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Hard Assign ments.

Rebellion reared Its hOrrid head at
the Columbia School OF Journalism
when the l"urth year students were
required 70 write n history Of joe
nnlism in Philadelphia In a specified
time. This Is surprising In view Of
the dignity Of the theme. As to doing
the task In II set interval there could
have been no objection on that point.
All newspaper work Is a struggle
against the clock.
The fourth year students may Ike
thankful that they were not asked to
write an obituary Of. say. Earl kITCH-
ENER with only three-qunrters Of IN
hour before going to press. We have
not heard that pr. TALcoTr WILL.
iAMs. who. they complain. sets them
too hard tasks. ever sent two or three
Of them out at midnight In blizzard
to cover a fire such as that which de-
strOyed the Old Equitable Building.
Hns he impaired their digestions and
deranged their intellects by sending
them forth six nights week to cover
the dinners of the forty dozen assO-
Citations that meet, eat and tweet in
the uptown hotels?
The reporters hardest assignment
Is, however. none OF these. II Is when
he has to kick his heels In the Office
that he is unhappiest. Only II good
reporter knows what a pathetic hg
IRE DICKENS drew when he pictured
Mr.. MICAwnER.
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Effects Of the Mississippi Climate

To THE EplToe OF THE SrN-Si: Nv
attention was drawn to-day to a dis
sertation made last Monday in Tur
Sun by the Rev 'Nelus Downing Of
Mississippi on IA lecture OF mine given
IN New York on December :. lie does
not know what | talked on. but the in
formation he had was that I hold the
'nited states south of North Carolina
is not a At habitat for the white man.
These opinions OF mine hritate the gem
tleman from Mississippi. and he speaks
severely on pseudo-sclentific animadver-
sions aud cigar store Indians.
To prove that ] am making pseudo
scientific animadversions he shows that
the half million whites who now survive
in Mississippi raise considerable cotton
and hawgs argal, the white races thrive
in Mississippi, The only human thing
that ever thrived In Mississippi was
Booker Washington and he il dead. Gem
eral Phi sheridan. who came from m,
pars of Ireland said II he owned hell
and Texas he would live in hell and rent
Texas. but what is Texas compared
with Mississippi?
Mr., Downing suggests that 90 down
to Mississippi and look at the State.
Why" ! have been there once. DO
people GO to Mississippi twice:
AUSTIN O'MALiEY.
FHnApEiPHiA. December l3
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MILK PERoUlS1TES.
Eleven Qsarts . week Free to the
Obliging Janitor.

To THE EDiroA OF THE suN--sir: Some
years ago I worked for a man who has
been squealing on the janitors and who
has got most Of his trade by the meth
DDS he is now bringing before the pub
lie. one janitor In his employ was al
lowed eleven quarts Of milk week and
had the privilege Of buying extra at
Ave cents bottle.
II the milkman was late or had gone
and the tenants wanted extra milk the
janitor always had his supply and could
let them have It. and II cash was paid
he got the beneft Of 1t: II charged, the
routeman would supply him for the ones
sold. 1t was impossible for other com
petitors to do business In the house. as
the mailman was ready with the usual
story--no canvassers allowed.
Other favors shown to the frm were
In cases Of sickness. where the doctor
would recommend their milk above all
others, although all certified milk passes
the same rigid inspection. according to
the county medical boards Of the State.
What does the doctor get for his SER
vices. graft or a rebate? Or is he work.
Ing solely In the welfare Of his patients
or for the welfare OF The firm he Is
recommending 10 highly?
A MiLxMAS.
BRooKIyS December a.
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GENERAL SCOTT RIGHT.
SO Says an Observer who. However
Praises National Guard Patriotism.

