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The figures show tina the nr.co o.
s''loig steak, estimated on THIS basis
has Jumped from IT'S in lH07 20 lN2
in 1914, round steak from s. 90 to'-
r'h roast from 76i 20 1921 pork chor
FROM 7i3 ;o l6tG smoked bacon '-,-
1iS 70 Io1S smoked ham from g.; p
1915 lard from S0.7 TO gS.6 hens ron
ST ! To l02l wheat -four from 90 p
lu3S. corn meal from ST. 10 io'c
fresh Eggs from sal to 100 cream
cry butter from $50 to ga lr'sG 70
ta'ocs from 1913 TO 1882; rrauu.a'~i
sugar from los . to 1851. and fresh MIX
from S72 20 1905.
The figures indicate that tho cost o,
living in 1914 was . Per cent. create
than In 1918 ~ per cent more than
In 1912 II per cent. more than IN 1911
as per cent. more than IN 1910 l6i
pcr cent, more han in 1909 2il p~r
cont. more han in 1905 and 2+S Per
cent. more than IN 1907.
In other words. Il Is costing re aver
age American about a QUar'cr more row
than Il did in 1907.
According to the AgUr-s, tho western
rdrt Of the United S't'es has not bean
as hard hit as others TIE average r-'a-
two price In the western division, for
Instance. was only zoos, compared with
log In the north Atlantic division, lo2
IN the south Atlantic division and 10? !
in tho north central division. The fs-
ures for the south central division were
1918
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Titles.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir; While
| appreciate the compliment OF your
editorial article commenting on my re-
cent letter. ! am frank to confess that
! remain u~rConverted.
We may laugh at titles, but they are
really n serious eva Il speak of curse
q class titles). As is well known, the
general effect OF them is TO swell the
recipients up viii an absurd sense ot
their "supcriority' and Importance, Not
TO speak Of the effect OF this upon man
ners, | contend II Is one Of the mos,
fruitful causes Of war, ! think | might
point to the present war as an eXcm-
plillcation.
II may surprise some people 70 hear
that titles are a relic OF harharism, Yet
such is Individually the fact, France,
with her hnc genius for civilization. has
abolished them. II seems to me that
England, especially now as she pro-
claims she is fighting for democracy.
would do well to abolish them too.
ClNIs AMERICANS.
New YORK, June IL.
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The assertion Of the Frankfurtcr
Zettun9 that the self-consciousness
Of the Americans, which borders on
vanity, has suffered some severe
shocks in the course of the war
reads oddly to those who have
watched the recent course of public
opinion in the United States. 1t will
come as a shock to them TO be told
that they still indulge in the self
complacent vagaries that might with
a show Of justice have been attrlbu-
ted to them n generation ago. How
nearly true is the statement that:
"Americans are told every morning
what clever fellows they are; that
America as n nation is without a com
peer that America has reached the high
est state OF civilization that American
men are smarter, more honorable and
more Industrious than the men OF any
other nation. and hat American ome
are more beautiful. more vlrtuors. more
ladylike than their sisters tin oughout
the world"
1t is a long time since Americans
were told every morning what clever
fellows they are. Indeed. for a mum
Der or years they have endured n
curse of instruction. warning. en-
posrulation, ~admonitIOn, rcprOOf and
real nhu>e slrn ms only n very good
tempered or very careless community
would endure. They have been told
that the founders OF their political
system were decitful and shortsishted :
that the means of administration
>ieY devised was INADEQUATE; that
the men who had managed 1t were
grossly Incompetent In most cases and
yulgar,y dishonest In others, that
their industrial and commercial prac-
tlccs were BASED on wrong principles
and applied without knowledge or
reason; Tint of art and literature
they possessed nothing, ana that gen
orally they ranked II not with hone
less barbar'ans NJ least not higher
than In n low civilization.
This Indictment has not come from
abroad. 1t has been the product Of
domestic critics. Nor has II arouscd
that fury OF resentment that would
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The Woman Director.

Ihere Gems no reason why "A
woman should not manage Il roper
loire theatre and succeed In both the
artistic ana business wings of the en-.
terprisc, MARGARET ANGLIN has been
selecting her wi plays ana compa-
nlcs for several years and has usually
done both with Judgment; SO her
opportunity to demonstrate what n
woman can do as an 'mprcsario may
help tn determine whether or moi
New York really wants n repertoire
theatre. II may he that only n small
group Of influential theatrcgorrs want
anything OF the kind; In that case
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A PROHIBITION PARK.
Dry Maine Full Of Fine Homes; Wet
New Hampshire Down at Heel.

