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Friends of that leaping mOllusk, the
scallop, will regret to learn that a
fight made for him In Congress has
been lost. FREDERICK G. Hicks. who
represents most Of Long Island In the
House. made a dashing campaign for
the scallop. but the forces of evil pre-
vailed. 1t was on the question Of ap-
propriating $4,000 for n new hatch
cry on the island beyond the waters
contaminated by New York. OF course
Mr.. HICKs's plea To the House was
not for the scallop only:
I'VE have the greatest sheilhsh indus
try in this whole country. The Blue
Point, the Rockaway and Peconic oys-
ters are famous. Then We have the lit
tie neck clam and scallops."
The capitalization is the Public
Printers. Why 'little-neck" AMI moi
'blue-point"? The clans neck Is not
little any more than the point of the
oyster Is blue. But on To the s~callol
and the happy youth Of FRED Hicks:
Il remember as a boy that my father
was in the habit OF sending down to the
hay near where I was born and obtain
ing scallops. which were shovelled up by
the bushel to feed the chickens. The
scaliops have become exhausted by the
constant digging OF them until none en-
list in that bay lpossibly Hampstead
Harbor, for Mr.. HICKS was born Al
Westburyl. and you can only find then
far dow on the eastern end OF thu
| island. They are so rare now thai they
are a great delicacy."
While Mr.. Hicks was explaining
| that Long Island Sound was not con
! Illuminated n Democrat tried to get
gay with him:
Mr.. CLARK OF Florida-Since scallop'
are all gone. what do they feed ,h'
chickens in New York now"
Mr.. HrcKs-We feed them on the poo
oranges that come from Florida.
Perhaps this bold reply ALLEVIATE,
the Southern Democrats. Al any rate
the Hicks measure was beaten. Gi 4
~. and the scnlI"p must know that il
will have to q along without Con
grpSs. which has no more regard fol
its future than the chickens had.
The sun., 1916-12-12
One Man Power Against One Man
Power.

The unreasonable power exercised
by WILHELM II. Is In his hands. as
he often assures the world. by divine
birthright because GOD put 1t there
as n circumstance Of paternity.
This one man power has served
Cons purposes. according to the in
depreciation Of its p~Osse>sOr. by
plunging Europe into the most fright
full Of all wars. the extent and end
Of which no seer can yet see.
Against this one man power Great
Britain has now set NJ another In
the person of II War Minister of dem
ocrutic election. commissioned under
an unwritten constitution. practically
a war dictator, chosen because he Is
believed to he i'm individual quality
the tittest to energize and concentrate
and direct the forces Of the nation In
Its great emergency.
Was there ever since history begar
n more impressive contest-WiLLiAM
of the Hohenzollern purple and his
antagonist. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
born of the people?
The sun., 1916-12-12
Christmas Greens.

The supply Of Christmas trees and
greens will bo limited. New Workers.
must pay more for them this year
than in the past. Thus te%artul,y the
p%urveyors of thc>" accomplishments
Of holiday cheer sadly break the news.
Practically all of the New England
States are quarnntinrd ON account Of
the gypsy and brown tail moth. and
tho shipments from foreign countries
may never arrive. II this Is not Il
better justification Of higher cost than
has been given for many other things,
what is 1t?
New York spends from $I,5OO,OOO
TO So,Wsl,WU each year for Christmas
greens. We nre So prosperous that it
Is expected that we shall eXpend more
this year than ever before. Once
most Of the supply came from the
Cat>kiils and the A~,lirvmlncks. New
England, Canadian and European
trees came with the development Of
the trade.
We must now apparently fall back
upon u original source Of supply,
But since earlier days New York
State has learned much about grow,
Ing Christmas green's. Farmers have
discovered that they may bc grown
~ waste lands and In young orchards
The sun., 1916-12-12
The kindergarten Question.

