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most important results have been OBJ
tained, but also to conduct field in
v%estigations in various sections of the
country for the study Of occupational
diseases, ~diphtheria, beriberi, goitre,
hookworm disease, leprosy, typhoid
fever, malaria, pellagra, tuberculosis
and trachoma, which involved syste.
matte inquiry into rural sanitation,
school and Industrial hygiene and
health organization, and scrutiny Of
water supplies and sewage.
In six months nearly 1900 persons
we're examined in North and South
Carolina for trachoma, a disease
causing blindness, and rs in other Sec
lions, measures for its prevention and
curt were adopted. In Tennessee and
Georgia DR.. BAILEY made ninety.Hve
addresses to 1900 persons. In Ken
lucky 10000 pamphlets on the subject,
in simple language, were distributed
to teach prevention.
For hookworm disease $4,000 per-
IONS were treated and in eleven States
49 per cent. Of the children were found
infected with the parasite. Malaria
investigations in two Southern States
alone involved 10000 cases, 20 per
cent. in children under IS.
The sanitary environment Of mine
and metal workers was studied with
valuable lessons for the preservation
Of their working capacity. The gar
ment making industry in New York
city was thoroughly examined with
valuable results.
A gratifying finding is that the
prevalence Of typhoid fever In the
United States Is now about one-half
Of what It was thirty years ago.
chiefly because Of improved sanitation
Of towns. Efforts should be directed
to the rural populations, n fact which
was recognized by Or. BIGGs, State
Commissioner Of Health, whose efforts
to improve conditions are threatened
by the apathy Of certain legislators.
In addition to Its reports the Pub
lie Health Service published bulletins
on health subjects in simple language
for popular distribution. Surgeon
General RUpERr BLUE deplores the ne
cessity Of small editions, which limits
the influence of this great work. and
points out that the Department OF
Agriculture issued owe 100000 0
copies of publications in comparison
! with the 100000 to which his meagre
appropriation limited him. His re-
quests for additional facilities in per.
( sonnet. building, library, merit re-
spectful attention in view of the enor-
nous results shown by his work with
insufficient funds.
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Open the Canal and Keep 1t Open.

General COCKTAILS has not at
tempted to hide from Congress or the
public the magnitude and difficulty of
the task that must be carried to con-
clusiOn at the Panama Canal. His re-
port to Secretary GARRISON makes the
conditions to be overcome ut Culebrn
Cut as plain to tho intelligent lay
mar as II does to the technically
trained engineer. But General Coz
THALs declares that the existing OBJ
struction can be removed, and Iecur-
renee Of similar troubles prevented
by the methods now employed.
There Is no question of the pur-
pose and determination OF the United
States as to the future of the canal.
From no quarter does Il suggestion
come that the work should be aban-
doned. 1t Is unanimously agreed that
the tr~ansisthminn waterway must he
opened for navigation and kept open.
If the scheme now followed should
prove, IN spite of General G%oETiiALs's
opinion, inadequate, the engineers
would DO called on to devise another
to take its place. Only demonstra-
ton that the project Is impossible of
accomplishment, n that another route
might be nor economically chosen
for the canal, regardless of the money
spent mt Panama, will alter the de-
cision of the United States to continue
the work now in progress.
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CONNECTICUT'S DEER LAW.
A Letter 10 Senator Mclean From

