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prima facie illegal organization as
not In itself conclusive proof of illegal
ity, and that "rule of reason" as to
the matter must prevail. that Is to say.
one based upon q common sense and
comprehensive summary of the entire
history End acts Of the corporation.
II was generally supposed that this
settled the r0atter so far as the courts
were concerned, but events have shown
that 1t did net Last year the Circuit
Court OF the United States for the
Eighth district handed down decision
in the case OF the International Hur-
yestcr Company in which 1t held, one
Of the three Judges OF the court dis.
senting. mat the Government view OF
the law was the only proper one, and all
that was necessary to make corpora
ton offensive to. the antitrust law was
to have IL constituted by merger Of
two previously competing trade organi-
cations; and yet since January | the
Circuit Court In what is commonly
known as the New Jersey distrlst has,
In the case OF the Keystone Watch Com
pany, unanimously held to an exactly
different view. The Keystone Watch
Company had acquired by legitimate
purchase n controlling interest in the
entire watch case making trade In our
country. But the court held that this
was in no sense illegal. and that no
matter how large company might he.
come by growth, after the manner OF
the Keystone Watch Company, II was
not an Illegal combination AS long as
its trade conduct was fair. One Of
the business practices OF the Keystone
Watch Company was indeed objected 70 ;
hut the court. In holding that this must
stop also declared that the mere fact
" an Illegal practice In one particular
was not such ms TO Justify the disso-
luton of the company or combination.
The court in It's decision referred In
detail to the opposing decision handed
down in the Harvester case by the
other Circuit Court, and announced Its
disagreement with that decision.
So 1t seems as If the Supreme Court
must travel over again the ground al
ready traversed in the Standard oil
and American Tobacco cases and once
more settle the law. this time in the
all important Harvester and Steel Cor
poratlon cases, which are still awaiting
the action Of our judicial tribunals.
We have no doubt whatever as to whit
tho decision of the Supreme Court
will he.
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"Old Reliable" hen owned by Miss
ELSIE DoBBiNs Of Caldwell, n. j., has
laid 1900 eggs in about thirteen years
since reaching the age Of capacity.
Calculating that the average cost a
dozen OF "Old Reliablc's' product has
been 40 cents. tho yield OF her owner,
excluding cost OF feed and care, has
been $1,000. Every year the eggs
have brought 1921. which is 3 per
cent. interest on sl,S4620. Since hens
do not produce eggs forever AS prnci-
pal produces interest. "Old Reliable"
has never been worth $l,s46.20 as she
stood or was laying, but her value has
been such as 10 provoke the calcula-
ton that 500 hens OF equal industry
and stamina would support a very large
family in luxury, for their gross con-
tributions in cash would be s46l55 a
year, which moves one To speculate
why the insurance OF hens would not
be a profitable business enterprise
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THE SHIP PURCHASE BILL.
The Government, Bargain Hunter in
Second Hand Contrabaud Vessels.

To THE EpIToR OF TIE SUN--Sr L:
Aside from International law, which
may or may not prevent the general
use in trade Of vessels purchased by
a neutral country from a belligercnt:
In the present stress will the United
States appear at its best in the pro-
pc~~i role Of bargain hunter OF second
hand merchant vessels?
VIII the moral obligation implied in
getting something for comparatively
nothing help our neutrality cause? Does
not the need OF maintaining that cause
and the difficulties attending II make
necessary the laying aside of every
weight?
Will the proposed merchant fleet.
after necessary repairs fitting It for
general use Of American trade, be
worth the outlay, granted OF course
that we would not take the advantage
arising from the internment OF vessels
Of a bellgcrent nation?
Are those principles American which
accept indirectly through operations Of
an imperial Government private PROV
erty and convert 1t through our Gov
eminent ownership into a possible, IL
not likely Government monopoly?
VIII the contentious which must
arise from the sailing Of United States
Government owned vessels in trade
with foreign lands. more closely allied
with the Old World at war than with
the New World, help the general situa-
ton?
VIII suspicious. just or unjust. which
Will inevitably attend the purchase and
use of interned vessels by the United
States tend to place Uncle Sam in the
coveted position OF a pcacemaker when
opportunity offers?
VIII the precedent involved, IL estab-
lished and maintained by the United
States, be always working in our In
terest among nations which have
within past years undergone vital
changes, nations which may change
again in their relations not only to
Zach other but to our own country?
Without the barnacles OF controversy
attached to Government owned
marine 10 weigh down, will not the
United States be in stronger position
to maintain effectualy with all the
world those principles OF government
and sclf-control which under Providence
have made II great?
Did the International law for the
interning Of ships contemplate the pur-
chase of those ships by the neutral ma
ton in which they were informed?
These questions are respectfully sub
mitted TO Congressional Representatives
dt Washington. QrEsTIoNER.
SCHENECTADY, January 2S.
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Society Children"

