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SHARING THE LOSS.
National Civic Federation to Report
on Some Two Hundred Plans.

To II EDITOR OF TIE SCS-Sir. Your
correspondent who raised the objection
to profit sharing schemes that they
provide only for sharing profits and not
losses may be interested to know that
there IS a profit and loss sharing plan
in operation in his own city of Bridge
port. u Is the only ono 81 the kind IN
the country, So far aS ] know.
The National civic Federation an
nounccd ~ IFS re- ont annual meeting ia
THIS city that it has ia preparation am
exhaustive report on profit sharing ,N-
pstiments. II viii contain an aualys $
Of some two hundred plans now in
operation In this country. as well as a
description OF many abandoned ones
ard the causes of their failure. The
views OF II large number Of employers
and trade union officials Will be quoted.
and there viii he Included a sketch Of
the early history OF profit sharing and
an account 90 several well known sys-
TENS In England and France.
Details Of the report may be obtained
AZ the Headquarters OF the federation
in New York. Such a report ought To-
prove OF practical value To- students OF
proft sharing, and especially To- employ
ers who may be considering the adop-
ton OF some plan uf this nature.
HAYES RoBRINs.
WAsHINGToS. n G, February ..
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WAsHINaroN- u Q. /,
4 Speculation Upon n War Of the
Future.

To THE EprToR OF tn SrN SIR, Sun
pose that AZ some future time Great
Britain and Russia should declare var
upon us and At the outset our flcot
we're sunk. The enemy lands q million
men ut Cuch"' ard a million AZ Van
couver. We in'rcnch along III" Cana
dian frontier TO ga!n time to raise ,
great army meanwhlie We have IN
creased our submarines - one hundred
on the Atlantic coast and one hundred
Oh the Pacific Ciuada Las few ammi-
milton plants, Great Britain in addition
To her own plants contracts with
krupp ~ Germany and Crcusot Of
France. II nc Gan hold 80 suaplv .hirs
III" troops ffc..- ours must ultimately
surrender
f"ll"Wlns the British prccedcr, 81
iHi"' az fi-Nt AID common sense. de
'larlnr practically al supplies contra
band. and thus making search needles,
would We rpt save our country by do
Caring that "" would sink at s.sht
without visit and search al ships an
preaching Canada We would Tins
max" II too hazardous for any shin 10
attempt to reach that country.
one nation cannot make utcrna,iora
law. LIN" national law. +, rcsts on
ior'". The nations mus. ultimately
agree that 4 breach by one autowa,i.
GAIly brings on II declaration Of war
from all the s~iGnatorics.
lu1s JACKSON.
PrEt y AIT, y. !. February Q.
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II don't know what 81" 'u.'
sad W. II. DunWorc of the j'.,
Der OF Commerce, but II tn" > rms.
law drives out uf husluo-s .
like til" international IllN,s..H
pauy. which brings "a 100000, 10000 "
of foreign business without ..- :
IN unfair competitive lu"aru.', e.
something Ito matter '..h'E
law or It's Interpretation"
In his spceoA at the muru''- -
Mr.. f4lenc Denounced - u ? t.
charge that tie only inter
American business man TN t.t w.t. N'
IN coming the agony Of I,H.nt' %
creased dividends. TIE react.
cgu COMPETITION upon 'Hr ~ .r
as u result of the war he sum-.
follows;
our markets VIII =" mater
strirl"d. not only in Europe N'
It's reduced power - buy.
other countries whose power '..
bo g. directly reduced
we viii become mon" ~ FL ?. GET
competition than cy'r 30, t.-'
be the richest ana utS, u.t.r'
world at the cad Of the W..
"~AgGraVttIuE elements VI H' '.
into our labor problem. "
necessity should drive .cr - lN+'. T':
our Labor Will ~ curse hc 'r 90
competition WIZ them 10 r. N'
important markets.
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THE KITCHEN STILL.
Prohibition Doomed to Failure II
Whiskey Can Re Made mt Home.

