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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
CUSTOMS RELICS AT AUCTION.
Federal Sale of Various Things
From whiskey TO Tombstone.

Abandoned and unclaimed merchan-
disc that has been accommodating at the
warehouse OF the United States APP
praiser until there isn't room for any
more will be disposed OF by auction to-
day. The catalogue shows that there
are 1865 lots and that the total value
Ia more than s250.000.
Deputy Collector J, II. Storey says
that the merchandise has been pretty
we'll turned over and that most OF the
bidders will know exactly what they
are getting The collection contains
elmost everything In the wet and dry
line One Of the objects for which II is
expected there will be little or no COM
petition 10 tombstone, made Of mar
he and duly inscribed in Yiddlsh and
English II came from South America
and was never claimed by the young
husband who had II engraved.
There is a fine line of whiskey, brandy
and wines and a number OF moving pic
ture machines and Aims. Oscar Ham
mcrstcin gets into the catalogue with
a dozen cases OF theatrical effects There
are also in the list four Chinese paint
ings more than a hundred years old. and
ore empty kcC. The auction IL to ba
held on the tenth floor % the building NJ
5lS West Twentieth street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04

Old landmarks are being swept
away in these surging tides OF time.
II Is hard to get ones bearing in any
field Of thought or endeavor, Mr..
WILLIAM J. BRYAN comes perhaps
nearest to being the one constant In
all the factors of change. His devoted
search for n new paramount issue.
which he seems now to find in the
nefarious works OF the rum devil, Is
plea sing reminder that there Is still
such a thing as fixed purpose and
unalterable determination.
Nevertheless, Mr.. BRYAN himself
bears witness 10 the transformations
that are being wrought How much
the world has moved and how fast
81 Is moving was shown in his Car
negie Han speech in this city last
week in furtherance Of his campaign
for temperance pledges aud whatever
else there may he IN the consequence.
The speaker prcfaccd his exhortatiOn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
Mr.. Knickerbocker's Real Nature.

Those who have enjoyed Mr., kNICk-
ERRoCKER's displays in the downtown
parks should go north Ia th" botanical
Garden. whore the real treasures of
his Dutch prediction are to be seen,
Perhaps 1t has been forgotten by som"
that In The Bronx the old gentleman
maintains for his children'S benefit
beautiful horticultural establishment,
worth visiting ut any season OF the
year. but particularly grateful to the
senses in the early days Of spring.
Mr.. KNICKERHOCKER, although we
say rough things about his manage
mcnt of his affairs occasionally. tries
to do the right thing by MS lie Is
more kindly, more cOnsldernte Of us
than some OF us are of him. lie pro
yides the parks which certain Of his
sons and daughters conceive TO be
maintained as the basis Of rubbish
heaps; he urges us 10 clear out our
premises once year and offers TO
send his man to cart away the ne.
cumulatlons of the winter months he
sets out gardens for us 10 res. our
eyes on and asks only that we shall
not trample his flowers into the
ground or pull them up by the roots;
and generally he Is willing to meet us
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
Forty.One Days Of Injustice.

on March II the Governor of New
York brought charges of misconduct
in office, inehiclency and neglect OF
duty against three of the Public Ser
vice commissioners for the First Dis
trict and charges of inet'iciency and
neglect Of duty against another.
ON March - the four accused Off
rials appeared before the Governor in
the Executive Chamber of the Capitol
at Albany and presented their de
fences orally and in the form OF
printed documents.
Forty-one days have elapsed since
that hearing was given to the men
whose characters had been assailcd,
hut the Governor has made no an
nouncement OF his decisions with re-
spect of these charges.
Why?
If the Public Service Commission
ers are guilty of the inef'ic!cncy, the
neglect and the misconduct alleged
against them their continuance in
office Is highly objectionable and
against the public interest.
II they are not guilty they are en-
titled 10 he cleared.
In either event, ii is obvious that
the delay already experienced consti'
tutes an injustice to the public or to
the Commissioners
Why does the Governor not record
the results Of his inquest and NibSe
ouent deliberations
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
A REAL MARKET PLACE.
Essentials wherein the Fifty-nlnth
street Establishment Falls Short.