II THE EpIToR OF THE SrN-Sir: We
are about to emerge from ono years en-
pertinent with an economy measure UNI
der "A suspension of tie bylaws Of the
Board of Education.
Shall this measure he forced upon US
for 1917 Shall we permit a Board Of
Education to force an economy measure
which experts declare unsound, unpeda-
gugiCal and unsanitary?
can the Board of Education face the
following facts and subsequent results
OF "A false measure OF economy
Overcrowding IN our kindergartens
Overstimulat!on in our children,
Are our children to be the victims Of
an unsound measure
We sympathize with the city's desire
to economic, but not at the price OF
our dearest possession, our children
When the Board of Education con.
venes on Wednesday. can it conscien-
tiously pass the measure" Has it studied
the problem" Does the Mayor. the
father Of our city and guardian OF it's
children, know the crowded conditions
and the dire results of this measure or
economy" WIN he ask for an account
ing from the members of the BOARD OF
Education whom he has appointed 10
guard the city's children
RITA LIDO.
NEw York, December II.
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To THE EpIToE oF TIVE SrN-Sv: The
photographs Of \ r. stewart | have Is
rather roughly pastel upon a card ~
the size known as "imperial.' II Was
II of two copies made from the mega
tive, which was destroyed by a well
known photographic upon cquest of
Mr.. stewards family IN Difference To the
merchants wish that his portrait should
b. kept out of the puhli' view.
This photographer had been a per
,onal friend OF Nj. stewart. as he was
If other members "fjhc family. and at
make the photograph When mis- per
mix was revoked thu photographer kept
one az the twu prints and ave tho other
10 my father. the late George Il. Perinc
m authority un portriituro. vino foi
many years conducted an engraving and
art publishing business IN this city
FREpERIcK l.. I'ERiNE.
NEW YORK. December II.
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The Medievalists and the Postal
Rates.

BY the Randall rider on the Post
Office appropriation hill the House
Committee ON Post Office and Post
Roads attempts tn impose II ruinous
tax on intelligence and ON education.
The pretencp that the amendment Is
designed to eQualize postal rates will
not bear examination. Its enect
would he To curtail the circulation of
newspapers and other periodicals and
thus tn deprive the public Of the
benefits Of nationwide discussion OF
subjects of vital interest.
The committee understood the de-
merits Of the Randall amendment. Ii
gave ne opportunity to the public to
record its sentiment. and 1t did not
open It's doors To listen to the argn-
mentS Of the publishers whose bust
nesses it assaulted. The committee
had good reason tn act In secret. Its
members recognized that II their in
tention became known II protest they
could not ignore would compel them
to abandon it,.
So the Committee on Post Office
AMI Post Roads SGT In work in. the
dark. closing their eyes to the needs
Of the nation and their ears to the
demands of the people. They sought
no information rs 10 the social Of
fects of their enterprise. They pro-
cectled without regard to the com
mprcial consequences of their act.
Fearing-and with good Isl de.
bate on their project. they accom-
plished their purpose without notify.
ing the public Of the design they had
in mind.
Behind closed doors the committee
voted To impose ON the dissemination
Of Information tax as nearly pro-
Under pretcXt Of rendiusting the pos
tai rates they did what they could
to assure the maintenance Of ignOrt
ance and to strengthen the power oi
prejudice. They lacked courage to
affirm their purpose In the light ol
day they carried on their campaign
In the ~obscurity of secret conference
and they now ask the House of Rep
rcsentativeS to confirm their attacl
on the welfare aud intellects Of tho>'
from whom the members of Congress.
hold their commissions.
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IN THE PIG PEN.
Another Hog Who Merits the Atten.
ton II RpfOrmcrs.

