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OLD BOYCOTT ON COFFEE.
An Aroused People Brought the Mara
caibO Magnates 10 Their Knees.

To u EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir. About
thirty years ago nearly every family,
including prohibitionists. drank Mari
Caibo coffee. TIL demand for that brand
OF coffee was 50 great that the coffee
lords increased the price OF Maracaibo
coffee from 80 to 40 cents a pound.
The knights ~ Labor. headed by
Ference Powderly. boycotted Maracaibo
coffee for thirty days. and before n
week the whole country joined the
boycott. Before the thirty days had
expired Maraca!bo coffee sold At retail
for ~ cents a pound. II the people
stick together for thirty days they can
knock spots out OF high prices.
There are pies. for instance. \ few
years ago you could buy u biz slice.
we'll stuffed. for a nickel. To-day a pie
Is carved M into seven pieces. hNe cents
"A bite. and 1t looks So weak for the
want OF stutting its a shame to eat 1t.
II the housewives will get the ramblers
from home to boycott pie for thirty
days the ramDlers all over the United
States will help To boycott eggs and
all other high priced foods.
BILLY SMILES.
A Rambler from New York.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, December |
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A S%lgnincant Gift,

\ Philadelphia broker. who spends
much time AT u noted New York hotel.
made a Thanksgiving present Of $3.50
to the telephone girls Of his favOrite
~caravansary. To testify to his graft
tude for the prompt and efficient ser
vice they had rendered to him In his
activities rs II victim of the hello
habit.
That the generous Philadelphia
intended by this gift to cast any re.
Election upon the telephone service Of
his home city Is not probable. But
whether he did or did not, the incli-
nation Ia which he so nObly sue
cumbed Is a timely lesson tn many
impatient New Workers. who hold the
alert. hard working. patient and long
suffering hello girls responsible at the
phone for their own shortcomings.
The hurried AMI tired business man,
frequently lacking in Imagination.
finds it difficult to put himself In the
overstrained' operators place. to make
allowances in her favor for the delays
md a%nnOynnces that try his temper
To the breaking point. He might be-
more patient, more just. more self.
restrained if he had had at some
unhappy time in his life the trying
experience Of running n switchboard
himself.
We congratulate the above men,
toned Philadelphiun. not merely upon
the benevOlence OF his makeup, but
upon his possession of II keen sense
of justice. His Thanksgiving present
To his hello girls may, through the
publicity II has attained. exert an en-
tightening and softening effect q
countless telephone users who are in
the habit of ccnsuring central" when
the fault of which they complain lies
with themselves.
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A Twenty-Five I'll Coin.

A suggestion made by the Director
of the Mint that u two and one.half
cent piece bP added To the coinage of
the United States will no doubt he ap-
plauded by many. TOO long have we
wrlthed under the tyranny Of the. two
for n nickel trust. For years men
have been eating two crullcrs when
they wished only one but could not oh
tain ii singly because Of our deficient,
coin system. II all the money wasteu
in the purchase Of two for five cigars
by persons who lighted Cigar No. !
but not Cigar No. . were placed end
TO end 1t would reach from one point
to another and half way back.
With all the queer coins our minis
have turned out, we find ourselves
with nc piece between the cent anu the
nickel. Half cents were wiped out in
1857. The two cent piece. the silver
three cent piece AMI the half dime
went to the block rs part OF the crime
OF 70. The three cent pice Of nickel
was abolished in lS!U. The nickel,
most important Of coins to the people,
has been with us since the death OF
the half dime. That half dime, jnc,.
hcntally, was fhihered by the Father
~ Ibis Country, n wise man who saw
the need OF the jitney. A balf-disme,
The sun., 1916-12-02
The Railroads and state Rights.

