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THE EGG.
II Reduces Production and Eventual,
Raises the Price.

To III EDITOR OF THE SUM. p
housewives are ~boycotting Eggs AMI Nu'-
ter they are certainly barking up '.'
wrong tree, for reducing the pre-
that way only reduces the production
and a little later they will have o. i'}
more instead OF less. If they Nu..
get fully organized and buy tlroas.
the Department OF Foods and Markets
cutting out the middlemen'S profits, the
would get eggs. butter. milk atd a.
farm produce at a much less cost. n"
tho producer would get more. when
would increase the supply. .As lorr -
the middlemen are allowed % ',ui'"
them. they may expect 10 I''t i-
prices. The dairymen have org k''
and raised the price of milk about ore
cent a quart. and | understand ih'
dealers are selling II at an increase o.
about two cents a quart. 50 y N5'
easily he seen that hoyCottiuG on''
reduces the production and the dealers
only profit 10y it. while the prudH on
and consumer suffer from it. 'Ef rH'
the middlcmen, as they have the rr.'
ducer by the throat with one hand ,l
the consumer with the other.
WoopFoRp, December %. W T. y
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just now, 40 pounds. He has avoided
the common choice and fate Of the
young men Of his great Common
wealth and, sailing the seas. he has
come here to satisfy the great hunger
Of American youth for spiritual lead
ership. His most notable feats are the
conquest Of Mr.. JAMES CLABBY and
the avoidance Of the Australia re-
cruitlng s~ergeants. Shall he cope
with Mr.. DILLON or Mr.. MIsKE or
lure NJ. GEORGES CARPENTER from
the brutal work Of fighting for France
to the noble task Of causing American
youth to stand up beside the p. II.
and yell. "Soak him, GEORcEr" or
xiii him, LEs!"7
Whatever his plans, the future OF
JAMES LESLIE DARCY Is highly I'M
portant to the young manhood OF
America. eager for leadership.
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Recipe for Excluding Undesirable
Non. Citizens.

Among the scientists now providing
nine day wonders for the citizens Of
this unintellectual town Is Professor
ROBERT DE- CoURcY WARD, a Harvard
cllmatologist. Professor WARD spoke
Mt Columbia University on "Immigra-
ton After the War: The Eugene Op-
portunity for the United States"
He told us that we are threatened
with an influx OF the diseased. under
nOurished, broken down, MANNED and
generally unfit persons who survive
the present conflict. The able bodied
and the strong will he kept Mt home
to rebuild Europe. The enfeebled and
worthless will be accelerated in their
transit to America.
What measure did Professor WARD
recommend to check this invasion by
the wreckage Of war? We read:
Professor WARD was. emphatic in his
belief in the necessity OF passing the i'm
migration bill now pending in Congress.
and said that II President WILSON
vetoed the bill he would put the future
Of the country In great peril. .
This bill provides literacy tests for pros
pective immigrants"
The way to exclude the diseased,
under nOurished, broken down,
manned and generally unfit survivors
Of the war who might impair our SUI
perb American constitutions is to let
in only those of them who can read
and write n few dozen words.
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Reflections OF the POssessOr Of q
Creditable A~mericanism.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: II
seems hat the best Of our American
stock is still American for " we are
American in IDEAS and ideals We must
be pro-Ally. II we are imperialistic n
believe in despotism. and some Ameri-
cans do. then Germany appears the
light Of civilization by which the world
Is destined to be guided for It's future
good. All due respect to the pro-Ger-
man. as well as the pro-Ally. but pity
to the I'm neutral Individual who has
not the strength of mind to form an
opinion nor the sense OF a moral value.
Neutrality between right and wrong
cannot exist and those who say they
are neutral" are lacking something.
and should be under the care OF n spe-
cialist. How much better and more re-
freshing to meet some one that Is either
good or thoroughly bad than the I'm
neutral type We often wish the latter
type would at least have an idea in their
heads TO express.
Some Americans condone the Belgian
d%eportations: believe Belgium much
better of" under German rule. because
the cities and towns had been cleaned
UP hIlu NiC lnoSl IIioutlH sew SNS-
tens installed" They also feel that
those who travelled on the English
ships to Europe" did so at their own
risk. and 1t SERVED them right II they
were ~torpedoed." Such expressions I
have heard over and over again. But
isn't this better than being neutral about
the Belgian deportations. neutral about
the Lusitania and neutral about Prus-
sian!sm versus democracy?
America actually proposes to stand
for the principles that France and Eng
land are fighting for. No war was ever
waged IN a greater cause. And when
Mr.. Wilson wonders what they are
fighting for in Europe and requests data
upon that subject from the belligerents.
is there any wonder why they can hardly
refrain from giving a suitable retort
which would be somewhat impolite:
u. NJ. LASpoN.
NEW York. December 90.
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THE POLICE SAINT CLAUS.
Permanent Good Effects of Commits.
slouer wooAs's Christmas Treat.

