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Mr., McADoo's cotton pool seems 10
he hardly the success which the Secre.
tary Of the Treasury proclaimed 1t last
November. According to reports from
Washington the total amount for which
the Sl0o,00O,OO0 loan fund has been
tapped by cotton borrowers is $4,000
This news does not surprise discerning
observers, but the actual failure Of the
McAdoo cotton pool to accomplish any.
thing contains lesson for an Admins
tratiou bent on the statutory enactment
OF the vicious scheme for Government
merchant marine.
The cotton loan fund was an eXtraor-
binary undertaking, involving the ma
nipulation of private credit under gov
ornamental direction and saddling on
the Federal Reserve Board work which
was expressly forbidden by the very
law Of its being, Had II not been for
the pernicious persistence of the Secre-
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LAGGARD JUSTICE.
Certainty and Swiftncss of Punishment
Mhnt the Stnte Needs.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: The
important point u which the attention Of
the public should be called. now that
Cassidy and WIlett are in prison. is the
delay In putting them there
What is 90 he said about the adminis
tratiou of justice Cassidy, a powerful po-
litical boss, sells a nomination tn the SUI
prem Court to Willett; he is arrested
November a, 1911, and is landed i'm Sing
Sing January ~. 1913. II takes more
than three years to do the job. Is this
something 10 be proud Of. or is it = scri-
Gus reflection on our judicial machinery?
II took more than two years To convict
Cassidy. Then he appealed and ObtsinCd
ono of those convenient Certificates OF
reasonable doubt" Eight months later the
conviction was affirmed by the Appellate
Division. another appeal and another Ger
uhoatc OF reasonable doubt and three
months later thu Court Of Appeals affirmed
the conviction and cancelled Cassidy's last
stopovcr on his way To prison. 1t lis un-
fortunate that such delays are possible.
What We need in this State is certainty
and ewirtncss I'm the administration Of
the criminal law Every case like that
Of Tnaw or CASSIDY tends to bring the
administration Of Justice into contempt.
New NoRk. January %. W. ~. S.
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Driving Business From New York.