To THE EDITOR OF Tue SrS-Sir: The
all wear hog is an old acquaintance OF
mine. but there is another and more
detestablc hog that men know little
about.
He is the pruvcrhisl hog who jams
his way into tho subway. knocking aside
any other mere human being who gets
in his path then he pushes himself into
an eight inch space and proceeds to
spread his knees as far apart AS posi-
bic, unmindful Of the embarrassment he
causes women who may have TO sit next
him, Then he pulls out his paper and
spreads himself all over the car. No
one else has "A right TO read.
lie i, the greatest nuisance and tho
greatest hog that can he found in any
car, Just one little expression like
Keep your paper to YOURSELF might hc
the slogan on which 10 hinge a crusade
against him.
The end seat hog was driven from his
favorite seat let's hope this hog will
soon be shamed u Of existence.
An ApMIRING READER.
NEW YORK, December II.
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The Postponemeut Of Relief for the
Railways.

The Newlands committee has voted
to discontinue Its hearings and'tO ask
Congress to extend until next Detem-
her the time In which II Is to report
on Il comprehensive plan for handling
the railway problems of the country.
The disappointment Of the railways.
which hoped for some measure OF
relief from the present Congress, Is
natural. Their introductory evidence
has been heard. their first witness has
been partly crOss-examined and the
views Of one VI two individuals. mo-
tably WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. have
been brought out. 1t Is unsatisfac.
tory all around to postpone the rest
Of the investigation until spring.
Unsatisfactory. but possibly wise.
The most important matter before
Congress at present is the programme
Of President WILSON for dealing with
railway industrial disputes. II the
Presidents scheme to prevent strikes
within an investigatory period Is to
he enacted into law the whole inlu-
ence of the Administration will have
| to he brought TO bear In Congress.
SAMUEL GoMPERs and the American
Federation of Labor. as well as the
four railway brothPrhood>. are deter
mined To- fight to the last ditch any
law that would make it impossible tn
! call u strike ut any time. The fact
that the tying up OF Il public utility
might mean the ruin Of thousands Is
not nm ovprpowpring consideration
with the leaders of labor.
1t Is desirable that public atten'
ton I've centred on this N feature Of
the railway situation ut this time,
The consideration Of the .AdamsoI
law by the Supreme Court and the
courts decision OH that statute will
coincide with che consideration by
Congress of laws to avert the circum
stances that led tn its passage. The
critical issues raised last September
and put on for u few months are now
again before Congress and the cOun
try: until they are definitely settled
the other phases Of the railway stu
alton. profoundly important rs they
are, will have to wait.
The sun., 1916-12-12
REVENUES FROM LIQUOR.
Russia's Experience cited 10 Quiet the
Patriotic Fears Of the Trade.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. In
THE Sun OF November 20 \. Il. Ardsley
stated
when consideration Is given to the fact
that the United States Government an.
nuaiiy derives 33.5, 900, 600 from liquors
alone the financial catastrophe that would
oyertske the Government should the LIQUOR
men close up shop for a while is ap.
paliing.
\ few days later in advertising an
issue Of Russian securities the National
city Company. probably wholly unpreju-
diced. had this to say OF financial con-
ditions in Russia after the sale Of vodka
Was stopped
The most striking feature Of the ta>A.
tion returns has been Rnssia's ABILITY "a
overcome the loss Of revenue from tn.
spirit monopoly which In 1918 produced 81
per cent OF the total ordinary revenue.
The saving Of u billion rubles previously
~sauandered annually In drink has Der.
mltted large increases In the return from
The sun., 1916-12-12

The members If the Federal Trade
Commission were sworn into office in
March. 1919, and began work almost
Immediately. When the law crenting
the commission was passed II was eN-
Iected that the repression of unfair
commercial practices would he II of
it's principal duties. From March,
1919. to July |. 1916. the commission
received in all Dag applications for
the issuance of complaints against
corporations and firms accused of UNI
fair practices. or these 1O7 have
been disposed Of. Some were found
to he b~nseless.
In II period of over fifteen months
there we're In the whole area Of tho
United States only o6 Instances Of
competition wagrd with such tactics
as In cause IN appeal To the Govern
ment for Justice. The figure il y
%traordinary. Many tens of thousands
of corporations d" business in this
country. We have for some years
been educated 10 believe that many
of them do business unfairly. We
should have been warranted In rX-
Iecting the Federal Trade Commits.
sion TO he swnmped with complaints.
The %nbsurlly few appeals to it Justify
II conception Of the American bust.
ness man ms n square fighter and n
decent citizen.
The sun., 1916-12-12
TOADLESS BLOCK ISLAND.
An Unsuccessful Effort to Introduce
the Gardeners Friend.