To THE EnrrOp OF THE SUS-Sir. a bout
week ago In a letter showing some
OF the conditions that exist in the
Fifty-ninth street public market
tried 10 show that the creation OF the
publi- markets and the attracting ~
wholesale merchants to open up retail
branches there was step in the right
direction in sowing part of the problem
OF the high cost II living. And ! be-
lieve | DID show that the very opposite
conditions prevailed there.
There il no question that the
Fifty-uirth street market. due "a its
central location, should he the busiest
and the finest ~ the city markets. \
VISIT To- that market is enough to dispel
any hopes OF II ever becoming even a
market There seems 10 be no system
I'm the location OF the stands nor do the
rents for them represent any systematic
valuation OF locations.
The place is absolutely devoid Of
lighting facilities and OF water, and
there Is no protection from either sun
or rain. individuals are not allowed
To erect any temporary or permanent
stands or sheds that may protect their
wares from exposure to tire elements,
and the city Itself has not vet decided
whether II will erc1t anything perma-
nent at all,
ttNt ltt MOST EAt'lfG ldulN - Nllf hh-
soIutc lack Of water IN the market.
The butchers there would never he able
to wash out their icchoXes, cases and
stands II they had to depend upon the
city to supply them with water For
tunatelv, however. water can he pro-
cured at several saloons near by, tho on
tanning of which constitutes perpetual
source OF annoyance TO the market
men. THE drippiuGs from the tcehoNcs
fall into pals, which are empticd into
the gutter. and the water used in wash
Ing the meat blocks, stands, &c, runs
all over the market. with no outlet hu,
the gutter
\ number OF insignificant changes
can be made al practically little or no
cost that will increase the efficiency 81
this market and insure It's success The
first and most important is that no
marketman should hc elected without Ar
actual violation Of law being committed
/ law that applies alike to every 'nhabi'
| rant of the city. and not such as is made
To suit tho convenience OF the market
officials and politicians The market
/ men should have the right 10 erect suit
able stands and overhead protection
1 course that II does not exceed the spac,
allotted.
Ard last nut not least, the r,rv should
. connect every stand with running water
and outlets for the waste water, so tina
the markc'men viii not have to depenc
upon spongrs and blotting paper TO re
| move the swill. poN FRANCIS,
New YORK, May 3.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
THE SEA EARTH SWIMS IN.
A Romantic View Of Air Pressures.
Inward and Outward.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--Sir. We
hear lot about how great body Is
the Pacific Ocean. but we rarely hear
bout how vast a body is the atmos-
phere. the terrestrial ocean in which
we dwell For our atmosphere is an
ocean. Just as much as the Pacific or
any other OF the oceans. 1t is far less
dense and is composed Of different
arrangement OF chemical elements.
We rarely hear of our atmosphere
being spoken OF as an ocean because
Il lies all around us we are wholly ac-
customed to 1t. and because. as rule.
we do not feel Its presence. II Is true
that a cubic foot OF water weighs some
62ia pounds. whereas a cubic foot Of air
would not be noticeable as far as weight
is concerned; but nevertheless, as we
all know, air does have weight. and. as
we are walking about the atmosphere
is pressing upon us with pressure or
around IA 7-lo pounds to the square
inch.
Fortunately for us. our tissues and
bones are full OF air. and this interior
air OF our bodies has the same pressure
outward OF IA 7-l0 pounds that the
exterior air has inward against our
bodies So the inward and the outward
pressures are exactly the same we feel
no discomfort except when the inward
or the outward pressure ~ not normal.
as. for example. when We climb high
mountain To understand more clearly
how important and vital 1t IL that these
inward and outward pressures he the
same. It may be stated that our atmos-
phere presses upon each square foot of
surface with the weight OF 2,ll7 pounds,
more than "A ton Now az the total sur
face of n human body OF middle size
contains about l6 square feet, were
there no resisting pressure. such body
would he at once overwhelmed ny a
total AIR weight os 33.sse pounds. or
almost seventeen tons.
Thus 1t ia very evident that air does
have a good deal Of weight, particu-
larry when It is in swift motion during
some big storm. Composed, as Il is, OF
gases casually invisiblc), just as water
ls composed 81 gases, the gases OF our
atmosphere being nitrogen, oxygen
argon carbon dioNide. hydrogen and
so on, our terrestrial air may truly ~
called an ocean. Moreover, our atmos'
phere contains a large amount OF water
vapor, and at times the outdoor air
although not quite as we, as the ocean
certainly resembles water 10 create
or lesser degree
! We do not know the exact depth o.
this vast atmospheric ocean, but W.
do know that II wholly covers our earth
and that means total terrestrial are
of about 10000. 900 square miles
Truly. the ocean OF air amid which W.
are born. dwell and die. which protects
US from the rer!ls Of hombardini
aerolites but not against the dangers o
shells and high explosives, Is a stupen
dous ocean compared with which M
mighty" Pacific is Il shallow and SINAI
salt sea,
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES,
BOSTON. May 3.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
THE WAGE SCALE.
Revival OF an Ancient Discussion as
to the Significance Of Money.