The most important right secured
to the States which are members of
these United States Is the right to do
business without let or hindrance by
neighboring States. \ great price
was paid for this freedom ia get the
control of Interstate traffic absolutely
In the hands OF the Federal Govern
ment the North consented. In 1887. to
the continuation of slavery In the
South. Had the Northern colonies
been willing to restrict the Federal
power over the nations commerce
there might never have been n civil
war in this country. But there would
have been warning principalities in.
stead Of a republic.
The fathers could not foresee u day
when railroads. wholly national in
their nature, would be hampered and
harassed ut every turn by the anoma.
lies Of State regulation. Could they
have ~foreseen such y situation they
would have guarded against 1t.
Congress is to be asked to federal.
lie the railroads. just as the Consti-
tuition makers federalized the water.
ways which carried the III of
their day. The country is to be asked
to say that a railroad with lines in
half II dozen States. carrying the citi-
zens and merchandise of every State
and owned by investors In every state.
shall be treated rs the purely national
utility that 1t is. LIBERALIZATION of
the railroads will C to the people
of every State that right to do bust
ness On terms OF equality with their
neighbors which is expressly guaran-
teed to them by the fundamental law
of the republic: 1t will be making the
letter Of the law conform to the spirit
Of the Constitution.
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Justice to the Egg.

The gentle art of selling foo,lsiufrs
for what they are not flouri>hes par
~ticularly in tn. egg trade. Eminent
representatives of the cold storage
millions appear in handsome cartons
bearing the label fresh laid" wher-
ever the housewife fares In her mar
keting, How can the purchaser learn
the truth before irrevocable opera
tion III the shells has been completed?
Storage eggs are not Of necessity
bad eggs. Many Of them are emf.
nenily worthy. But they become pnr.
ties to an expensive and %indefensbile
fraud when, having attained nm age
N which under primitive conditions
an ~ has reached pullethoOd. they
appear rs inexperienced products Of
the bavnyard. Under such circum-
stances they deceive not only the
youthful bride and mature matron,
but even the graduates of schools of
domestic science.
Therefore, Commissioner DuLoN's
order thai All cold storage eggs shall
wear n label disclosing theft antece-
dents Is II good one. II Is open to
criticism only on account of It's youth.
II should he rs venerable as the most
aged of cold storage eggs.
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THE FARMERS HIRE.
" ""rs to the Munltlon Factorie, an,
still Farming Pays.

l" THE EDITOR OF THE suns The
majority az farmers low wan, a man ,u
WORK from daylight IN midnight fer .
lew doiIaGs a mont and his board. VINO
eau blame the luboring people for eui.-
INT" mills and factories for good Wla,,
ana "A limited day" H. = Powell o,
itlca. in his letter To YOU. SAWS. .,I,,
came the large demand for labor IN i.D
m'ils ana factories OF the cities. with o.,
result ~ u short crop FOR 1915" com.
up state and see how short In, ,rnn U.s.
Hs lar us ! can 'ind out the crop Of tar,
p'o"u'e was hne this year; Tor iHStaH.,
i"' bushels or husked corn to the acre
" me farmer would do some wur
hihlself we should have a better Weld
MI Powell further says. THE farm,
cannot and will not hire labor At the
present wage n plant crops unless
ee's "A proht on his labor" What does
Mr., Powell figure a profit Ia lac, I,
man plants thirty-hve acres Of potatoes
ana digs them with a machine. lca,ug
'hem on the ground for the buyer 'r
PICK up. and receives Si5o barre.
netting over $4,000 clear outside ~ o,l,'
crops, Is he losing money
! Know OF a man from the CIT, -
purchased "A farm for several thous.,I
dollars and on potatoes and cabbage
alone paid for II. This farm. purchase.
Iast SPRING and not a great way f'"1
mere, was sold for $4,000.
A COUNTRY Rg,pFs
''""S''N FALLS. November 80
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D HOOKS DECISION.
A Defence Of His Action In the Adam.
son Law Test Case.

