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Why One Measure Of Home Rule
Has Fad.

What the city Of New York asked
for in the refuse disposal bill was
the right to make a long term busi-
hess contract. covering fifteen years.
by the conditions Of which IL would
invest S2.5OO.0OO. escape annual pay
ments a%gcregating 81 100000 and re-
celve profits estimated at 81 .OOO,OOW
a year. Ignoring the possibility Of
a direct gain. the amount Of its In.
vestment would he saved in less than
teen years of the contracts life II
would save $1S.oOO.O 200.
The city canno make this long
term contract because Of a Limitation
put on Its power by the Legislature.
1t asked the Legislature to remove
this limitation. The Legislature did
all that 1t could to grant the city's
request. But the Governor. rejuve-
mated and refreshed after his recent
excursion into State finance. vetoed
the bill because 1t was Obscure" and
because the city's "distended budget"
seems ITO defy all efforts at reduc.
tiOn or control" in the words used
In his message.
New York Is not likely to accept
Governor WHITMAN as an expert on
finance. 1t will look behind the rhet-
Oric Of this veto message for explana-
ton Of the Governors curse. II will
learn that the bill VA drawn by the
Corporation Counsel: 1t will recall
the circumstances Of Mr.. Folks ap-
pOintment to that office; it will sur
vey the political affiliations Of CHARLES
s. WHITMAN, which reveal in n par
ticular attachment and devotion a
constancy unique in his career and
unparalleled in the records Of other
statesmen: it will examine the oppo-
sition to this seemingly intelligent
effort for economy. good administra'
ton and home rule and having dona
these things 1t will arrive at a con,
clusion that ii may not he able t.
support by documentary evidence. hu,
which will satisfy every reasonable
creature as to the real origin and
anlmus Of this particular refusal tC
allow the city of New York to manage
Its own business.
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BACK TO THE LAND!
A Venlal R%hapsodic. Somewhat whit
maniac Call.

To THr EDITOR oF THE SrN-Sir, I
visited a Nissovian classmate OF mine,
who has a farm IN Connecticut.
| sw1pped clucks with the chickens I
krew their language. tho corn call. the
nest notes. the whole poultry p%alaver.
| mpocd to the cattle and grunt-d
a. the soCilhle swine.
gripp-d the grips OF , plough and
rln a rertitudinous furrow,
| forgot my sedentary fat | leaped, I
spraug. | ran. | snuffed the air. I tore
the earth.
| lay or the ground and absorbed the
strength of a continent.
I shared the impulse OF the fallow
soil. the gcrminant seed.
| flowed with the river. | swan on
the clouds.
| swung tn" singing axe 10 cleavage
OF sapless logs. The saw sang. o.. song
for oak and another for maple. and I
made close harmony with the clean
kerf
| became az a god. forgetting metro
nolitan evil and knowing the good of the
sweet. s~outlcss air. | was glorious with
Autcau strength. intoxicated i'm lung.
cell and muscle.
Come. - ye dcsk'uen proclaim your
emancipation, Come with mo. Back ~
the Land -. LYME.
CONNECTICUT. March 90
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"WOrth lille. ~

From the Lancaster Daily inteiigsncer.
we Print a Private Letter Is the
striking caption OF "A sun editorial
which covers also the letter referred
to. Although the printing OF a private
letter is broadly ruled as "A gross breach
W newspaper ethics. Few neWspa p"rs
will be inclined to condemn THE Sun
Cor finding an exception To- the rule. for
this is an example Of the sort OF jour-
ndlism that IL worth while
THE STN prints "A letter marked "pri-
vate' containing an insulting sugges-
ton which could only be properly an
swcrcd and resented by publication.
