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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21
Stop the Rioting!

Frank O'Shea, an organizer of the
streetcar mems union, on Tuesday urged
strikers TO win their fight as the recent
Buffalo strike was won-that is, to go
about it earnestly" The "earnestness'
which was in evidence at Buffalo was riot.
ing of such violence that corps of deputy
sheriffs was inadequate to protect prop
erty and life. Militiamen were ordered
out and patrolled the streets with loaded
rifles. They were fired on from house
tops and returned the fire. Several per-
sons were shot.
Whether the rioting Of Tuesday night
was direct response to O'Shea's plea for
earnestness, or merely the result of insult
ficient policing of danger zones because
patrolmen had to serve at polling places,
Of course cannot be determined. This
much is certain: The strikers and their
friends who emulated the Buffalo example
were lawbreakers, a menace to public
safety and disgrace to any decent labor
organization. The labor leader who in
cites to violence is equally menace to the
community and disgrace to decent labor
unionism.
This strike cannot be won by riots and
violence. The police heretofore have done
excellent work in preserving peace. They
have taken nobody's side in this quarrel
but the public's. They may be depended
on to continue to take the public's side;
but if that task has grown too great for
the resources of the department, troops
of the National Guard must be called out
New York City can not and will not sub
nit to mob rule. Before the question
raised by these riots all other aspects of
the strike become insignificant. All the
resources Of society must be modified to
put down this dastardly attempt to bolster
up lost cause with the clubs and stones
of the mob.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21
Suppressed by the Censor!

To the Editor CT The Tribune
Sir: In 1.-THE Boston Transcript o. \.
TENDER l3 is an editorial which pu'p w..;,,,
furnish details of the killing ~ %Ik
troops Of two American cavalrymen, s.s
the woundinc of others two Of whom as ..
on June 10 last, on American SOIL near
Ignacio, Tex. .,,.,r,
l. had not before heard OF the en'D V..,ll,.
and doubt not that this starting liz.
gence comes as news TO readers go axe
The attack, il is said, was planneo aao
cuted by Carranza soldiers. the liA"sI 70
declares that full reports have been H''''
the War Department. .,lp,'
cannot believe that "The lransG s;,sr
would publish this account unless '"' -, A.
were satisfied as to its truth. Can yG G.,;,s
sure us Of the accuracy OF this as'v" ,,k.s
piece of news! II so, will the anar " .,Sc,
up and explained away F.w.H
conference?
Washington. D. c., Sept. IL, 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21

plosion following compulsion. Whether
this be true or false, it involves danger
Gus concession to the disafected element.
1t implies in effect that the Sim Feiners
were right in holding the constitutional
agitators in contempt, and that only by
the threat of rebellion was Ireland saved
from conscription before.
A circumstance that will tend to
strengthen this conviction is that imme'
diately before the outbreak in Dublin
Lord Wimborne wrote to Mr.. Birrell say
ing: IL hear that there is still possibility
of CONSUMPTION. All the more reason fol
getting our suspects packed away. We
shall never get better opportunity oil
Justification 1t is therefore to be re
GREETED that if the compulsion acts mus
eventually be applied to Ireland they were
not applied long ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21
Alaska's New Staple.
From tn, Washington Post

No longer do salmon and gold occupy
the first places among Alaskas export
staples They have given way to the export
of copper, which in the present fiscal year
had a total value OF more than S26000,000,
compared with 100000 in 1915 and less
than 900 in 1914
The total imports from Alaska according
to the Department OF Commerce. are more
than double in value the annual average
since 1912. The receipts Of copper in ore
matte and regulus from Alaska aggregated
ll7,000,0 900 pounds in l9l5-'16 and this was
four times the average for the preceding
years. It also exceeds the combined imports
Of that class from Chile, Cuba. Canada and
Mexico, the leading foreign sources OF this
form Of copper
II Alaska can do so we'll under a policy
of slightly increased liberality, what would
she not do if private capital were encour-
aged there, as il was in connection with the
development of the western part OF the
United States? II is doubtful whether many
persons realize the extent Of the resources
Of Alaska. 1t is one Of the richest sections
OF the United States. and every effort should
be made TO encourage its development
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21

one case the infective agent was found to
be active nearly seven months after the
patient fell i'll, and in many instances II
has been proved to survive for more than
four months.