To THE EpiroR OF THE SrN--SU: |
have read with interest the report Of
General Scott. Chief OF stan. and have
pondered carefully the statements he
makes to show the inefficiency OF the
militia system.
As native born American am sorry
to say that from my limited number of
friends and field OF observations I am
forced to agree with General scott. 1t
must seem to an unbiased observer that
American patriotism IL now almost a
thing of the pas or tina, our sH mbol IL
the almighty dollar. Nobody will ever
know the extent OF the sacrifice which
has been made In the loyal Americans
who responded TO the call to arms while
their brethren remained at home in COM
fort and luxury and profited by the op-
portunities not only to acquire money
quickly but to obtain good positions
Ii would seem ftting at this tim- 20
attempt to reward some Of the less for
tunate patriots by relieving them OF
their taxes and putting that burden on
the more fortunate ones who have been
able to take advantage OF golden oppor-
tunities and have acquired 80 much
easy money" How would this susgeS.
,ion appeal to the pacifists and stay at
homes' 4 CONSTANT READER.
NEW YORK. December ~.
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The wide application Of the Federal
food and drugs act has led to the
discovery Of many asws which have
contributed to frequent violation Of
the act.
The Sherley amendment provided
against false and fraudulent curative
claims on the labels. The liability to
prosecution was easily escaped by
Omitting these claims from the label
but publishing them on the outside
Of the package containing the bottle.
The recent prosecution OF one Of these
shrewd and resOurceful manufactur.
ers resulted In his pleading guilty and
thus admitting In the Federal courts
that his claims were false and fraud
ulent, made knowingly, In reckless
and wantOn disregard Of their truth
Now this safeguard II eluded by him
and doubtless by other manufactur
ers, who publish these fraudulent
claims on placards hung In window.
snd other public places. 1t Is there
fore incumbent upon Congress to ado
smother amendment to the Fedora
food and drugs net demanding f,
statement Of curative claim on al
The sun., 1916-12-15
New YOFk'S Vote Last Month.

Disregarding the ballots Of the mi
litiamen In the service OF the United
States the Republicans polled s75.51O
votes In New York State In the No
vember election. or 10000 more than
the total OF the Republican and Pro-
gresslve votes In 1912. The Progress
sives came back.
Republicans in the East do not dif.
fer essentially from Republicans In
the West PrOgressives in one section
OF the country are not radically unlike
Progressives in other sections OF the
country. The union Of the two ele.
ments Of the Republican party which
was effected here should have been
accomplished elsewhere.
Had 1t been, the election Of 1916
would have had another result.
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THE DURYEE ZOUAVES.
Only the Fifth and 16Sth New York
Volunteers Bore That Name.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN--Sir, Mr.
f. $ Dunning. who writes to YOU from
Philadelphia saying that he was a NOM
her of the l%6th New York Volunteers
or Duryea's Zouaves. should know that
the Duryee Zouavcs ,note the spelling
--Duryee. not DuryeaI was name thst
belonged properly to the Fifth New York
Volunteers, and was later extended to
the l65th New York Volunteers. who
were known as the Second Duryee
Zouaves
The veterans associations Of these
two regiments both meet In the same
room in the SiNty-ninth Regiment
Armory, Lexington avenue and Twenty
sixth street. New York. The secretary
Of the veterans association OF the Fifth
New York Volunteers is James Fish. l4s
West Tenth street. New York. and the
corresponding secretary OF the Second
Duryee Zouaves is the undersigned.
whose address Is 23 Pine street New
York IopS A. MURRAY
New YoRk, December ~.
The sun., 1916-12-15

