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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
The War on Fraudulent Advertising.

The Postoffice Department has just
issued an order denying the use OF the
mails to the Oxypathor Company, of Buff
falo and to companies allied with 1t IN
selling a fraudulent device advertised as
curing a great variety Of diseases These
companies play upon the gullibility OF
patrons easily impressed 10y the use OF
pseudo phraseology. 1t is claimed
for the "oxypathor' which they handle
that it is a "thermo-diamagnetic' instru-
ment, which, when attached to the body.
sets up Acknowledgements induction,
increasing the body's capacity to attract
and absorb oxygen from the air. Scien-
fists consulted by the government say that
these phrases are meaningless and that
the machine is worthless for therapeutic
purposes.
The iniquity of the exploitation of quack
remedies through untruthful advertising Is
laid bare in the report on the ''oXypathor'
swinde made by Mr.. W. II. Lamar, the
Solicitor of the Postofice Department.
That alert official does not mince words.
He says:
When il is considered that the company
sells this instrument for the treatment OF
practically every known disease many OF
which if allowed TO continue without imme-
liate medical treatment may prove iata! to
he patients, and that those who buy the de
vice may be lulled into a sense Of false Secu-
rity from all disease, necessarily resulting III
many cases in a serious or even fatal out
MIGHT have bCpu uTpNputeQ mad
medical treatment been promptly resorted TO-
the vicious nature of this scheme becomes
apparent.
The Tribune has taken the same view in
its fight against dishonest patent medicine
advertising and against dishonest adver-
Using generally. Publishing false claims
as to the value of specifies or panaceas IS
a breach of trust committed against the
public. The newspaper which helps along
The sale of fraudulent remedies for disease
becomes an accomplice in aggravating the
users condition and in lessening his
chances of ever regaininG health. 1t traf-
fcs on the sufferers ignorance and ere
duity. II lodges moral responsibility for
a despicable swindle by hiding behind the
cowardly pretence that the buyer must
always look out for himself.
Some day the community will treat that
pretence with the contempt which 1t de-
serves. We rejoice that the federal gov
eminent, with its vast power over mis-
users of the mails for fraudulent purposes,
is heartily with US in the crusade to
smash the detestable doctrine Of coredt
cmptOr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
An Employment Market.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Mayors Committee on Cnem-
ployment appreciates very much your edi-
torial Of March 9, in which you speak so
GOOD and so we'll deserved a word for the
public employment agencies. If employers
and employees would cooperate with the pub
lie employment agencies not only will work
ers be placed in positions more quickly but
employers will be better satisfied with the
class Of help they secure through the public
bureaus.
The committee is in receipt Of letter
from man who says he could have secured
d Job on the subway if he had So to pay the
fee. but he did not have the 50.
The organization Of public market WHERE
employers and employees may learn Of each
others needs is one Of the most importan.
though one of the newly recognized public
functions which deserve the support Of the
whole public.
JOHN r. SHILLADY. Director.
New York, March II, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
Wants the Single lax.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
sir: In recent issue OF The Tribune
there appeared a communication from Ralph
Magro, wherein he stated that physical labor
will in few years become a thing Of the
past. while the machine will take its place
Your worthy correspondent has overlooked
an important factor in this connection, and
so, too, did Benjamin Franklin, when he be
lieyed that the workday would soon be re
duced to four hours. The following extract
will assist US TO see this matter IN its true
light:
Every permanent improvement of the soil,
every railway and road, every lettering of
the general condition Of society, every facil-
ity given to production, every stimulus sup
Piled to consumption, raises ground rent.
The land owner sleeps. but thriyes. -
Thorold Rogers. Political Economy.
This thorn in the side OF progress may be
removed by the simple eXpedient of increas-
.ug taxation on ground rent until the pur-
chase price will have entirely disappeared.
We will then have solid basis to work on
in order to reach our destiny Of a higher
and nobler civilization. b. r. MURPHY.
Whtneyville. Conn, March 10. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
An Accounting Desired.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In view OF the valuable WORK being
done By the Mayors Committee on Unem-
rloyment and the need for more money, it
would seem that it would be better appre-
ciatcd if better understood.
Would II not tend TO stimulate other gifts
If the public could know who have already
given and something as TO the size Of the
gifts?
While there has been much discussion OF
the work Of the committee in the papers.
there seems 20 be some confusion as TO what
lines Of work are now under way and how
extensively they are being developed.
In view Of the wholly unkind questioning
Of relief now under way in New York City,
would it not tend 20 satisfy the public if the
committee could issue some statement Of ex-
penditures at brief intervals at least to the
extent Of showing the totals expended, with
some indication Of the amounts spent for
material in the workshops, for wages" in
the shops, rental for the same, etc?
+. G.. K.
New York, March 10, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | wish emphatically to protest through
your valuable paper against the production
al the Liberty Theatre OF the moving pictures
called The Birth of a Nation"
Certainly this play is most degrading %
he colored race and tends 20 enhance preju
dice and hatred, which have already increased
alarmngly during the last few years
The National Board Of Censorship has dis
approved of these pictures. and this disap
proval should have the support of all lovers
Of fair play and justice to lO,O0O.0O Of col
ored people. MARY JANE REVIER.
Flushing, n. Y, March IL, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15