To THE EpiroR OF THE SrS-Sir: The
description published In THE StN OF the
Kitchen STILL which has come into
general use IN Mississippi as the result
of the adoption OF prohibition by that
State. gives the real reason why pro-
hibition has always failed. and must
fail. az a remedy for the evils OF in
Temperance. When any one desiring an
alcoholic liquor can take an ordinary
tea kettle. a few feet OF rubber tubing
and a pail OF water and with this sim
pie apparatus convert a quart OF mo-
lasses into a quart of full proof whiskey
II must be evident to even the most
fanatical believer In the power OF gov
ernments to make men temperate by
law that their scheme will not work.
The plea for prohibition is always
made on the ground that the use OF
alcoholic beverages is an evil n that
the remedy for This evil Is a law for
bidding their sale. It is admitted that
1t is the drinking Of liquors that causes
a. the ills alleged to result from their
excessive use. yet the proposed national
prohibition amendment now pending In
Congress does not prohibit their use. or
manufacture for use. but merely their
sale. or manufacture for sale.
In a speech delivered IN Congress In
favor of his national prohibition amend
ment to the Constitution OF the United
States Representative Hobson said w
do not ask tina a man shall not drink.
We do not say that a man shall not
drink or make liquor In his own home
for his own use" In other words, the
drinking Of liquor Is 20 great an evil
that its sale SHOULD be prohibited. but
the drinkers should be permitted to
make and drink liquor without any re-
striction by the Government.
II has always been commended by the
opponents OF prohibition that its worst
result was the creation OF a spirit OF
hypocrisy in relation to the liquor prob
lem. Could there be a clearer case OF
insincerity and dishonesty than the pro-
tence that national prohibition will stop
liquor drinking. when its advocates adj
init that they do not propose TO prevent
the production and use OF liquors, but
simply to stop their sale? II. l..
NEW YORK. February .
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IF WILSON WERE LOGICAL.
Suffrage vsgaries Of the Presidential
Mind Pointed Ont.

TO II EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Why
does not President Wilson stick 10
his colors''? lie does not seem TO be
consistent. lie himself a
suffragist. he votes for suffrage. but In
his speech at Pittsburg he says:
There il a sense In which tho women
NJ the country live more closely TO tho
life OF II than the men. Tho preoccupa-
tons Of business for the man who Is to
work for his daily bread, and FOR the
bread OF those whom he loves and who
are dependent upon him. arc euch that
the material side OF life Is tho only real
side Of life. fnd that very few men
stop to think of the life of the family. OF
the life OF the community. of the life OF
the state and OF the nation. Their alb
sorption necessarily Is so great In the
daily tasks that the spiritual needs do
not often or very closely touch them. and
IL has seemed to me that In the home, IN
the contact with the children. In the
anxieties for the morals and the daily
conduct of those whom they love. the
women. perhaps. feel the pulse OF the
country more than tho men do, and II IL
In order that We may preserve the
thoughtful ideals OF America that II Is
necessary that we should make prepara-
ton for national defence.
Now that Is all very fine, and q
tribute to the highest type OF woman
hood. but II IL not at all the ideal suf-
frage type of womanhood which Mr..
Wilson describes so f%eelingly. II we
were all suffragists. as he apparently
wants us to be, judging from his vote.
We should be out struggling for eco
nomic independence hat fetch Of SUI
fragists. which would interfere with our
doing all the nice motherly things
which Mr.. Wilson mentions. IL we en-
tered into the stress and turmoil OF
political life. and competed with men
for our daily bread. We should have no
time nor strength for that sort OF thing.
Women have plenty OF ability. but they
are not ~superhuman. except OF course
the surragists. and they are SO small q
minority they do not count. as you may
have noticed at the last election. IL
would he too much to ask that we
should do women's as well as mems
work. II we too must be. as men are.
so absorbed IN that material side Of
life" that daily task which dlverts
attention from spiritual needs" who
then Will have that contact with the
children" those "anxieties for the
morals and daily conduct of those we
love. who will attend 20 these humble
details. what will be the fate OF Tho
children and who will then feel the
pulse OF the nation?
y sounds a little as II Mr.. Wilson
had overlooked the fact that he has
espoused the Gauss. OF suffrage. and as
II he had, deep IN hts heart. all the
ideals Of an uti-suffragist The
thoughtful ideals OF America are
likely to 20 20 smash. II seems to inc.
II the suffrage party for which Mr..
Wilson cast his vote SHOULD he allowed
to ONE into power, AID Il Mr.. Wilson
follows out his line Of argument as
presented IN his plttsburc sr-ech he
must inevitably reach that same COM
clusion. MARY ADAMS MAYSARp.
UTICA, February ..
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nance OF women In vocational activi-
ttcs. especially in the postal depart
ment, in which women by reason OF
their requiring lower wages had been
substituted for discharged soldiers,
who hitherto had been privileged In
the obtaining of appointments. The
agitation appears to have been sup.
pressed by the opening of the war.
Considering the facts cited above.
the vantage ground obtained by
ome In Germany at the present
time will doubtless strengthen their
position and unfortunately increase
the antagonism which existed toward
fcminism before the war.
We may therefore look for inter-
csting developments.
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For Republicans Only.