Much attention has been given of late
to the disastrous effects of the city's
multiple inspection system, with its
corolary. the ordering of expensive
changes. upon the real estate interests
Of this city. But in the recent letter
which Mr.. X. II. JOHNSTON, president
of the Automobile Dealers Association,
wrote to Mr.. ELBEBT II. GARY, chair
man of the Mayors committee on I'M
employment, 1t is shown that the evil
works out into the field of general in
dustry and business paralyzing enter
prise to no small degree
Conditions in New York have about
come to the point where 1t is impossible
to make any estimate of expenses for
It year ahead or to count on the con.
tinuous use of any premises devoted 10
trade or industry. No sooner is a con
Germ put in smooth working order, no
sooner is n financial program ar
ranged which means Il fair profit, when
in pops the inspector of some depart
mcnt or other ripping the whole scheme
to pieces.
The use Of the building is lost for
weeks or months while the alterations
are in progress. The cost of the work
eats up all the expected profits, even
though they could he realized. The
worst of 1t is that the complete com
pliance with the present requirements
guarantees no security for the future
Not only may some other department
come in n few weeks or few months
later with demands for some other class
of work equally expensive and ohstruc-
tive. but other inspectors of the same
department. with new zeal and new
set of ideals. may cause this years
work to he ripped out and done all over
again in n year or two.
All this monstrous and oppressive
folly is imposed on business i'm the
name of reform. Theories of mechani-
cal safety and hygiene are enforced 20
the ruin Of employers and the impover-
ishment of the employees whom they
are supposed to benefit No wonder.
as Mr.. JOHNSTON says. many employ
ers have simply closed up their estah-
/ ll~iilll'lilN ullAll Nu'u lllll' Us dhullulN-
trative sanity has taken the place Of
regulative mania" No wonder that
others have simply gone to other cities
and States. leaving their people to find
work as best they may.
1t is all wrong. Inspection and pre-
caution are excellent things within rea-
sOnable limits. But 1t is absurd to
regulate business off the face of the
earth. At least the city should Be
! bound by its own acts, and when any
establi shment has once confOrmed itself
To official requirements it should be
immune from new eXactions for pc
riod Of years sufficient to work off the
outlay. Further. the city should 10
compelled 10 combine its inspections
and requirements in one act so that the
use of buildings and financial pro-
grammes should suffer minimum OF
| Interference
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THE CASE OF THE DACIA.
The Facts, the Law and the Significance
OF Her Transfer.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir. The
facts in regard to the Dacia are rs fol-
lows.
The Dacia Is a steamer which was
owned and operated by the Hamburg
American steamship COMPANY She was
informed on account Of the war in the har-
Dor of Port Arthur. Texas. where she ar
rived on July rs last. She has since been
sold to Il. n. Breitung and she is now to
be used to carry "A cargo of cotton TO
Germany.
The international law. so far as there is
any governing the matter. is as follows:
The practice used to be to regard the
sale Of belligerecnt vessels to neutrals in
anticipation OF or during war az invalid.
by the Declaration OF London Of 1903 1t
was provided by Article LVI. that.
The transfer Of an enemy vessel to a
neutral flag. effected after the opening OF
hostiltics Is void unless IT IL proved that
such transfer was not made in order to
cvade the consequences which the enemy
character Of the vessel would involve. There
ls however. absolute presumption that the
transfer Is void: CD n the transfer has been
made during voyage, or in a blockaded
port; t2J II there Is a right of redemption
or OF reversion
II there is a willingness on the part OF
Americans to profit by the European war
IN way to raise disturbing and ominous
questions Of law with the Allies. this al
legged sale and use of the Daca might
be Condoned and availed OF.
II there Is "A desire on the part OF the
Administration to express tho sentiment
of 90 per cent. of the American people 1t
will be frowned on.
The insistence of the Administration
upon the passage Of the shipping bill,
which will enable Germans to cash In
their intcrned vessels makes it seem rs
he l.aG ,F ,ttu nrtta mi uy4 n
indicate at least some sympathy for the
Germans and Austrians as against the
Allies
Are we for or against this?
LAWRENCE GoDkGN.
New YoRK, January 20.
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Secretary BHNAN'S letter on the sub
jcct Of neutrality addressed To Chair
man STONE of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations Is an extraordinary
document. II has Il twOfold purpose.
II is intended primarily to check the
growing hostility To the Administration
that has been voiced in various quarters
IN the United States by elements in
sympathy with The Tcutonlc alliance.
Secondly. il gives notice to the world
that the United States regards the pro-
posal that it shall prohibit shipments
IN hcllgcrcnts aS without standing in
international law. The obvious conclu-
sion to he drawn therefore is that the
Administration disapproycs the pending
prohibitory legislation.
A categorical denial is made to
charges that the Government has
favored the Allies Emphasis is laid on
the ftci that all Of the troubles that
now confront the United States in its
international relations arise from Brit.
i~h control of the high seas.
Mr.. HHNAN's letter was written n
ror.y to - communication forwarded to
the Stale Department by Chairman
SToNr Mr. STONE, who has a large Ger
man constituency, embodied the charges
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MADE IN U. S. A. LEAGUE GROWS
Five Thousand Prominent women
Join National Committee.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 24--F.ve thousand
prominent women rcpreseutlnS an SEA-
tons of the country were added 10 the
national committee of the wOmau's me-
tional made In L.. ). A. League last
week. Mrs. Ethel Barrymore colt th.
actress, joined tho lea-uc as houora
patron, Miss Anna jarvis OF PhlIadc'-
phia, founder of Mothers pay, hecd .
an honorary chairman and said 81 viii
gladly aid the leagues splendid WORT
Mrs, James Whltcomb, vile Of the GOV
ernor Of oregon, pledged her cooperate.
and prom sed To serve as an honorary
patron Of the league
During the general conference of t.'
national committee here ON April no.
ception viii he held at which the que, s
will bc requested to wear clothes Z
American manufacture. The music w.,
he American music by ANcricdn cor
pose's ana the menu viii be strictly
American,
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pie defending the integrity of their

pie defending the integrity OF their
homes and the honor Of their nation.
That the lives and property Of his
subjects were not lightly sacrificed by
their gallant ruler is TO be taken for
granted. Yet there will unquesiionably
be men who. while stoutly maintaining
that they are alive to the requirements
Of honor, will nevertheless criticIse the
adoption of the course which the Bel
gian Government followed. Against
their contention a strong argument can
undoubtedly he made the two sides Of
the matter OFFER opportunity for endless
disputation.
Years after the last shot Is fired on
the battlefields OF to-day the debate
will continue on the problem that may
thus be stated Resolved. That King
ALBERT of Belgium was not justified in
the decision he reached in 1914.
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FIRST STEP IN SERVICE INQUIRY
senator Mills Makes study of Com
missions Omces Here.