reactonary satisfies his conscience and his
concept of social duty when he gives Loaf
and cast-oH clothes and nights lodging to
the man in the bread line.
As to our proposal for the national regu-
lation of big business, Mr.. McCook must rec
ognize that the ever increasing operations OF
our big business interests arc entering more
and more intimately and infuentlally INTO
the daily economic Wellbeng Of all Of the
people. Why, then, should it not be a proper
function of our national government to regu-
late the activities of these interests IN so
far as they directly bear upon the social and
political economy of our people? Nor would
the exercise of such a governmental power
be novel, for It IS just that power which our
governments asserts with such broad dement's
over our railroads through the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
IL will not suffice for our Republican
friends to protest that they are Progressive
in principle and not reactionary Deeds, not
professions, will establish the sincerity OF
their claims. And here, in New York state
their opportunity is at hand.
He is most disastrous!y fooled VINO TOOLS
himself Let not our Republican friends,
therefore, deude themselves with the notion
that simply because "to beat the Democratic
party twenty months hence looks an easy
lob to-day" they will accomplish that result
by committing their party 70 the leadership
Of a man less progressive than woodrow
Wilson-wth his currency reform. trade
commission and antitrust legislation mas
shown himself 70 be.
Let them not delude themselves with the
notion that they may nouchalantly discount
the opposition of the ProgresSives. For a
party which in the elections o. l9l4 cast up
ward of 100000 votes throughout the coun-
try, without the advantages o. a concerted
national campaign. is hardly going to prove
a negligible factor in next years campaign
wherein it will be able to appeal to the con
centrated attention of its followers in every
state FERDINAND PECORA.
Executive Member of Progressive Party in
the DIST Assembly District, Manhattan.
New York. March II, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
Heroism and Mud.

Dirt never detracted from the hero IN
France. Rather, if 1t is indispensable TO
his labors. it becomes not something to be
s!oughed off for parade purposes but a
badge of honor to be displayed proudly,
part of the uniform Of heroism.
Just now it is your convaescent soldier,
with his unshaven, unkempt beard and
mud-caked regimentals, who eXciteS the
admiration and affection OF ParlsIans'
Their imaginations. so lively, so IN
trammelled by considerations of sanitation,
rather demand that the hero of the
trenches appear to them IN character
They honor they almost love, his dirt, as
in times of peace they have revered the
neglect of hair and beard in artists on the
assumption that attention to details OF
personal appearance shows lack OF
earnestness and sacrifice not in keeping
with true genius.
A fop on the street, who did not share
this reverence for the soil of conflict, Is re-
sponsible for precipitating the neoulous
national sentiment that now worshlps
dirt. He is the despsed esp6ce dcple;
his opposite, the beloved Po'lp-the
shaver against the unshaven. the immac-
ulate against the mud-caked. And the
ravages of new idea in Paris are such
that henceforth the boulevardier had bet
ter look to his laurels. since his dignity.
if not his safety, is threatened. He may
even find it necessary before the war ends
to masquerade as the unshorn and mud
pastered veteran, who promises to become
as much of a fetch as the long-haired stu
dent of the Latin Quarter,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
FOR HONEST WEIGHTS
Correspondent Opposes Any Tamper-
ing with the State Department.

