as a one pound loaf. which Is
40 once a saving of 80 per cent. o: the
cost OF the labor and II the stioker
abel with weight mark Is to go on, II
VIII reduce tho number by one-ha!t.
The pr sent smal, Loaf II altogether too
small 70 be ca,lel a Loaf and should be
abolished An Old BAKER.
RnooKLYN. February IA
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BILLY SUNDAY.
The Purity Of His Language Defended
by IA Hearer.

To III EDITOR OF TIE SCN-Sir. TIE
!etter OF Weronah 5. Ford. published in
THE = a.. February 3. shout! not z,
unanswered 90 courSe ,yrrs one knows
mat Billy sunday = frequently mis-
quoted To read as alleged remarks
. re press aH1 10 hrar him In the
Tl.eruac.c are SO totally d'Meront. so
a. impression made - concerned, as
o mount - 4 revelation.
J do no know whether or not The
quotation gwen IN the letter referred to
WIS suppose! 20 he a part Of the sermon
sunday preached on he afternoon V
Thursday, January % when some goo
.rcach'rS from Now York were present.
but u So, ! am IN a position 70 deny un-
Inal!tedlv tina he used any such words
F Was 'ao-e, He a sag some strong
tT.n-s ABOUT preachers IN general, hu.
IT'D. e word Was spoken by MIN THAI
Guild %" resented The delegation from
Ncw York was made up Of Ep.scopa.
LAWS, Ireshyt'r.ans, CorCrcga'!ona!.sts.
Napt.ss. M~ethOd!sts, &c, and on the
return "Trip a vote WAS taken IN each OF
IN" cars wa.5h showed a unanimous
sentiment N favor % asking Billy sun
lay - come 20 New York. Certainly
uo such verdict would have been poss.-
Die f he had used the words accred-
ted 70 him.
Billy sunday docs use slang he
speaks f,ll,essiy and of'en 'ruthfu,ly Of
the SHORTCOMINGS Of preachers, but he is
uo rcspec'er NJ persons or classes he
'"!'S' wherever he - led TO believe
there is wrong Notwithstanding al,
this, he IS undoubtedly sincere and lives
a life ~ ~upr!Ehtncss II not his enemies
would surely got" him.
Mpral-Don't believe all you read in
the newspapers about B!ly sunday
L. IL. Horny.
ppOOxryS Eehr,,ary 70
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-16
How Dear to This Heart Is the Song
Of Our Wildwood.

A franked envelope brings Ms the
masterpiece OF the Hon. JINGLE
THOMPSON BAKER of wildwood. Cape
May county. Representative in Con.
grpss Of the Second New Jersey dis.
trict. Open the enclosure carefully
a music box, a nes of singing birds:
who does not know that overswcct
words make bitter lives?
The right OF suffrage ls az old a. the
human race.
our duplicity outsh!nes our consls-
ency. overmasters our d~elicicy and OBJ
literates the last vestige OF Justice.
AT wha, jocund time. IN what rose
nte place and by what sInuous and sim
lister means did man acquire the right
to violat every rubric of tho square
deal and to play the small dcspot?
Are we conscious OF tho thrill OF
modernity in civilization?
as prejudice an ulumlnant; is It an
embellishments
Does custom s~anctify imbec,lityp
"Of whom here that has utili.y-rcal,
f~ructifying mcntality-has II not been
asked, who Is his mother?' not Who
Is his father
For ages the armament has been
vocal with applause, the pages Of hts
tory aflame with eulogy OF her fore
sight, her judgment and her trlumphs,
Like the surglng roar of tho sound
Ing sea comes the ccaseIess and swell
ing demand that we shall gravely CON
slider the relation Of this majestic po-
tcut.ality to the future Of our country.
"a %tumul'uous call Is Changing from
the hills and sohblng from the valleys
lor equal rights 10 all"
What good man does not share the
sob; What had man does not trem-
bic AZ that changing call? Sweet as
tn" murmur of Cohansey or Ran.
rocas, musical as Mull,ca, Nantux-nt,
Ncscochaque and McChesnctuxin ten
der the song OF the Hon. JINGLE
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-16
When Good Bodies Must BE Made.