The writer of the private letter criti-
cises THE Sun for printing the recent
interesting and In many ways remark
able article ny General Bernhardi de
Tending the German policy and giving
a rapid review OF the war. The prt-
waite letter writer reports commen he
has heard that this publication and THE
SUS's editorial reference to II mean that
that has gone over 10 the
Germans" He adds the insulting sug-
g.stion tina 'it has been made worth
while" undermining the words worth
while"
This is a form Of slur and insult very
frequently heard and sometimes even
applied TO journals of the highest char
acter and standIug-particularly in the
heat of political campaigns-but IT is
usually a part of the scum and froth Of
casual talk and is seldom encountered
In such form that II can he nsweref
ana r.hukei. That in this Instance 1t
should nave been deliberately written
and addressed TO the newspaper was n
Performance which We can parallel only
IN personal recollection ny the case OF
n raw cavalry recruit attached 10 Il
nlRk fNflA FraHn NthfNl ys4a hrEn a ~ u
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METHODISTS FEAR
FOR CHURCH FUTURE
Bishop Wilson Sounds Warn.
ing to New York City at
Conference.
NAVY SECRETARY HEARD

New York Methodiste took a 1o,e,,,
view yesterday OF their part n Non
York's Protestant activities a, III.
session OF the New York confererc.
Bishop Wilson, In charge OF Methods,
affairs here for the four years 1912
to 1916. said
There is 10 such missionary onpo,.
tunity and responsibility facing Me.h.
odism to-day as in New York civ Ne,
York liz n fortress and this fortress
assailed by forces more evil and NOR.
tremendous than most OF you ret 20
II II is held for Go Method!sm nu.,
help 20 hold it,"
Asked afterward what he meant nv
evil forces he replied that he mean,
saloons. immortality. the chase ,fa-
money to the exclusion of bctte- 'h.rrs
and wickednees In many other forms
The Rev. DR.. G. T.. Re!sner VI U,r,r.
Church said he had l,i0O members, We,
only two families live in houses
w are on the West side. In an id.a,
place for Christian work. Yet as fas,
as my people can afford to do 90 they
move away to the suburbs. Manhattan
Island must have help from these sub.
urbs or Methodism VIII perish. Tn.
problem is too big for VS. on this island
when so many have left il. The sub.
urbe must help us out"
Supt. Robinson OF the Methods,
Church Extension Society prec!p.'ued
the discussion by his appeal 80 Methodist,
churches II W, stchcs,cr county Queens
and Brooklyn to come to the rescue -
70 work OF his society. He described
conditions of Mothod.sm as rrqn!r.-g
tho consolidate of churches In order
to keep them alive.
Rumors are that TIE Rev. pr Will
Jams of ~Poughkeepsie WI be the new
district superintendent for me Kingston
district. Yesterday afternoon Wuwr-
Interested in foreign missions had ,her
day. Chancellor Day 90 Syracu.. Tn.
versity also related war incidents ~ lie
saw them in Europe.
Josephus Daniels. Secr>'arv o. ne
Navy. defended his police. last .eh,
nj "A dinner given by the minister,
of the conference AT the Hotel Bon Ray.
In honor of Bishop Earl Ctausbt
of Washington, u. C., who Is pres ding a.
the conference.
Billy Sundays methods 10 preaching
the Gospel were defended hy Nj Dan.
.,l.. He dwell; on the "WIsfakos ~
ministers who give their p'r'.-t'0 n-
ESSAYS while they huug'r tor 'he ire"
OF life He sad that BLY, SUNDAY
won the multitude not because he l,r
the vernacuTar Of the diamond hu, Doe.
cause he preached the "oid ,iospe, .r
the Old way"
The people Will hear any man VII
has a message" said Secretary Itr ell.
"Du.ness no longer passes for learn NJ.
and stang itself yanupt hide yHt' ~.
ness. when preachers try - w''sI.
their ermou To suit critical co0s'rsi
lions they are uf,drllTs To u.tNi~r me
and not declaring the Col.nSeiS - o.,
Almighty II Billy sunday tired %
preach like the hooks tell one 10 pret
he would not make q hon" run In a a.i
dred years
Miss Katharine u DAVIS. e. I'M
sioner of Correction, also addressed
ministers.