l respectfully ask a moments consid-
Grafton for some thoughts regarding tho
constitutionality of the present Connectl-
cut deer law.
Like every other evil which through
human conduct serves to darken a
beautiful world. this u%nrighteous deer
law was born OF eeltishness. Selfshness
led to gross Misrepresentation and to
clamorous demands regardless OF all
other considerations, or of what might
be the ultimate results. While a goodly
number of our Senators and a few rep
resentat!ves honestly and strongly OPP
posed the passage of the iniquitous deer
bill. a willing, even anxious majority
and n complacent Governor made It law.
and IN 80 doing stultiied and disgraced
our State.
In no other spot on earth Inhabited by
a civilized people would this atrocious
deer law be permitted to exist. Neither
the pregnant doe, tho nursing mother
nor the sucking fawn Is at any time
exempt from the shotgun provisions OF
this inhuman act. Can the State law
fully sanction such cruelty that in COM
parieon the customs OF n savaee tribe
would be infinitely more humane?
Members OF the FISH and game COM
mittee declared that the deer were rap
Idly becoming a pest. Yet any person
cNii' Us Il AM CIV lltT or - IHIl0 nOllpT
who attempts to XIII ona becomes sub
1ect to a fine OF 500 or to Imprisonment
for sixty days, or 20 both such fine and
Imprisonment. From the STANDPOINT
then taken. could the State with any
show of justice make so absurd and
G'nl1ng a discrimination?
The Governor said that the deer were
OF no particular Importance except a de-
light to the eye. but since that time they
h.tEa x-iafIAl 90 ~. a.p -.
nectlcut thousands Of dollars worth Of
excellent, nutritious food. May not the
Executive justly modify his views?
Apparently the law makers themselves
are unable TO interpret fully the pro-
visions OF this remarkable act. One
says that the farmer may lawfully sell
his venison another holds TO the op-
poslte belief. And now. after nearly
-four months elaboration. the Attorney
General rules that It IL Illegal for the
farmer to sell his v~enison. although the
law distinctly states that tho dead deer
becomes his property and says no word
about restricting his use OF Il. II Is a
pretty poor law that saye one thing and
means something else.
Many OF our most estlmable citizen.
would gladly welcome to their tahles a
little venison AS a luxury. but they are
denied this privilege II pleasure, while
quantities OF It are going to waste and
decay. and property owners or managers
remote from the centres OF traffic erect
blinds and lie In ambush, still intent on
slaughter.
Surely these things speak OF folly, in
justice n wrong, But when by an
edict of the state these creatures which
the Almighty has placed under mans
protection and for his use ara made TO
fertilize the farmers soil, the law be-
ome not only IN outrage against COM
mon decency and common sense. but an
| insult to God Himself.
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To TnE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: There
Is no doubt much truth IN Fang letter
in reference 10 the Yankees rumored pur-
pose to locate in Queens. tho borough OF
grayeyards. 1t IL my impression that the
owners of tina Yankees arc using the
Queens borough blur to match tho Fed
erals Invasion blum: and that they have
a card up their sleeve which will satisfy
tho baseball public when It II played
l do not agree with Fan" that tho
Yankees ought to locate at the Polo
Grounds, Whether tho Feds are sincere
or not. the Yankees. IN Justice 20 their
individual Identify, require grounds some
where which they can call their home"
The solution. In my judgment, IL ono
more season at the Polo Grounds for thu
Yankees. freeing them from need Of build.
Ing their new park under pressure. ana
then to locate where they can best draw
from tho new and old patrons Of tho fvo
boroughs,
For gameness tho Feds now show up
best, They are at least doing something.
They may soon be acquiring options on
the nnkecs other rumored sites. forcing
the yanks where the Feds choose,
NJ, L. LouTsS.
NEW YORK. December 4.
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of Chicago, CLAUS S~PREcKELs Of San
Francisco and other wealthy men 70
finance their campaign.
Senator La FoLLETTE has been work.
ing out details for foul months"
Mr.. IA ToILETrE's speaking cam
paign is under way. Mr.. CRANE
and Mr.. SPREcKELs may make thelr
contributions direct to him at Madi.
son, and each receipt will bear the
Of Senator STEPHENSON that
Mr.. IA TOILETTE will be absolutely
u~ninfiuenced in his political conduct
by any sum, no matter how small,
expended for his benefit.
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A Profitable Department Of the Fed
eral Government.

The annual report Of the Surgeon
General Of the United States Public
Health Service for 1914 presents con-
v~incing proof that this instrument OF
Government Is perhaps the most profit
able under its management. In its
enormous saving Of working capacity,
time and human life may the value
Of this service be estimated.
The economical administration of
this department can only he achieved
under strict discipline, approXimating
that of a military arm An appro-
printion Of 500, 600 suficed not only
10 maintain the national hygienlc
laboratory, from where some OF the
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NO SALOON AFFILIATIONS.
Anti.Suffraee Association Answers At
tacks by Suffragists.