NAr6LEor, speeding toward his doom,
felt at least a suggestion Of repent.
ance for the slaughter Of the youth
Of Europe that had resulted frcsas bis
pursuit Of q chimera, from his bril-
liant endeavOrs to satisfy longing
for universal power. for dominance
upon earth that has never been And
shall never be vOuchsafed to one
human being?
However this may be. 1t Is certain
that NAPOLEON, rushing from villers.
COtterets to Waterloo, silent and self
absorbed. nursed his grievance against
the allied Powers putting forth their
growing force to crush him who had
10 often made them subservient to
his martial might. To him 1t was In
expllcnble, OF course. that the leaders
Of the coalition could not believe him
when he had sOlemnly assured them
that he would never again look upon
solemn treaties as mere scraps Of
paper. nor endeavOr to make allen
peoples subservient to his will. He
rode toward Waterloo telling him.
self that. II he were defeated, he
would he the victim Of injustice. but
1t is hard for postcrity to believe that
mind as keen as NAPoLEoN's did
not have in that dread hour moments
when It made the self-cOnfession that
the punishment awaiting him ut the
end of this mad Onrush would be
thoroughly deserved.
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The Pull Perennial.

when the ancient town OF the Msnhattocs
Had Wouter van Twiiler for Governor,
And burshers broad went In wide trunk
hose
To play at bowl. on the green's smooth
hoor,
Or sat and puhed at their pipes In state,
Discussing hollands as burGher should.
And rosy cheeks hid beneath Golf sedste,
To live In New York methinks was good.
When the world OF fashion took its tone.
All hoopskirts, pelisses and beaver hats,
In Bleecker street, WAS Il. from Mr., Hone,
Innocent quite Of hotels and fats,
And Jenny set all the town sgog
Down where gray old Castle Garden
stood.
While every buck took on his grog.
To live In New York methinks was good
Now the Great White Way Ia a rough plank
road.
Fifth avenue is sure death to cross.
Wall street Ia satan's select abode,
The true fundamentals are lost In sauce
We're outside the rcal American clan,
But somehow for reasons not understood
The res, Of them come here whenever they
To live N New York methinks h good
'.i 90 -. .'. NAURics Moasis.
The sun., 1916-12-15
Electrical Science Comes TO Her Aid.
Not Quite Disinterestedly.

y
The high cost OF living. long made a
plaything of politics, economists and
sensationalis,s. has now become a stern
reality beyond dispute. While state.
Federal and numerous civic and indus
trial bodies throughout the country in
vcstigate the rumored boarding of food
stuffs. speculation and price manipula-
ton. prices continue to soar steadily.
bringing with them hardships to those
blessed but sparinely with this worlds
goods. In desperation women. sinsly
and leagued together. have instituted
boyco;ts on certain commodities as a
remonstrance and effective action against
unjust speculation. Meanwhile many Of
US strive desperately to make both ends
meet. paying the exorbtant inflated
prices for the necessities OF life.
Perhaps few staple products enter
more into ones daily gastronomic per-
formancc than eggs. Yet to-day eggs
are so scarce and the prices so out
rageous!y high that for many OF the
less fortunate a long dreary eggless
season looms ahead with such sad
prospect for the culinary art as an egg
less winter any means which will tend
welcomed enthusias stically by all. whether
they eat To live or live to eat. and would
doubtless he exploited by those able to
do So, Electricity offers just such a
means OF doing this, and one which Is
full Of promise may he tried quickly
and easily and at practically no expense.
thus being well adapted to the means OF
those that need IL most
II has long been known that electric
light. II used In the hen house To give
light In the morning before the sun has
risen. results in increased egg produc-
ton. and reliable statistics have shown
In certain Instances an actual Increase
OF ~ per cent. in this way.
For those fortunate enough to possess
| fowls. and who can therefore Ieadily
appreciate collecting new laid eggs in
time for breakfast before the sun has
risen We recommend this apology for
| daylight SAVING in the poultry world
II will assurcdly mean increased egg
produc, ion--and fresh eggs--bo;h mat
ters OF very real Importance in these
daNs ot outrageous prices for eggs Of
questionable age. We also recommend
, this matter to the attention of the wide
awake power solicitor Of the central sta
tion company. who is ever deslrous to
increase the off peak load, The load is
small. 1t Is true, and the time II is on il
short. but 1t Is the parable OF the little
grains OF sand over again. And then
the load Is so easily obtained. the lights
are so quickly and readily Installed. with
such pleasing results In store. that It
should not be despised. Moreover, the
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A DEFENCE or THE MA 77ONAL GUARD
BYA VETERAN OF THE BORDER.
Did Duty There Under Trying Conditions and Will Read,
Respond Again II Need Arises