t. THE EDITOR OF TUE SuN-Sir: The
call from the Governor Of Guam FOR a
consignment OF toads. the island being
without them, suggests mention uf .hc
fact; that our neighboring block Island
Is In the same toadless condition. Some
years ago Postmaster Rose-a most Ell
cient official. hy the wly--attempted to
stock the island with this unSigh.ly but
highly useful insect and slug destroying
batrachian. lie obtained q score or
more OF them from a friend on the
mainland and liberated the captives IN
a lonely field where they were not likely
to be molestcd. Tho toa1s were seen in
that locality for Some time aftcrward.
but In a season or twp disappeared.
Possibly this NAV b. tho explanation ,
Block Island is practically trec.ess and
also storelcss. except tnr the fences.
which consist wholly Of the houldcrs
that were left on it by tho terminal
mora!ne OF the glacial ice sheet. IIut n
small part Of the island is undcr crop,
and the visitor secs in al directions
only stretches of rolling ground devoted
To- pasture. with here and there =
meadow OF .louEled field fur ;hc growth
Of corn ~ potatoes. There are. however.
In every depression ponds LARGE AMI
small in which. it would seem, tutls
might breed and hibernate in accord
with their natural habits. Hut the toad
must have shade and shelter from the
sun. lie hides in c~reyices or under
stones during the day and feeds alto
gether at NIGHT. As We all know, he is
rarely seen until evening,
Now, is not the islands lack OF shell
ter for the useful toad the cause Of
failure in the postmaster's benevolent
experiment" On the occasion of "A visit
10 Block Island after hearing the post
masters story | roamed over most ~
the little islands eastern end without
finding a stone, stick or crcvicc that
could afford the hiding place for tn"
! toad which he must have.
feforc the Government sends toals
Ia Guam 1t might bc well 10 ascertain
whether the island is iittcd for their
| reception. J, II. H..
NEW York. December II,
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A Volunteer Leader.

To THE EpIroR OF THE SuN-Sr: It
is imperative that all those who are out
ragged at the Frussian treatment Of the
Belgians work together to la their
protest effective.
First Of all we must get together and
know where we can communicate with
one another. which means that we must
know one another's residence or business
address.
Alone and without any organisation.
I held last Thursday night an open air
meeting at the corner OF st. Nicholas
avenue and 1Slst street which VAS
largely attended and where resolutions
protesting bitterly against the deporta-
ton Of Belgians were adopted by a
rousing vote.
Who will help me? Volunteers may
address me at sos West 1s4th street.
JONAS LiPPMANN.
NEW YORK. December II.
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Lloyd Georges War Council.