william Hayward. counsel for the loEs-
latve committee investigating the Public
Service Commission, and Senator ogden
l., Mills of the committee visited tho
offices of the commission yesterday and
looked over the ground preparatory 10
beginning the investigation. Travis 4.
whitney, secretary of the commission,
met them at the offices and explained TO
them the iiling and recording systems and
other details of office management
Later in the day Mr. Hayward mad 4
conference with Gov. Whitman rrlat.Fs
to the programme to be followed IN the
inquiry Mr. Hayward will go Ia Al
hany to-day, lie will attend q meeting
Of the investigating committee thcre a'
o o'clock Tonight II is planned to hes
tn hearings in New York on Wciucsd
morning.
The question of the use of the Aide
manic chamber In the city Han for the
hearings. it IL expected. will bc dc'id ID
by the Board Of Aldermen tomorrow.
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How the Ruling Affects an Unfortunate
Investor

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir:
was much interested in your leading
article AN Amazing Ruling About the In
come Tax" and desire heartily to indorse
the opinion therein expressed.
In the return made by client OF mine
for 1913 he showed n loss of about $4,000
resulting from a purchase and sale Of real
estate between March. 1912 and Decem-
Der 81. 1t was not allowed. FOR the
'cason that az he was not a real estl' :
dealer he could not have made the loss
lin trade" as contemplated by the law
In the same return the same client
showed a loss of loaned money during
the period covered by the return OF more
than 5000, the same resulting from the
bankruptcy OF the debtor. This deduc-
ton was not allowed, since my client was
not a banker or money lender engaged
In that trade as contemplated by the
income tax law.
In both cases. however the revenue
officials advised me very positively that
If my client had made a PROFIT of $4,000
on his real estate transaction, or had re-
ceivcd payment OF the S2S 900 on the
notes he held, he would be called upon
to pay an income tax upon both sums.
Your Characterization OF such rulings
rs unreasonable and absurd errs only in
milducss OF expression. In October last
I fled with the Department, formal claim
for the refund Of the amount OF tax
paid upon these two items. Up to ths
present have had no reply, and doubtless
shall be forced into the courts to establish
my clients rights.
I have no anxiety as to the result OF
a judicial determination OF the question,
bu, II seems most unjust to force citizen
aud taxpayer to the expense and delay
Of litigation to overturn such n fool
ruling LAWYER.
NEW YORK. January %.
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The Truth About the Submarine
FIOtilla.