To THE EpIToR OF THE SuN-S,r: "A
Reformer" concludes his letter on the
tariff in to-day's SUN by saying or
he draws 30 much per as "A
clerk and imagincs that he would CON
tinue to draw the same pay II he were
under free trade,
Tn. Implication is the erroneous one
that protection means high wages and
free trade low wages, \ single Illus
tratlon will be sufficient TO prove It's fall
lacy II. for example England were 10
adopt the protective principle tomorrow
the immediate and necessary conse-
quencc would I've rise in prices on all
articles included in the scope OF the new
duties This OF course, would be In ef-
feet lowering OF wages, and II the lat
ter should be adjusted TO meet the in
crease in the price OF other commodities,
would any one he justified in saving that
wages were higher under protection
than under free trade merely because
there had been cumulative increase In
the amount received as wages
The truth IL that labor. OF whatever
kind. profee sional or mechanical, being
in fact commodity, Ike all other COM
modties is subject naturally to the
operation of the law OF supply and de-
mand. Where II is abundant II is cheap.
and where IL is scarce Il IN dear no mat
ter what the economic policy Of the coun
try II the market for clerks were To
remain unchanged II would not he be-
yond the bounds Of possibility. II other
commodity prices were To fall, that the
former would continue to receive the
same wages as before they might re-
ceive relatively the same. hut they
scarcely would receive relatively less,
II Is paradoxical that the protection
list friends OF labor are agreed that
free list r. J. n,
NEW YORK, April IS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
GOVERNOR TO CUT BUDGET.
Public Hearings to he Held on
Appropriations.

albany May Stow Whitman will
give hearings next week on appropriation
hills in the hope of cutting down the So
00O, 900 recently passed by the Legislature
The Governor viii institute a series Of
open hearings AT which the heads of de-
partmeuts over whom he EXERCISES direct
authority Will be called TO the mat on the
money bills Item by item the Governor
viii go over their appropriations and any
of them for which a satisfactory explana-
ton OF its absolute need cannot be given
will Toe vetoed
The opening hearing on appropriations
il something new at the Capitol II was
decided upon by GOV. Whitman as the
sunest way of rhecting economies
II Is expected that a number Of New
York city officials will come to Albany to
listen To the explanations offered tor she
various appropriations
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04

Whatever the advantage of the
present law may be to the chauffeur
Of the taxicab II is not an advantage
to the public. There was a time when
the presence Of cab In front Of a
hotel or restaurant was a guarantee
OF certain degree OF comfort or
safety because It was operated by a
company known to the hotel. which
in measure stood sponsor for it's
vehicles.
But nowadays me most rickety
nichthawk may be the next cab In
line. The character OF the hotel is
not the least guarantee that there is
to he found safety or comfort in one
Of the taNicabs before It's doors. The
result Of the present law is TO give
no preference TO the enterprise which
prepares comfortable and worthy We
hicles. but to put the poorest on a
footing with the best.
This may be fair 10 the chauffeur
but 1t is not so obviously just to the
passenger.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
S26O,O0O PORTRAIT
BELONGS TO Prick
Mysterious Painting From
London Added to Finan-
cier's Collection.
CROMWELL" BY HOLBEIN