The War Council chosen or ar.
ranged by the new British Premier
contains: n Welshman. himself; an
Englishman. Earl CURZON n Scots
man. Arthur HENDERSON Cana
dian. BoNAR LAW. and n native Of
Germany. Vi>count MlLNER. who in
part was educated in that country
and one Of whose grnndmothers was
German. Niscount HALDANE was n
suspect and had to quit public life
because he studied at t;Gttingen, AL.
mired German efficiency and had
lunched with the Kaiser. Ii Is n
proof of LLOYD GEORGES courage that
he takes II German born EngliShmnn
into the War Council.
In the present year ViScount MIL
NER has had the pack at his heels. the
yelIerS in full cry because he was q;
"l;crman'': and he himself said, no
later than June: II have Il great up-
probation Of the strong points If the
Germans, with their patriotism, their
thorOughness, their fidelity tn science
and their marvellous gift of Organiza-
ton" Niscount HALDANE never spoke
out more boldly about the Germans.
He had to walk the plank, jeered to
his ~obscurity. The new Premier re-.
members, but he has no p%rejuIices
and he is unnfraid.
Ni~rount MLNER will need de.
tenders If n cog slips In the new ma.
chine. However. all they need ,o is
IN produce his references. True these
references are not of this day. but
MlLNER has undergone no change.
Mr.. AsQrITH said Of him ''IIr has rs
clear an intellect and as ~ mpathrtic
nm Imagination. and. if the need
should arise. Il power of resolution rs
tenacious and as infeXiblc ;s belong
tn any men of our day" And Lord
l~tOSEBERy, who H. not given to OK.
travagant praise. testified that Mil,
MIR has the union of Intellect with
fascination which makes mrn mount
high" Tribute has been paid to Mil.
NER's "unfailing fund of lumor. which
Is the lubricant of life" Probably
one Of Mr.. LLOYD GEORGES reasons
for asking Niscount MILNER to enter
his War Council was that the once
High Commissioner of South Afric,
has II warm regard for America and
advocates II friendly understanding
with the United States to preserve
the worlds peace. The two men ought
to get on together famously.
But people will ask how the Pre-
mier ri possibly get on with Ear
CURzoN. What have they In com
mon? LLOYD GEORGE Is the mos
democratic politician in British publ,
life. with a bread and genial sense %
humOr: CrRzON Is q born and pom
pous nrisiMrnt with M sense +"
humor ut all. A brilliant Libern
' journalist has said that he "w0Ml,
! have been u great nan II he cOut,
occasionally have forgotten Lord Gun
The sun., 1916-12-12
BELGIAN PROTEST.
Who viii Lead in the Organization
Of Americas Remonstrance?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
statement of the American Rights
League published in THE L of Decem-
Der Z has not found your readers apa.
thetic. Hundreds Of us are Craving to
show in some concerted way what We
feel or think Of Germany's methods
But We need a leader.
Let US unite and form a Protest
League. with Mr.. Roosevelt at the head
of 1t. His energizing influence would be
able to unite into q great force. for
lasting good. all this valuable and justi-
fable wrath that is wasting itself all
over the country at the horrors beins
enacted by the Prussians.
Let us all unite and aid Mr.. Roosevelt
in every way possible. q. H..
PAwLiNo, December 2.
The sun., 1916-12-12
The Questionable Hat.

To n EDITOR or TIE SuN--Sir: !
recognize the initials OF "E. II. ~" OF
Ridsewood, y. j., as those OF a cashier
who was with the firm OF A. T. stewart
& co. long before and after my time.
and he is certainly right in what he
says about my pencil sketch. In re-
gard to the hat worn in the portrait.
wv. A. V. o." Of Brooklyn is evidently
in error. Mr.. stewart was very un-
conventional in regard to fashion and
the hat in the picture Is one OF its most
characteristic features and made recog-
milton OF the portrait more complete.
EDWARD CLOVES.
tNIoN HILL. y. J., December ..
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BLOW THE MAN DOWN.!
4 Chanty Echoes ~ u From tn,
Deck OF an Old Baltimore Clipper.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Here
is a chanty ! heard sung by American
sailormen when the South American
trading hrigs were plying their rad
| write tho words from memory, but
they arc very close to what | heard in
the basin In Baltimore thirty years ago.
The chanty Was. | understand, a relic of
the famous Baltimore clippers that car
ricd the stars and stripes to the Sever
Seas and made American ships and
sailors famous the world over,
The time IL lSto the place Pstapsco
River, \ Baltimore clipper IL getting
under way. Tho crew and "hgh,ins
men, the white buckle mates who KEEP,
the negro crew under control. are in the
waist and on the f~o'c's'le. The Old Man
Is aft
Chanty Man;
An Yankee sailed an mad. All tack,
lIurray for de Yankee JACK!
Hes waiting Wit his yards aback-
CROW
on Bristol town on Rris,o, town
Blow all man down Blow all man down
Chanty Man:
shes a dandy ship and a dandy crew.
And "A dandy cook and a vaptIng tcw
crew
hut what will he do fer his dandy crew
Hon give EN- wine and brandy tcw,
Rauso, boys! I,auso,
Chanty Man;
Dis RausS was a tailor.
Lord knows he warn't no sailor:
sharks shanghied him In a boozing den
The sun., 1916-12-12