Under the terms of the hcucnc'nt
reform bin passed by the Legislature
on Tuesday, the residents of Monroe"
county. the site of Uncle GEORGE AID
Ridge, are to enjoy II degree of purity
in their elections unknown beyond
the borders of that government. III"
bipartisan election commission is
abolished a worthy Republican will
preside over all the ballot boxes, the
primary rolls aud the registry lists;
and in addition:
AN ~subordinates shall. hold office at
the pleasure of the new commissioner.
and he shall conduct "A school for cleo
ton officials. for attendance" at which
candidates for these jobs shall receive
81 II day and a fare
Already other counties are pr"Iar.
ing themselves for tn" application of
similar altruistir acts. The contnml-
mating influences of bipartiSnnNhip
are to he removed from the upstate
voter, and the important principle" of
undivided responsibility j. To h" en-
forced wherever the Republican, ma.
jOrity i sufficiently strong,
What of the Democratic counties?
Are they Ia he upliflod in the same
manner: We fear not. The dirrful
possibilities inherent in comforting on
the best Of Democrats the broad pow.
ers that may with complete safety he
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Immediate Reactions Of "Disavowal
by Inference"

How far the proposed settlement of
the Lusiiania case falls short of the
hopes and expectations entertained
in Washington and throughout the
country tho subjoined sentence, por-
traying tho uneasincsS that now pos.
sesscs official minds. sufficiently dis
closes:
Vine supporters OF the administration
realize that the settlement may he in
tcrprcted unfayorabiy in some quarters
and that 1t is likely 20 become a political
issue. but they believe that the country
will support the President In tho course
that he has taken"
In other words, the Administra-
ton, after nine months of negotiation,
has consented to adjust the grave
questions resulting from the murder
Of American citizens In II manner
that requires explanation and invites
controversy. In place of the explicit
admission of Illegally for which the
nation was led TO look confidently.
p~hraseology Is TO he employed which
will require interpretation; that is,
by the citation of which each party
to the controversy will be able to con.
vince its sy%mputhiAers that IT has
achieved a diplomatic triumph in this
memorable dispute.
Mr.. WILSON has KEEP, the peace. This
Is the outcome Of the policy of strict
accountability" in the prosecution of
which no 'word or act was to he
omitted in The dcfcnc" of "thc indiS-
putable principle" which was NJ stake.
Words. indeed, We have had and
"sirict accountability has become the
subject Of Il dohnt" which the Admin
istratiOn may close in its diplomatic
aspect but which IT obviously recog.
nizcs will continue with increasing
acrimony in lis domestic phases.
Until the text agreed upon 10y Ger
many and the United States j. pub.
lished discussion Of the agreement
and its effect on the rights of neu.
trails may appropriately be deferred
But the shadow IL casts is plain 10
be @ in Washington, where the po.
litical consequences of the impending
composition are the cause of undis.
guised anxiety.
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A Question OF Qualifications.

