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TO PREVENT NATIONWIDE
STRIKES,
A Law for Voluntary Industrial En-.
listment Suggested.

To THE EDITOR or TIE suN-Sir: The
transportation lines are the country's
arteries. Through them flows the ma
tion's life blood. Interrupt this flow
and We have national ills: ~paraiyze
them and w have national death.
No personal small benefit should be
allowed to interfere with this circula-
ton. II Europe after the war enters
into sharp industrial competition. how
is 1t to be met? BY ever increasing
prices to be paid by our citizens! BY
controversies over wages. tariff rates
and higher prices generally! BY
strikes. riots, bloodshed and tbs use Of
military force!
tai way should be found: and may 1t
not be found In a national law Of "vol-
untary industrial enlistment" which
shall make It compulsory for every
employee Of public utilities Of all kinds
and In all States to enlist for a def
mite time. ut a fixed rate OF pay and
with fixed hours and duties. and su-
perior officers to whom prompt. cheer
full and courteous obedience shall he
made an essential part Of the con-
tract?
This contract to be signed and wit
messed. the original to be filed with
the local United States District Court
and copies held by the employer and
employee. Penalties for the violation Of
the contract to be fixed by the United
States District Judge and to be with
out appeal. Cases to be tried. so far
as the plaintiff n concerned. by the
local United States District Attorney
without fee or court charge. The en-
ployer to be compelled TO take out a
national insurance policy for the bcne-
fit of the employees, and the premiums
to be used to dcfray cost Of court &C.
tons, benefits to the sick and the
payment Of fines. with benefits to m
ployees similar to those which now
obtain generally under the workmen's
compensation law. Every employee
should have his number and personal
identification fixed and filed with the
our 81 that there could never be any
doubt as TO who was the beneficiary
under the contract OF enlistment.
The benefits and penalties under the
law should always be measured by the
pay provided under the contract Of
enlistment.
The great trouble with us now In q
spirit which declines &c recognize any
authority over it's own desires and dis
regards all consequences In seeking
their qualification.
My belief Is that enlistment such as
! have Indicated only in brief outline
would work well II. say. II went INTO
effect on January I. 1917. All present
employees would be out and might
enlist or not a. they pleased. II
the pay did not suit them they would
not enlist. II il did the
would see To II that the terms Of
enlistment should expire on varying
dates so that no complete paralysis
could ever occur again. Moreover. the
most needy would be the first to enlist
and the relief OF a money income
would save us from poverty and dis
tress, as there would always h an
open door for the enlistment in low
paid positions. NJ. A. c.
NEW YORK. August 20.
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WHAT WILL THE END BE-,
A Union for Protection Against Union
Demands May BE Needed.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: IL
the American people are TO he taxed
$4,000 900 or more annually 10 satisfy
the greed OF 400. 600 trainmen. what will
be the cost when II becomes necessary
to meet the demands OF all the unions
of the United states"
II AIRY body OF men can succeed IN
b~ulldozinS either railroads or Industrial
organizations into paying them all they
want the burden Of taxation on the
American people. wis must ultimately
foot the bills. will be appalling, Where
is the end to be-
II is a great problem and one which
Will have to be taken hold OF one OF
these days. The longer II Is put of
the harder the solution will become.
OF course no Congressman. indiyidu-
ally. dares TO open his mouth against the
labor unions for fear that he will loss
their votes.
Why not organize Congress into a sort
of Labor union for the protection OF the
great unorganized public:
What do the farmers OF the country
think Of this eight hour demand Of
trainmen9 The more II costs To &c:
crops 10 market the less the farmers will
realize from them, There are Il few
farmers in this country who have votes
~ well AZ the trade unions, How il the
farmer going 20 relish the idea OF feeding
the trairmen and other unions on n ten
and twelve and maybe fourteen hour
day for himself
Why not give the farmer eight hours
and make the unions pay the extra cost
OF raising food products II is re-
ported that the brotherhoods have ac-
cumulated "A war und Of $1,000. 900 to
fight the railroads. An organization that
has been able To lay aside $4,000, OO0
for strike purposes Is certainly not en-
titled to very much sympathy from the
public. NJ, 7, II.
New YORK. August &c.
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Another Niagara Bridge.