Go. buy the pearl; the tempter low
Thus whispers. Ransom Of an earl.
A prince. a king, she's worthy. Go!
60, buy the pearl,
"rnn you recall her eyes, the curl
Across her brow, hrr mouth a bow,
\ tupii's bow and pause, tbov rhuri
But prudence whispers me. 40 slow,
Your purse Is haccld, head s-whirL
Think hrst: then II you must. why. go
Go by the pearl
NAuncs h0ssIs.
The sun., 1916-12-12

From n Of Sundays sermons:
should the family fortune he estab-
lished by trade across footballs, by po-
lit!cal contracts, note shaving or what
not. the children are sen to Yale ar
Vassar as a preliminary boost In social
climbing" Fine distinctions must be
drawn, considering the premises and
the conclusion. before an answer can
he given to the question; What will
Harvard and Wellesley and others
The sun., 1916-12-12

What authority has the London
Daily Mai for saying that WINSTON
SPENCER CHURCHILL is moi wanted in
the army? There il some use for
every man at the front. 1t has been
a mystery why Colonel CHURCHILL was
allowed TO fit from the trenches to
Westminster at his own sweet will.
Is pull still available in Great Britain's
extremity?
The sun., 1916-12-12
Twenty-Five D~eutschlands carrying

Twenty-Five Deutschlands carrying
mail and Cargo on and under the At
lantic would render the British block
ade' futile in respect To contraband
needed by the German military au-
thorities. Twenty-Five submarines war
ring on merchantmen would endanger
Great Britain's food supply. The pre-
sumption is that Germany is now Civ
ing more attention to the building Of
undersea boats han to the laying
down and completion OF battleships
and cruisers.
The sun., 1916-12-12

1t is something OF a coincidence that
Field Marshal OYAMA and PAUL LEROY
BEAuLiEu. the F'renchman who knew
Japan so well and wrote in such a
mastery fashion about her future,
should die on the same day.
The sun., 1916-12-12

In the discussion about the part Gov
disastrous California campaign moth
ing is said about the personal strength
or weakness OF his Democratic Oppo-
,nent for the SenatOrship, GEORGE PAT
TON Of Los Angeles.
The sun., 1916-12-12

The congregation of the Church Of
st. John the Evangelist Of this city
has asked President WILSON 20 use "a
moral bludgcon' on the Kaiser. They
seem to forget hat Mr.. BRYAN IL no
longer Secretary Of state.
The sun., 1916-12-12

have never had time. not even five
minutes. to be tempted to do anything
against the moral law. civil law or n
law whatever.-THoMAs A. EDISON.
Mr.. EDISON has missed a lot Of fun.
The sun., 1916-12-12
IHalyIng the Nickel.

To n f.DIroR or the SuS-Sir: The
Spanish have "A better way. Let us
call the half nickel "A "nickelito."
WHIrs plains. December H. c. NJ.
The sun., 1916-12-12
E.dIims ihVwu un the R.rut

F'uD. the h,u Eru"ds H'r
We claim the o,s,.n"usn - '"'I
lowest $aipri"5 no" Spaprr ei!'1r. ''
lst, pruofreadcr, yewritr mtr
makeup man and printers er
world. That's right, almost ~ ~
The sun., 1916-12-12

The hammer seems to be a favorite
British weapon; at the front in night
raids on the enemy's trenches; at
home in attacks upon the Government
leaders.
The sun., 1916-12-12

Labor will win or lose the war
JAMES HENRY THOMAS, NJ. p.
Palpably that Is also the German
view, and Germany thought of it first.
The sun., 1916-12-12

A vice-Consul at Bankok reports that
frog drums are highly priced there.
Evidently the Siamese have not as
certained from Washington that these
instruments are arousers Of baseness.