Henry c. Frick. who recently added
TO his collection OF art objects the
Fragonard panels from the Morgan
collection at the Metropolitan Museum.
confirmed yesterday the report that he Is
the owner Of the painting brought to
this country 80 mysteriously by the
American Line steamer Philadelphia. II
is believed that Mr.. Frick paid as high
as s25o,0o0 for the work.
The painting ID a portrait Of Cror,-
we'll by Holbeir and was done In 1884.
When 1t was fresh from the artists hand
It caught the eye of Henry VIII. and
Holbein was Immediately appointed
court painter For some years 1t has
been in the gallery Of Sir Hugh Lane
at Lindsey House. Cheyne Walk. Lon
don. Sir Hugh was in this country
recently and II is understood that the
purchase was arranged with him BY
Sir Charles Allom, who recently estab-
ished himself as an art dealer At IL
East Fffty-second street.
Just before the Philadelphia sailed the
case containing the picture was brought
on board and special instructions re-
specting Its care were given. Purser
Irvine kept It In his specie room. II
was removed yesterday morning to the
office OF the delivery clerk on the pier
and remained there awaiting instruc-
tons.
The consignee did not appear by name
on the case. The only mark on the
case was stamp showing that the
picture had been packed by Chune OF
London II was learned, however. that
the bill Of lading gave III c. F." as the
cons,gnee. The case was shipped by the
American Line Steamship Company's
agent In England The picture will be
taken TO the United states Appraiser
as soon as II Is claimed. The value
placed upon It in the ships manifest Is
1896. 900, but II comes In duty free under
the provisions OF the customs law gov
erning antiques.
ARRANGEMENTS were made yesterday
for the transfer Of the picture to th'
home OF Mr.. Frick at Fifth avenue ano
| Seventeen street
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to teetotalism by an exhibition Of sta

to teetotalism by an exhibition Of sta
tistical comparisons between the coun
try's expenditures for liquor and va
rious productive enterprises, and In
the course of these PREDATORY remarks
he made the following declaration:
New York Ia the financial centre OF
the country and Is destined to he the
clearing house Of the world"
Here Is about the most convincing
token Of the present pace of cosmic
progress which has been vouchsafed.
From the time that the Administra-
tons currency bill went into the Con-
grcssional incubator in 1913 Pres.
dent WILSON'S Secretary Of state her
aided the Matching as portent Of
New Works. financial downfall. When
the Federal Reserve act became an
accomplished fact Mr.. BRYAN adver-
tsed 1t as the end Of New York's
financial supremacy.
Not more than six months ago he
was making public addresses extol-
ling the Governments part in the un-
dertaklngs which enabled the coun-
try to meet the shock Of the European
war. and one Of his favorite allocu-
tons was:
The money centre has now been
transferred from Wall Street to WASH
ington. and the change came Just In time.
This Is what comes of having an Ad-
ministration on the side OF the people"
Still more recently in a Philadel.
phia speech Mr.. BRYAN said Of the
Federal Reserve system:
"Do you say that We have not made
| Improvement by establishing twelve cen
tres of finance instead OF one?''
Nothing Is nowadays 80 paramount
with the original paramounter as
prohibition. All the vast affairs OF
state relating to the terrific convul
sion Of the nations in Europe seen
TO him Of less significance than hi
propaganda OF abstinence from alec
hol. Accordingly he may easily have
forgotten his previous views abou
the dethroning Of the money power
yet events may have taught him tina
he was wrong.
So regarded, his Carnegie Hall ad
mission was handsome confession
which goes to prove that all the cir
cumstances Of current change in tn
lot of mankind are not for the worse
II Mr.. BRYAN can abandon some o
his dearest decisions. which begaI
with the idea that New York wa
the enemy's country" there Is YER
fair chance that our politics may be
come less bedlamite and more ra
tional. that its programmes may We
accord with the constructive require
ments OF the future.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
ALASKA COAL LEASES IN 1916.
Reservations to Re Announced
soon. Says Secretary Lime.

WAsHINdToN. Nav 3 Alaska coal lands
will not be available for leasing until the
beginning of the season Of 1919. Secretary
of the Interior Lane announced to-day
While tho coal lands have not been sur
veyed yet II will not be necessary to await
the completion of the work In order to
declare reservations
These reservations will he announced
at an early date and thereafter parties
Interested IN the coal fields will have OPP
portunty to make personal inspection Of
conditions and thus acquire knowledge 10
enable them to consider leasing PROPOSE
tons when the lands are finally offered to
the public.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
many attacking monsters at the help.