TO EDITOR OF IHE scN-Sr' iour
DAVIS stS forgets 10 call the attention
of Your readors to IN. results of prn-
htbi,lon I'm Maine. A great many peo-
nile would drink in Maine ~ IL were law
ln'' pu' Ut Ho' because OF I"e nav 'He
y. t"e "o',Vtape uileren'es ~p.'"ee''
Naln" a"u ..tnse o,"'cn ~ ~ inc ap-
s.'.''- W '"v o' Ma'". a fatN
800 80 ~ ~. "nete "e
'',u" Va y. SUES $50
~ N',"e "e W -
n"lS'ns uoM", ~ - pau."ss :" u
sa'"'.S re .u' W nome'S' wv nu.ne
az" mn ~ apia.ent r'etS" "eIe
- 80 '"c =" tia"'iH'N "ro an"
'ht s'"Uns are .ne usua. rum sluIhs,
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DO the S%nfYragIsts Fear n Refer
endum?

To THE EDITOR or TIL SUN-Sir:
Mrs. Margaret Norrie says in THE SUN
of saturday that Judge Dunmore must
nave been singularly misinformed TO
Imagine that there is any ground for
his superstition that the suffragists fear
the result OF "A vote by the women on
the question of equal suffrage"
! do not know about other states. hut
Mrs, Norrie Is s~ingularly mlsinformed
about Massachusetts, where those
against woman suffrage have advocat-
ed, while the women suifragists have
vchemently opposed, a vote by the
women on woman suffrage.
That women opposed to voting by their
sex SHOULD he reluctant to vote even on
this question is easily understood. and
Mrs, Norrie can possibly explain why
less than 4 per cent, of the women OF
Massachusetts took the trouble to vote
I'm favor Of woman suffrage when they
had opportunity several years ago
Boston. June 10. NJ. 7. G.
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Subway Ventilation.

II Is certain that the method Of
ventilating the subway by sidewalk
gratings Is capable Of infinite i'm
provcment. The method has proven
crude. u~nscientific and wholly unsat-
lsfactory. The Public Service Com
mission has set the hour Of II o'clock
this morning for n public hearing on
the matter, and seems open minded
for suggestions, despite the report Of
It's engineering stan. The opportu-
nifty for betterment in this detail on
the new subways is SO obvious that
1t seems impossible that advantage
shall not be taken Of IL.
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An Era Of High Wages.