In his annual report Secretary DAN
IfIs either mislrd the country In what
he said about the submarine hutilla
or he knew very little about the sub
marine service Il i the Sccre'ary'5
business to he we'll Informed about the
navy, and ignorance of its condition Is
only less pHrdunable than indirection
ana downright misrepresentation. No
one could read the paragraphs which
Mr.. DANIELS devoted To submarines
I'm his report and not form the salts
factory conclusion that the navy was
well equipped with that type of war
ship. Estimating thai the United States
had ffty-one submarines built ana
building. as compared with 81 for Eng
land IG fo" France and 81 for Ger
many. the Secretary said; 1T will he
seen that the United States has sub
marine hoti'la relatively and actually
very powerful" lie went on to say that
Germany, with larger fleet than ours,
has less submarines" and he added:
AS far ms the submarines themselves
are concerned II is believed that ours
are on par with any in the world
1t was reassuring to be told all this
by Secretary DANIELS the impression
made on the mind was that the United
states had u better submarine service
than the Germans and that IT was NJ
and ready for the test of war But
Commander YATES STIRLING. Jr.. Of the
submarine notila. who Is not only one
of the most efficient officers in the
navy but u recognized authority on SEA
power gave the country a very diff
fercut idea of the matter when he tcS-
titled before the House Naval Commit
tee recently. Commander STIRLING
made The staggering statement that
when the Commander in chief of the
fleet asked him recently how many sub
marines were in condition for sea ser
only one We quote from synopsis OF
Commander STIRIING's testimony:
zone submarine had broken her crank
shaft on a voyage from Newport An
! Another had only half her batteries work
Ing, and could be submerged but a short
| time and at low speed"
OF the * type this responsible officer
said that he would not consider them
good boats. He was of the opinion
that the United States was not ms well
advanced in submarines as some other
nations were, the British, Germans and
French, for instance, Speaking of the
! five submarines at Colon he said that
their torpcdoes were not Of the best
and they were old boats. II was plain
from the Commanders testimony that
he thought that most Of the thirty. eight
submarines built were not sufficiently
modern, and that there was an urgent
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QUEENS OF YESTERDAY.
Further RecOllectIons OF Two Wen Re-
membered Actresses.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUH-Sir: Ac-
cordng to my recollection Late Sixties
is somewhat mixed. As he says, Lydia
Thompson APPEARED at Woods Museum
In the buresque of "lXion," but as the
leader of a quartet known as the Brit
ism Blondes" This foursome included
Lydia Thompson, Pauline Markham, Eliza
Webber and Ada, whose last name | do
not now rccoleCt. Another member OF
the company was Harry Beckett, come
dian whose jokes were well appreciated
by the theatregoers Of the day.
This company later appeared at Niblo' $
Garden Theatre in a burlesque of the
Forty Thieves"
The Black Crook was first produced
in New York city by Jarrett and Palmer
at Niblo's Garden in 1866, several years
prior to the arrival of Pauline Markham
In the United States.
The StdldctG OF the play and leader Of
the AmaZons was Annie Kemp.
ALSO LATE SIXTIES.
CANTON, Ohio January 20
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Congress Should Investigate the Do
minican Scandal.