many VUtuCklng nlOISteTs at thO utip'
less persons in the way.
Apparently no chauffeur regards
himself as under any obliga lions
after the whistle Is blown. 1t Is 'uD
to" the pedestrian to escape ms best
he can. The fact that there is fire.
Qucntly nowhere for him to fee to
safety except upward appears to be
a matter of Indifference to the driver
of a motor car. And IL seems to he
u thing about which the traffic police.
man is not expected to concern hin.
self The general attitude of police
and drivers indicates that in their
opinion the pedestrian has no bnsi-
ness there at all.
Occasionally the observer will find
n traffic policeman who does try 20
care for the crossing pedestrians {:
hut the fact that only few do 80
leads to the Inference that no general
order governs their action. or else
that II Is one generally neglected
There should I've no large difficulty IN
introducing system Of whistle sig
nails easily understood by every one.
the first signal to halt the crossing
Of pedestrians and the second to ner-
NIT the vehicles to move. No vehicle
should he started while there are peo-
pie in the middle of the street. At
present 1t is done nearly every time
they are started at all.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
MEXICANIZED NEW YORK.
Equal Representation Must Come
Through the Constitution.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Al
present a minority of tho voting popu-
laton OF this state frames our laws
and imposes state taxes and pays out
the States money. II Is about time
that this was changed.
The city Of New York with more than
half Of tho electors is powerless to
prevent raids upon it's treasury and
upon the savings OF its citisens because
It has considerably less than half OF
the members Of the State Legislature.
The present Constitution has thus
Mexicanized our city.
When We rightfully complain OF
heavy burdens placed upon US by rural
New York II is said we are whining,
and the plain inference from what some
Of our lawmakers say Is that since we
are proud Of our financial supremacy
we should sraciously submit to being
mulcted.
The people Of this town DO not ask
for what is unjust; nor do they seek
for more than Ia their due. The limit
OF their demands is that they be placed
on an equality with the rest Of the
state. They insist that that equality
can be gained by that increased repre-
sentation in the Legislature to which
their voting strength entities them
They say that the new Constitution
should provide for the division of the
state into Senate and Assembly dis
trlcts so that a. nearly az can be ac-
complshed there will not he in any one
district moro voters than there are in
any other. SIMPLE JUSTICE.
New YORK, May ..
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COMFY BILL VETOED BY MAYOR
CITY Not In n Condition to ray for
Widening of Creek.

II was made known NJ the City Hall
Yesterday that Mayor Mitchell before he
left for tho West vetoed the bin provld-
'ng for the straightening and widening
Of Coney Island Creek SO as to make n
chip canal between Grlvescnd and
Sheepshead bays.
The Mayor said the hill dld not stiDu-
late how the cost Of the work should he
met. The city is not in a condition to
pay for IL. he said. ana Coucy Island
property owners had not expressed any
desire 20 do So
Mr.. Mitchell signed me hill which PER-
mits the Board Of Assessors 10 award
damages 10 owners OF property near the
Hrooklyn end OF the Manhattan Bridge
who had suffered by the change OF grade
In the construction OF bridge approaches
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04

Chirp as merrily as he may from the
hearth. the cricket's message in the
Northwest will no longer he for peace
and good cheer. lie and his whole
family have spread themselves over
some eight square miles OF territory in
Washington and in their advance
have swept 5000 acres as clear Of
vegetation as ever the grasshoppers
did the Kansas prairie in pre-Populist
times
The farmers have dug trenches to
stop the enemy and Governor LISTER
has promised reenforcements in the
fight The matter appears to he
purely state ISSUE. The Fedora
Department Of Agriculture reported
that II had no funds for the war. for
who even in these warlike days would
have had the foresight To imagine
that the cricket would break It's long
truce with humanity?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
Would and Should,

To THE EnIroR OF THE SUN-Str. In
the note to the German Ambassador In
answer to his memorandum occur the
following passages; There ar" many
circumstances . to which | would
have expected your Excellency to ad-
vert; land there are other circum-
stances which ! would nave
supposed to he hardly appropriate for
discussion"
why is the word would" used in
these sentences? A FLORIDA CRACKER
DAyroNA, Fla, May /,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-04
Defining JOsephus.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-SF.
think that any one. excepting OF course
a brother upllfter. who has followed
Mr. Josephus Daniels m Secretary OF
the Navy will discover an accurate de-
scription Of him in the old darkey =
Invocation, when with uplifted eyes and
hands he thus exploded: "Oh Thou
all sufficient. self-suiiicient. insufficient
Being! !" SNARLEYYow.
New YORK, May 3,