1t is interesting to learn that in Sweden
the disease among adults appears to be
commoner in the country districts than IN
the towns. but there, too the great major
ity of victims are young children. Rela-
tive immunity appears to be acquired IN
districts attacked, but on this point the
report is not very clear. Another inter
esting point is that experience has taught
Swedish physicians to distrust generaliza-
tons with regard to the seasonal preva-
lence of infantile paralysis. 1t appears To
occur commonly in August and September,
vet the latest considerable outbreak began
in October and continued till the following
Marcia circumstance which appears -
exculpate the fly as carrier.
In conclusion, it should be comforting
to us TO have the assurance of one OF the
most eminent of Swedish authorities that
"the best research work in the world on
this subject" is carried on at present by
our own Rockefeller Institute.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21
Absolutely Independent.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: have been an intermittent reader OF
The Tribune since 1872, at which date | wore
the Greeley old white hat" to glorious de-
feat.
A year ago, after many interruptions, my
love for the old paper was rekindled, since
when. to paraphrsse the hobo who is boosting
Pears's soap, have read no other. like The
Tribune because it is the one absolutely in
dependent paper, bending the knee to no in
terest, no matter how powerful. ! may say,
incidentally, that | was lured back by the
very eloquent pen. of the Gold Dust twins,
Sam and Frank Adams. They're good pair
TO draw TO.
In my travels up and down the city it is n
source of great qualification to me to see The
Tribune in ever increasing numbers, and were
not fearful of being accused Of casting flow
ers at myself would add that the reader.
Of your paper are just q bit more interesting
and intelligent looking than those who scan
the pages Of the pinks, punks and yellows.
HIRAM WARD.
New York, Sept. 14.1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21
Americanism First.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: To my mind your paper has made the
issue Of the campaign Amcricanism. In this
crucial hour Of our nations life why don't
you cxalt it as you have in the past? Why
let Democratic orators and the Administra-
toms organs in New York City convey the
impression that President Wilson is the
champion Of Americanism and Charles Evans
Hughes is the tool of Germsn-America prop
agandists?
feel that in the presence OF Colonel Roose-
Welt in this campaign such thoughts should
rerish. Produce again some Of those gigan-
tic editorials dealing with the foreign policy,
Mexico and hundreds OF other outrages which
the Administration has been guilty of-the
policv of milk and water from Bryan to
Daniels.
The party Of Lincoln stands to-day as the
moral force 10 place the name Of America
where it should be in the tribunal of nations.
We want no more political weather vsnes no
more watchful waiting, no more too proud to
fight policy, but a straightforward, united
effort that will signify the standing OF this
nation in the universe. Let's 60 forward, not
backward; upward, not downward - ever
toward hope, toward the spirit Of things.
toward the light Of morning when the Stars
and Stripes wave over a nation Of peace, pa
triotism, prosperity and preparedness. with
President Hughes in the White House to safe
guard our people and to protect their inter-
ests. Yours for Americanism,
DANIEL NJ. M'GEE.
Newark, N. j., Sept Is. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21
"ENCLISH AND GERMAN HATE "
Of london Editor The Estimate of the Character
and Quality of the TwoK mds-A Clear Statement OF the
Englishman's Way Of Thinking

would be crime almost as great; a
betrayal OF the very standards OF honor aho
decency that the German has already out
ragged so shamelessly.