To HI EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: As
etiffragist6 are again renewing their at
tack on the Hines of anti-suffrage affiha-
lions with the liquor interests. ! take
occasion to reiterate that neither the
uAtionaa nor State a~nti-suffrage orgaT-
nations have. or ever have had, any
connection whatever with hQuor or brew
cry interests. Tho position of these an
tercsts on the question Of woman SUI
frage Is a matter of which We are en-
tirely ignorant We do know that in
California the Statewide woman sur
fMge vote was emphaticaily against
profhbftaon, that In Nevada the liquor
interests in q newspaper card publically
thanked thu women for their assistance
and confidence, and THAT in Colorado the
sentiment was divided.
Tho prohibition question Is one on
winch anti-euffrag1sts and euffra4fsts
alike are divided among themselves, as
was asserted by tho Rev. Anna Shaw
in a bulletin issued under date of July
l.. 1914, by tho National American
Woman Suffrage Association, as COL
lows:
Just what the position of women voters
upon the liquor problem will be has never
been guessed. much less stated by suffrage
a~ssociations. The opinions Of individual
sun are as varied as are those Of
an equal number of anti- ~sufYrasista but
sifrag!Ns a. a whole are In no sense re-
sponsible for individual opinions.
Neither are anti +slffragists as a
whole responsible for Individual opfn-
Ions or individual actions as in the case
of bill posters placing anti-suffrage post
BIN In unlocked for places.
In Buffalo. for Instance. Mrs. Shuler
charges hat many Buffalo saloons dis
played anti-suffrage posters, some ever
daring to put them on the outside of
their buildings. In answer to this is
the following copy of the contract be-
tween the New York State Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage and Messrs,
Whitmier & Ferris. dated October 20,
1915.
Confirming my telephone talk with YOU
representative this morning. you are au-
thordzed 30 post one thousand posters,
more or less. for the week before election
at che rate of Elk cents apiece. These
posters to be we'll scattered throughout
the city and a. near voting booths as the
law permits. Under no consideration are
any 60 be placed In connection with 81
looms.
That some of these posters were lateI
discovered by the s~lffragists hanging in
saloons or saloon windows Is obviously
not chargeable to anti-suffragist organi.
cations, since all posters sent out by
this association were accompanied by
instructions similar TO the above.
ALICE HILL CnITTENpEN.
new YORK, December 4.
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In the sixty-fourth Congress.

To assume that President WILSON
does not recognize the difficulties that
viii beset his dealings with the Sixty.
fourth Congress would be to give
small credit to his intelligence. The
Democratic maJorities are inharmo-
Nous, and already are engaged In
lively quarrels; the Republicans are
invigorated and determined. The
House majority is small and the 90
Ideal ~exigencies Of Southern politics
wEl call from the chamber many Of
tn members when the spring primary
campaigns begin. The leader of this
majority Is opposed to tho policy ad-
vocated by the President with respect
Of preparedness for national defence,
and on this the whole Administration
programme Is based. The possibili.
ties Of discord in such a situation can
not DO ignored in the White House.
The Sixty-third Congress was ron
spicuous for its acceptance of the Pres
dental wish as the determining factor
In matters Of legislation. What Mr..
WILSON asked for the Democrats tried
to give him: doubtfully and reluc-
family sometimes, but generally with
a fair semblance Of good grace. The
Sixty-fourth Congress holds no prom
ise Of humility or self-denial.
Nor Is this spirit Of independence
to DO regretted. 1t may nullify the
plans Of individuals. but 1t will not
obstruct the enactment Of measures
In behalf Of which the citizens of the
country are united; 1t may adversely
affect the ambitions Of small coteries
Of men, but 1t will not deny any re-
form seriously demanded by the ma
ton. And by It alone can the Con-
gress be restored to its place as a
coordinate department Of the Govern
ment, and rescued from the subordina-
don into which 1t has fallen.
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the Easi and West Nems

The influence of women In family snd
society has been declining in Tibet as a
result OF frequent warfare, As In 9th n
parts of the world and at various epochs
In human history, men back from VIC
~torious hattlenelds In Tibet were wont 10
Inonopolize feminine admiration. Hence
It came that polygarny has been steadily
encroaching upon tho old u~ndisputed sway
OF tho Tibetan woman in the family. This
is an excerpt from the story told by the
Rev. Ekai kawaguchi, the Buddhist ex-
plorer, who has Just returned to japan
from his second THbetan journey from
Lhast- by way OF Darteling
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Elsewhere on this page we reprint
two letters written by convicts in this
State which have been reproduced in
facsimile by the Star Of Hope. the
prisoners magazine. The handwriting
in each case is creditable. due weight
being given y the circumstances under
which tho authors acquired tho power
TO put their thought on paper. The
Austrian mans "reminiscences OF his
birthplace are to our mind more inter-
esting than the literary remarks Of the
negress. but each composition throws
an unusual light on a subject OF great
Importance.
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True to Form.

