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WILSON PROSPERITY"
Some Fscts That the Democratic Cam.
palgn Committee Overlooked.

To EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir. The
Democratic campaign committee makes
much OF the fact that the census OF
manufactures Of 1914 shows an Increase
Of annual earnings for the average
worker from $3.50 a year &c $3.50 a
year. for some seven millions OF work.
ers. claiming the credit OF the improve
ment for President Wilson. The COM
parison Is with 1909.
Mr.. Wilson was inaugurated in March,
1918. One year and ten months OF the
census period was under his admins
tration. Three years and two months
were under President Taft. Why does
Taft get none OF the credl, and Wilson
all OF IL?
The whole OF the year 1915 fell in
Wilson'S administration, and 1t shows
the smallest total OF railroad building
in fifty years and a record Of business
failures never before attained in all our
history. The panic years OF 1898 and
1907 show no such mercantile mortality.
Let us at least get in the major items
In casting up the account.
BosroN. August 10. ". G. r.
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THE THREE COLONIES.
Two Are Gone. But the Third Remains
VIII He Stay After Cock Crow:

To THE EpiToR Of THE SrS-Sir; II
is a part OF contemporary history that
II ook three Colonies to elevate Wood
row Wilson 10 the Presidency.
Colonel Harvey discovered him Colo
mel Bryan promoted him: Colonel House
assisted him in performing tho func-
lions Of his high office.
In true Wilsonian style the professor
proceeded To throw overheard Colonel
Harvey. After handsomely rewarding
Colonel Bryan for his services at the
Baltimore convention, Mr.. Wilson dis
pensed with his '~'delightful' society at
the earliest practicable moment Colo
mel House seems to he still in the run
ming, although at any time he may he
asked to make way for some more de-
serving Democrat.
His second campaign for the Presi-
dency in defiance OF the much battered
Baltimore platform will he conducted In
person by Woodrow, assisted by Mr..
McAdoodledoo. SENEx.
New YORK, August 10.
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MR.. BACON,S SUPPORT.
A Questioning Republican Examines
an Endorsement.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: Law.
renee Godkin. who In sorrow or satire
pleads guilty OF a hideous past OF de-
voted support OF President Wilson. i'm
plores Republicans of New Fork to
nominate Robert Bacon for United states
Senator. But though such Democrats as
Mr.. Godkin hasten to embrace Mr..
Bacon, he should rebuff their favcrs
promptly and rudely for what Repub-
leans want Is a body OF United States
Senators acceptable to Republicans. not
10 Wilson Democrats, whether regerer-
ate or u~nregenerate.
Republicans must suspect that though
Democrats like Mr.. Godk!n have re-
pentcd bitterly Of MIR. Wilson, they still
would be passionate worshippers at the
old Democratic shrines, eternally hating
the American tarin system, necessarily
invelghing against a merchant marine
to he restored only with protective and
fostering measures by the nation. dog
gcdly thwarting a powerful navy and
an adequate army. dominating mex
pressibly a firm foreign policy. Re-
publican voters must suspect that a can
dida;e acceptable to such Democrats
might himself be lukewarm on those
fundamental principles n imperative
policies Of the Republican party.
Wherefore let Mr.. Bacon lose no time
in alternating those Democratic sup
rorters by affirming and reafirmire In
"A clear. strong voice the Republican
principles and policies which are 81
abhorrent to Democratic highbrows.
whatever the Writ ues Of the individual
who upholds them.
Failing to do his Mr.. Bacon might
convince the Republican voters that II
must he their purpose and their duty
TO defeat him not only nj the primaries
but. should he he nominated, at the
polls FOR to ask them 10 take doctrine
approved BY Wilson adorers of the pres
ent or Of the past Is to ask them 20
take political poison.
STRAIGHT Goops.
NEW YORK, August 10.
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TRADE FACTS SUPPLIED.
The Chamber Of Commerce Always
Active In This Work.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
THE SUN Of August "a appeared an edi-
torial article headed New York as q
Manufacturing Centre" Due credit was
given to the Merchants Association for
efficient service in answering commercial
inquiries. That Is only one OF the many
excellent services rendered by that
association.
II IL only fair. however. 20 state that
the work Of supplying commercial in
formation has for years also been done
by the New York Chamber OF Com
merce. Frequently as many as ten or
fifteen letters are received daily at Its
office from all points In this country and
from abroad. M In every case the in
formation asked for Is cheerfully given
when possible. or the writer's are told
where 1t might be obtained.
1t has been the practice OF the Office
to give not only the names OF members
Of the Chamber OF Commerce who may
be ready and equipped to handle the
business sought. but also tho names of
other firms when II Is thought advisable.
CHARLES T. GwYNNE,
Secretary.
NEW York. August ~.
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ESPERANTO AS A MEDIUM.
---------
English Declared 10 BE Often In.
ferlor BIZ On Enthusiast