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Is the Hon. GEORGE WOODWARD
WrcKEBsHAM. who stalked 'big bust.
ness with sleepless assiduity and
cunning intelligence and apparent JOY
in the sport. now and h%enccforth to
he tracked and popped at by subtle
and persistent hunters? And Is there
already in operation a Department
Of Poetic Justice? Such thoughts
surge into the mind as the suffragists
begin-they're only beginning-to
chase and pepper him for his opposi.
ton to pettlcoats at the ballot box.
OF several curious and mischievous
attacks this is the most original:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE srN-Sir: May
I call your attention TO the fact that
Mr.. wicKERsHAM, who has just been
objecting to women's suffrage on the
ground that It would break up the home,
lives in an apartment hotel7 Even the
greatest minds. IL would thus appear.
have strange elements OF Inconsistency.
"ARDENT STUFF.
NEW YORK. March 26."
A disbeliever in equality Of the
sexes" Mr.. WICRERsHAM clings to
that ancient notion. practice and fal.
lacy about ''chivalry" and courtesy
to the Superior Sex. He refuses to
translate place aux danes rs of
flee for women! This antiquated
habit of mind and body, this inveter-
ate politeness will force him to waive
n objection to the law laid down
by this lady that "A dweller in flats
apartment houses. hotels and by nee.
essary implication tenement houses
and boarding houses. Is homeless,
Most married folks In this town are
thus without a home. The leading
parallel ease in this branch of tn,
law Is that Of MARK TWAIN against
France. No word for home. no home
no house. no home.
Again. Mr.. WICHERsHAM ia too
civil to plead in confession and avoid
ance that ever II n hotel il not n home
he has always had home at Cedar
hurst or elsewhere. The lady say,
he is homeless. A pretty fellow =
he "objecting To women's suffrage oI
the ground thar it would break M
the home, He is the Man Without
n Home: n poor homeless wandere'
in the pitiless storm Of darts and ar
rows. tongues and pens feminine.
"If the Red Slayer thinks he Stays
he has only to wait and the bum
bailifs Of the Department ~ Poetic
Justice will thunder at his door, FOI
a man can have doors without havin.
n home.
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privileged" Llbels and Insults.

Referring briefly again to the cas- Of
the Rev. Dr. RANDOLPH II. McKIM OF
Washington, which is now receiving
merited attention the country over.
we will say that the almost unani-
nous approval Of THE SUNS treat.
ment Of that gentleman's private"
letter Is in n or two instances
broken by criticism Of the publication
Of the letter as something we ought
not to have done.
For example. an old reader and
esteemed friend Of THE ST., in New
London. Connecticut, the president Of
a manufacturing company there.
writes us that in his estimation this
newspaper has lost Caste by pub.
fishing "any letter marked private"
without regard to the character Of It's
contents. He appears to think that
the power Of exempting from deserved
publicity should rest with the individ.
ual who sends to a newspaper a com.
~munication conveying an insult, carry.
ing a libel. containing even an accu.
sation Of infamous crime. All that
the aggressor. the libeller, the &c.
Cuser. has to do is to write Private
or Personal" or CONFIDENTIAL" at the
top OF his note paper and he become.
immune to the treatment which his
enterprise would receive but for the
i~nterposition of privilege.
II pains US that any sensible reader
OF THE SuN should take this view OF
the matter. We do not believe that
our friend in New London. IL there
should come to him at his Office d
signed letter charging him with dis
honesty In the management Of his
business, said letter being marked
Private" or CONFIDENTIAL" would b.
deferred for one instant by that cir
cumstance from printing II in order
to denounce the lie. or from publish
ing it even more effectively by turn
ing 1t V g to the authorities for III,
prosecution of the author Of the sour
rilous or ~defamatory communication.