The antagonisms of war in themselves
need create no impossible gulf between the
opposites. On the contrary, they may re-
solve themselves into stronger friendships
founded on mutual understanding and re-
spect. Onr age-long wars with France nave
left no bitterness; our fierce rivalry with
the Dutch has subsidized into perfect good wiz
But the memories that this war with Ger
many will leave behind are not memories oil
honest blows given and taken, but OF actions
that have disgraced humanity and befouled
the very fountains Of chivalry-actions pos
sible only TO those with whom honor Is but
a name and to whom the only operative re-
straint on i'll deeds is fear. AS the writer
in The Tribune truly points out, no nation
can do such things and escape the conse-
ences-"consequences which VIII not De
abolished by treaty Of peace, liquidated
By victory, or settled by an indemnity" lie
adds that "those who know the Englishman
best are at times a little awed by the revela-
ton of the effect upon him Of two years of
wartime relations with his German neigh
bor" 1t is gratifying to know that in Amer
ica things are seen so clearly; and the time
shall vet come when even the German In
telligence will also awake TO the facts We
could not forget If we would; We would not
forget il we could. The sentiment OF heart
felt, passionate detestation for the German
and all his works throbs through every
FIBRE Of our national life. 1t knows no lim-
tation of class or locality; it is universal, 1t
is overwhelming; and no minister who
valued his career and reputation at anything
more than contempt would dare to disregard
the portent For US, at least, and probably
for our Allies as we'll, Germany is henceforth
cxcommunicate from the comfy of nations
she is the leper Of Europe, whom it is a
deadly contamination to approach; a leper
infected by the founess of her own soul.
And Professor Muensterberg dares to talk
about an Anglo German-American alliance!
The most effective commentary on that re-
voting proposal is made BY the New York
Tribune when it dryly observes: AT all
events, let US hope that the United States
will not become the ally of Germany before
Great Britain does"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21
POSTAGE RATES FOR AUTHORS
They Should Be Treated as Others Who
Conduct Mail Order Business.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Suppose that upon the Thousands
concerns now engaged in a mail order sss-
ness was imposed law providing for fri
class postal rates on every package MALE
That is, if they wanted to send a book En-
yard OF silk TO a customer they'd have 20 pa
letter rates.
Preposterous It's being done with ore
class of manufacturer right now.
The man who writes short stories cOndG'''
a mail order business one that Is e1cesf'
ingly hard to establish, that is most une''.
tain in returns and that in the aggregate o.
all engaged in it spends millions Of dollars
annually with the postofiice Representing
il does so many voters, isn't an injustice no'
being done TO it worth consideration By ne
Presidential candidates?
Consider: A manuscript is completed ID
closed in an envelope, addressed. 10 ge' "
10 the editor who mayor, more often' Us!
not-buy it postage Is required. secoh'
class? Third class? Not at all! Letter ~"
if you please. For the short manuscript 'hs
will be 10 cents-it may be as much as "
cents. Let US say 90 cents. The edltof WIZ
not pay postage back, and most man.se'P"
have 70 come back five or six times oeio,s
sale is made. This means that an enveioP'
must be inclosed with postage duples.'a
That is, when your short story or sn''.
manufacturer sends off his wares he
back by Uncle Sam 30 cents on an s'e''T
each time.
Since the average short story brings ols
about 500, FIVE or six trips 70 market IN %.
way mean tax of around SO on escn one
Is per cent. Writers are not well psid -,
class That one short story may have me, =.
weeks work. Some that mean wee
work do not sell AT all. Is It just for ou..
Sam TO single out for the most exoro'an,
on output known the one class least a0N
pay?
The story when il appears in mssaI
comes through the mail for one cent PVua.
magazine rate. Why should the wri'e, vs.
to pay two cents an ounce? Particularly "
Just it is, as pointed out, because ne hA' T.,
pay it double since publishers won't pay ~
return-and has to pay il many tmes'
maybe with no return, since the ss'e v
story is never assured. ,,.s
Does Uncle Sam think that hsra'NO..
writer is unbosoming himself IN iOnt =,
sonal letter when he puts on the ou", U.s..
his envelope the purely business o'''
Editor -, So-snd-Sos Magazine
Cornwall, n. Y, Sept. l6, 1916.