Industrial ~forecasters are now pre-
dieting for the coming summer and
fall a scarcity Of manual labor be-
yond precedent. Italy's war. with Its
expected repatriation Of thousands of
Italian reservists now finding employ
ment in this country, Is given as IL
Of the chief reasons for the predic-
ton. and in Plttsburg, where demand
for the kind Of labor Italians so lib
orally supply is particularly large.
the pressure Is said To be making It.
self felt already.
Notwithstanding unwtlllngness In
certain quarters to recognize labor
as a commodity subject to market
fluctuations. the coming conditions
may very conclusively. and In Il way
highly advantageous to labor Itself,
demonstrate its subscrvience to those
laws Of supply and demand so i'm
perative In their government of other
values. II the shortage in manual
labor reaches anything like the ex-
tent foreshadowed, wages must in
evitably rise to a proportionnte level.
Indeed 1t is already predicted that
the day laborer will I've earning as
much as the skilled mechanic before
the exceptional conditions are 50 far
removed as 10 permit Il readjustment
~ normal levels.
Increased de, elopmcnt and the use
Of labor saving mechanical devices
may serve to relieve the strain in "a
measure. but will fall far short Of
removing IL, for co%incldcntly with the
Indications Of labor shortage come
from all points Of the industrial cir.
conference equally strong assurances
Of a brisk productive revival. And
this is saying nothing OF the busy
times incident to %garnering and NOV
ing what promises TO I've one of the
heaviest crops with which the coun-
try has ever been blessed. If eco
nomic experts are to be believed. the
creation Of a new record in high
wages for day labor Is not only pend.
ing but pressingly near Mt hand.
Incidentally the situation once
more demonstrates what the subway
construction crisis recently put into
such strong light here in New York,
our all but helpless dependence on
foreign hands for the manipulation
Of those vitality important implements
Of civilization the pick and shovel.
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nan must choose between doing his
duty by the guard and continuing to
earn his living.
The Edison Company by Its atti-
tude enrolls among those who are for
serious prepa ration. Its letter Is
worth a thousand documents inspired
by vague hopes and %yearnings. We
commend 1t to all employers, because
in any reasonable and practicable
scheme Of national military training
the uniformed militia is the essential
element OF strength.
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What was the censor about when he
permitted the news to he published
that "Lieutenant-General BERNARD T.
MAHoN and the Tenth division sailed
last night and to-day from ~Southamp-
ton for France? This force was 10000
strong and composed Of good fighting
stock, Irish, Welsh. English and
Scotch. As the Germans have never
been able to torpedo a Channel trans
port. tho War Office may have grown
o~vcrconndent. Perhaps when the
time comes to tell the story Of the
convoy of a million or two Of British
soldiers to France. 1t will be one of the
great narratives Of the war.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir.
Why should there he any question as to
ventilating this new subway? Cannot IT
be built Ike the Hudson tunnel with a
wall between That is perfectly Nouti-
lated and cool and sweet In the hottest
days, because each train carries Us
W draft, Is not this possible in the
new subways" INQUIRY.
MADISON, y. J.. Juno 1h.
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PaacC-peace heroic and sacrihcial-ls
the new vision. which only young men
can believe in-PrcS,dcHi FAuNcE Of
BrOwn InircrSitu.
What IL "sacrifcial' peace? Peace
that sacrifices the honor or vital in
tercsts'' OF a nation to cowardlce dis
guised as a vision? What is he
role" peace? The peace attainahle
by heroes who are thankful for a
kick and beg that II he repeated?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-16

Under instructions from Captain
TAYLOR Of the Cunarder Orduna. the
Honorable NELSON o'SHArGHNEssY
took n life belt to bed with him every
night 10 he ready to 20 overheard If
the steamship were torpedoed. To a
diplomat who slept with a pistol under
his pillow during the IIuerta DICTATOR
ship in Mexico city and was ready for
any fate. tho pcrils Il submarine war
fare must have seemed negligible and
the lifo bolt supcrnuous.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-16
G.. O.. P. CHIEFS TEST
STRENGTH ON WATER
Root Forces Win First Clash
in Convention on What
Delegates Will Drink.
REAPPORTTONMENT FIGHT

ALBANY. June Ib.-The FIRST test IN
the constitutional convention between the
Republican delegates. led ny President
Root and George w. Wickersham. and
those who are following the leadership
OF Senator Bracket came to-day over
the ~unimportant question a. to who
should furnish the water for tho conven-
tlon delegates.
This test led 10 n -postponement OF con-
vention action on tho question as to
whether there shall be Incorporated in
tho new Constitution n rea~pportionment
Of the Senate and Assembly districts. In
which is involved the present provision
that New York city shall not have more
than one-half OF the membership Of tho
state Senate.
Tho leading Republicans would con
t'nue the provision limiting New York
ing the reapportionment 20 tho Legis-
lature itself. These include President
Root. Wickersham. Stlmson. Parsons,
O'Brian. Tanner and Cullinan.
Other Republicans. led by Senator
Bracket. insist that tho new Consti-
tuition shall contain a legislative reap
~portionmen., and last week Senator
Brackett's COMMITTEES on legislative or
ganization reported the ouleg resolution
declaring II TO be the sense OF tho con-
vention that the present legislative or
ranization, comprising a senate and As
semhly. should be continued.
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COST OF LIVING IS
HIGHER THAN EVER
Average Price for Fifteen Arti.
cles 9 Per Cent. More in
1914 Than in 1913.
HIGHEST IN SEPTEMBER

wAsH1NGroN. June 1S-Thc cos, ~.
living in the United Sta'cs is higher
now han II ever has been.
Notwithstanding the promises mazda
by the Democratic leaders that tho r..
duction OF the tariff n the free .|...
ing of many food articles would bring
relief, prices are higher now under 20
Democratic revenue measure than tho,
were under the much maligncd ra,re.
Aldrich tariff law.
These facts are shown In s'a.is,,c,
which tho Department Of Labor ha,
Just published IN regard to retail prices
In the United States.
The statistics show that for r-.en
articles which are served on the tah's
Of the workingman in the United
states the average price for IN. year
1914 was . per cent. higher 'hnn tAa.
in 1918 and about 5ta per cent. higher
than that in 1912.
In other words. me American work.
ingman IL now paying an average price
Of 1O2 for what he got In 1919 for 100
and in 1912 for "a per cent. The
statistics show that the cost Of Twink
has Increased steadily for these f,,.s,
articles since 1907. when the average
price was only $40. In 1908 m,
average price jumped to sac. in l3oa
to $50. in 1910 to go. in 1911 To sl.s
and so on up TO i02, the average price
which the American w~ork!ngman paid
in 1914.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-16