The House If Representatives yes.
lerday passed II bill approprialing y
million dollars for an international
toll bridge across the Niagara River
al Niagara Falls.
A million dollars is n ,rific. uf
course. and the fact that there are
now three bridges across the Niagara
at the Falls is another trihr.
How many members of Congress
know that there is no bridge across
the Hudson River south of POUCH.
keepsic and that the only means of
freight communication between the
productive fields Of New Jersey an |
the hungry markets Of New York j.
the ancient ferrybOat?
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THAT LOST
The Erie Holds Itself Gui1tless Of
Wronging az. G."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE s%vN-str: The
letter Of "E. c." that appeared in THE
SUN Of August "a entitled Garry Your
Own Bags" does the Erie Railroad a
gross injustice.
Thu facts are: On August II at 3
p. NJ. the New York Transfer Company
delivered at our Twenty-third street ter
minal three pieces Of baggage addressed
to Erie Railroad, T~wenty-third street,
New York" This baggage was called
for at . p. NJ. August 81. by the West.
colt Express Company. which presented
passengers duplicate portions Of checks
and the baggage was handed to 1t on
payment Of storage charges amounting
to 1876. not S2.e5 as claimed. or b5
cents for each package. The storage
charges were properly collected and the
Erie employees had nothing whatever
to do with the delay.
It Ia apparent that the delivery checks
were addressed to the wrong terminal,
but whether the error was made by the
initial line agent, not an Erie agent. or
by the passenger himself. we cannot
state. II. II. WALLACE,
General Passenger Agent.
New Yonx. August 20.
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The Colonel House Peril.

There is n portion of the public, by
nature sceptical, that has considered
the noted hut mysterious Colonel
HOUSE Of Texas a kind Of cross BE-.
tween n myth and n Joke; an imagl-
nary parsonage whose alleged infiu.
encc and activities were used by the
Administrative to persuade the nation
that II the wisdom Of the Executive,
Its first line Of defence. proved I'm.
av"iling, there existed In reserve a
S"lomonesque being whose sagacity
would stand like n rock to save the
country from disaster.
1Aese doubtless have been In the
habit of releyatlng Colonel HOUSE 70
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Ten Reasons.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN--Sir. Pro-
fessor Irving Fisher of Yale gives Ten
Reasons Why ! Should Vote for Will
som hope that Professor Fisher is
not following in his political disserta-
tiuns thc logical method that used to
characterize Professor Sneath's lectures
upon philosophy.
Now class.' Professor Sheath would
say. ~ have recited to YOU ten argu-
ments in favor Of tho immortality Of
the soul, and only four against Il.
Hence the soul is immortal 9"
FREDERICK PALMER LATIMER.
New LONDON. Conn, August 20.
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APAN,S PURPOSE IN THE COMPACT
WITH RUSSIA.


Japan always particularly attentive
to American opinion. took special
interest In the views OF United States
newspapers on the Russo-Japanese al
lance. If you are specially attentive
- some ones opinion 1t must follow
that you are also sensitive regarding
1t. but constituencies was not particu-
larly and not openly marked In the
Japanese reception of American press
comment on this topic. The Toxic
NtcM Ntchi. one of the three best
papers In the capital. observed that
the American eagle need not trouble
to soar g the Pacific: there is plenty
of room for him at home.' None Of
the better class papers put Il quite so
bluntly. but the remark Is not an I'M
fair capitalization Of the Japanese
spirit. The other papers were content
to reiterate the statement that the
new pact made for the permanent
peace of the Orient. WI are all ac-
customed and Il little tired Of being
told that everything Japan does, from
increasing the army or navy to
launching a drastic series Of demands
on China. Is designed to achieve the
permanent peace OF the Orient and
maintain the integrity and indepcnd-
ence of China. The formula has lost
it's power to soothe foreign observers
on the spot.
4 think. nevertheless, that American
opinion has misapprehended the pur-
port of the new alliance. II IL in effect
a guarantee Of peace for the time being
and n pledge that Japan's policy
toward China Is a pacific policy. At
home 1t is a buttress to the internal
forces which are averse to aggression
In China: abroad It is a pledge that
Japan is committed to a policy in line
with hat OF her allies, Great Britain
and Russia.
At present Japan Is supreme In the
Far East. She has n navy Of half "A
million tons which includes several
modern and highly efficient battleships
and battle cruisers. She has an army
of at least 1,00p. 900 men Immediately
mobilizable. As her jingoes are fond
of saying, she is in sober fact at this
moment 'thc lord Of the Orient" She
is in a position to pursue exactly what
policy she chooses in regard TO China.
Europe IL otherwise engaged. America
II u~ninterested. The bottom fact OF
the situation is that nobody can say
mo-" to Japan just now. II H.. to quote
another Japanese phrase much in
vogue in the discussions about China
a few months ago. 'thc opportunity Of
a thousand years"
II Is true hat the var will not last
forever. and the interests Of Great
Britain and Russia in China are so
great that any abuse of Jaran's power
would tend 20 bring about in cours" of
time AN alignment Of these countries
against her. But does anybody sup
pose that the close of the European
struggle will find any % the present
b~ellipercnts In a mood to look for adj
ventures in Asia" The chances are
that things done would he acquiesced
in. BESIDES. .Iapan's friendship al pres
ent Is vital TO Russia and highly i'm
portart to England. II is vital 10 Rus
STA not So much on q of the
itious which Japan Is supplying
as because Russia's Eastern gate.
Nladivostuk. is at .lapan'~ mercy.
Through mat eastern gate munitions
and supplies of every sort Hr" pourin-
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THOSE BRUTAL LAWYERS.