o the EOllOI OF i NJ Aibuhes
Sir: Is this state going backward?
For many years the matter of proper
weights and measures has been one in which
have been greatly interested. have given
it much study, both as connected with my
business and as an individual householder
With great pleasure | have seen the advances
made therein and the establishment OF an
efficient Department Of Weights and Meas
ures in this state. From the start, not so
many years ago. there has been only one
attempted setback. and that was when, UNI
der Governor Sulzer, a bill was introduced
making the department bureau OF another
department This bill was defeated on &C
count of popular camor.
A similar attempt is now being made. Sen
ate bills Nos 50 and So now before the Legs
nature. aim to abolish the Office Of State
Superintendent Of Weights and Measures and
20 create similar Office under and Subservi-
emit to the Commissioner of Agriculture The
universal opinion. voiced by those so well
qualified to Judge as the National Bureau OF
Standards and the heads Of most Of the
weights and measures departments Of the
various states is that such step on the
part Of this state which has always been a
leader along this line would be death blow
to honest weights and measures throughout
he country.
The work of the department covers every
branch Of industry -stationers, jewellers
hardware men. etc.-and certainly would not
appropriately be placed under agriculture
Economy there would be none, as the work
of the department. saving the people OF the
state about Sl0O0.OOO weekly. could not be
done for less than at present There IS no
denying. nor any attempt made to deny, that
the present incumbent is thoroughly efficient
and capable.
My interest in the matter is only that OF
a private citizen and is no greater than would
be taken by every other citizen if he were
TO devote as much time, thought and study
to ii as | have done. I feel that depart
ment so closely connected with the people
az weights and measures should be wholly
above politics and that your valuable paper
should at once take up the cudgelS against
the proposed legislation, which amounts
practically to abolition of honest dealing
NATHANIEL 7. M'GRANE.
New York. March II, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
The Outlook at Albany.

Out Of the chaos at Albany has come
by WAY of caucus Of Republican Sena-
tors. something resembling definite party
nolicv and programme This includes a
completion Of the undertaking to reorgan-
ne various departments so as to curtain
their expenses, and the adoption OF tax
measures calculated to increase the state
revenues nv from S4.O0O,OOO to $5,0O0,OOO
a year. II includes also a lessening OF re
strictions on business by the repeal Of the
..full crew" law and efforts to end the du-
plication and conflict Of inspections OF
propertv by state and municipal depart
meuts.
Whether the details of this programme
rs worked out in the bills necessary prove
to be good or bad, it is better that the
majority party adopt some definite line OF
work and stick to it until it is completed
than that il continue shilly-shallying. as II
has been doing for several weeks. The
programme adopted. however, Is not one
which will win unqualified commentator
from the public A reduction of state eX-
penditures would be excellent; but depart
ment reorganization coupled with partisan
iob-grabbing, even if it accomphshes some
immediate reduction in expenses, IS a horse
Of another color.
Then. too. this programme includes pro
visions for tax increases based on neces-
sity for expenditures cited in Governor
Whitman's disputed financial statement
1t is hard TO accept a purported economy
programme which has for its second part
a series of bills increasing indirect taxa
ton. even though Senator Brown may
strive as earnestly as the Governor to
put all the blame on the Glynn year and
a depleted treasury.
Something more than this equivocal pro,
gramme, however desirable certain bits Of
il may be. will be necessary to endear the
present administration to the voters who
put it into power There is in it little
but iob-juggling-it does not even include
the Governors Tax Department bill in the
enasculated form in which the Legislature
has left it. 1t erects no monument to Re
publican progresSiveness or Republican
ability to solve problems Of government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
Cheaper Electricity for Small Users.