The near side Stop reems more
of n success with the trolleys than
with the Fifth avenue stages. which
yearly carry SO many thousands. II
was evidently the custom Of the
Chauffours TO prepare for their stop
when they began to cross to the far
side. Now there is no such guide for
them to follow. The result Is n ten
dency 70 stop on the upper sid with
a sudden shock which reminds the
passengers that there has been Q
change in the method of arrest.
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This resolution VAS n special order
in the convention to-day. but before II
was reached the convention voted CO
to 81 against using water IN the V
ton from n state spring at Saratoga
and IN favor Of paving $3.50 for water
from Oswego county. Tho same amount
would have had 70 be paid for the
Saratoga water. Senator Rrackett led
tho fight for the Saratoga water and J..
W. Culllnan OF psworo. who sits next
to william Barnes. submitted tho merits
Of tho Oswego water. Nessrs. Parres.
Stimson. Wickersham. Parsons. O'Hrian
and other friends OF Root and Wicker
sham voted for the Oswcgo water.
Finally the consideration Of the Cuigg
resolution was y stponed until Thurs
day. June 20.
The Democrats as q rule Will favor a
reapportionment Of legislative districts
by the constitutional convention, believ-
Ing they will get a squarer deal from
the convention than from a partisan Re
publican Legislature. They are to make
their hght on the elimination ~ the pro-
vision limiting New York city's repre-
s~entation IN the state Senate. ard ~
they fail IN this they will then Join
tho Drackett Republicans IN favor of n
constitutional convention legislative re-
apport!onm"nt.
There are fsty-two Democrats In the
convention and 1lS Republicans, and
friends Of Mr.. Bracket insist that at
least forty Republicans favor n ron
vertlon reappor,!onnent and that they
can put one through with tho aid u the
Democrats.
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whitman on for Grand Canyon.

WILLIAMS, Ariz., june l5-Gov. Whit
man was met NJ Ashfork hy a delegation
of prominent citizcus sent ny COY. Hunt
to give an Official welcome. Tho Whit
man party left in the afternoon for the
Grand Canyon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-16

Wherever an American goes lawfully
and observing the law. there the flag
goes with him. and there II must ever
go.-HENRY CABOT LODGE.
Sound American doctrine with not
a hyphen in Il.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-16

one of the real heroes Of the war
in Europe Is Or. EDWARD w. RYAN,
chief of the American Red Cross In
Belgrade, who has been decorated by
the Serbian and French Governments.
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To THE EDITOR OF TN SrN-Sr:
Somewhere In the capital
VIII our children's children So
A shaft Of hardened mush
Marked simply w, j. II"
NEW YuEk, June Is. ions J. ESRiaHx,
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London once, bingham House. I Arun'
del street. Strand.
Paris once. 6 Rue de Ia Michodiere. on
Rue du Quatre s%eptemhre.
washington ONCE Hibhs Building.
Brooklyn once. 100 Livingston street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-16

"The way to end a night" says ex-
Secretary BoNArARTE. "is 10 knock the
other fellow down" Spoken like a
member of the Coloneis cabinet!
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~ our friends ,nho taror MS ruth mann.
scripts and Illustrations for publication Uish
10 hare rejected articles returned hsp must
IN oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
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Highest in September.