To rHn EDITOR OF The SuN-ST. There
are many cases where each party &c a
controversy nay have right on his side.
and this condition may exist between
myself and ID. g." whose letter about
Esperanto was published In THE SUN
Of August 10. But %. g." seems to i'm
ply that l made claims for Esperanto
which I really did not make. No good
Esperantist either expects or wishes that
international language to dispiace any
national language or literature. What
I specifically claimed was that In the
translation Of that special work I could
not express the thought as we'll in Eng
lish as in the Esperanto version.
I have recently had occasion to make
an expert report on a technical matter
OF some international Importance. which
report was written In both English and
Esperanto. In making the report In
English I found myself constantly ham,
pered by the difiiculty of clearly ex-
pressing concrete facts, a. there was q
constant temptation to use idiom which
would DO difficult to translate into the
language of the country to which said
report was to be sent. But In the Es-
poIduVO ScTSiOu Sucio Wdc nO ultliCulty
OF that kind.
Also In writing ny letter to THE sun
I may have had subconsciously In mind
q recent reading Of the Esperanto YER
sion of the story in Grimm's Tales. THE
Fisherman and His Wife," which was
far superior In style to any Of the Eng
lish versions I had ever read.
There have been some very good trans
~lat!ons of Dickens into Esperanto and
they will doubtless give to non-English
readers = better idea OF the original
than II translated into German, French
or Russian. but this Ia hardly a fair
example to cite for US English speaking
people. I was simply noting a case
where through Esperanto we who know
that language have an opportunity more
thoroughly to appreciate and enjoy the
works Of the great Slavic writer's than
through the ordinary translations into
our English tongue.
In the case of Henry James I will
confess that II seems to me hat II would
b. an international crime to try TO use
Esperanto for the purpose of inficting
the tursidity Of his style in his later
works upon any other people. 7.
New YORK. August 10.
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HOW THE RAILROADS EARNA DOLLAR
AND HOW THEY SPEND 1T.