thing and approve Of LIBERALIZATION r..
start may be hard. but eventually ve
shall derive great benefits from Il, w.
expected active service and were fooled
Preliminary training was necessary. And
we were ieconciled and prepared In ,,i
did, go through such training TO tho hos,
Of our ability. We didn't expect a mini
tea affair The incidental hardsbi,s
would never have bothered us or nro.
voled grumbiing. 1t was the lack Of sun.
port and badgering we were subjected Ia
by the men we went down to represeu,
That was what caused the crumb,ns
Some employers In the excitement o,.
casioned by the sudden call :, arms s,,.
tied back comfortably In their chairs AMI
promised to continue the salaries W ,hei.
employees who went to the border. Wen.
these promises kept: I can prove ,h,,
in many cases they were not. How MANY
Of these men were married and left fam.
lies behind when they followed III.
colors' II was proper for them 10 do
that. having been assured their famili..
would not suffer. Some of our men re-
ceived letters az follows: I'VE canno,
stay at the border. You have until the
first OF the month to obtain your release
After that your salary will lie discon.
tinued." Then there was this appe,l
"Cannot get another cen, from your
ofYice. How shall ! pay the rent. &C.
Can YOU help" OF course he could ON
SIS a month. People are surprised tina,
these men did not regard cactus cutting
cheerfully. and the newspaper men .u
coura ged them by commenting uniavof.
ably on their progress. Was II no, bet,
ter to grumble and do our bit than,
Just to grumbe'
The man that makes the statement
that none OF the guard viii reenlist Il.
wrong. II recruiting IL difficult blame
II on the patriots who recently marched
in the preparedness parade. chests ont
| and heads up. waving their little flags
Have these grand stand artists enlisted
or will they? Few. indeed And yet the
guardsmen who showed their willingness,
to go on the actual firing line are ac.
cused of being mercenarS and Inefficient
grumblers.
! Time wipes away man, mplea.ar,
I
reenlist Those wlo can overlook the
| slurs ard abuse will. aud there will he a
, good percentage of them. Our sysiem.
and organizations may be changed. even
defedcralized. but when the rex; cali
comes the guard will bc u limo agstu.
| Can you say "a much for .hc other.
! The guard has always stood 'or patriot.
| ism. practical patriotism. q aft petty
politics and Jealousy hay" nj times eaten
into its skin. but the core ~ 1t Is sound
American. The gusldsgrau csnnot ari
does not compare himself with the re-
lar. still the guardsman t.. and alw.,
| has been. thousand times superio.
! that hypocri,e VIII" preacnrs America
! ism and preparedness nut does not prs,
tse what he breaches.
| \ETntE BECh
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The National Guard is being battered
around most sha mefully, The press, the
....,. ..u,... ora III. GENERA, n,b.
a.. u, ..,. u,,n. ~ ho,,,s.
'."s .. -,
oore III" S"u'0e''e".
the clan mooesty ana the '"por'a"ee vi
adhering TO the ethics or the proiessioh
("mum'' is the word) have heretofore
| prevented me from public denunciation
OF the slanderers
The ayarice OF the gentlemen Of the
guard has been commented upon Have
they not accepted the promise contained
| in tho Fedora, nav hill without protest Z?
How rraspinxi Forty.eight- odd dollars
a veor for an en,,stet man. consideration
therefor only an option or lease on
mans time future prospect. and life
! for n st,pu,ated term.
O,r civi,ian friends demand prepa red
pe., hut NOT op,v are they backward
| in offering their services but they OBJ
loot IN the .xpep.e of maintaining those
,brps, ip,o tho ar,rc limo in their places.
| Wh,, de,iebtfu, consistency. what evil
| a.,o. ~ oo,rio,,.m md Good faith The
nrircsiv ann NJ sls will enable the
90. rdsm,r ,o lie. 4, iuxurv without n
doubt Our nersopa, YEARLY expenses In
attending 10 all our military duties are,
bowever several times that amount,
| what tho ,,urtrv needs is military
e6,ci.ncv brou,b, about nv systematjc
work Eede,,i,-a,,op "a , great s,en In
,,o, direc,ion rh. soopsr dIscin,ine ia
enforcca and made uni,o,r tbroupbou,
tho coup,rv tho .ooper vii, nj, guard
mia or,iv. n, ,b., stage NJ efficiency 90
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the talk about personal liberty which
will presently vitlate the atmosphere,
and will not be deceived by the hy-
pocrisy Of those who seek to capitalize
the foolishness OF others.
Like many other customs Originat-
ing In geniality and the love Of fun,
the New Years celebration In certain
Mrts Of New York has come to wear
a suspiciously commercial aspect. and
a popular demand" that the law be
violated In behalf Of Its pecunlary
benefciaries will be detected at once
for what 1t Is.
The sun., 1916-12-15
Bspsesentatlve Fitzgerald Gets Out
Of HIS Depth.