These fgurss show that the hishss,
prices in 1914 were reached IN sep.
temb~r, when the price OF all foods was
IL per cent. higher han the average
price for 1913. The lowest point was
reached in April. when the price was
80 per cent. lower than the average
price in 1913.
Politicians IN Washington are greatly
interested in these figures and will I'm.
medintely begin TO utilize them IN com
batting the Democratic tariff law 80 .ar
as IL affects to cost OF living.
The figures show, for instance. that
n sirloln steak whose cost was repr.-
ented by the figure al for the last year
81 the Taft administration now costs
1923 under the Democratic admins
tration.
A round steak. which cost a. IN
1912. had Jumped 10 1857 in 1914
other comparisons of tho last year un-
der Republican rub with the year 1914
under the Democratic tariff are as To-
lows:
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All checks, money orders. &C. TO oe
made payable to THE SITS.
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Published daily. including sunday by ths
Sun Printing and Publishing Association al
10 Nassau street, In the Borough OF Man
haitian. New York. President and Treas
urer. william c. Relck, 10 Nassau street
Vice President. Edward y. Mitchell, La
Nassau street. Secretary, e. Y. Luxton. l7c
Nassau street.
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snhscrintinns hy Mail. Postpaid.

THE EVENING suN. Per Month''''' "a
THE EVENING sUN. Per Near.'..'' = oo
T.E EVENING sUNt Foreign ,perMo. I o.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-06
Q2Basketw
.I Ball

-Four games Of the Seattle Church
Athletic league were played at the
iseschi park gym last night before a
fair crowd. the feature game being
that between Plymouth and Pilgrim.
In the hope that they might put n
dent In Plymouth's winning streak.
Pilgrim played several u. OF w.
stars. but Plymouth's wonderful
team work made the Pilgrim outfit
look like tyros. and tho leaders won
easily. Ga 10 IL.
In the last few minutes Of play
tho Tabernacle Baptist team got
tho drop on the Green Lake boys,
and won the contest by two points.
the score being "a 20 %.
The Queen Anne Christians best
tho ST. Clements bunch in what
proved one OF the fastest games OF
the evening. tho score being 30 to
is. Queen Anne scored "a In the
fret half. but st. Clements bunch
came back strong In the second
stanza. and prevented heavy scor.
ing.
In . rough game the Queen Anne
NJ. r. five beat the Colman Bible
class boys. "a TO 10. -Four more
games In tho league schedule will
be played Thursday,evening.
BY q score Of 80 10 n the Y. M.
c. A. Students basketball team add.
ed another victory 10 the long list
OF games they have taken away
from Seattle high school teams last
night when they beat the Franklin
high quintet on the latter's floor.
Molstad. with five baskets, and
Weeks and Hughes, with four each.
starred for the Y boys. while Farm.
er was the star for Franklin. shoot
Ing three goals from the field.
Lincoln high team, 10 finishing up
training under locked doors. and
Coach Wells promises TO flash what.
ever it Is he has up his sleeve Fri.
day night when his men line up
against Broadway for the first in.
terschOol game OF the season. The
Lincoln Midgets. who win also clash
with Broadway In the first game OF
tho season. are also putting the fin.
ishing touches on their training.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-06
MCRAW HAS HOPE FOR NEW YORK GIANTS
WHITE IS CERTAIN HE WILL WIN THE CROWN

dope.
Time Will give McGraw his an.
swer " said the Miracle Man. but |
can give II 10 him 10 months In ad.
vance II he desires.
What MrGraw needs In some
good pitchers. He has two good
ones In Matty and Tesreau. but
Matty IL getting along His other
pitchers are erratic My team last
year was made up OF discards. yet
they won the worlds championship
from the Athletics. They will have
more confidence than ever now
and ! expect them TO repeat"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-06
SIGN SITS

John Barnes. principal owner OF
the Northwestern league franchise
which In yet 10 be- anchored 10
some Northwestern city. has signed
Charley Sits. infieldcr. SITS viii
probably manage the team. and win
get into action In organizing II ms
soon ms barnes settles on home
for the outfit issrnes n said 10
be dickering with bob Brown OF the
Vancouver Champs for Jimmy
Clark. sits formerly played with
Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-06
ATHLETICS BUY
Big NAP LAJ0lE

CLEVELAND. Jan. 6,-ConnIe
Mack OF the Philadelphia Athlet-
Ice has purchased Napoleon La
IoIe. for 10 years second base
man and former manager OF the
Cleveland Americans. from whom
the Cleveland team took lss nick
name OF "Naps." LsJoie 10 one
OF the best stIes artists In major
leagues, having a batting aver
ace OF .3As for the 10 years ho
has played In the NAL or leagues.
Mack says he will play LsIoIe at
second base 90 fIlI the vacancy
caused by tho sale Of Eddie Col.
llns 20 the Chicago Americans.