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peaceful commerce from the great
dangers which they will incur in the
high seas adjacent to- the coasts OF
the belligerents," said that II an
agreement with the Allies to permit
the regulated importation Of food
stufYs for the civilian population froto
the United states could he arrived at.
the German Government would "un.
to attack the merchant marine Of any
dag except when necessary to enforce
the right Of visit and Search anil
"would proceed in accordance with
the general rules Of international
law" II contra band were found on
board. The Allies having refused to
make such an agreement and having
decided to adopt reprisals. are the
destructive attacks upon the shipping
Of the lesser neutrals to he regarded
as notice to the United States that
Germany does not intend to respect
the flag Of any neutral in future?
This question should gravely con
Germ the State Department at Wash.
ington. 1t has already warned Ger
many that she would be held to n
strict accountability" II an American
ship were to be sunk by mistake for a
British ship flying the American flag.
What II IN American ship. with her
lame painted plainly on her sides
(the Nebraskan Is such a ship. were
to be torpedoed In the English
Channel by a German submarine?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-27
THE MIGRATORY BIRD LAW.
Judge Pollock's Adverse Decision Crit
IcIsed BY a Practical Naturalist.

To THE EpIToR OF THE SUN-Sir: A
despatch from Topeka states that Judge
Pollock of the District Federal Court
has rendered a decision that the Federal
migratory bird law is unconstitutional.
because the right to regulate or protect
game belongs solely to the separate
States.
If our birds were not migratory,
plainly the States would have exclusive
jurisdiction. but the fact that the birds
do migrate and pass through several
States makes their protection an inter-
state question, and jurisdiction lies with
the Federal Government.
The importance of the question raised
should attract the serious attention OF
every man interested In the welfare OF
his State. for the birds that make their
summer home in Northern states are
residents during that period. Like
many human families they may pass
the winter In the South. hut with
the coming of ummer they return to
their northern home, to the same gar
dens and trees where they built their
nests and reared their young the pre-
vious year. And they return to do n ser
vice not inferior to that rendered by the
men h build our highways, till our
lands or produce the varied and useful
products OF our factories.
A few years ago the fruit growers of
New Jersey tried TO secure a law per-
hitting the destruction of the robins be-
cause, as was declared. these BIRDS
were destroying our fruit" To find
some definite evidence Of the alt of
the robins work I made a careful in
v~estigation. As there are but three spe-
cies OF birds that eat the hairy cater
pillar. one of which is the robin, the
larva OF the l%epidoptera was chosen for
the test. Experiments in the laborato-
ries at Washington had shown that each
robin In its daily food consumed a well
defined average number OF tho hairy
caterpillars during their passage through
the larva state. With these data II was
easy to determine the average total de-
struction OF caterplllars by the robins.
Taking into account the appalling
ratio of increase among lepidopterous
insects. the value OF robins work was
automatically proved. Had the hairy
caterpillars destroyed been allowed 70
live and multiply under normal condi-
tons. within four years no fruit could
have been raised in the state OF New
Jersey. The birds of a State constitute
an asset which both State and Fed
eral Government sNould carefully pro-
tect. AMOS IT, Thompson.
EAST ORANGE. ". j.. March 25.
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MORE ABOUT THE LETTER
MARKED PRIVATE"
or Interest to the Rev. DR.. Randolph
II. McKim Of Washington.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: The
recent editorial reply to the Rev. br'
Randolph II. Mckim's private" letter
puts your paper on n still higher moral
plane. We are proud OF you! Your
severe, drastic and pitiless reproach OF
unchristian and ungentlemanlike con-
duct on the part of d doctor of divinity
was provoked by the Rev. DIR. Mckim $
attempt to take advantage Of n &; ,at
paper. His ugly %lnsinuation that II
L was Improperly Influenced is tam
tamount to n charge OF corruption ana
bribery. The reverend gentleman was
evidently ashamed Of his letter and
therefore marked 1t private"
We readers of THE SUI admire your
Just American policy OF presenting both
sides IF n case in this mighty struggle
Of nations. We seek truth and justice.
and IL can be obtained only by a pre-
sentation of facts and views gathered
impartially from English and German
sources.
