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WOMAN,S WAGES.
A Correction as to the Cost Of a
Workers Suit.

To THE EDITOR or THE SyS-Sir: |
beg to call your attention TO an error
IN printing my letter Of November I,
making me say l paid 81 for a suit.
when what I wrote a sl7. this being
tho price at which a fairly respectable
suit a be bought and about what ]
usually pas. never more. The $40 suit
Of course was a ~markdown. purchased
IN midsummer.
Referring To the heading, Can Money
Buy honesty | think II can 20 a GER
ain extent. but that does not concern
This question. II is not my intention TO
Justify dishonesty or wrongdoing. but
simply 10 Indicate how vastly out OF
proportion the pay was and the made
quateness of II III connection with the
position of Responsibility and trust"
which the young lady held.
] ais beg 10 state once again that
s35 a month after deductins board and
lodging is the sum about which my
statements were made. and while any
one OF the few hundred adults In the
place where I lived could testify that
my expenditures were not extravaganza
nevertheless the s35 wasn't enough ever
In that small town with the chance Of
only a few expenditures. Then how
could Il DO expected to te enough in
the CITY OF New York. about four thou
san times its size. with about four
thousand times as many opportunities
TO spend money!
IL Is the injustice Of the situation that
! condemn, not Justifying the wrong
doing, but also ccnsuring the condition
or society that permits such manifest
unfairness. MAUD l.. CuRTIss.
ToRRINGToN, Conn, November T.
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HITCHCOCK and three or four others
could be brought into line for the cur
rency bill. The Democratic margin OF
Senate control was 30 meaGre that IL
senator LA TOILETTE and the so-called
~Progresslves had antagonized the cur-
rency bill the prospect for passing the
one substantial piece Of constructive
Legislation which appears in the Ad-
ministratiOn's record would have been
materially darkened.
AS 1t happened, Senator La Fol-,
LLTrE learned to look on the currency
bill with favor. The stand which he
took In relation to 1t was such, indeed.
that in the final stages Of Its passage
the Administration leaders willingly
accepted certain peculiarly La Fol-
lettian amendments to the currency
bill If gratitude could 60 30 far. why
should 1t not have gone further and
manifested itself in the adoption Of
the La Toilette seamen's bill a year
later. Just no though it were n Demo-
cratic party measure?
There Is no indication that Presi.
dent WILSON shared this grateful spirit
which various Administration lieuten-
ants exhibited toward Senator Ia
TOILETTE and his bill to wreck the
American merchant marine. On the
contrary, there seems to have been
no little apprehension in Washington
when the bill came before the Presi.
dent for his signature that no would
withhold his approval II he did not
veto It. However, at that time Will.
IAN j. BRYAN was still in the Cabinet,
and for several years Mr.. BRYAN and
Senator LA TOILETTE had played po-
litically into each others hands. Also
WILLIAM G. McADoo was and still is
Il member of the Presidents official
fnmily, and the adverse effect of the
La Toilette seamen's law on Amerl-
can shipping enterprise has helped to
prepare the way for Mr.. McADoo's
curious Government shipping scheme.
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Perjury Falls.

The underworld united to free from
prison one of it's notorious leaders,
MADDEN by name. whose previous I'M
muniiy from punishment had encour-
aged him and his followers to believe
that no crime he might commit would
excite the effective impulses of the
law. by the familiar processes Of
terrorism and perjury 1t was designed
to release him from State prison and
restore him to the theatre of his for
mor violence.
Witnesses were bought and cocrccd (:
n structure Of perjury and rccantation
Of the kind 81 often successful Ia
thwarilng justice was erected to over
top the honest evidence that had
convicted him of insiigating murder;
the fears and plant backbones Of poll
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WEEKS URGES HIGH TARIFF.
senator says II viii save Hon.
Market After War.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 4.-Senator John
W. Weeks Of Massachusetts, who is ar.
lively in h race for the Republican
nomination for President. announced to-
day that the preventive Of the threat
ened dumping of foreign made goods
on the United States market at the close
or the war In Europe lies in a revision
OF the tariff upward and tn. fixing nj
duties high enough To protect rhe In.
dustries threatened by invasion OF the
home market.
lie has little faith in tho plans slc
gested by Administration leaders for a
special "anti-dumping' amendment IN
he tnderwood-Simmons tariff act
In "A letter received here to-day Ser.
ator Weeks says:
There Is only one practicable, sens
bic way in which to meet the dumping
menace and that is by restoring a pro.
tective tariff to the vast variety -
American manufactures which would b.
affec'ed by this threatened situation.
such a step by Congress would hay.
the twofold merit Of keeping out ,h's
surplusage of foreign made good
thereby maintaining an even market and
an even wage scale for the factory en-
ployees. and of creating a further
source Of additional revenuc. a conslArr
alton that should make "A very grrcr4.
appeal just AZ this time when such pres,
ing demands are being made upon ou-
financial resources.
when the war is over Eurone7r
goods will flow into this country a, sutN
"A rate that our manufacturing plau,s
will be materially embarrassed. Foreigr
labor will be more willing 10 WORK -
even less wages han ever before and
as a result not only will the manufaD
;urer suffer but tho thousands Of en-
ployees In his country Will feel tho -
fects OF the Cnderwood-S simmons IRE,
trade law unless something is done 10
prevent this overflow of manufactures
being dumped on our shores.
Il sincerely trust that the Democrat
leaders who are now represented as a..
voring a restoration OF the sugar tarlT
Will TAX an equally graceful attitude
with regard tn the tarif on other Amer
can manufactures, instead of seeking
some roundabout way of meeting the
situation In order TO save their own d..
cre;ited theories concerning the coun,
trys economical needs"
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The Pawpaw.