To THE EDrroR op THE sUN-Sir: l
cannot see in what way Judge Hook can
be properly criticised or condemned for
failing to give his reasons for his deci-
sion In the so-called Adamson eight hour
law.
II Is an understood fact thai Judge
question as to the constitutionality or
unconstitutionality Of that act because
he was Of the opinion that his decision.
one way or the other. would not make
very much difference, and that the par
ties involved wanted. and only wanted.
the decision Of the highest cour In the
land. to wit. the Supreme Court OF the
United States. besides. II Judge Hook
was to render a decision upon the merits.
he would have to consider at length the
issues involved. which would naturally
take time. and It is Of the greatest m
portance that the question be finally de-
termined by the Supreme o OF the
United States before January I. 1917.
when the act goes into effect.
believe Judge Hook II to he COM
mended for his shrewdness and tact and
certainly he does not deserve ccnsure.
The method used by Judge Hook can be
compared with our own laws of the State
of New York. which provide that where
n man liz convicted of the crime Of muir
der In the first degree he can take an
appeal Immediately to the Court OF APP
peals. the highest court In the State.
without going to the necessity OF having
an intermediate court determine that
question.
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DANGERS OF BROADWAY.
should the Stepless Cars Be Consigned
10 the Scrap Heap!

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir, Now
that Broadway is soon to be repaNeI
the hideOus stepless ears should be re-
moved from this prominent thorough
fare and replaced with the type OF car
used on Madison avenue. for these rea-
sons:
A few people in the aisle Of the step
less car crowd the ear more than "A great
many do in the older type.
The stepless cars are DANGEROUS to
pedestrians. They are so wide that 1,
person seeking safety IN the space be.
tween the two tracks would be crushed.
! have seen u man crushed between two
cars. while he would not have been
harmed had be been caught between (wo
ears of the older type.
The type of car used oh Madison ave-
nue. can accommodate more people to Il
car, and therefore "A smaller number of
cars can accommodate "A greater numbe 4
of people more comfortably.
NATHAN Il. FINNELsTElN.
New YORK, December |.
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Colonel Bryan's Profession and Con-
g. fesslOn.

On Thanksgiving Day W. j. BRYAN
closed an entirely characteristic out
pouring of his mind upon II Young
Mems Christian Association audience
with this boast. ridiculous from him ::
~ ain proud OF being Il journalist"
Having thus adopted II profession"
Air. BRYAN, obeylng the law OF his
aature. proceeded ut once to abuse It.
But" he said. II am not proud OF
all the members Of my profession" 1t
Is "the lingo editors" that spoil the
profession" for BRYAN: II think it
would be Il wise thing IL, In the event
Of war. they could he made to get
Into the front line, to give them n full
opportunity 10 enjoy themselves"
The swashbuckler of pence regards
exposure to bullets that might destroy
the power of speech as the most evil
fate that can befall man. His horror
OF war. by this clear implication, rests
upon physical fear, upon dread of the
mans work in the trenches, which TO
the multitudcs is the smallest. most
negligible item In the count Of wars
penalties. The covert accusation is
nm appalling hut not ut all surprising
confession.
Yet In 1893, in his full regimentals.
Colonel BRYAN faced the camera with
out n tremor.
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THE REAL. G. CAR.