Though much belated, the Public Ser
vice Commissions decision to order cut
i'm the price of electricity to eight cents a
kilowatt hour is welcome.
In 1911, when the investigation was be-
gun. the New York Edison Company made
considerable reductions in its rates. But
those reductions affected only the big con
sumers. The cut. agreed on by the Public
Service Commission will benefit the small
oonsumers-even those whose bills average
81 or $l.50 a month.
The New York. Edison Company an
nounces that it has no desire 70 postpone
action by appealing to the courts against
thc reduction, but it cannot tell whether it
can accept the order until it has been re-
ceived and its terms studied. 1t is 20 be
hoped the company will find itself able to
comply with these terms. That would be
much better for the company in the long
run, and for the public Immediately, than
prolonged lawsuit.
The commissions orders have never yet
been too drastic and it is not likely this
one will be, so the company's rights are
undoubtedly amply protected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15

Uatch's opinion, the military value OF the
force would easily be doubled. For local
service the states would unquestionabIy
be better off depending on small perna-
nent bodies like Pennsylvania constaou-
larry.
Another improvement, based on Austria
Inns experience. would be the utilization
Of the cadets trained in the colleges TO
which the United States supplies military
instructors. There are ninety-seven such
institutions and about $1,000 students I'M
der training But the government gets
little benefit from the instruction which
it imparts. In the Spanish War only about
10 per cent of the students and graduates
available for service entered the volun-
,eer forces. Colonel Hatch would like TO
see the students in the military colleges
formed into a cadet corps, with definite
term of enlistment. similar to the Austria
liam Senior Cadet Corps. This corps
could then be drawn on TO furnish oiilcers
for the federal guard or for federal
reserve. the latter created partially by con-
Scription.
We shall soon have to deal with the
problem of creating an adequate first line
Of land defence. Studies like that made
by Colonel Hatch are therefore of general
interest and of notable public utility.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
Mr.. Bryan and Mexico.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sr: The statement has been openly made
here and in San Antonio by Emilio Naderc
and one of the Gonzalez Cara brothers that
Mr. Bryan has promised Mrs Francisco |
Madero, wife Of the late insane President OF
Mexico, that Arnesto Madero and Villa would
be supported by the administration 20 the
extent OF driving Carranza out of Mexico be
core June /. If there is any possible differ
ouce between MeXicans which Is doubtful
certainly Carranza is the better. But WHY
support any rapine, numbering and footing
bandits?
Our duty is plain take Mexico and keep il
FRANK RANDOLPH RAAB.
Laredo, Tex. March 6, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
Schools of Mothercraft.

The century Of the child" is dawning.
Many of US perhaps have been unaware
that New York possesses a school of
mothercraft This school is now planning
10 establish similar schools throughout the
country to instruct in the feeding and
care of infants. in marketing and cooking,
i'm how to begin the instruction of chill
dren, in hygiene. in wholesome athletics,
with the degree of B. NJ, or possibly NJ B..
Bachelor Of Motherhood, TO cap the
course.
Henceforth, then. the bachelor girl" is
10 acquire a new significance, an added
charm. There is no doubt that other
things being equal, the degree of N. B. will
enhance her desirability in the eyes of the
Young man. On the other hand the public
spirited persons behind this excellent prof.
Get seem TO ignore what at least used to
be a fundamental of feminine psychology
POSSIBLY it has now become antiquated
and Victorian). The young woman who
becomes known as q bachelor of mother
hood NAV feel that she is actually bidding
for marriage instead of, displaying her
serene indifference to and independence Of
the humber SEX Would it not be better
for this reason If the school of mother
craft could be sneaked into the general
curriculum Of some more comprehensive
institution and if the degree earned
would disguise rather than proclaim the
ambition?
Another thing might help as much. Pro-
lessor Charles Zueblin. of Boston, who IN.
dorses III present plan, thinks that WI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15

If the Prinz Eitel Friedrich does 20 to sea
the captain Of the William P. Frye ought to
be permitted to follow on tug 20 see the fun.
How fortunate there's no law here such
IS the one which caused n West Nirgnian to
,Iacard himself with a list Of his libations!
Sundays hell census shows that he IS not
nearly so thorough reporter as Dante.
II is a pity Count Witte could not have
lived to see the next peace conference
Skirts are becoming higher, possibly to off
ct their fitness.
When i, comes to dyestufs necessity Is
certainly the mother of invention.
Morality and Mud are present Partisan
ravorites.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
The Kinema and he War.