An article from Mr.. William J. Lamp
.nn IN THE SvS about the pbNpaw tree
Of Indiana puts into manifestation the
general ignorance OF the people in re-
gard to that species 50 common 10
The woodlands along the creeks In this
section az the country. Lampton's
cropping for information has produced
81 bit OF scientific botanical lore from
the pen of Miss May V. Rettop o.
Linden, y. j. 1t appears that Miss
Rettop AT one time attended a high
school where 1t was part OF her wor,;
TO hunt up the pawpaw leaf for classih-
cation and tina led her into n study o,
tho tree. We are iudph'cd to her for
,ilc proper term IN which 10 speak OF
the creek bottom soil. II is mesophytic.
SIC gives = very accurate description oi
the trunk OF IN" rawptw tree and SAYS
the lcaVcs ARE d~cciduous, entire. pin
nately ycined. and measure about eight
inches in length and three or -four inches
IN breadth. II bears "A ycllowish pulpy
berry r~rsemblin- somewhat n small ba-
mana, which Il edible. This tree belongs
to the custard apple family. of the or.
der Anonacen, Its scientific name Is
ASlmina, and the common name paw
paw For all her research, Miss Ret
top admits that she never tasted the
fruit OF the pawpaw, but has been
told that II Is delicious" And we are
Wondering who told her that. The bare
footed boy and the pine rooter hog Is
the only combination against which the
awpaw has ever been known to pre-
vail. This In spite of the statement by
Meredith Nicholson that whoever par.
takes'o Of this fruit becomes inspired witn
literary genius" Down this way the
inspiration would receive a different elias
sitication, which might be something
akin to insanity. Miss Rcttop is no,
quite happy in calling the Islvpaw =
berry, II Is third cousin 10 the ha-
mama, hut no description fits It better
that that OF an elongated p~ersimmon.
taking on a golden hue. instead OF the
pumpkin red OF the pereimm"n, and I,
tastcs-w,ll, there - only one thing on
earth that tastes like a pawpaw, and
that is another pawpaw. Miss Rcttou
not being a boy and being guided alone
ny her botanical note book. OF cours,
missed the genuinely curious feature OF
'he pawphw tree, which Is found I'm Id
bark, that Fan Ice slipped off like "A Jacket
In every country school there was one or
more bows famous for the whistles they
could shape out of a pawilaw wig and
who could plat three, four. five or ever
eight ply whips from the long, slendc,
limbs. \ genuine beauty OF the pawpaw
tree. however, IN the bloom that pre-.
cedes the coming of tho leaf, The paw.
paw bloom Is OF II rich. deep maroon
very much like a sweet herb, but lacking
its fragrance, The Indians raidcd the
pawpaw tree for thongs. ana the long
stout slips which ii Yields have afforded
a handy material for the repair ot
broken harness, wheel or wagon tongue
Another necuIiar thing about the paw
PAW tree is that It absolutely refuses 10
grow anywhere except In IFS native
mesophyttc SOL and in the company OF
It's orlE.nnl neighhorhnnA OF trcns
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Reform in Paterson.