or every dollar earned by the rail-
roads Of the United States in 1915 just
69.47 cents came from freight they ar
ried. Passenger service. including the
revenue from express and mails, fur
nished 26.54 cents, and 800 cents were
received from other sources. such as
securities they held.
The 69.47 cents received from freight
operation were contributed In this pro.
portion: Transportation of the prod.
ucts Of mines brought in 1885 cents.
transportation of manufactures yielded
1910 cents. carrying farm produce sup
piled lie cents, products Of forests.
Z cents: animal products. AIS cents:
other merchandise. 4.32 cents: miscel-
laneous freight, 3.32 cents.
The 1854 cents received from the
passenger service consisted Of 1920
cents in passenger fares, 2.37 cents re-
ceived for carrying express matter and
1877 cent for carrying mail.
OF every dollar epent by the rail-
roads OF the United States in 1915 just
1920 cents went 10 pay the wages OF
labor. Material for way and equip
ment.. supplies and other expenses Of
upkeep cost 1890 cents. Fuel and loco
motive supplies took S.12 cents. Loss
and damages absorbed 2.22 cents and
4.72 cents went to pay taxes. All Of
these items constitute what are known
as operating expenses. 1t will be seen
that they took 1916 cents Of every
dollar the railroads earned.
There remains Of the dollar earned
by the railroads in 1915 24.s4 cents. OF
this 1919 cents went to pay Interest on
funded and unfunded debt. 3.97 cents
were paid out in rent for tracks under
lease, 5 cents were set aside for divi-
dends and surplus. The tiniest item Of
all was the los cents left OF the dollar
and spent for betterments.
Experts say that when operating ex.
penses take more than 10 cents Of the
railroads dollar the outlook for the
railroads Is not bright. Last year the
railroads spent 1916 cents OF every
dollar earned on operating expenses.
These are the facts Of railway earn
ings and spendings In 1915. The most
TO be labor's big slice OF the railroads
uoiidI. lie IdCt una IdDoT kttS fO.SV
cents Of every dollar earned by the
roads Is OF the utmost importance IN
considering the Justice OF the demands
now made by railway employees in
train service. They are asking that
their present days wages he paid them
for eight hours work instead OF ten
hours. At the very least this means a
IS per cent increase in the pay Of
these men,: should they succeed in
getting the punitive overtime they seek
the increase in wages would be 37h
per cent. and higher.
The startling possibilities Of increase
II the men get a days wage for eight
hours work have been we'll shown In
the following illustration:
Suppose an engineer who now makes his
run In ten hours and 10 paid $500. or "a
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eeh,s IN "o.. o u ~ propo''a psu
80. = - Ron, ma nv.rv,. a ~
hour FOR two hours. liz tntai "'
ton would, therefore. he $40 II h. VOLS.
ten hours. an increase o. 37i, per ,.r,.
suppose hts train was DELAYED and tn. tWa
TOOK Twelve hout' On me existing bass
OF wages ~" wouiu receive s'"" f' IN
-. 49,. ..... 49,. ,.s. wv n'o's
q, 10 ana hi. ,n,a, nav CO. =. vs'.'.uN
proposed arrangement he wound ,e,,ns
$3.50 for eight hours, p 20 cents an borr
an Increase Of 20 per cent. an Dou. AMI
overtime on . time and a hdt bass,
amounting TO *io' an hon'' an inrteas.
."e oseI.N"e ,a'' y" n'u' o' N'a r"r
,e" .,..a 80 o"'t,mr 'r
Tor ov.r,im. womb h. "a 20 an pay
In IL Of almost 800 per cent maxim, ~
total days wages $3.50. sn ~in,r.s. o.,
10 per cent.
The freight engineer in o,o.,to.
then. stands to pain n ware irrr,,.,"
% TO as per cent. IL the unions acht.,.
their full object. L. such an ,ncro.s.
fair. in view OF the ANALYSIS or ,,,i,a,,
EXPENSES given nj the outsc, M ,h,.
article? Is not a % ia 4, nor oo,'
raise n prctty bic iumn IN maks NJ, ~.
once IL any wage scalec
The Government has fastened p,o,
the railroads and ,bom .,
submit every oue stlon of rates uhi,h
alone determine their earnings. to Mo
arbitrament of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission. But the Govern.
ment does not compel the railroad
workers to submit their demands IA
any such arbitrament. Arbitration .,
railroad claims by other tribunals
unsatisfactory because tho Inters,,,.
! Commerce Commission. and tina, f.,Jv
! alone. IL in possession W all tho f,c,.
about railway affairs. And only an Mo
basis OF these facts caO a prouer do.
cision as to the Justice OF labor's ,la,m,
be arrived Mt.
70 tho railroads m,,s, suhm,, ~ ~.
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MUSICAL MENUS.

II have suffered great discomfort"
complained the patient to his Mus. d.
The sensations were those of indiges-
ton. but after my NJ. u. had looked
me ove he declared It was not that.
He said that no known kind OF eating
would be likely to produce an earache.
and as It was an earache instead Of a
stomach ache that panied me princi-
pally. he thought I had better zee some
specialist. My a specialist Is out Of
town listening to the defective sounds
uttered by his automobile. Why are
there not automobile tuner as well
as plano tuners? However. as a Doc
tor Of Music I thought you might
have an ear for my troubles"
What have you been hearing
lately?" inquired the Mus. D.. just as
n might say: what have you been
eating lately?"
mo futurist music and no canned
melodies. II isn't any form Of audi
tory ptomaine poisoning" replied the
patient. Last night I went to a res
taurant and had a simple repast con-
sisting principally OF half a cold
lobster and a little white wine. The
orchestra. made up Of a violin. a
saxophone. an oboe and a plano,
played the overture TO the Flying
Dutchman' and a new composition by
Irving Berlin"
"~Atrocious!" exclaimed the Doctor
Of Music. mo wonder your ears are
In bad shape. Haven't you heard that
a man In Chicago has just discovered
that music produces the same n
tons as food? He has assigned food
equivalents to various musical COM
positions and ~gustatory values to the
different musical instruments. A
violin is like claret. a saxophone like
buttermilk. Yet you had them to-
gether at one sitting, with a dash OF
lemon in the shape Of some notes from
the oboe! Moreover. after absorbing
an excess OF Wagnerian proteids you
imbibed subacid ragtime not twenty
four hours old and probably imperfect
~ fermented. You have got yourself
into awful shape. I shall have TO put
you upon a strict musical Diet
But I am already on n food Diet"
protested the patient unhappily.
We'll then. alternate the two" re-
piled the Doctor Of Music. Meals at
Z. I and Z. music at 10, 4 and 10 daily.
Fol the morning you had better have
a little Bach oatmeal with cream and
sugar and a short cello piece. The
cello Is as stimulating as a cup OF
coffee. In the afternoon. something
on The saxophone: buttermilk prolongs
life and preserves bodily vigor. II you
wish you may have a little fresh fruit
- Nha IA, 80 Tt,A r- ~
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THE GREAT DISILLUSION.
Women Care Less for Men and Maybe
Have Reason for Doing So.