THE SUN wishes it could defend tn =
newspapers of New York, and Of the
nation generally. against the indlct-
ment drawn against US by "A Self.
Respecting Woman" whose letter we
print elsewhere. We cannot. We agree
heartily with the self.respecting won.
an. We are even unable to plead not
guilty for ourselves our columns have
slnned at times and In places.
1t is a fact that the newspapers do
misuse abomnably the words society, -
wealthy" prominent" and others II
correlated Specification. These terms
have come TO mean nothing, save only
when they denote carelessness or i'm.
ply tuft hunting. They are in the same
category with young beautiful and
extensively (or dnintily) apparelled.' -
when that familiar formula is applied
TO the female victim Of tragedy. We
strongly suspect that not infrequently
they appear in print as the product Of
subconsclous cerebration.
Hareafta we hone they will disa n.
pear from at least one newspaper rs
the direct result of definite process Of
conscious cerebration.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: Re-
ferrlng to correspondence published By
YOU on January &c IN connection with
the income tax regulations covering
losses incurred In trade" II appears that
on August "a, 1874. tie Treasury De-
partment ruled that losses actually sus-
tanned during the year as a result OF any
lawful transaction or Investment made
for the purpose OF gain or profit. which
gain or profit would be income subject
to the income tax, constitute allowable
deductions
Under date OF December II. 1914, the
Treasury Department issued a synopsis
OF its former rulings at the head OF which
appears the statement that all rulings or
parts of rulings made before that date
which are in conflict herewith are re-
voked.
From this il seems that the Treasury
Department has revoked the ruling OF
August -, modifying the former ruling
ct u. 2,005) with the result that losses
incurred IN trade, unless they are losses
incident TO "A business. are not now treated
as allowable deductions,
It Is my understanding that under
former income tax laws GS67 and $500
the Treasury Department ruled that losses
incurred in trade included losses such
as those which are referred TO in the De
partment's letter of August 20, 1914, and
that under the 1894 law the Department.
rulings indicate that such a construction
would have been adopted had tho law
been declared constitutional
IL II not reasonable 10 suppose that II
was the intention OF the Congress which
passed the present law to incorporate the
provision covering losses incurred in
trade with the same meaning rs that
which had been given to the similar pro-
visions OF the former laws, and that had
the intention been otherwise a phraseology
different from that OF the former laws
would have been used? c, w, NJ
New YORK, January es.
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seems to me impossible that the courts

seems to me impossible that the courts
will sustain this position.
What authority has tho Government TO
say that man shall not engage in any
other legal pursuit than some particular
one? There are thousands of professional
men all over the country who habitually
engage in speculation in stocks, bonds.
cotton grain, Sc, and they engage In
this because II gives them a chance Of
adding to their incomes without having
personally to give their time to the busi-
ness.
For many years ! have done this. or
course some years l have lost, while in
other years have made enormously more
than my entire professional income. FOR
the last two years | have unfortunately
lost IL l am not TO he allowed TO deduct
my losses for last year and should be
compelled to report any gains I might
make this year. the law will be rendered
one sided and unequal
1t seems to me that this decision should
be at once resisted and that the Attor-
ney-General should be called upon for
an opinion. Professional.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, January g.
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New YORK, January rs.
Mr.. Frank Harris aud His Lectures