Our respects to the health commits
sloners Of Paterson, N. J. It 10 said
that they intend to see to II that
henceforth the babies Of Paterson shall
be better born. In that case they will
he born better. and Paterson. New
Jersey, and humanity will gain.
But the declared intention Of the
authorities in the City Of Silk does not
go quite far enough to be entirely sat-
isfactory. Why do these remodellers
stop short Of the best2
Let the P%atersonians e to 1t that
their DEGREES are made retroactive.
Then the present population, born un-
der n star less lucky. may share the
benefits Of the proposed most excellent
reform legislation.
Amendments OF the constitution Of
the universe should not he meanly
measured In their terms.
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OLD MANOR GIVEN
TO NEW YORK D. A. R.
Mrs. Strong Presents House
Built in 1912 at Annual
Conference Here.
800 GATHER AT ASTOR

An old manor house built In 1912 On
the Hudson opposite Albany was IRE.
scented by Mrs. Alan II. Strong OF phI,a.
delphia to the Daughters Of the Amer.
lean Revolution of New York State a,
their annual conference in the Hotel
Aston yesterday. The house, which can
be used ms a place for chapter meetings.
and patriotic celebrations. was built nv
members of Mrs. Strong's family when
they settled there. 1t was about 10 b.
torn down recently when she rescued 4,
Park Commissions Cabot Ward wei.
coined the 800 members to the city
Mrs. BENJAMIN r. Speaker, State regent
presided. At her side on the platform
sat Mrs. T. Hugh Boorman. who a few
years tried to have the canteen re-.
established in the army and navy. Mrs
Boorman said yesterday that she be.
lieved the canteen would eventually Ia
restored.
Mrs. Frances A. Keller. editor az
Immigrants IN America Rcricr, spoke
ON the ideals OF America and the cam.
paign that is under way to plant them
In the minds of men who become citi-
zens of this country. Mrs. Charles 8
Whitman was a guest OF honor.
The State officers nominated. who will
be elected at to-day's session. are as fol.
s'SN"'t ~ ~ slI IN .
State vice-regent. Mrs. n. T. Page re-
cording secretary. Mrs. John J.. Yawger
tretu'urer. Mrs. William II. Alexander
historian, Mrs. T.. W. Roberts; parlla.
mentarian, Mrs. Frank J. Shuler clap.
lain, Mrs. Frank Dow; auditors. Mis-,
Burdick and Mrs. Foster: advisory
board. Miss Stella ~Broadhead. Mvs. sam.
uel A. Munson, Mrs. Samuel Yer
Planck. Mrs. r. ID. Blackburn. Mrs "
II. stewart. Mrs. william Daniels and
Miss Elizabeth NJ Blakeley.
Among those present were Miss Flor
ence q. Finch. Miss Grace Osborn. Mrs
Robert Il. Honeyman, Mrs. benjamin
Williams. Mrs. Simon Baruch. Mrs. 4
G.. Fisk. Mrs. Charles A.. j. Uueck.
BeTner, Mrs. William II. Stewart. Mrs
George +. Allison. Mrs. William Arrow.
smith, Mrs. Charles n. Goldsborough.
Mrs. T.. II. Baldwin. Miss Mary Vol
colt Green. Mrs. Il. Livingston Kennedy.
Mrs. Frederick w. Midgiy. Mrs. u law.
renee MacCallum, Mrs. George 7. Moon
Jr.. Mrs. Frank s. Osborne, Mrs. John
=. Ten Eyck. Miss Mary Van y. VAN
derpoel. Mrs. Grove NJ Wright.
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COURTESY AT THE POLLS.
A Woman watcher Acknowledges q,
POllteness Of the Men.

70 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: II
gives me great pleasure to be able TO
bring to your attention the courteous
treatment which I, among other women
watchers. received at the polls.
I was assigned to relieve another
watcher in a district where most of
the voters are day laborers, mechanics
and small shop keepers, and It was
against the protests Of my friends that
l went into the dingy, dark little pool
room used as a polling station.
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ticians were counted on to do the rest.
The way to liberty for the convict
seemed clear and smooth.
Fortunately. the conspIrators mis-
judged the individuals to whom the
enforcement Of the law fell. Instead
Of weak corruptionists, police with
itching palms, prosecutors u~nconcerned
as to the public welfare. Judges indif.
ferent Or complaisant, they met a de-
termined. Intelligent, r~esourceful ad.
ministration Of tho law, which fought
their suborned testimony with the
facts, exposed their plot and jailed
them. The murderous gang m ster
MADDEN will serve his time. The out.
laws have lost. Their perjury has
merely brought more Of them under
the shadow Of Sing Sing and because
Of their efforts New York, instead OF
welcoming a man killer TO freedom,
has become a more healthful place to
live in.
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MONEY FOUND FOR SCHOOLS
un'ntcrrupted Sessions Assured ~
Transfers Of Funds.