If S53 Cornell freshmen have cur
Nature of the spine, only twcnty-one
have fully developed bodies, 1876 were
very poorly developed, as the medical
adviser to the students certIfies, to
what should their weaknesses be ut
tributed? The misshapen hackbones
are ominously reminiscent of i'm
proper seats and desks in the schools,
the evils Of which have been gencr
ally recognized bodies rather poorly
developed but without special weak
ness" may mean simply II period Of
rank growth, insufficient or improp-
erly selected food and generally Dr.
MrNfoRp's statistics speak Of too lit
tie exercise Of the right Kind. per-
haps Of too much headwork and not
enough attention to the body.
Such tahulat!ons are easily capable
Of an unjustinei. sensational inter
probation. From them II may he de
In schools and colleges is defective to
mn alarming degree. when rs n matter
OF fact It's members share the com
mon lot OF not attaining perfection.
or the crooked backs the great ma
iority are probably Of no particular
consequence, and many Of them will
straighten out before they take their
final shape. Poorly developed bodies
without special weakness" are not
alarming: they ran he brought into
satisfactory condition. and ought 20
be-. But the task of improving them
should not be left 70 the university.
II should have been undertaken in
early childhood. and carefully TO-.
lowed until the desired result Is
achieved.
Some attention Is paid 20 pupils
bodies In good schools. hut the real
seat Of effective treatment Is In the
home. Here the correction Of bad
habits. OF shallow breathing, OF dis
tortcl positions. must be n continuing
contribution to the child'> welfare 4
the best effects are to 1e produced on
the raw material that is now ton fire.
quently allowed. after the manner OF
Topsy. just to grow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-16
A Good Mich Cow.

New York city is the good mich
COW of the State. She gives down
generously. She never goes dry. And
the guileless denizens OF the rural
counties are expert dairy men.
OF the $ls,SlT income Of the me-
tropolis Of Airetta, in Hamilton
county, in 1913. the tidy sum OF
$14.SS4 came from the State, which
pays taxes on the wild forest lands II
owns. OF this Sli,SSI not less than
90 per cent. came from the city Of
New York. But does the State pay
taxes on the property ii owns In this
city? Certainly not that Is exempted
80 that no encouragement 10 eNtrava-
gance hereabout may be charged
against the authorities in Albany.
THIS year the State will pay S3o3 lo2
in taxes In the Adirondack counties.
As nine-tenths Of this sum will be ex-
tracted from the pockets of residents
OF this town it requires only a mo-
ment's arithmetical activity TO disclose
the fact that we are substituting the
residents Of these favored communi'
Ties to the tune of S2TO,Ooo,
In the 100000. 900 good roads eH'
penditure New York city is Interested
TO the extent Of 90 per cent, and not
a penny of the fund Is to he diShursed
within the city limits for highway
Improvement. Thus the city must
maintain the roads in even the re
hottest hamlets over which II mas
jurisdiction, and pay seveu-tcnths OF
the cost of rural highways.
What was done to the city, what
is still being done TO II, in the con-
structiop Of the new water sup
ply system is notorious, wherever
Father Knickcrbocker %ventured his
pocketbook was forcibly opened, his
bank roll WAS assailed, and he WAS
allowed to escape only with sufficient
small change to pay his railroad fare
back to his home.
There IL no chance, no remotest
possibility. OF dividing New York into
two States. How on earth would M
State he supported II il had not the
rich province i,riuw the Harlem on
which to put the not light burden OF
It's maintenance
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-16
NEEDS OF FEEBLE MINDED.
Thousa nds Mentally Deficient Tn
abb, tn Get state Md.

ALBANY. Feb. l5-Thr state Commits
sion TO Investigate Provisions CIR the
Mentally Deficient. appointed pursuant
10 the provisions Of Chapter 272 Of the
Laws ~ 1914, presented its report to
the LEGISLATURE to-day some Of the
recommendations follow ~ part
The existing state institutions FOR The
mentally defective make provision for
care of not more than 5000 OF this class,
while the representative, Of the coUWls-
sion have definitely harmed OF 2l.000
persons In the state institutions whr are
known 20 he mentally defective The
majority AZ these need o~ are likely 70
need c|usto5ial care of this number II
- estimated that nearly 5000 a-e women
and Ri'ls between the ages OF ls ana -.
The mentally euferplci man or
woman At liberty constitutes a serious
mcuac" TO the state In many cases
the mental. defect is liable - be trans
m,tted with almost unerrins accuracy To
succeeding gererations
The commission considers It not only
most important TO increase the capacity
Of the institutions hut also regards Il
as highly desirable TO make these irsti-
tut.ous inviting
"As craig Colony for Ep.lentics at
Sonyea has reached the reasonable limit
of It's capacity the commission also
avn NV NAHts'Nlill' 't Il separate
institution fNr cpilcptics in the south
eastern part Of the state.
"luaSmucA as the state ~reformatories
for men ana women have large numbers
% mentally defective inmates the COM
mission Is of the opinion that separate
institutions should be established. one
for each sex. for the safckeepiug OF the
mentally defective delinquent class.
"rhe commission finds that outside Of
the city Of New York there are no suit
able facilities for the examination before
commitment of those supposed TO he
mentally deficient II believes the state
should establish a system OF clearing
houses for examination.
'l'"ttet training ana supervision Of
the high grade mental defective IN tho
public school system ~ urged
"Ih" commission iniorses in general
IN" recommendations OF the state Board
uf CHARITIES for appropriations 10 these
institutions, including the ISSUE OF long
term bonds, II necessary, to secure the
moneys required to enlarge the institu.
tions.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-16
WOULD HAVE STATE
FIX WOMEN'S WAGES
Factory Commission Urges
Special Board to Deter
mine Minimum.
BILLS ALREADY OFFERED