Hari on the publication OF Uncle
IKE STEPHENsON's "reminiscences, In
which the skill and success Of Battle
BOB as n collector OF campaign funds
underwent adequate treatment, comes
the announcement that the Wisconsin
pOmpadour once more aspires to the
Republican nomination for President,
and has adopted a plan for its attain
mcnt. The essence Of his device is
revealed In two sentences:
THE Progressive leaders expect, il /,
understood. 70 induce CHARLES r. CRANE
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SIMON,S HOPE.
4 Youthful Manhattan Belle Offers .
Good Example,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: Tell
Mr.. SLnon Creel, who breads tho sere
and yellow. that he a time yet.
! motored a week ago for three hours
on Long Island roads in an open car
with II dear woman IS years young
and when We got home and her wraps
were being taken of she said. Really.
dear. | am beginning 10 feed my age:
| think | am tired"
Surely Mrs. Simon's rubbers and
waterproof need not cast a gloom over
a picnic after that. J. NJ. Is.
NEW YORK, December L
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"Nlechanixed for Battle.''

In an address on 1.-THE Policy OF the
United States in Raising and Main
timing Armies" Of which the pith Is
in the sentence "Mere numbers Of men
and ~undeveloped military resources
are Of little value" by Major-General
LEONARD Woop, U. s. A., there is an
interesting quotation from Light
Horse HARRY LEE:
while ! record with delight facts
Which maintain our native and national
courage ] teal q horror lest dema-
guguos who flourish in q representative
syUeem OF government shall avail Them
sGeveo Of the occasional testimony TO
pgoduos q great result Convinced as
I am chat a Government Is the muir
darer Of It's citizens which sends them
10 the field uniformed and untaught.
whore they are to meet men Of the
same age and strength. mechanical by
sducation n discipline for battle, I
cannot withhold my denunciation Of It's
wtrkedneas and folly"
And from WASHINGTON
Had we formed a permanent army
u tho beginning, which. by tho contin-
of the same men in service. had
been capable of discipline. we should
not have been the greatest
part Of the war inferior to the enemy,
indebted for our safety to their mac
tivtty. enduring frequently the NORTH
oatlon Of seeing inviting opportunities
pass unimproved for want OF a force
,ohtch the country Uas completely abs
10 afford 1--WE supply tina italio empha-
sis1 and OF seeing the country rav-
aged. our towns burned. the !nhabl-
tAnts pfundered, abused. murdered, with
impunity.-
II General LEE and General WASH
1YoroN could return to life In this
world. how long would 1t take them
to catch up with the advances in
military tactics and strategy? Not
long; and they would give their
post Revolutionary remarks no editing
for a 1915 audience except such as
would multiply the emphasis OF their
scorn for the apostles Of %unprepared-
ness and their advocacy of "mechani-
zation" for battle by education and
discipline.
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campaign may find their sit
uation embarrassing" For example:
Senator STONE Of Missouri w~s in
strumentai In having 6ergsant-a4,Arms
CHARLHs p. HroarNs Of e. Louis saecesd
when the Democrats got control Of no
Senate There - talk Of IN endeavor
TO discipline h4m for nis opposition to
CLARKE"
1t is gratifying to receive convinc-
ing reinsurance that the Senate will
permit nothing to distract its atten-
ton from the subjects that really en-
list the enthusiasm Of the people. Let
no silly sentlmentality protect the ser.
geant-at-arms from the Just wrath Of
aroused patriotsi
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Missouri rcfutes the statement of
the pacihsts that we have no war
song of our " In proof of her
contention she asks the nation to at
tune its throat and mind to the mar
tial lay that she has dug up from her
folk lorc 10 supplant the milk and
water spirit of You Got to Quit Kick
ing My Dawg Around" which Is at
a discount since It became the funeral
dlrge Of a great Mlssourian's once
lively boomlet
This newly discovered gem OF Mis-
souri's heroic age tells Of the pro.
genitor of the modern citizen of the
State who ian Lick his weight In wild
cats. Here are three %stanzas;
'Old BANouM followed him 10 his Gen
To rob this wild boar OF MS l!fe.
Come I curttle down kill him carry corn.
They fought tor hours in the day
And then tils wild boar stole away.
odd BANGuM followed him TO his den
And there found tho bone of a thousand
men,"
This song now roars ove the
Ozarks, echoes from one end of the
State ITO the other and clashes like
the din of artillery upon the ear
drums Of CAPrER and his peace loving
Kansas brethren. Could anything be
more inspiring than the deeds of the
patriarch who "fought for hours in
the day" and who slew the terror
that had cleaned the bones of ~
thousand men,? How weak in con
trast the courage OF S~IEGYRIED, how
feeble the valor Of Sir GALAHAD!
Who now can ask II we have a
war song? Let every doubling pacifist
wait and see the execution OF This
Missouri rallying cry in the States
approaching Senatorial election.
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When General ALBERT SIDNEY BUR-
Lesson gets around to It he may d.
rect that parcels by post shall be
carried in proper receptacles, open
hampers that cannot be thrown
around in mail an. In the mea
time It IS well TO remember in prepar-
ing fragile articles to be sent by post
to pack them securely. as they are
crammed into mail sacks with hams.
hardware and other unsympathetic
neighbour.
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Tho Spring Drive.