hough money to keep both tn i'N
ana the night schools open Until tr' -
OF me year, when the new buds ale
ioWance can be drawn upon, "
sured Yesterday after Ma or " 30"
Comptroller Prendereast anil ."''
manic President Mc.Aneny hti '.i
IN me Mayors Office. NJ spr 4l .'r'
cnne bond issue Will be neeio3.
II was found that by trans rr''
unspent balances from funG- 100 ...'i'
city departments the Board OF w.. H
tlon could be supplied with 81 ..''
rms ~ enough for the day Schools "
the Board OF Estimate lnd Oh. rrI'
ordered the transfer Of Sl@i.,"' '-'r
education funds H. tho ulgh' + l"'
thtN also are provided for
the Aldermen approved a IT, g.
ago an issue of Sl1o,O0o iu r..' ?
bonds, The Board of Estimate
rule that the issue l. uun"rcsst.
The city authorities hpy, Ilr.nl H
along that the schools nuu.j 4" .'"
open, They merely questioned - "'
cessity OF a bond issue.
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CooPEKsTowN, November ..
No, Not towards, But Just a Little
"TOO Proud"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. A
league reported as formed in BROOKLYN
to secure pledges from young men that
they will never enlist In the United
states army or navy for either offensive
or defensive purposes. and said to num-
Der already over 500. should be chris
tened 'The towards League"
This organization is said TO have
branches In twenty-three States. II ia
incredible that any considerable num-
Der or unhyphenated or true blue Amcrl-
can boys could he ind,Eed to Join such
an unpatriotic movement.
II II pretty nearly time that propa-
ganda to emasculate the manhood of In,
nation should cease. Tho trength of
the country lies in its young men, and il
they are to join the ranks of the molly
coddles. some time or other, when n
strong nation has designs upon us, we
shall have to pay for It. NJ. Il. n.
NEW YORK, November 4.
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IN THE PHILIPPINES.
An Intelligent Traveller Reports Ad-
vanclng AmerlcanlzatlOn.

To THE EDIToR OF THE SUN-Sir. Tho
department. of education is the n branch
Of administration In the Philippines that
has not been shot to pieces by the hui
manitarian n impractical theories OF
the President. l attended the opening
exercises of the annual school assem-
bly at Baguio, northern Luzon. In April
this year. Public school teachers as
sembled from every part of the islands
for a six weeks session. The days were
filed with lectures by authorities on
interesting subjects at the morning ses-
sion, athletics and friendly talks In
the afternoon. while the evening was
given over to social pleasures. The
idea Of tho assembly liz to have the
teacher who Is living out in the "bosky"
all the year. with perhaps not more
than half n dozen Americans In his
barrio. meet his fellow workers and
get enthused for the coming years
work. The assembly grounds are To-
Gated on the side OF a hill overlooking
a deep ravlne, in a well wooded posi-
ton. pines that grow to a great height.
while the valley has been laid out into
II flower garden. Many buildings are
permanent. but 1t may be called a tent
city in the main.
An amphitkeatre has been built in the
side Of the hill, under the trees. n all
lectures are given there. 1t was in II
that I heard the Hon. "Hen'' Martin,
"a he Is Lovingly called by those who do
not care for him. give the address OF
welcome. The Vice-Governor comes
from Kansas. lie has an appetite for
the narcotic weed that sometimes. so
they say, interferes with articulation
and smashes some OF the established
ano of ethics. Hen Is quite a char
acter. but hardly we'll placed to impress
II people who have been used to the
grandeur OF the Spanish regime. He we
as democratic as We may. IL will not do
TO make ourselves ridiculous In the eyes
OF "a people We wish TO help.
VI II could only be known to tho world
what a great work these teachers have
done toward uplifting an ignorant people
and how eager these people are for edu-
cation they would hesitate in allowing
the administration OF island affairs to
get into the hands of native "politicos"
who talk about freedom for what there
Is In 1t. Mr.. Wilson cannot realize the
damage hat is being done with this sort
of talk or he would not advocate "A
measure that would turn back the hand
OF civilization. The school teacher
stands at the head of the list i'm the So
cial scale of every town in which he
may live and there can he neither mar
rage nor christening nor burial with
out his presence. lie and the constabu-
larry officer are the little fathers Of
their regions.
In your article YOU question the state
ment about English now being more
spoken than Spanish, but you must re-
member that Spanish had very little
vogue outside the few cities and that
the dialects OF the archipelago are very
numerous. since the occupation a new
generation has grown up and there has
been 80 leaveu OF English IN every out
post Of civilization. II will he one OF
the crimes of the age II the nag comes
down at Manila. PACiFICo.
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The George Washington Memorial
Association. which recently launched
its campaign To raise 81 500 600 for
the erection and maintenance OF a Ma
tonal Civic Hall In Washington, has
announced that there has already been
subscribed or condltionally pledged n
considerable amount. including $3.50, 900
actually in the hands OF the trustees
OF the fund.
Tho bill, introduced by Senator
ELIHu ROOT. relating TO the building
Of this National Civic Hall, to he dedl-
Gated TO the memory of GEORGE WASH
INGToN. was passed by the Sixty-scc-
ond Congress, which also set apart
for the memorial land In Washington
valued at $500 900 and authorized the
GeorH Washington Association to
raise So 900, 900 for the erection of the
building and s50O.O 900 to he used as a
permanent endowment. that the hall
may always be available for public
use without charge.
1he memorial is intended 10 give
encouragement and supply headquar-
ters 10 organizations Of national scope
Interested in promoting the public well
fare. 1t viii consist of "A large audi
forum capable of holding G,000 per-
sons, half a dozen assembly halls, and
forty or more State rooms where each
State can exhibit It's and
achievements to the visitors at Wash
.ngton.
The United States has long felt tho
want Of dlgnified and extensive &C
commodations for world congresses
as should rightfully entire upon this
great nation. The George Washing
ton Memorial building will supply this
need and tho American people should
cooperate with the George Washing
ton Memorial Association.
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suppose the Gains Had Been the
Other Way.