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir:
fear that the forthcoming series of artl-
clos from the pen OF Mr.. Frank Harris
which are advertised for future issues
OF THE SUN will not add to its reputation
for being 80" II they are as vindictive
In tone and misleading In matter as his
lecture on Sunday night would lead us
to expect.
1t may be, as Mr., Harris says that
Americans do not sympathize with Ger
many because they do not speak German
! would have more faith In his reason
ing II he did not try in the next breath
to prove that the English are narrow and
antIquated in their ideas because they
live ON an island The answer to that
l. that mostly the whole civilized world
sympathzes with the Allies COT which
the English are a party, and yet few of
them live ON that island.
Besides, 1t would seem that the cause
OF irritation TO Germany during the past
six months has not been that the English
live on an island but that they won I
stay on II why Mr.. Harris should also
be so peevish does not appear.
Furthermore, II does not need a knowl-
edge OF the German language to know
that Mr. Harrss comparison OF the fran
chse OF England with that OF Germany
is very misleading. The Prussian fran
chise Is VIGOROUSLY discriminating against
the poor man, the voters being divided
into three classes according to a prop
crty qualification, the combined votes
of the few IN the two upper classes al
ways being sufficient, under their law, 10
| outnumher the one man one vote OF the
FAR more numerous poor class.
Neither does any American need "a
speak German TO know that the perfect
state" aputheosized by Mr., Harris is. in
Germany. "A paternalism moro obnox ious
to real lovers OF freedom than all the
/ corruption and inefIiciency which up IA
| date can with more or less truth he
charged against republics and constitu-
| tlOual monarchies,
Mr.. Harris is something more than ri.
! dlCulOus lie Is a crude and suspicious
| excrescence on "A very natural and UNI
derstandable body OF German thought and
| sentiment Mrs, H.
GREAT KILLS, g J., January 2s
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Another Important Ruling Under the
Antitrust Law.

We have time ana again emphasized
in these columns the fact that the point
in the antitrust law upon which all
interest cUnycrgcS is whether il is the
organization or the conduct Of u cor.
poration that makes II offensive 10 the
!aw. The corporation may be Illegal
for both of these reasons. II may have
been 50 put together a. to Indicate that
it was the definite purpose of lis fOuu-
ders 10 make u distinct monopoly; ana
also the history Of the corporation
since ii was brought into being may at
test beyond possibility Of dispute that
the practices aud general business con
duct of its managers were those of un-
farm ass, oppression and tyranny. But
cases of this sort are very few. The
old fashioned oppressive corporate mo
nopolles have disappeared. No great
business in the country Is now run by
boycotts blackllstlng, price cuttings
for the mere purpose of running a com
petltor and other devices Of that sort.
TheS" belong exclusively TO the history
Of business in days long since past.
To-Day the all important question re-
gard,Ag he operation of the anti-tru It
law Is:
"Givcn the ease of corporation
which il is admitted from the start
represents a merger Of two originally
separate COMPANIES that we're to a
greater or less extent competitors.
Iat II aIso bc conceded that since the
merger fine onarption of the combination
has not only been uoncnslye TO the
antitrust lpv Inn Inns hcnu. demon.
strat.d IN hc hcncH,lnI IA tho norticu.
Ior ird,.t,. conc.rnod and to tho ,on.
or,l hr.inoe. m m, ,,uptrv AZ vol
I. tbo mara f,., ,h,., IN, org,nizntIon
~, tho 'n,rl,in,,rnn iu,oryoI rho NOR.
,,ar - ,,,.,, ,.r,,i.,,.i,. c,,,,o,ir, cam.
mic. alan, .,Hi.i,nt =, hr,ng # nm.
lar ,l,, han. ,r fin, ..,ti.trust law"
X,y vo h,ric,. ,yc arc correct in
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New YonK. January ?s.
An Income Tax on Income Not Re.
Celyed