Every fair minded reader OF THE sur
be he pro-Ally or pro-tierman--has
greatly appreciated your EFFORT to pre-
sent to us the views of Bernhard.
Though I am intensely pro-German II
would greatly interest me to see and
read interviews Of Lord Kitchener and
Sir Edward Grey.
! hope THE SuN may be successful in
giving us the opinion OF the leading
statesmen of the Triple Entente.
Tue SuN. though friendly to the cause
of the Allies, believes In the first prin-
ciple of Justice and manhood. II Is al
ways willing 10 give the accused a
hearing and a fair trial. This is true
Anericanism.
What can we think OF the Rev. DR.,
Mckim and many other clergymen who
would deny the right OF hearing and
trial to an anita gonist?
Their conduct reflects no homo on
their church and high calling. Where
II their Christian charity?
CHARLES A. GEHRiE.
SOUTH ORANGE, ". j., March 25.
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Medical Examinations at Quarantine.

The educational test for immigrants
prominently Mt the recent session of
Congress. Important as the require
ments are in this direction, the phys
teal examination OF those who would
enter this promised land is Of equal
moment. The question Of physical
examination has received ample at
tention from the Congress AT various
times. That the facilities offered for
thorough investigation into the i'm
migrants freedom from mental or
physical disea So have hitherto been
inadequate has been commented upon
by THE Sun. A recent committee
of inquiry into the departments of
Health. Charities and Bellevue and
Allied Hospitals Of this city brings out
In a startling manner what has hith.
ertO been matter Of surmlse and ap-
~prehension.
Among the patients who were adj
mitted to Bellevue Hospital from May
10 to June IS, 1913. 363 were aliens
who had been in this country less
than five years. Among these there
tracted prior to their admission Ia
this country: 10 cases were of n
character to which admission Is dis
tinctly forbidden by the United States
immigration laws.
If the same proportion passed Quar-
antine for the entire year this one
hospital would demonstrate the viola
tion Of the Federal statute in 1.3i!
cases OF iucurabic dlsca eos Of the mind
and body. nearly half being Of the
former type.
-.Nis large number Of defective
ariens, says the Ncdicdl Rccord, have
succeeded in passing the examinations
1T entrance, primarily because thu
facilities for examining large Numbers
In the time allotted to the work are
totally inadequate. Now that immi
grafton has declined from about 3,OOf
a day to 5000 n week, and the ply
sicians at Ellis Island have had NOR,
time for thorough examinations. IN,
percentage OF mentally and PHYSICAL!
defective has nearly doubled, owing Il
more thorongh scrutiny.
We would reltcrate tn" warning
that a larger medical examining fore,
be installed to protect the countr,
against undesirables who are certail
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"BOOzE."
Brought From the East by Gypsies and
Of Long Good Literary Use.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. As
addendum 10 your interesting article
"A Piece OF Folk Pathology" will you
permit me 10 point out hi according
to Yaska. the East Indian grammariau
and author Of he "Nirukta." who -four
!shed In the NTH century. the term
"husa' meant water" also. "th.ck-
ened, sour curds"? In the NaEari "bnza"
Tor more commonly "boza") is used TO
designate beer and In that letter a
"buze khana' IL a beer saloon" Cvul-
gar. "boozlng ken").
According to the late Sir James w.
Rcdhouse, the eminent authority on the
psmanli-Turk language. "boza," or as
Il IL also variously written. "hoosa.'