To yHE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: After
giving matrimony serious consideration
] ind that the more a fellow is straight,
honorable and upright, the less the girl
Of to-day cares for him, It's not what
he is, it's what he can give her.
Marriage comes to fewer and fewer
women nowadays. Just because men have
begun to use their heads instead Of their
hearts. Furthermore, a has at
present more open doors han ever be-
fore into the Industrial world and may
he independent and self-supporting.
Dancing appears tn be the final test
Of n Young fellows fitness to mingle
with the fair sex. A, BALTow.
NEW YORK, August 10,
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SAFETY FIRST.
Ar. Wilson's Decision to Stay ON the
stump Accounted For.

To THE EDITOR Of THE SuN-Sir: Now
the President will speak by invitation
only. A clever idea Having invited
himself to be the only nominee OF the
Democratic party. he can easily invite
himself to any party OF Democrats
anywhere. His special aptitude In note
writing will stand him In good stead.
A joyful acceptance of an invitation
from himself to be somewhere" or an
equally sorrowful regret to be nowhere
al be handled very frankly In a series
Of notes,
As Mr.. Wilson'S forte Is in correspond
ence and his bravest words have been
in that line rather than In his public
utterances. he can more easily conform
to his personal motto safety first -
than he could on a stamping tour. His
foot or his mouth might slip o n the ros-
trum, but on paper his hand Is irmness
itself. FREDERICK A. KING.
BOSTON, August 10.
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In his graphic why Mr.. DAVID
LLOYD GEORGE remarks that 1.-THE nip
pers are gripping and before long We
shall hear the crack" and he adds +:
II say that we shall see that there
will not be another war In II day"
When Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE describes the
great sacrifices the British people
have made. -four millions OF young
manhood" set In the front Of battle
or waiting for the call, the neutral
world cries Magnificent :" But
whether there will he another war In
our day after peace IL made at Lon
don or Berlin depends II good deal
upon the attitude Of the victOrs not
only toward their late enemies in the
field but toward questions OF trade
and economics as they affect the
world generally In the East as well
rs In the West.
To-day Great Britain on the one
side and Germany on the other are
preparing to capture the lions share
Of the trade Of the world. With pre-
vision Mr.. HUGHES has forewarned
his audiences in the West. America
must be efficient or suffer In the
competition. But that may not be the
worst. When n considers that the
victors rs we'll as the vanquished will
have lost treasure which it took them
q generation to accumulate, cOmpe-
tition In trade may well become ag-
jressiOn vested rights being brushed
aside.
The great nations Of Europe have
seen war mad for two years. and so 1t
will be to the end Of the conflict. With
he return Of peace the conquering al
hes will become money mad, and in
such a frenzy there may be quarrels
about tariffs, about treaties and even
about coveted territory. VIII they
'eadlly submit to arbitration? Com
manding great armies and fleets. they
will certainly not be inclined to do So.
There Is no fiercer competition than
the struggle to live. Economically all
Europe will be fighting hard for its
bread and butter. Anything that looks
like interference. even II 1t be the
assertion Of a right that In halcyOn
days would not have been contested,
will be resented.
Now the application Of all this Is
that II the vlctors Of Armngeddon, who
will straightway enter upon an In,
dustrial war to recOup their losses
the defeated being too poor to pay
an indemnity. are not content to play
fair and recognize the rights and
Interests Of their commercial rivals
peace will not endure long. A nation
ruthless In war may be ruthless II
the strife Of trade when 1t needs the
money and finds Itself In a position
of advantage. A nation that has
crippled a rival In trade may assume
that a victory on the battle field en-
titles It to the lions share OF thu
worlds business. In either ease com
petitOrs will have to be wary ant
resolute. or danger will loom ahead.
The titanic struggle that now con
Juises Europe should MAXI va
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The inspection Of He'll Gate made
last week by the committees Of Con-
gress on Rivers and Harbors Is a fresh
reminder that at present q fleet OF
superdreadnOughts could enter and
leave New York only by way Of the
Ambrose Channel. Several years ago
the battleship Massachusetts, was
taken through Hell Gate into the
waters Of Long Island Sound. but to.
day the risk Of the passage IL consid-
cred prohibitive In the case Of larger
battleships. The importance t. the de-
fence Of New York Of clearing Hell
Gate is equal to the commercial need
of the improvement.
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Somewhere In Franco!" Once only
pleasant dreams
These words could br~inG-dreams OF
fair. cloudless skies.
OF stately hills where ancient turrets
rise.
OF terraced vineyards. rich with purple
CLEANS.
And there rose grand cathedrals. which the
years
Have linked with names age old, but
honored still;
Thithcr went pilgrims. with their hearts
a-thrill,
Moved by great memories to prayers and
But now. whenever these fow words are
said.
Swift comes . visios. Of embattied mon.
OF crashing cannon. Of fair fields dyed
red,
OF ruined homes. whore mono may live
again.
OF sas and dame In deadly. aendish
dance
O Coo. protect thess NOV Somewhere In
Franco"
NsABs9s n. LevA1aA.
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It 10 now reported that the Demo-
cratic members Of Congress cOntem-
Plate a bond issue to pay for the cost
Of the present troop mobilization at
the Mexican border.
That such q scheme should be en-
t4rtained for a moment is significant
of Democratic folly In matters Of ma
tioual finance. We have a Demo-
cratic administration which has re-
sorted to revenue devices never
known before in this country In time
Of peace. 1t has levied a penny here
and q penny there; 1t has established
m income tax that discriminates
heavily against a small class OF the
population; 1t has just decided upon
new and burdensOme impOsts to I'LL
4 Treasury depleted by wasteful m.
propriations but II cannot contrive to
pay for a current item Of military nd
ministration without saddling the debt
on the next generation.
It IL an axiom Of sound financing
that q debt should not exist longer
than the life Of the object for which
Il 10 incurred. Nowadays no. one
dreams of issuing fifty year bonds to
pay for a road that will last but
twenty years. A sane man does not
borrow $500 on a promissory note
to pay watchmen TO guard his house
for a week.
II we have to issue bonds to pay
for q few months muster Of troops
what shall we do when the time
Comes to foot the bill for substantial
Military preparedness?
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A BOON TO MANKIND.
so a student Of Throat Quenching
Calls q Cocktail.