Representative JOHN J. FITZGERALD,
in whose usually well ordered depart
mSnt Of. the interior the high price
Of foodstuffs has produced most
alarming disturbance, cOntemplates
the addition Of a fifth member to his
remedial proposals Of embargoes. cold
storage regulation and reduction OF
parcel post rates introduced ut the
beginning Of the session Of Congress.
He has now pledged himself to "look
into the matter as to whether the
Government can set the prices OF
common commodities"
The inquiry Mr.. FITZGERALD pledges
himself to undertake will consume II
good deal OF time. even IL he Is con-
tent to stop when he has convinced
himself that the Government-by
which we understand him to mean
the Federal Govcrnment--dOes or
does not possess this far reaching
power. II. having answered this
question In the affirmative, he pro
cceds logically and seeks to devise
means by which 1t may he exercised
effectively and Justly he will be as
busy until March 4 ms anybody could
wish to have him. and will have no
opportunity to make his annual de-
termined stand against extravaganza
= appropriations.
1t is to he hoped that no such Gu
unity will befall Mr.. FITzGERALD and
me nation. Conscious though we are
that his enthusiasm for saving has
not prevented his colleagues OF the
Democratic majority from saddiine
q grievous burden Of waste and eN
travagance on the taxpayers. W.
would not willingly sacrifice his per
formances In the character Of watch
dog Of the treasury. They have thu
high merits of foundation In fact
practical application to the evil will
which they are concerned and imme
dlate relation to the public interest
and consequently they are far mor'
edifying than can possibly he Mr.
FITzGERALD's exploits as a proponcn
Of remedies for conditions he Obyi
ously does not comprehend.
The sun., 1916-12-15

BoNAR Law said the average daily war
expenditure had now reached 4be total
Of f5.710.000, approximately S27.So7,700.
London despatch.
At the same rate. the expenditure
for year would be $l0,149.710,500.
This includes loans to Great Britain s
allies, no small item. Germany's ex-
penses must also be tremendous. but
loans to allies are comparatively no;
a heavy tax upon her resources. Th 4.
Teutonic Powers operating on interior
lines have only railway charges for
the transportation OF troops. Com
mand OF the sea has its drawbacks $
when the cOmbatants of an alliance
are scattered over a continent. in fact
over two or three continents. Money
makes the war go. The time cannot
be very far distant when one side or
the other will lack funds to carry 1t on.
The sun., 1916-12-15
Ne Russian Department In Columbia Uai-
verslty.