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r,tantial majority; and, second, the s,s'.S
yb;cb in 1914 returned decisive Repuoncan
nluralities. There are twenty states "hic"
meet both these tests. They are Csiiiorn'a
Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine
Massachusetts,, Michigan, Minnesota Ne"
Hampshire. New York, North Dakota, ONO
Oregon. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, o'ah'
Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin,
+. is tru. that in California Wilson and
Roosevelt ran close in 1912, Roosevelt carry
ing the state, but there was practicai'y III
Republican ticket in the field. Ana, iutthe'
any deducti0 that might otherwise De draw
from the result in 1912 is overcome oy .he
fact that in 1914 the combined Progressive
and Republican vote in California exeeeueu
the Democratic vote by more than ooo'oVV'
and the Progressive plurality was lee'ooo'
1t is true also that Michigan and Minnesota
in 1914 elected Democratic Governors, Out
in each instance the combined Republican
and Progressive vote far exceeded the Demo
cratic, while on national issues both states
went overwhelmingly Republican in the cleo
ton Of Congressman.
Republican by Two Tests.
In every other respect these twenty states
as an examination of the election returns
will show, meet both the tests above sug-
ReSleQ, tNdL is 10 phSSb NPNH WV
of 1912. they will all go Republican by large
or substantial pluralities, even il Mr.. Wilson
should secure in each of them 20 per cent OF
the Progressive vote of four years ago, and
lal of them went Republican by substantial
majorities in 1914.
The total number Of votes in the Electoral
College this year will be 53l. The number
necessary TO a choice is 266. The electoral
votes of these twenty states are as follows:
California, 10; Connecticut, z; Illinois, 29;
Iowa. 10; Kansas, 10; Maine, s; Massachu'
sets, IS; Michigan, ID; Minnesota, IL; New
Hampshire, 4; New York, as; North Dakota
5; Ohio. "a; Oregon, o; Pennsylvania 80;
Rhode Island, 5; Utah, 4; Vermont, A. Wash
ington, 7; Wisconsin, 13-total 275, or nine
more than a majority.
II will be noted that Colorado, Delaware
Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana
Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico,
South Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming
with total of 102 electoral votes, are
omitted, yet in each and all of these states
the combined Progressive and Republican
vote in 1912 exceeded, and in some OF them
very largely exceeded, the Democratic vote.
Further than this, in many Of these states
the election in 1914 showed substantial Re
publican majorities. For example, in Colorado
the Taft and Roosevelt vote exceeded the
Wilson vote in 1912 by more than $4,000, and
Republican was elected Governor in 1914 by
81 900. So in Idaho the Taft and Roosevelt vote
exceeded the Wilson vote by $4,000, although
Democrat was elected Governor in 1914 be-
cause of continued split in the Republican
party.
In Indiana the Taft and Roosevelt vote in
1912 exceeded the Democratic vote by $4,000,
while in 1914 the combined Republican and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21
THE PRIMARY.
tRep-nted iron, the nrst edition Of yesferd'|'

tReprnted from, the nrst edition Of yesferdoY'
Tr,bune)
The defeat OF Mr.. Robert Bacon, whose
candidacy supplied the single interesting ano
inspiring circumstance in the primary elec-
ton. is a loss to the Republican party in the
state and in the nation. His presence ii
Washington would have done something 70
turn the tide in q Senate which is rapidly
sinking 70 the lowest level in its long and
distinguished history.
No one. least Of all Mr.. Bacon, was under
any illusion when he announced MS cahu''
dscv. The bargains had been made; the
agreements sealed and delivered and the sea'
in the United States Senate had been. alio''eo
n Mr. Calder by those bosses who are more
concerned with jobs and committee posiuoh-
than with any larger concern OF state ana
national life.