From the Manchester Guardian.
At first it was thought that the kncma
would be at the front, and that this wal
would be recorded in its awful reality foi
history. but very soon it was plain that al
sides we're barring the war CORES pondent and
he camera man. The strange, desultor!
sighting in Belgium. however, gave some
scope. and a few good films appeared that
we're only terrible to those VINO knew tho
circumstances under which they were taken
md that the men who were marching away
were actually under fire at the moment
Since then there has been nothing, but, a:
.very one knows who has seen German illus
rated papers. regulations have been slghtly
rclaxed there and photographs in the
trenches. and even under fire, have appeared
II seemed likely that the film machine,
would also be near and there is report
than an American who was given specia
privileges took film OF a charge by thC
British on a German trench that WAS 5,
chastity in its reality that il was impossible
20 show IT, There have been stories thai
Russian operators, at the risk Of their lives
nave secured films Of hand-to-hand fighting
and although nothing is known OF thes,
..mong kinema people here, ! am told that
they have expectations OF war pictures from
Russia, as very large quantities OF film have
lately been sent there. The hnema ha,
already been used for recruiting purposes
but the most interesting development is to D.
shown privately this week in London IN tn,
form of comprehensive pictures Of the allie,
armies in training and of the new German
armies in training. thus showing how, our
manhood is preparing and what it has to sc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15

need schools of fathercraft in the United
States as well as schools Of mothercraft."
With these the public desire for efficient
parenthood would be mutually expressed,
Schools of fathercraft are reform for
woman suffrage to'estabish.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
Indorsing The Tribune's Stand.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial OF this morning should
De read by all thinking men OF the City OF
New York and especially the taxpayers OF
greater New York The editorial | refer to
is New York City and the Republican Party"
As an independent Republican and taxpayer.
! indorse the editorial and trust that the
legislation at Albany will be fair and just
for the metropolis. F. ". DAVIS, NJ u.
New York, March II, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15

Doubtless Mr.. II. +. Legg' wiz ..,s
my ticket in New York, hal go0' :. L.
for making me go from Ogden 4
Angeles by way of San FranCl', s;,.
ever get to New York may ask D. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15

tered az tho Postof1ce at New York az SECOND
Class Mail Matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15

Another tradition has gone WIKI I
cold-water Hot faucet thing 10
don't serve banana fritterS 10 dining y"
any more. The banana trtter. app"'''.
expired when the table d'hoIe diner ~
out. Alas for both
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15

| may spool, may wallop the pine ,
night,
But | can't dodge the novels OF h'''
Bell Wright.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15

BY OUR own JAMES B. ELA0"-
| was riding along on the SO''
Pacific; 80.
The mountain scenery was gfaA'
prolific.
"Jitney bus" is too long for the We
copyreaders. Out this way II Is D'''
headlines, "Jitbus."
Observation car stuff: "a.
Them jitneys are putin the
folks out O. business" i,
"Yop, hear they're going 10 -"
ney from San Francisco to Ne" w ~
We'll, it'll stop when 1t g't' I" ..,s
York. just come from a "eeA ,s,e
and believe me, you can't get mu''
for five cents"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15

George AIDE used TO tell about =
father, who ran the bank IN hen'Sl-
Ind, a town Of about 500. on a clear o.
The bank was called THE National pa
of North America" In PEABODY hA-
the two-story frame hosiery, when -
contain three small rooms, IS The U''
Central Hotel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-15
Fomenting Race Prejudice.

New York. March 10. 1915.