II Is true. ms Rear Admiral NlcroR
RLuE told the House Committee on
Naval Affairs, that Rear Admiral
BRADLEY A. FIsKE lis very highly
thought Of In the navy rs an inven-
tor" That was all Admiral Blue
had to say when questioned about the
older officers qualifications as nm
authority upon the efficiency of the
navy. According 10 n report of the
hearing. Admiral Blue refused 10 Z"
further" Previously he was asked
"if anybody has successfully contra
dicted Rear Admiral Fishes lcsti-
mony last year that II would take
five years to get the navy ready I"
meet an efficient navy" IT occurs
TO us that before answering Admiral
Blue might have corrected his Ques-
toner. What Admiral F'isKE said u
the House Committee on Naval AZ.
fairs. not last year. but on December
Il, 1914. was this:
81 doubt II in FIVE years We could get
the navy up to the state OF efficiency
enjoyed BY one Of the nayier OF Europe.
Now this Is not identical with the
expression used 10y Representative
BRrrTEN. ian efficient navy" when
calling for Admiral BLut'> opinion
of the Testimony Of Admiral Fl>KF.
who. It is M secret. had in mind IN"
German navy. He regarded II ~
Systematically thorough in its eff.
cheney. To Mr.. BErrlrN's question
Admiral Blue replied that ERAprLY
4. FIsKE might hay" meant that II
would have taken him five years rs
Aid Of Operations TO prepare the
American navy for the supreme or.
deal of battle-not with IAN efficient
navy" but with zone of the navies Of
Europe" namely, the German navy.
Let us see what Admiral Bltr un.
der Interrogation on Tuesday though,
Of the state of preparedness Of tn"
American navy. Asked whether II was
ready 10 fight" this was his answer;
The navy Is prepared to meet any
enemy It could possibly meet N the
Pacific"
Why the Pacific? obviously he
cause Admiral BrvE agreed with tho
officer who "is very highly thought Of
in the navy MS an inventor that tn"
American navy was not prepared to.
meet any enemy II could possibly
meet In the Atlantic, The general
impression has been that the service
regarded BRADLEY \. FIsHr very
highly. not only as the inventor Of
many valuable, In fact Indispensable,
devices that the navy uses. hut ~ n
practical and competent sea officer
with n m%critorious record In the
Spanish and Philippine he was
mentioned for 'omineut and conspicu-
Gus conduct In battle" by the Captain
Of the Petrol before Manila. and for
'heroic conduct by DEWEY.
1t is not too much 10 say that .\d
miral FIsKE by his informing articles
ON service topics, his pride in the
navy, his concern for It's efficiency,
and his ~qulxotic fcarlcSsneSS In
pointing u It's defects to Congress
in order to have them rcmedl"d. is
an Inspiration 10 the officers and men
who wear the uniform.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: The
British idea Of starving Tcu.ons seems
a silly way TO XIII them. Eeep!ng
them hungry makes them angry and
wide awake. Besides 1t may drive their
chemists To synthetic sausage making.
which would he frightfulness indeed.
Alyetty Yet prisoners are forced to dig
potatoes. &c, which Is wrong in mill
tary ethics.
Why not HI, 'ern with Kindness"
Feed 'om UP, for cash, with bier uud
sauerkraut und ~srlnapps urd : hm'cr-
kacsc. That would drain their finances
and the FUN feeding would make them
somnolent, Sleeping on duty being u
serious military offence. they would
naturally execute each other as they
twok". This would save a 10. ~
trouble. Let vs. have rcace'
! Eo%Ev Cross.
NV YORK. February .
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New H0nors for Ellhu Root In the
NOn.0hlclal Primary.

To THE EpITNR OF THE SUN--Sir, The
one man for Governor Of this state Is
Ellhu Root, and the people need him
sadly.
Both great parties cry out for a man
for the office. Not since Samuel +
Tildcn's time have we had "A man
measure NJ 10 the office or needs ~ tho
people Just think back. the kind OF
men We have had, Nor is there any.
thing better in prospect
The state needs savinc as much as
the nation, and we call upon Elihu Root
in this hour OF our need.
MONROE COUNTY.
ROCHESTER, February O.
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II the police have succeeded in can.
turing the slaycrs of BARNET BArr.
who was shot on November IL, 1914.
they have done more than solve n per
picking crime and bring its authors
into court. They have given con.
Nincing evidence that immediate ron.
ccalmcnt does not mean immunity for
assassins. and that their search for
criminals is not n matter Of days, but
of months. and IL necessary. years.
One of the factors that have en-.
couragcd lawbrcakers in New York
in the past has been the belief that
rs soon ms attention was diverted
from their acts pursuit became Ian
guild. They have felt that II they
could escape capture for n compare
lively short period they enjoyed i'm
munity from molcstation. We are
not prepared to say that there has
been no Justification for this opinion.
But tho theory on which the police
nov work is that no crime can be
neglected until the criminals have
been captured and that the passage
of time does not relieve them Of their
responsibility. The confidence which
the lapse Of n few months formerly
inspired in cvildoers is not justified
by the conditions Of to-day.
This fact once impressed on the
criminal population will act as a de-
torrent 10 crime nor powerful than
any amount of enthusiastic hut short
lived activity.
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A Vantage Ground for woman.