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir, II
! am not mistaken. "A ruling was made
last year permitting an owner OF stocks
and bonds to base his prohts and
losses on an inventory, or account
OF stock" provided he had been in
the habit OF so doing heretofore. For
this reason | consider an honest inven-
tory should be accepted by the Depart
ment l may add that with stock eX-
change securities 1t would be very simple
and inexpensive TO make complete and
closed transactions" by selling and i'm
medlately repurchaslng at about the same
prices the securities which the owner
wishes TO value for his own satisfaction
at the close OF the year, and perhaps In
cur the unwarranted and slanderous as
persion recently cast on citizens by Mr..
McAdoo.
Allow me also to call your attention to
another amazing ruling" namely. that
dividends 7hall be returned as ~ the date
OF their declaration, not OF their pay
ment For example, Union Pacific Rail-
road dividend on common stock payable
January, 1915, must be included in 1914
return as II was declared In the latter
part OF 1914
How absurd 10 pay tax for 1914 on
income not received til 1915, How many
stockholders know the date OF deslara-
tlon, especially in the cases OF small com
panies which do not advertise them?
Moreover. such a return would not agree
with the taxpayers personal books. In
cases OF dividends declared a month or
even year IA advance OF payment Gas
Delaware and Hudson Company and
Bethlehem Steel Corporatlon) the failure
OF the company meanwhile and its in
ability TO pay dividends declared would
not release the stakeholder from paying
a tax on this income 90.
1t would seem that this ruling Is even
more absurd than the one so clearly and
Justly criticised by you, being utterly
unnecessary, and adding one more diff
Guilty to rendering an honest and accu-
rate return. Il.
PORTLAND. Ne, January 20
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KING ALBERT'S COURSE.
The Future Alone Can Justify or Con.
denim His Conduct.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: In
considering whether King Albert was
fully justified in involving his country in
a war which. as he ought to have known,
would mean sure ruin for his subjects. we
should not underestimate the value OF
UNFOLDING the honor OF "A nation. nor
should We 80 50 far as to let women and
children suffer. the men be killed in bat
tie, and all the fruit OF years of hard
labor he destroyed. just for the sake OF
national honor. which might after all have
been better preserved II Belgium had con-
scented TO Germany's demand
Belgium to-day Is "A devastated coun-
try with a very gloomy outlook. OF
course, only future years will show the
very reasons that were behind all those
far reaching actions. but something
extraordinary will have to be shown to
Justify King Alberts decision to heap
untold misery upon Belgium.
H. DEPPE.
New YORK, January 2S
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THE FIVE DOLLAR MAN.
Even Henry Ford Can't Take Away
Colds Exchange Value.

To THE EDITOR or THE SCN-Sir: II
the man who made walking a pleasure
we're able to pay 81 day to every man.
woman and child IN these United States
without becoming insolvent. his doing 80
would not affect the average purchasing
power OF s. at all. for that is based on
the market for gold metal.
The purchasing power would simply
be transferred from Mr.. Ford to his en-
ployee. Which would use II mora wisely
II In addition to paying So "a day he
so directed the labor OF each man. woman
and child as TO make II worth s. a day
and understand this is a coordinate par,
OF his plan. then the wealth Of the ma
ton would be greatly increased.
SALEM, Mass. January 81. r s. T.
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ANTI-sUFFRAGIsT CONCERT.
French and German SONGS Given az
Mrs. BartIett's Home.

4 concert under the auspices ~ ih.
New York state Association opposed 20
Woman Suffrage was held last evening
ut the home OF Mrs W. Allen Bartl'',
40 West Sixty-seventh street, Mr. Ethel
Stewart Elliot sang French and German
songs and George lIalprin, pianist. nlaiel
compositions OF Chopin aud Lis2t
Some Of those present were Mrs ~
Aymar Sands, Mrs. John Ames Mitchell
Mrs. Henry Seligmln, Mrs, F1nIs t"
Scott, Mrs. Edward :. Hardness Ms
Clinton Gilbert, Mrs, Arthur NJ h""-'
and Mrs. Lucitn IL TNnE.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: Chan
cellor Won Bethmann- Hollwegs argument
with respect TO Belgium reminds me of
that of the young lawyer defending his
first client who was charged with steal
ing his neighbours pig.
In his opening for the defence the law
yer announced that he would show %
that his client had bought the pig, C2)
that the complainant had given his client
the pig, go that the compliments pig
had wandered into his clients yard and
could not permanently be dislodged, and
90 that the complainant never had a pig
at all. on any and all these grounds he
confidently demanded his clients acdult-
ta, ANDREW PRoUT.
NEW YoRK, January 81
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Further Observations on the Eject OF
n General Minimum Wage.

To THE EpIToR or THE SUN-Sr: Mr.
J, Hemsby Johnson of Baltimore seems TO
have hit the nail on the head in his let
ter IN THE SuN OF to-day entitled What
Would Five Dollars BE WORTH"
There is not much use of industrial
concerns increasing wages 10 per cent. II
the cost OF living Is going to Increase so
per cent
II would look like pouring 10 per cent.
into the bunghole of a barrel and letting
so per cent run out OF the spigot,
CHARLES WATSON.
NEW York. january rs.
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BIG TRY FOR STEVENS TODAY
workers VIII Attempt 10 Complete
Fund by T.. NJ.