Mr.. Bacon deserves the thanks OF MS iei'
low citizens for consenting to make nece''
sarily losing fight for a principle when mas
been served even in his defeat. Inc KNOW
cdc. that so eminent q Republican as Joseph
Il. Choate. dsmssing the burdens Of his
eighty wears. journeyed to this town to vote
for Mr. Bacon, the realization OF how much
of the not too considerable total OF fepuo-
ilican assets in this state was represented IN
IN. support that came TO him, will not I'M
possibly recompense Mr.. Bacon for his sac
riice.
As to Mr.. Calder, The Tribune finds itself
in this situations It does not regard the NOM
inee of the Republican primary as comparable
in stature to Mr.. Bacon, or meeting IN an
measure the standard that was once hXed
for membership in the Senate. But 1t does
feel that no reasonable person can fail to
recognize that mediocre as are his attain
ments and qualifications they are immeas-
urably greater than those Of the Democratic
nominee. Mr.. Calder has been an industrious
member Of the House Of Representatives over
many years. He was neither leader nor
force, but his record is one OF useful service
and unquestioned integrity. As for Mr.. Nc
Combs. he has no record in public office, and
the circumstances of his present nomination
make his defeat essential to the continued
repulse of Tammany Hall in this city and
state.
The denomination Of Governor Whitman
was foregone conclusion. Thanks to the
futility of the direct primary system and the
folly of present Republican leaders, the Re
publican party is now saddled with a nom
inee a good $4,000 votes weaker than the
nominee for President. patent burden to
Mr.. Hughes in New York State, and, in the
minds Of most observers at the present mo-
ment. certain to be defeated on Election Day.
The Tribune purposes to support MI Calder
and the Republican ticket except for MI.
Whitman. It cannot support him, and 1t has
explained its reasons 10 its readers. what
The Tribune said about Governor Whitman
in the past it believed to be true, 1t still
believes to be true, and it finds no excuse IN
political expediency for repudating its own
convictions, voiced when no campaign was at
hand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21
70 the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Since the recent state election IN
Maine it is possible to forecast, with some
hope of accuracy, the result OF the Presiden-
tial contest in November. While the election
is still month and half ahead, and while
a thousand things may happen in that short
period, it must now be obvious TO any intelli-
gent and unprejudiced observer that unless
some unexpected event shall profoundly affect
the public opinion of the country the voters
will divide in November very largely upon
oldtime party lines.
No Landslide Indicated.
The more we study the result in Maine the
more apparent it becomes that the determin-
ing factor was allegiance to one or the other
of the two great political parties. That ma
tional issues overshadowed everything else
mo one who watched the campaign, or took
any part in it, could for a moment deny
Though issues in their nature not persistent
such as our relations to the European war, or
to Mexico, or the settlement of the railroad
strike, may have caused some crossing of
party lines in both directions, it is at least
fair to assume that these assertions Offset
each other and that the great mass of cleo
tors, Influenced by more permanent princi-
Piles, were ready to find their party and their
party leaders right upon mere passing ques-
tions. Indeed this view is confirmed by the
various primaries held before and since the
Maine election, since in every instance these
primaries have shown a preponderating Re
=. on "a
ponderating Democratic vote in Democratic
states.
In any forecast, therefore, Of the probable
result in November We may start out with
two propositions fairly we'll sustained: First
that there are as vet no indications of land
slide either for Governor Hughes or Presi-
dent wilson, second, that in counting the
party votes which the Republican candidate
may naturally be expected to get, every po-
ltical sign points to a practically complete
realignment of the Republicans and Progress
sives Allowing for the fact that some OF
the Progressive votes in 1912 may have come
from former Democrats, who may now return
to their party, and that some Progressives
who were formerly Republicans may now be-
come Democrats, and taking into consdera-
ton the elections in the various states which
have occurred since the last Presidential
contest, an estimate may now safely be made
of the states which seem certain to return
Republican pluralities.
1t is proposed to apply two tests, and to
select those states only which satisfy both
first, the states in which the combined Taft
and Roosevelt votes in 1912 so far exceeded
the Wilson vote as that if We now give Will
son 20 per cent of the Progressive vote,
Hughes would still have large or a sub