This woman was about ~. She sat
on the veranda of a pretty white and
green bungalow in a fashionable town
in New Jersey. ate chocolates. and
now and then gave directions to a
maid who was setting a table for tea,
In half an hour three other women
would arrive in their cars for this
weekly ceremony, Her own chauffeur
was moving the lawn. Her husband
vas at his office in New York, making
money. The candy was good. All was
we'll except. perhaps, the flowers on
the tea table.
Take those red peoples away. Ma
t.lda.' the woman said to the maid.
and bring the white carnations. Red
is too hot for the table to-day" Pres
emily this was done and there was
nothing at all to worry about.
There was n quarter Of an hour to
kill and the woma sent the maid 70
bring the morning paper. When she
opened II her eye fell upon a name in
small capitals, 1t was in a legal
personal:
Wanted-The present whcresbouts O.
MARSH, TiMrEELEy. domestic servant.
daughter or Richard T!mp~rIey, sometime
Of EIs,on, i%.onel"y Hants, and who.
In or about 1859. went to America and
there married Gregory Rogswe!l. cotton
goods clerk. Of New York. or her descend
ants. l%egitee. nominated In Richard Tim
perley's settlement, communications to he
scnt to l.. Benson, solicitor, 10 wimps
Court. London.
The name Marsha Timperley. which
had doomed 40 large at first. dwindled
as the two words that followed II grew
TO heinous. hideous size. The paper
WAS hours old. The m Of the earliest
guest was coming slowly around the
corner. Mrs. Gregory ROOSEVELT braced
herself, as II for a crash.
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WHAT DO TRAINMEN SAY?
Generally, They Tell . Former Com.
radc, They Are Well Paid.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: I
worked fifteen years on the railroads
and am now n retired business man
depending on the income from stocks
and bonds of different roads. Let me
SAY that ! am quite we'll posted as to the
rates paid In the different operating
departments.
The tra'nnen tell me how we'll they
are doing and AS a rule they are satis-
fed of course when some ag!tator
al"ng they are willing to go with the
and get more,
Having voted FOR Wilson and against
Taft. I now wish to say that with many
others | expect 10 vote for Hughes on
account of the attitude OF the President
on this question.
EN-RAILGoAp Man,
SCRANTON. Pa, August 20,
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TRADE BRIEFS.

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Why Does Not the President Use the
Power He Already Possesses?

If the stockholders or directors Of
every railroad In the United States
combined or cOnspired In any man
ner to Obstruct transportation in or.
der to force up the rates for hauling
freight and passengers. they would
clearly he violating Section I of the
sherman antitrust act and subject
to the penalties II provides:
Every contract. combination In the
form Of a trust or otherwise, or ron.
spiracy in restraint of trade or CON
rnerce among the several States. or with
foreign nations. is hereby declared to he
Illegal. Every person who shall make
any such contract or engage in any such
combination or conspiracy. shall hs
deemed guilty OF a m~isdeineanor and on
conviction thereof snail be punished h,
fine not exceeding $1,000. or b, imprIson.
,nent not exceeding one year. or by both
said p~unishnents. in the discretion OF
the courts"
In several decisions the supreme
Court hns declared that this statut"
applies Ia common carriers and in.
clunles all combinations which directly
and substantially restrict interstate
commerce.
The supreme Court has also de.
cided in several cases that combinu.
tiOns of lnb0rers in restraint If trade
are illegal under this act.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has n" power Ia prosecute ar
punish under the provisions of the
Sherman act. hut the Federal courts
have that power 10 the fullest extent.
and the inltiativ" machinery of pros
ecution Is in the control Of the de-
partmenr of Justice in President WILL
sons Administration.
In the Dcbs case the court declared
that the word. conspiracy" in the
Sherman act was broad enough To
cover conspirncies of labor In restraint
of trade or commerce.
II covers combinations whether of
employees on u railroad or strikers
who have been such employees { oh
>lruct its business.
Yesterday. i'm the presence of a con
sl,iracy ar combination of labor on a
scale never seen before In this coun.
try or any other. II conspiracy threat
ening tn bring interstate commerce
To II standSlill. pa~ralyzing the ma.
tons industries and throtiling the
channels "f food supply on which the
lives of the population depend, I're>i.
dent WILSON went before Congress
and asked for now legislation.
Why Is he asking new and vague
powers when he has not made the
slightest move, 50 far MS Is known. to.
ward the employment of the definite
power already conferred upon him by
the Sherman act as construed by the
Supreme Court of the United States?
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COMFY ISLANDS NAME.
The Conveys Were Once as Abundant
as the Erankfurter Is Now.