TO rHs EDITOR or The SrS-Sir. In an.
ewer to "R,' i'm to-day's SrS let me say
all last winter England was boastan g
as to what would happen at her deal IN
May. In September when she finally go,
the deck II developed that she held n
four nush and was called,
LEONARD FrCHs,
EAST ORANGE. n j., December 4.
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The Reichstag contemplates raising
the pay Of a soldier 80 per cent. The
high cost of killing in Europe II be-
coming q serious reflection upon the
higher civilization. Economical elaugh-
ter is what the world needs-slaughter
that IS efficient, expeditions and mex
pensive.
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SERVICES FOR POLICLNEN
''Our Duty ~ the ca" T. l"I''
OF Rabbi SiI,crmau

DR.. Joseph Silvermau Sn'.,
Duty to ME city At the a.
in memory of the torUe" 'H
the Jewish faith at Tenn"
yesterday, About Aoo me-" '''
police force wero there, iry...,
missioner Woods.
DIR. Silverman said th,'
would not he free of grt''
the city was governed hv pl.
He believes that political r
right for the national G-rN'
thinks thai n city slio.
on strictly business bass,
political deeling.
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As thousands were ~promenading Ave-
nue. Madero, the capitals principal
parkway. this afternoon two automo
biles, one fifty yards behind the other.
dashed zigzag along. the occupants
standing up exchanging fire from rifles
and pistos-Merico CITY despatch.
Moving picture shows are super
iuous IN Mexico. All the essential
ingredients may he seen on the pub
lie streets.
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See in Boy Scouts end Of tho bad
boy.-Ncwspdper headline.
Up to the age Of Is or le the bad
boy Is the best boy. II at chat time
he does not begin TO wake up and
settle down ne becomes a bad man.
and Is material for more advanced
agencies Of reform. regeneration or
restriction than the Boy Scouts.
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\ wright county man VINO Is still in
love with his wife II preparing to provide
her with a fur coat FOR Christmas. In
order To do this he IS waging relentless
war on 'posSums. lie has caught twenty
eight and has them penncd up until the
fur season sets In. when their pelts are
t. b drawn n prepared for ne coat
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Kentucky Rats Clever burglars.

Prom tho Mount Ohrtt Tribune Democrat.
Joseph Rigg OF sard,s some years ago
built what might be termed an ironclad
corn crib on his farm. lining 1t with metal
90 that 1t could be classed ratproof.
Near the crib he planted n cherry tree,
which In time grew to n height above the
crib. one limb spreading out over the
roof. BY and by Mr., Rigg made the
discovery that rats were raiding his corn
heap and he began making an investiga-
tion. Procuring a ladder he assembled to
the roof of the crib and found u hole
thai had been gnawed by rats, which had
climbed the cherry tree and going out on
tho overhang!ng limb OF tho tree dropped
down onto the roof OF tho crib, The
balance was easy, The rats Toasted on
choice corn for a good while before being
detected.
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Baron SHIBUsAwA ahmires the Amer
lean woman but not tho American
skyscraper. Unable to praise both.
tho Distinguished visitor has dis
grimm mated wisely.
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Protecting Our Institutions.

High matters continue to cngross
the attention of the Senator's in Wash
ington. 'Some of the older Senators
who went to defeat in tho Clarke
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why IL india 20 proud Of having
domesticated the rubber plant? Brook.
lyn has from time immemorial made
It a member Of the family.