The New York state Factory 1nvesti-
eating Commission finds in its final re-
port, submitted 10 the Legislature yester-
day. that thousands of women and
minors employed in industry through
on, the state receive wages that are
Inadequate for them to live in health
and decent comfort
II Is stated in the report that there
are 20. 900 women and girls employed
in stores alone who receive less tina
$3.50 "A week. This number consti-
tutes 81 per cent. OF all wonen en-
ployed In stores. Ton thousand women
and girls receive less than $3.50 a week.
In shirt and paper box factories more
than half OF the women workers re-
cclve less than 81 a week, and one
fourth OF them receive less than 50.
To remedy the conditions II Is pro-
posed that a law be enacted creating
a wage commission OF three persons
appointed by the Governor, which after
Investigation shall establish wage
boards. composed ~ representatives Of
employers, employees and the public, in
any industry In which 1t has reason 20
believe women and minors are recetN-
.ng less than a living wage.
This commission shall determine the
amount of the living wage. There ,s no
provision for the enforcement Of the
wages established by the commission
IL is merely required that the names OF
employers who fail to give the wage
shall be published IN the newspapers
In stating its reason for not empowering
the commission to enforce payment Of
established wages the report says:
sHTha VSffsftetAnaN# u ~ such "A la ~
has been challenged in a case no" pend
ing before the supreme Court of the
United States. We are OF the opinion
that in an initial measure the question
OF wages should be settled by voluntary
mutual action OF those directly con-
cerned, aided by al enlightened public
opinion. II. however. 1t should prove
after a fair test that his method is
ineffective the Legislature should have
unauestloned pow TO provide effective
penalties
II is further recommended that there
be framed an amendment to 'hs 'ousti-
tuition empowering the Legislature 20
establish a wage commission waich shall
have power 20 hN wages for women and
minors
senator Robert F. Wagner and As
semb,ymun Alfred +. Smith. members
Of the Factory CoUm'S~. on, have nitro
duced a b.l. for the reco4.hra',ou OF he
labor law II merely s.mpi iies the
preseu: instrument and makes the LAW
more flexible N it, application"
ALBASY. Feb l5-Scuator Robert +.
Wagner ana Asscwhl.mau Alfred r.
smith. chairman and yice-chtlruau ro-
spectively Of the Factory Commission
and Democratic leaders 80 the L,E.-lI-
ture. today introduced bills carrying put
the recommendations OF the commission
tY r.tr4 "A 20 ". -. pF women and rn.l.T-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-16

ton. yours Is gone. The American
Drama has been saved. 1t has been re-
suscitated, rcjuvenatcd, r~ecreated, by
the most wonderful theatre that was
ever described in print.
Where II Ia to he nobody knows.
Who Is to act in 1t nobody knows.
But the repertoire Is to include every
play from the tragedies OF the Greeks
down to TBsrN. Then, most lmpor-
tant Of all considerations, the
@ has been selected. Rather he
has elected himself to the job OF saw
ing the American stage. He has been
talking about his plans very loudly
on paper. he has described the insti-
tuition In detail on paper, and there
seems good reason to believe that the
foundation Of the famous National
Theatre Of America" exists only on
paper. just MS its Ave thousand sub
scrlbers. who were probably eve
heard OF outside the imagination Of
the managers press agent, live and
have their being only on paper.
or all the buster and brag, the
nonsense and p~retence. the self-adver-
Using and the art taking that the
reformation of the stage has brought
into view, there was never anything
81 fragrant in its mendaclty and utter
futillty ms the amusing National
Theatre Of America" which It's man
ager so willingly describes to those Of
the public sufficiently free Of all USE
ful employment to listen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-16

THOMPSON BAKEs. IF he MARBLES at
Wildwood. he Is not far from Great
Sound.
But since the Hon. JINGLE TuoMP-
SON BAKER asks both on his franked
envelope and in the canticle which
he Is scattering among the faithful
in the counties Of Atlantic. Burling-
ton, Cape May and Cumberland,
docs custom sanctify imbecilityT' 1t
is only courteous to reply that some
customs do, and notably the frank
ing privilege.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-16
POSTAL SERVICE.
Is II True That New YOrk's Is "the
Worst In Years.?