The advertising man complained OF
not feeling well at supper. He seemed
slightly feSerish and kept muttering
to himself: THE car that is different.
The car that's different. The car of
people Of the better sort. A car for
the better sort"
His wife, aware that he was not
really delirious but only in the throes
OF composition. ventured 10 interject:
you might get a phrase from Henry
James. The better sort IL rather trite
now. Why not use ,James's the real.
right people,"
1.-THE car OF the real. rich people >
No. that won't do. The real. RICH,
car Fine" calculated the adyer,isipy
man. at will he as effective az tina,
phrase The Significant Cigarette
When | II that out the sales iumped
100. O a week.
He calmed down and MIA we'd a Ca
ruso record. That night his wife had
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IS ESPERANTO A TOOL?
Suspicion Among the Allies That II Is
Promoting Pan.Germanism.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir, You
published recently "A letter speaking Of
tho progress of Esperanto since the war.
The situation may he viewed from an
other angle, more concretely. Let Il
he known that the Esperanto movement
il not ~favorahly looked upon in the
allied countries since the war. the rea-
son being that the Germans are max
ing use OF it for propaganda purposes.
In the first place they have published
In Esperanto the German side" of the
war because they knew that language
Is extensively nov in Russia. and thus
they used it by telling their story to
render the wal unpopular among the
Cars subjects.
In the second place-this is what the
French say and apparently they are right
ever since the Germans understood
that they We're not going to win the war
and that they could not impose German
as a world language. they have favored
Esperanto as much as they could to on
set the plans OF the Allies. who were
preparing to take up the famous plan
OF Chapelier. which plan had the warm
support OF the famous ~linguist Just dend,
Michel Breal. The "Projet Chapelier,"
one remembers. was to have French a
required language in all schools of Eng
lish speaking nations. and English n re-
CURED language in all schools of French
speaking nations. thus practically forcing
upon the world at large French and
English as international languages, and
eliminating German or It's provisional
substitute. Esperanto.
OF course the tierYans, as usual, have
been acting on the assumption that all
except themselves were fools, and that
nobody could see their game, There is
no doubt, however. that II Esperanto
Is made to serve that purpose and made
to be an instrument for Pan-Germanism,
its fate is doomed for II long time to
come.
How the Germans could. however. he
lured to false expectations | was able
ia understand after a conversation |
had In London last summer with an in
fuential Esperantist, This mar, being
IN ardent pacihst, on religious princi-
pies. kept up a correspondence with the
foes OF his country by dishonest means,
whether Oh religious principles also he
did not say, to foster the cause OF Es-
pcranto. which is evidently his chief
interest in NE. ALBERT SCHINz.
NORTH AMPToN, Mass. November 81.
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he called It In his address to Congress