Our esteemed friends OF the World
desire to ascertain what in oui
opinion. did this years election have
TO do with the domestic policies OF
President WILSON," The question
refers to a remark by THE Sun on
Wednesday morning that apart from
the extraordinary issues in New York
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and
Ohio" that Is TO say, apart from the
questions Of constitutional amend.
lnent, suffrage and prohibition, 1.-THE
general impression now derived from
the figures at hand Is that In State,
county and municipal contests the
gain is for the party in opposition
TO the Administration at Washington
There has certainly been no spontane.
Gus or spectacular demonstration OF
increased confidence In and popular
approval Of the domestic policies OF
President WILSON,"
Well, later and fuller figures serve
only to confirm and strengthen this
general impression.
With what is for the World 4 sur.
prlsing misrepresentation of II per.
fectly lucid statement our neighbor
proceeds to point out that the ques-
ton of the Constitution in this State,
the question of suffrage in this and
the other States. the question of pro.
hilttion in Ohio and the various out,
lying issues Of purely local incidence
have nothing 10 do with national ar.
fairs and signify naught with regard
TO President WILSON'S policies. There
fore our neighbor interrogates us In
the nj aforesaid.
Now let us suppose that the gen
cral drift Of voting in the purely 20
lltical contests had been the other
way. Suppose. for instance, MCCALL
had been tremendously wallopcd by
WALSH in Massachusetts. Suppose
in the Tw%enty-third New York Com
grcss district til" former Democratic
plurality of COCO had been doubled
instead Of being more than extiD-
gulshed. Suppose the Democrats and
not the Republicans had carried all
four Of the Northern Congress dis
tricts in which there were by-electlons
Suppose, we say. that the Republican
gains in the numerous State, county
and municipal contests had been Dem.
ocratic gains.
If 1t were THE SUNS habit to an
swer one reasonable question by pro
pounding another we might possibly
ask the World whether, under the cir
cumstanccs just now supposed, the
fact that this Is an or year would
have prevented President WILSON and
his friends from claiming the general
result as n public expression favor
able to his Administration and it,
domestic policies. And would not sucll
a reversal of the figures Of Tuesday,
voting have warmed the cookies Of his
illustrious heart?
But these Republican gains were
produced not by Democratic defcc'
tons but by the return of Progress
~ives to their old allegiance? Well
perhaps wen in an off year that phc-
nomenon is not void of political sig
niticance In the national sense.