Tho volunteer workers in the stevens
Institute Of Technology campaign re-
ported s,625 at yesterdays luncheon AZ
tho Machinery Club, which made ~
grand total sl.l9l.065. Included In 'le
days report was contribution 81 $1,000
from the John A, Roebling & Sons com
pany Of l9l Liberty street.
Chairman Walter Kidde urged NC
workers to do their utmost 10 conp."s
the fund by o'clock this afternoon Nhm
the volunteers are 10 meet again a. the
Machinery Club.
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Paul Drnp~r's Recital.

Paul Draper, tenor, gave tho th.ri
last in series Of liodcr r'"t7ls
terday afternoon NJ the ldttl' Th'' q
He had good sized audience when
seemed TO much enjoy hi progrI no
Mr.. Draper sang with cspoc' t,N Il,
taste five songs by Bach. "FrohC lIH' '.
with flute ohligato). "Todesschusu.
Dist Du Bei Mir" "WcihnaChts,icd' =
Itch win Au Den Hlmmcl penkcu' t"'N
oboe obligato). Other songs vcrr ."'f
by Moussorgski the "Lieder uni Ta' %
des Todes' and six of Schumann, Nh'1
included Der Knabc nit dem WunI''-
horn" and Der Suid.t'
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The Two Sides OF the Hyphen.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: All
praise to THE SUN for the admirable edi-
torial "Amerka Ueber Allies" There
cannot be too much publicity given TO
such broad minded patriotic sentiments.
II makes salutary reading for our many
valued hyphenated citizens OF every ma
tionality who have accepted the protsc-
ton of the American flag and must be
impressed with the fact that liberty does
not give them license to ignore on which
sido OF the hyphen their duty and their
loyalty lie, l.. c.
GLEN RIDGE. ". J., january IS.
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According to Vera Cruz despatch,
American avlators In the service Of
Governor CARRANzA will pursue the
Iapatistas from tho railways in an effort
to dislodge them from the mountains. "
The Nillistas are also to he harried
This is obviously the invention of a
romantic press agent. No thoughtful
aviator would take the chance of fall
ing into the hands Of these patriots
Shorter shrlft could no man have.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Sir: !
read with a great deal OF interest your
article concerning the absurd ruling made
by the Department as TO losses incurred
in speculations.
on the printed blank furnished by the
Department every person is required to
report all his profts from bonds, stocks
and from all other sources, and yet this
astounding ruling refuses to permit losses
from the Same sources 10 be deducted, u
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In admonishing Mr.. EDMOND GossE
to write his letters short and clearly
one Of them was undelivered for sew
cral weeks-the British censor has
doubtless made an implacable enemy
Of an industrious literary man who has
a very good opinion OF his style.
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In the Newspaper Room at the Public
Library.

the Newspaper Room at the Publ
Library.
with travel stained feet
stands the lonesome youth
Ono hour long
In the library booth,
Bending homesick,
All the while
over blessed
Newspaper Me.
Homely old paper,
Looks TO me:
BBnal and trite,
II seems to he,
hut watch his eyes scan II,
Up and down,
Blessed OILS paper
From the blessed home town.
Typo Is shabby,
And Ink Is poor,
Has a colored supplement
For lure;
Gives advice to girls
And hints on dreSs,
Steers new married couples
To happiness;
Yet in the trite sheet
vista lies
OF the Somewhere Else
To those homesick eyes.
or tho Somewhere Else
with It's memories sweet
TO tho lonesome youth
with the travel stained feet
II. s HAsKrss
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Mother" JOINS has decided that
young MIR. RoCKEFELIER is not a bur-
gar, and Mr.. RocKEFELLER is going to
look at labor conditions through her
spectacles for a while; and In conse-
quence the world will hereafter revolve
much more smoothly than it has in the
past.
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The highly commended steam roller
operated by the Republicans in Albany
appears to have too many chief engi-
neers at present.
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Governor WHITSAN could tell why
Mr.. JEROME was kicked out Of the Tina "
case, and Mr.. JEROME could tell why;
and II THAw eventually goes free some
body may tell.
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It seeks 20 all but close entirely the
gates.
The matter Is too fundamental.-From
the Presidents veto message.
No literary test for Presidents mes
sages,
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The gain OF so many feet a day by
the Allies in Flanders. when they make
any gain at all, perhaps explains
KITCHESER's solicitude to enlist the pro-
fessional football players