To THs EDiToR OF Tus Sr>-SI. Having
seen In THs SrS Of December 10 the state
ment that Niss Elizabeth X. Reynolds was
the head of the Russian department Of
Columbia University. I beg to inform you
that Miss Reynolds has never been the
head Of a Russian department in Colum-
bis. There II no such department. as the
work in Russian II covered by the Sls-
vonc department. with which Miss Rey-
noids has no connection She was simply
invited, with my consent, by the Institute
Of Arts and Sciences to give three public
lectures during the coming year.
Beyond this Miss Reynolds has no con.
nection with Columbia University, nor has
she ever been a professor In this institu-
tion. j. DysELEY PRiSCG
Professor Of Slavonic Languages.
CoLUMRIA USivRasirr, December ~.
The sun., 1916-12-15
The Stop Watch and the Supreme
COurt,

To THE EDITon or THE SuN-Sw: Am
to understand that when the Supreme
Court hears arguments on the cons,itY-
tionality OF the Adamson eight hour t. "
the labor leaders are to sit near by with
stop watches and give the Judges IN
10 certain day and hour to make a
report ON the law in the case:
1t is sincerely to be hoped thai the
labor leaders will treat the supreme
Court justices with the same fairness
and acumen that they displayed when
Congress had under consideration the
Adamson eight hour law.
stop watch legislation" is now so
popular It really should be introduced
into the Supreme Court councils.
BEACON Hnl,
BosroN, December ~.
The sun., 1916-12-15
The Fable Of the ~ Per Ceat. and
the Wsterel steer.

Once upon a time there were two
men who engaged in different enter.
prises. each susceptible Of great ex.
pansion. The irst man had little capi.
tal. For many yedrs he found 1t
necessary to sink all his profits In
business extension. These profits were
very slight--about a quarter Of cent
on each manufactured article selling
for ten cents. BY manufacturing In
large and ever increasing quantities
he made n good deal Of money from
this trlfling and even precarious
profit. When his business reached
something resembling maximum pro-
portions ne was subpenaed as n wit
ness in an inquiry to nnd out why his
ten cent article cost 10 much.
"What Is your capital stock Z" asked
the Chief Of the lnQuisition. The man
replied that 1t was $4,000
"ls 1t not true that you pay divi.
dends amounting to 100 per cent. on
this capital stOck!"
Yes, but
did your wife divorce you In
1892" went on the Inquisitor.
Later the man got n chance to ex-
plain that while his profits enabled
him to pay 100 per cent. on his CAPT
tai stock they were really only . per
cent. on the money actually invested
In his business. But the inquisitors
were not impressed by this statement.
They could see only 100 per cent.
The second man was SO fortunate
ms to he able to command at the out.
set practically all the capital he was
likely to need for years to come. He
issued capital stock Of &1.OW,OOO
The enterprise at the time was worth
about $5O.OO. BY marvellous good
fortune he eluded jail. Twenty years
later his business was worth $1,000
600 and was paying ) per cent. an.
nually on Its stock.
| When he was dragged before In
quisitors he was told that the reason
MS STOCK uid not pay higher utVi
dend was because he had watered II
so heavily in>the beginning. Water
| ing stock was Il crime. or would bf
shortly. he was given to understand
and II was n lucky thing for him tha,
he had done II twenty years earlier.
But. sir" this man protested. 81
didn't water the stock. ! watereti tho
business-and II grew"
This ingenious explanation did no,
avail. The inquisitors insisted tina,
some way must be found to retluc,
the 100 per cent. dividend Of the nrs
man and take the water out Of tht
second mans capital stock. SO the!
recommended legislation and live,
happily ever afterward.
The sun., 1916-12-15

advertisements printed or published
promoting sale Of foods or drugs.
The enormous profits accruing from
the sale Of proprietary drug combi-
nations stimulate the ingenuity Of
the manufacturer to such an extent
that 1t appears to Outstrip the In
genuity Of the lawmakers. Only by
publishing instances ike the above
may the lawmakers be enabled to
cope with miscreants who fatten on
the gullibllity of the public.