The manner in which our Govern
ment has lent the helping hand of ser
vice and uplfl to the neighbornG D..
minican republic is imperfectly re,
Nealed by the Investigation now n
progress. This inquiry. however, al.
though conducted in the name of the
President, has been practically an in
Vestigation by the investigated.
If 50 much that is scandalous and
humiiating has been shown concerning
The American administration OF Do,
minican financial affairs, particularly
under Secretary BRYAN, what might
we expect from an impartially rclent-
less examination by thoroughgoing
committee of Congress-
Such an inquiry Is sure to come
sooner or later; ana FOR the nations
good name, the sooner the better.
Tn SuN bcg> leave 10 add that in
urging u wider aud more penetrating
.uNcsljsatiun of the relations Of the
State Department and its agents 90
dominican affairs wc have no idea
thlt the scandal would he found to IN
lolyc Secretary BRYAN IN the personal
ul prcuuiurN ~ouS'. We Ito not h1-
iryr him capable Of participation in
'put ar graft ~ tho expense of our un.
torlW9lr little ward, The further dis
losurrr concerning the Secretary of
'',aIo. if any. would relate to his gross
tntn.ulptpurV the uumlnpSS nf his
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Fran me San Francisco ChroRicle
Tho rarcst plart In tho world grows In
Hawaii II Is the silyersword. Its very
name is odd and unusual, at once arouslng
tho curiosity and the interest Of the stranger
who chances 10 hoar Of II, II Is a cactus
like growth, tho long SILKY, gray leaves ~
which give 1t its peculiar name. The reason
for It's rarity is that It Is found only on tho
most Inaccessible slopes Of tho volcanoes OF
this group Of Islands.
From tho earliest times IT has been an
prcc'ated aud greatly admired by the native
HaWaliaus, who called 1t "ahinahna" Cgray
headed, because they had mover, before the
coming Of the white man, seen silver and
therefore could not apply to the plant the
cognomen which so well describes IT,
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THIS FORTUNATE LAND.
Even the Cost Of High Living Should
Not Afirlphi lis.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuE--Sir: 1t Is
by no means admitted generally that the
existence of open retail markets has re-
duced by large percentage price OF
foodstuffs in all sections of Manhattan,
sc. open air pushcart markets now
exist i'm many localities where there Is
demand for such service, and these should
be encouraged by the city authorities. OF
course | have reference to foodstuffs only,
not the sale OF miscellaneous non-perish-
able goods, such as clothes, fake lace, &c
There is no such thing as high cost of
living IL is the cost of high living Most
people live like lighting cocks, and 1t
comes high. De luxe methods OF mer-
chandislng are the order of the day. Or
der by telephone instantaneous delivery
by coachmen and footmen. plus the deadly
moratorium that ls charge II in short
this is a paper bag community.
There Is now no law against the desire
of people to make their purchases in per
son for cash and carry goods home with
them. as used to be the style years ago
This cry of free rent &c. is mislead-
ing The retailer doing a yearly busi-
ness OF from $4,000 to $4,000, paying
81 900 to 81 900 rent, has an expense of
- to per cent. on cost of goods. The
retailer charges profit according to SER
vice. This is proved by the varying prices
in different stores in different localities,
according to service rendered. Chain gro
Gerry and butcher shops are everywhere.
Reduced to plain terms. the rent would
only mean about one-fourth per cent. a
dozen eggs, one-iifth per cent pound Of
sugar sc. According to some OF the par
lor socialists one would think that rent
used up one-half Of the selling price.
Furthermore. | notice no one saying
anything about European conditions for
instance. all food pays a surtax before it
Is allowed to be sold either In Paris, vi
emma. Budapest, &c. This country does
not know how well off it is in cheapness
and variety of food, Faddists will soon
take a cropper IN this county or ruin ali
industry. NEW YORKER.
NEW York. January %
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The Arms Of Venus.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN Sir: Late
sixties Is little mixed in his recollcc-
tions of Pauline Markham. { saw her soy
eral times during her later years on the
stage, once or twice in blood and thun-
der" plays at small theatres, and at least
once I'm a hurlesque show at Hyde 4 Bch-
mans theatre in Brooklyn She did very
little singing and less dancing, but seemed
to be a sort Of central figure for the rest
of the company 10 play around.
Late sixties has confused her with
Miss Pauline Hail, who was a co-star with
Francis Wilson in the original production
Of "Erminie' at the Casino. where she
sang the part of Erminic during the piece :
long run,
lie is right about Miss Markham lead
ing the march in the BLACK Crook," where
her arms were likened to the lost arms
of the Venus of Milo
An ON GALLERY Con.
BROOKLYN, January 20,
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One of the questions incidental 10 the
european war to the serious discussion
# which much time ana thought will
hereafter be devoted concerns the de.
clsion Of King ALBERT Of Belgium to
oppose the passage Of the German army
across his territories, decision which
Involved his country in the war, resulted
in the devastation Of its towns and fer
tile fields and reduced its people to
ruin. To the inevitable consequences
Of this adventure every consideration Of
material well being was opposed; sup.
porting it was the ardor of brave peo-
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The Pauline of "Erminle."

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: 1t is
too bad that Late Sixties fell down IN
the last paragraph of his interesting letter
whoIl he said that Years later Pauline
Markham made a name in 'Erminie' at
the CasirP'
This is "A mistake. The Pauline who
made the hit in "Ermine' was Pauline
Han, even then young enough to be Paul
inc Mar<hams daughter, II not her grand
daughter. ONE OF THE OH Boys
NEW YORK, January %.
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HINT FOR ECONOMISTS.
Committee Clerks In the Legislature
Whit be DiSpPnscd with.

70 TuE EplroG or THE SUN-Sr: A
great many members Of the Legislature
who are members OF the majority party
Fave what thry can Committee clerks
who attend only the last day to sign
their names and draw from $500 to $500.
This is political pap for ward hcclers.
The Legislature paHso~ about the close
Of the session what is known as a supple
mental bill, which provides for the abOy"
grating This system has been going II
Tor years, and this nearly every mem
brr Of the Legislature knows.
J. g. HoYT.
MfpufTTpNsy Y Y Jauuat.,- p9
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THE PRICE AMERICA PAYS.
Too High Even to Assure Mr.. Wilson'S
Personal Comfort

10 THE EDITOR or THE SUN Sir. II
would seem that the price which is paid
for having Bryan pcnncd up in the fold
Is pruhibitiNc.
When our President wrote the Rfth
volume of his history Of the American
people he made on pages l5S-l6O due
note of the fact that thrty-four years
ago even political eXpediency was not
well served by the spoils system.
II might be worth while to quote the
historian Wilson and his present Score
tary Of State, the letter writer, IN parallel
columns, WILLIAM L. HARRISON.
NEW YORK, January %.