"bOoza" or "bouza." is a thick white
drink mad" Of fermented millet. innoc-
nous enough. no doubt, when one got
wha one called for. bu, as there are
different kinds of 'booz-.' so there is
more than one kind NJ "boza." \ Sec
ond kind is defined az an intoxicating
preparation made from hemp seed. dar-
mel meal n water" and also a third.
made OF honey and tamariuds. |, was
the first ~ these that Blount described
IN his ",ilossographia' 1850 as "a
drink m Turkey made of seed. much
Ike new mustard. and IL very heady."
"Boza' is known also as "bhang" and
'~hash!sh."
The term 'boza' was introduced into
Europe by the gyps!es and In due time
underwent the process of refinement
which gave MS In early English the form
house." TO be found In the early Eng
lish poems dating about 1900. see
"Fr!ar Michael Of Kildare 5000.
Hail We holi moukes depe
Gun We bouse." The word was known
to the ~satirist John SHELTON, who used
L effectively In "Elynoor Rommin'
t529) to COPELAND. who employed I,
in "Spittel-hous" G536). neither o.
whom is cited by STR James Murray.
From this time onward the term was
used constantly, as by Hartman In his
"Caveat" tjSG Sp-nser IN the Fac.
rir Queene' $500. where We have an
early instance OF an EnGlishman rush
ing the growler"-'In his hand d.i he
heare a houzing can" q iv. 2.). II
Thoma Nash's Pierce pennilesse'
G592), the satiris. refers 20 %"conpaui,
that resort to bowling and
Deere bathing In their houses every az
%tcrnoone." Decker used the term n
"l.anthorne and Candle'jght' GsoS)
Rowlands in Martin Mark-alv' N6l0)
Harrington In his "EpiGrams' l6lN
Jonson IN The Devil Il an ASS" 1879
None Of thes. later instances are re
corded hv Or MURRAY. who shows a gar
at house" (page lu26. column ~. be,
tween the years 1879 and l6+S.
Among the writers who have useo
the word are Fletcher. Massinser, Her
rick, DRYDEN, Bridges. sheridan. Col
man. Crosse, Burns, Moore. Ainsworth
De Quincy ThaCkeriv. Kingsley. Georg,
Eliot and Robert browning. quite a re
spectacle sponsorship FOR what We know
as strong drink, but consider a vul
gar!sm. DR. SYNrAx.
NEW YORK, March 20
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Why are mail vans allowed to
violate the regulations governing other
vehicles, and permitted to run north
on Nassau street during the crowded
hours OF the day? They obstruct
traffic and endanger life; they con
fuse pedestrians and get in the way
of trucks and motors driven in obedi-
ence to the regulations. Who gives
To these conveyances the privilege to
ignore the proper and Ineligible rules
that govern the movements Of other
vehicles? BY what authority Is the
contractor whose employer is the Uni
ted States Government relieved from
the obligations that are enforced
against others in the city streets?
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Preaching without Practising.

T." THF EulToR or THE SUS-Sir, Per
NIT me TO cor graduate YOU on the very
Just ana proper rehukc YOU administered
60 the Rev. pr. Randolph Harrison
McKim Of Washington. n. G. It's the
san" old story. preaching without prac-
Using Enthusiastically dilating once in
IN" week on the universal brotherhood
az man. on mutual charity and other
like themes. and then spending a er.,,
deal Of the time IN judging rashlv the
aots Of others. striving to arouse p,eiu.
de" and III feeling IN the minds OF
others. " q N
ASHTON, r /. March -.
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To THE EpIroR o THE SUN-Sir. Your
correspondent For Common Sense" re-
fcrs to the Oft stated fact that Cont
mental Europe il more sober than this
country
one reason for this is that good cook
ing and digcstihle. nourishing food are
every where ohtainahlo In France and
other Continental European countries,
whereas british and American cooking
IL almost invariably bad.
The working classes" In this country
and the british islands take to alcohol
TO relieve the pamgs Of indigestion or
Of an uufcd stomach
MoRE COMMON SrNsr.
Nrw YORK. March &c.