To THE EpIroR or THE SrN--Str' The
name "Coney Island" originated with the
old settlers. Its sixty acres OF arabic
land FOR Il long time were overrun VITA
coneys, now called rabbits. and the name
came into use generally. h correct
name locally In early times. "Corysls
Island" from a family Of that name.
fell INFO di.usc and was supp.anted by
"Conev Island" through popular mis-
corception, II Is to he presumed, Vide
Gazetteer @, the state Of New York
1850. page az. NJ. !"
NEW YORK.. August %
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BILL IN THE TRENCHES
A Ry.Product Adventure Of the Ever
Memorable Quest Of the Blonde.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: II is
just possible that In the memoranda l
have from time to time made of the
happenings in the search for my lost
si~ster-in-law ! have mentioned alcoholic
drinks. and there may he those who have
deduced from what I have written that
I from time to time iinbibe. That Is
true. ] admit II. Yet while admitting
IL ! must insist that at 10 time have
my pctations been sufficient tn upset my
reason or deprive me Of my sense That
IL, not within the last day or so. |
wish ] could say as much FOR my old
friend Blll. Naturally imaginative. az
ter eighteen or twenty drinks lie sonlc-
time. loses that poise which Is so often
described as cold sober I have said
Of him that he 10 never drunk. That Is
so. But when under the full sway II
his exhilarated imagination some people
who do not know him misjudgc him and
believe him to be slightly intoxicated,
|, was while he was in such "A condition
that, the following episode happened.
For the past two weeks Bin and I
have been stopping AT n summer hotel
Ny purpose was twofold first To look
for my lost blonde sist,r-in-law. and
secondly to keep under cover for the
time. A shor; time ago I had the mis-
fortune to bleach myself into a blond
ny the accidental Use OF peroxide in "A
shampoo. originally my hair was that
noncommittal brown the color Of walnut
furniture Of the period NJ 1850. Ny eyes
are green. My love OF truth compcls me
O., nlptt tltg In tact yba color ~ tLa
iris OF my eye Is just that of the edge
or mantle Of an Ostend oyster or of the
mould on the border Of a tagnan mill
pond. How true this In OF so many
brown" eyes. With brown hair this eye
color is not particularly noticeable, but
a green eyed blond. even though he he
a man. provnkes common and some
times rldicule, 7 am waiting with pre-
tended patience fuy my hair TO grow in
again in it, natura, color.
A crowd OF US. including Bill. had sat
until after . in the morning in the bar
talking Of the war in Europe. Not one
Of us but had a relative or close friend
somwherc in France. Bill did not say
much. bUt every time some one related
an incident. true Or imaginary, BIZ
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reao '"au.e'' ,m"u'.r 10 Easy rea"'ns
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VI inc HVNci Sosle = StdkStIlHS URure
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The disappointment Of the Yale bat
teries at Tobyhanna-they are to be
out on September lis APP
parently not shared by the faculty at
New Haven. ,.egiate education
must go IN somehow. and the under
at Tobyhanna must remem-
Der that they have had n bully sum
and are hard as nails.
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date for Governor. ran STANLEY, the
Democratic candidate, to a head, the re-
spective totals being 219.520 and
219. ss1-Democratic plurality only All.
In the Presidential election four years
ago the sum Of the votes cast for
TAFT and ROOSEVELT. 21S,27S. was only
] .806 less than Mr.. WILSON'S total.
is intentionally close for
the Democrats, and there must he a
considerable number Of them who
stomach the Presidents Mexi-
can policy.
The sun., 1916-08-30