To THE I.ptToR ~ TUr SrH STR hre
TUr SUS and me people OF Greater Now
York aware that New York city is r"-
ceiyinE the worst postal scr,ic" ren-
dercd in years. and that Sew York city
turned into the Federal Treasury over
$50. 900, 900 OF protit through postal rev.
enucs2
In many Of tho larger stations deliv-
cry and collection trips have been cur
tailed. but tho public has not been in
formed Of tho Curtdi'Wcut.
Inc postal ornclals are tho most IN
competent the service 'as had In Years
AND are now taking from the public a
service It has taken 90 many ycurs TO
build up GGouGE AHNoID pE%NErr,
New YopE, February IL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-16
SICKNESS
should the German System H.
Adopted In the United states?

To THE EDITOR or TIE S~uS-Sir:
Among the numerous welfare activi-
ties hat have recently sprung up in
surance of toilers against losses by
sickness or death. which so often en-
haust the entire savings of a family,
has happily grown in popularity. Sick
ness insurance originated IN Germany,
where the Government regards the
workman as its special ward. In an
elaborate report on this subject by the
United States Public Health Service
IL is clearly discussed. This type of
insurance dim!nishes Its cost by dis
tributing the necessary outlay equi-
tably between employee and employer.
the State assuming the cost of ad-
;ninistration of the funds. because It's
prosperity depends on the physical and
mental fitness OF its toilers. Indus
trial centres are becoming more nu-
merous and populous. but the
w~orkingman is becoming less able t.
protect himself and his family against
the e~xigencies of LIE. The communi Y
is therefore in duty bound to help him
wisely.
In all countries which have adopted
compulsory insurance against loss
from sickness IL has proved its in
estimable value In the prevention OF
poverty and illness, forming a vicious
circle from which the workman but
too often is unable to extricate him
self. 1t has been demonstrated that
the cost OF this kind Of insurance Is
really far below hat obtained from
private corporations to which many
pay costly tribute. For instance, 1t
has beer found that in Pittsburg the
average expenditure for sickness In
surance Is about one dollar a week.
When this outlay Is compared to the
sum calculated as necessary by our
WI Industrial commission. twenty
FIVE cents a week, the advantage Of
compulsory insurance becomes OBJ
vious. This amount is TO be deducted
from the weekly pay and the employer
together with the community or State
pays an equal amount
Thus the responsibility is placed
whore It rightfully belongs, and the
workman would save two-thirds o.
what II now costs those who are
thrifty n the shiftless would be
forced 10 are for themselves. Better
service would be obtained. Moreover
the feeling Of ownership in the fund
would create self-respect. and malin-
gering. which handicaps the ad-
m'n.stratiun. would he excluded by
mutual interest. The s%ympathetic
employer would save large outlays for
individual service TO his workmen.
while the callous employer would be
forced 10 aid the good cause. All
would take more interest in health
legislation and the securing OF COM
petent medical service.
our Industrial Commission has
wisely followed the German plan
which assesses the workman for two
thirds and the employer and state for
~one-th!rd. \ sufficient fund will hc
thus created TO pay the sick man )r
woman one dollar after the fourth day
Of Illness and a benefit II 5000 in case
OF death, besides furnishing medical
Attendance. which may hasten the
progress 20 recovery.
II L. TO hr hoped that the example
of Germany or a similar one of Eng
land may soon he followed in this
country. MEDlCUs.
NEW York. February IS.
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ing the confscatton Of grains and GER
tain foods. Germany would not have
t. complain OF what she calls Eng
lands disregard and defiance Of In
ternational law. Having placed a
weapon in England's hands, Germany
Is cstopped from complaining of the
use Of II.
The note presented to the State De
partment does not strengthen Ger
many's case. clear up any misconcep-
tons. or affect In the least the deter
mination to hold Germany strictly
accountable II American ships are de-
stroyed or American lives lost, or
both, through the mistakes of her
naval officers.
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Here Are Six Millions Of Americans

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr. New
York has and needs no American colony
:ov tao s.0ir', T6iSon thai Il is ilur-
oughly American throughout It's length
and breadth on the Edst side and on
the West. in Fffth avenue. Harlem.
Greenwich Village and every other part
OF our city.
lis cosmopolitan AmericaniSm makes
Il even more thoroughly American than
some sections Of the wllds of California
~ the way, has London a British
colony, berlin a German colony or Paris
ID Fr,nrh colony j \. :.
BusruN, February is.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SrH-Vtt Tho
following gem IL from \. Conan DoNlo's
"Wcstcrn Wauderinss.' I'm the CorHhW
FOR February:
"The catching seemed 10 me cXrraOr-
diuar'ly good. especially the judging Of
tho long catches by the blCaChcra, rs
the outnelds. who are far from any
shade, are called" l. d. 7,
fIrrsf1ELp. Mass, February 10.