he called It In his address to Congress
Ia 1792.
What harvest might not u two ans
oie-bnlf cent piece bring to the slot
mnchines? For n penny they yield
nothing but gum or your weight. They
offer much for n five cent piece. but
who does not hesitate before dropping
u precious nickel into the nav OF the
unknown! 1t would he different with
a two and one-half cen piece. Even
a ScOtchman might fall.
The suggested coin would come into
tipping. Many feel that the proper
fee for cloak room service to a party
of six Is about two and one-half cents.
A nickel and II Of the proposed coins
would make up the ten ier cent. graz
tulty to the waiter who serves a 70
cent luncheon. Would a barber scorn
one of the two and one.half rent pieces
after shaving?
Collars used to be two for n quar-
ter. They are IL cents now. but the
pendulum Of cost may swing bnck and
the conservative man. armed with II
dime and u what.is-lt. could buy his
Cursemcre 1919 or his Chokeme 1914.
In singles. Some brands Of cign rettes
are two for a quarter or IL cents
straight; consider the economy in
sight. In those places where drinks
two for two bits the careful man
could get his moneys worth without
dragging Il friend to the bar. :
The subway and elevated ticket
agents may protest. They glover
horribly ut sight Of five pennies. for
II is their theory that most of human
effort should be employed In having n
nickel ready.
1t Is all right for the Director OF the
Mint to talk about the economic i'm
p%ortance Of the two and one-half cent
coin. but what would we call IT.
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m DEUTSCHLAND.
German Processes Make Crownins Her
Commander Of Doubtful wisdom.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sfr: By
all means let Captain Koenig and MS
underwater boat Deutschland have all
the credit they are entitled to. the credit
due to a competent navigator and a ship
worthy OF him. But let us not
the obvious German scheme for moral
and intellectual ACKNOWLEDGEMENT which
is now spread out before us.
one Of the familiar and official means
adopted in Germany for the inspiritlns
Of her children Is the suppression. III
every held of e%ndeavor. OF credit Tor
pioneer work By men OF other nations
Thus Pasteur, founder Of the science OF
bacteriology, Is ignored In Germany.
and the fame Justly due him Is awarded
to Koch the Cooper Hewitt mercury
vapor lamp is attributed to German sci
ence and so on throughout the whole
catalogue of achievement.
SO with the submarine. Germans
neither invented nor developed II. Men
Of other nations proved Its possibilities.
sailed 1t on long voyages. Under the
stress OF necessity Germans refined 1t.
put II to new uses. and are now syste-
maticaily and skllfully seeking to utilize
their distinctly initiative successes, not
for the deceit Of foreign peoples prima-
rily. but as another instrument In their
careful. well ordered and highly intelli-
gent propaganda to impress at home
German superiority on German minds.
1t is obviou that In such "a propa-
ganda the recognition by America. the
birthplace of the practicable submarine,
of a German commander n German
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LET EVERY NAN SERVE.
The l~nehaclency OF state Militia Dates
From WHshington's Day.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir. |
hope you will publish this letter. as 1t
may have some effect In changing the
minds OF those opposed to universal
military service.
II President Wilson exerts himself to
bring universal military service to this
country. as | understand he intends to
do. my hat comes on to him for the
first time.
The militia system was started when
this country was an English possession.
At that time IL fitted the needs Of the
several separate communities. Each
county or state had Is " company OF
militia. These men were used TO repel
bands of marauding Indians. They were
not meant to join together To form an
army to fight a common foe. The regu-
lar army of England was for tina, pur-
pose.
Now. however, when these states. and
many others IN addition. are Joined to-
gsther To form the present United States
OF America, and when there IN need OF
cooperation between the States, IT can
be seen that the several small units are
worse than useless. These units have
never worked together. nor can they be
expected to form a competent whole.
During the Revolution General Wash.
ington had more trouble with the mill
tiamen than with the regular troops.
Each state had to offer separate boun.
ties TO its men In order TO get them to
reenlist. Some bountles were larger
than others. The men became Jealous.
They would not serve under the officers
that Washington picked GU; for them.
The militia from one State would not
join with that OF another to form "A sin.
gle command.
We have competent Generals. but not
one OF them could handle an army Of
100000 men. Why? Because no, one
OF them has ever had the experience
necessary Ia handle such a large num-
Der of troops.
Universal military service tends To
true democracy. The society man, the
business man. the miner. the iron worker
lind themselves all living under the same
conditions. eating the same food, doing
the same work. and obeying the ga me
commands. are bound to find "A common
tie between them.
Any who went through the feeble
attempt at mobilization last June will
agree with me when I say that the mill.
tia system Is obsolete n impractical.
The words Of George Washington,
written in a circular letter to the States
from Philadelphia. dated January 81,
l7s2. apply to present conditions:
without waiting for miracles to he
wrought In our favor, 1t Is our lndispensa.
bic duty, with the deepest gratitude to
Heaven for the past and humble confidence
In Its smiles on osr future operations, to
make use OF all the means In our power
for our defence and security.
G, ROBERTS COKE.
Nav YoRk. November 30.
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THANKSGIVING.
Has u National Debt Of Gratitudr
Been Overlooked

To THE EDITOR oF THE SvN-Sw H
~ hlshly significant. think, that no OF,
OF III" FAMOUS men who tell IN THE Su>
Today why we should be thanhfll hEs
Il WORD OF thanks to the Allies for sh'
ing our battle for us.
II It had suited Great Britain p.
low German expansion in South .Nmrlr
we should have been obliged TO Nsht t
our Monroe Doctrine or sec 4 ,;crEul
naval bare established on this side o'
the Atlantic Ocean to menace our pea,
and prosperity.
We should he thankful that We tH
permitted even 10 live in our fools pa
diSe OF dciencelessness ana We rau''
he too thankful that American cNlltat
''on Is being preserved without the l'-s
W American blood and treasure pt
honor is furnished and we are lihcl! g.
confirm u reputation abroad for s'''.
lshness by talking Of an embargo ON 'br
expectation of u o rather than 90 az"
ing our own wastefulness in its usc IN
let us be thankful now and let rcno.,"
orertlkc IA whcn II can
J. ilowARD CowrErSuw,..
NEW YORK, Thanksgiving, 1916