To rHE EDITOR OF THE ~SuN--Sir; In a
letter to THE SUN "a. r." liz unneces-
sarily concerned In defending DR.. Siegert
from the charge ~ being responsible
fof the cocktail. "A. f." does NOT prove
his case, but he does prove that the cock
tail. like many other inventions OF hu-
manity, was the result OF accident.
Had not Or. Siegert or his amIabie
wife discovered the secret OF compound
ing the bittcrs, cocktails would never
have been invented, II was in the
search TO bring out the virtues OF whis-
key and correct it's vices that the orig
inal cocktail was hit upon. 1t has been
"A blessing to mankind, Stevens puts
it in his work 'With Kitchener to khar-
toun." l, has been a true solvent
in the pathology of thirst. ARuB
New YORK. August 10.
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T. TuH Enron or THE SrN-Sv' I have
been very much Interested In your edi.
torial article entitled can the Flawless
Rail Re Made" Taking into considera-
lion the Interstate Commerce Commission
Report on Accidents for fourteen years.
It seems that the discovery OF DR.. Dudley
Of the New York Central IL quite an I'M
portant one FOR both the railroad ard
steel industry. A great number OF wrecks
have been caused by a broken rail-. and
this discovery Of the unseen haws In rails
made in manufacture marks an era Of
rail making which viii undoubtedly re-
duce the wrecks to practically a mini
mum, thereby ~insurins fast and safs pss.
senger tranhc. RIcnAhS Il. HJsErsERG.
NEW yosE, August ~.
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The Career Of the Thetis,

To THE EDITION or tbs SUS--Sir' The
editorial note on the steamship Thetis In
THE Sun OF August II brought up memo
ries Of the day when Dundee was a great
whaling port and the docks exuded whale
oil. The history Of the Thetis would make
Interesting reading from the time she was
used to hunt whales In the Arctic seas
until her purchase by the United ststss
Government for service In tho Greedy re-
lief expedition. Ia not Thetis the second
or third name Of the shipf
THOMAS ,. KssNAs.
Nsw YoaE. August 10.