Reliable Investigations undertaken
In some of tn" ~brllig.rcnt countries
In Europe, especially in Germany, con-
vey the information that many yoca.
lions which We're entirely filled by
men before the war are now assumed
by women: for example, posts rs OH
duct"rS on transportation lines and
clerk>hipS in the postal aud other
The economic relations Of the sexes
must therefore he entirely changed
after the cessation Of ho>tiliticS and
whatever may lac the reimbursement
Of these relations there is no doubt
that the economic position of women
In Germany will l." advanced.
Now comes the investigation of the
Prussian Government upon the aver
age Z of III" population of that
country, based upon the censuses of
1879. 1890 and 1900. which i referred
to in Il recent letter from the Berlin
correspondent of the JOurHaI Of the
American Medical Association. The
research was made along very definite
lines, - that the years of liz" of every
age class We're obtained and by null
tiplying these by the population tig-
UreS fairly r"Iinilc statistics were 81
tanned. The ay'JHg" age in Prussia
were:
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clear the Way for u Real, Great
statesman.

!" rIlf fN'Tor or TIVE sir, I
'"'Nrlde thoroughly VIII Your core
~sl'"ndeut Mr.. II T. Read as 10 the we'll
wished for resignation Of President Wi.
son and Nlro-l'r"sideu Marshall.
! have 10 ONE. however. an amcrd-
ment asking at the same time the r.sir-
nation of Secretary Lansing Sun-.n-
law McNdo" would then become rrr.l-
drnt ana such a change would gvc us
tle nest, greatest and most efficient
President since Washington.
X GrNToMAN
NV NoHE. February .
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Outlaws by Hospitality.

An association Of California golf
"rs, eager for higher class competl-
liou in their next principal t0urna-
m"nt, invited II number of middle
West players To he their guests and
I" max" tn" trip tn the selected links
in n special train To be- provided by
the hosts, ON the ground that to
visit California under such conditions
would divest the visitors Of their am
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steurs status. II is reported, the United

ateur status. II Is reported, the United
States Golf Association threatens to
list ms a professional any golfer who
Offends in this way.
1t Is difficult to fathom the philoso.
ply that supports this as n reason
able determination. The cities of the
Pacific coast are 1000 miles removed
from the next large entire of golf
activities; their golfers therefore
have had but little high class compe-
tltion; they are keen for II: to in
sure 1t they invite some of the hest
players from afar to visit and com
pete with them.
So far this surely secms like good
craftsmanship. But hospitality is
added. The Californians want to make
their opponents their guests from
start TO finish. That. we gather. has
caused the trouble.
II this is the case. and this is all
we are able tn make Of IL from the
news reports, we submit that it has
u comic as we'll as n serious look.
Consider the Californians. by their
hospitality making their welcome
guests outlaws Of sport.
Some satisfactory definitions Of pro-
fessionalism have been adopted by
respectable amateur athletic nuthori-
ties. We advise their study by gen
tlemen constituting the governing
body Of the United States Golf As.
ISOLATION who have done so much In
the past for the health and prosper
ity Of their favorite sport.
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TIE official announcement that King
GEORGE Wi he represented by a ROYAL
commission when Parliament reas-
Stmhles mex week, having Welded
To- the opinion OF his medical advisers
that lie should not at this stage Of
dent" appear in person, reflects what
ia no doubt known in court circles.
that the Kings condition is st.ll Civ
iuG his physicians concern. II is
now several months since he was
reported to have been thrown from
his horse III France AZ a review Of
the British army.
From injuries caused 10y such an
accident "A man usually RECEIVERS in
"a comparatively short time If no
bones ar" broken, hut rs King GEORGE
VAS carried OFF his ship IN a crippled
state and has never been seer in pub
lie since returning to ENGLAND his
injuries could have been ~ no ordi-
nary character. Tho early bulletins
w"I" rather diSquicting. When so
ANY of his people are being killed
AZ tho front 10 would he reluctant
naturally to have much said about his
condition. I'ut now that he Is physi-
Cal,y uuahl" 10 open Parliament in
person the ruth car hardly he rom
vcalod An official statement about
the Kings injuries VIII he expected
from the medical mon.
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entrusted to any Republican are well
known 10 Uncle GEORGE. and he will
not impcril the state even to give
expression TO Il perfect theory. The
most unseltish philosopher must adj
just his disintcrested Encouragement
of the worlds practices to the minds
of those with whom he deals, and
Mr.. ALpRIpGr would never seek to
impose on Democrats the obligation
hore by Republicans.
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The death Of JoHS e. SHEEHAS re.
moves n of the principal actors in
an interesting and little understood
ep.~od" or local politics. The first
retirement Of isIcHARp CROKER. his re-
turn and resumption OF authority in
Tammlrv and the incidents connected
Herewith have been the subject of in
Vulnerable disputes. Mr.. SHEEHAN's
version Of it has been published in
part, but the whole story has never
been disclosed.