When Harvard University increased
its curriculum by a course in play
writing. there was more or less pro-
time Of students and professors. But
what is to be said Of the college that
seriously imparts to Its students the
difficult art Of writing so-called
scenarios" for the cinemas? Nothing
would seem more antagonlstic to the
successful composition Of the "photo
play" than education in ever the
smallest degree.
The sun., 1916-08-30

A Philadelphia professor examined
fifty postage stamps and found germs
on forty-eight Of them. What a bore
the germ sleuths are getting to he!
Is there nothing but germs in life?
The sun., 1916-08-30

1t must delight the socialists to see
how the towns about New York. ex-
ercising their magnifed II 10 myth
cal powers Of quarantine. are made
monkeys of by their own stiffness. The
socialistic scheme for the complete
medical control Of all persons is made
to look sane by comparison.
The sun., 1916-08-30

II WILLIAM II. TAFT was not recog-
nized as he walked four blocks in
Chicago the other day. the time is no
doubt coming when there will he no
difficulty in recognizing him in the
chamber of the Supreme Court in
Washington. President HuGHEs with
"A vacancy to MI would please the
whole country by appointing the man
who appointed him.
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After the Colonel has spoken in
Lewiston It should be all over in
Maine but the shouting. He ran only
ESQ behind WILSON In 1912. with TAFT
polling 26,545 votes. There Is no dis
guising the fact that TEDDY Ia Names
fayOrite Republican.
The sun., 1916-08-30

Impresarios seem slow TO learn that
New York will not Interest itself In
cheap opera. That was the lesson Of
the experiments at the Manhattan
Opera House and at the Century
Theatre. 1t Is the quality Of operate
performances. not the price OF them.
that attracts the metropolitan public.
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! think HUGHES and FAIRBANKS will
carry Kentucky in November Chair
a. T, HEnT Of the Western Rrpnb-
National Campaign Committee.
Stranger things could happen. Last
MowRow, tho Republican candi-
The sun., 1916-08-30

King CONSTANTINE OF Greece has un-
dergone another operation on his
tenth rib. That, however, Is not the
rib that has given him the most
trouble of late.
The sun., 1916-08-30

This city achieves one ambition
after another. In the person OF
lIEiNIE ZIM MERMAN It has landed a
native on the New York National
League baseball team.
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What would be gained by returning
the Republican party TO power?-Jo-
sEPHCs DANIELS.
Well. for m thing. n competent and
dependable Secretary Of the Navy.
The sun., 1916-08-30

The German Federal Council il
wholly devoid Of q mi Of humor. II
solemnly Rumania Of acting
toward treaties as II they we're mere
scraps of paper.
The sun., 1916-08-30

FTOW M " HTTHH FHVTf,
"a Victim OF Liquor was not put on
at the Opera House last night by the
repertoire company because the leading
man hit Krlton's saloon first and PLAYED
hts part there,
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The President 10 deceived II he be-
l!eves hat the history he has written
is not more praiseworthy than that
which he has made.
The sun., 1916-08-30
Allegheny Valley OptimIsm.

fiom the kntannirg. Pa, FIcr Pic1s
Don't growl about the heat, II tho
.izzle of tho sun on the corn that makes
the bacon sixzls In the frying pan next fall.
The sun., 1916-08-30

There is no place for old women in
the political gams.-PArRIcx Z. McCABE.
Boss" McCABu speaks from a ripe
and checkered experience.
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The Inference.

HON HF HHKFTf WFfkTV,
\ master baker II he who knows how to
make a good loaf Of bread. a merchant
baker ~ he who can prohtably sell his
goods.
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An Ideal hey state Merger.

Adrerfisement IN the LoreII Courier.
Mrs. clara u, Adams, clairvoyant and
impression reader and strictly fresh eggs,
100 Hampshire street.
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tlark, bark, the dogs do bark,
Tho trunks are returning to town.
Some with RAGS and some with tags.
And some with . velvet gown
The sun., 1916-08-30

1t will SCOT be known wherher VENT
zEios is a bigger nan than CoNsrAN-
TINE.
The sun., 1916-08-30

Secretary BAKER is developing an
agility in changing his mind that
must endear him to his discoverer.
The sun., 1916-08-30

The headline IT. ST.. JOHN GArFNEY
home from Germany" might he cor
rected to read here from home"
The sun., 1916-08-30

Help me, CAssIUs, or I sink" For
'Cassius" read Congress-"