elOuef ChrtstmoS Treat.
To rHB EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: The
Police Department in the role Of Santa
Claus. the newest idea Of Commissioner
Woods. certainly deserves all tho favor
able comments given to It BY the news
papers and tho public spirited citizens
who interested themselves In making Its
EFFORTS a. success worthy Of all their
time n assistance.
II q my pleasure. on invitation. to
be present At the community celebration
at the East Thirty-ifth street station.
and II certainly was q rare pleasure to
see the happiness Of the hundreds Of chill
dren who benefited by this innovation In
civic advancement and charity. together
with the pleasure and good will displayed
by the big hearted policemen when maxi
ing the distribution OF presents.
Besides this. the great opportunity for
further development which the natural
tendency OF the plan covers. for rem
dering every assistance in helping the
worthy poor In every police precinct
throughout the greater city. 1t will at
the same time. in congested districts.
create a friendly spiri, or disposition
among the rising generations in par
ticular toward the policemen and tend
to produce a proper understanding Of
the fact that policemen n h Police
Department are genuine public benefac.
tors in their work OF protection OF pub
lie rights and enforcement OF law and
order at all times.
Too much in praise therefore cannot
be said OF Police COMMISSIONS Arthur
woods's latest contribution 70 the pub
lie welfare. TIMOTHY HEALY,
President International Brotherhood
of Stationary Firemen.
NBw YORK. December IS.
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A Years Course In the Patent ONCE
Suggested for Presidents.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN--Sr: II
future Presidents OF the United States.
prior to assuming office. were required
to spend one short year in writing speci-
ncations for United States letters patent,
and then considering the astonishing
and wholly unexpected meanings which
the present Examining Corps of the
United States Patent once n to
discover In apparently the most pcllucid
language, diplomatic notes hereafter
would be models OF crystal clarity.
Why can't We have. say, one Third
Assistant Examiner regularly stationed
in the State Department to look after
this thing? PARK BENJAMIN.
NEW YORK, December 2s.
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THE PYTHONESS.
A Doubtsr On the Prophecies Of Mne.
d Thebes.

d Thebes.
To n EDITOR or The suN-Str: Ma.
dame de Thebes will 20 down In history
as . prophecies Of royal To- prob
ably eQuailing Mother shipton. made
famous u the result Of . hoax on the
public, but there are a number Of
doubling Thomases who will always be-
lieve her to be a monumental faker. the
queen Of them all. She had the chance
Of her life In December. 1918. to pre-
diet the world war and establish con-
clusively her ability to peek into the
unknown, but with the ''perspicacity"
Of an Old Farmers Almanac she briefly
announced "there will be q political up
heavai in Germany" Some upheaval
I admit 1t has been. In 1912 she made
a number Of general predictions Of tho
usual kind and not n came true. 80
that o could notice II.
Her method seemed to be like all In
her class, to make announcement Of
direfui things In general. disasters At
sea. railway accidents. with a ruler or
two snuffed out the Lord knows when.
n pray for a fortunate hit. II did
not make much difference. her press
agent claimed everything in sight. and
after any notable occurrence Il va al.
ways announced as n Of her success.
full predictions.
The unfortunate part Of Il 10 that
her place will be filled by others equally
successful In quilting the public. no take
II from me- that about this time the
horoscope business will be brisk and
fortune tellers will reap a bountiful
harvest. WILLIAM Gill
DoRcHEsrKR, Mass. December -.
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The Young Mans Man OF the Hour.

In what subject are our young men
most interested as this eventful year
passes into the tombs Of Time? Some
thing great, surely, for the world may
be at the crossroads. Is 1t the threat
ened abandonment Of the Monroe Doc
trine and the possibility OF Americas
leaping into the maelstrOm Of world
politics? Or is that a topic too mar
row for youth, its mind fixed on in
ternationalism and yearnlng for in
terplanetism? Perhaps the practical
young man Is bound up In n study Of
the efficiency which we are efficiently
advised We all lack. What shall We
do, he may be asking, to coordinate
the chaotic hunks OF progress which
industry brings to the surface Of a
scrambled continent?
There may be an urge for the re-
turn to popularity OF morals and man
ners; surely the renascence OF COM
mon %politeness is reflected In the cry
uSuiust INV iNl'VN WIN NIVrNeS ITO
legs In the cars. 1t may be that In.
tellectual hunger has increased with
wages, for the "Critiquc OF Pure
Reason" Is mentioned with strange
frequency, and the philosopher q.
HENRY Is being reread. Art has Its
following and some Of II apostles
OF futurism have starved their way
out Of Greenwich Village garrets To
take shops In Fourth avenue.
But has any OF these advances con,
centrated upon itself the combined
uze OF American youth? II 50, there
must he some central figure upor
which the millions of eyes rest al
miringly. Who, 10 short. IL the youns
Americans hero Of the day? 0nl,
o form rises at the inquiry. lie Il
D feet and Z inches tall and weighs
The sun., 1916-12-30
Dogs and Chocolates.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. I
read in an editorial article OF THE SUN
the other day:
lie 1.-THE dogl swallows hts beef at q
gulp. bu, he chews a chocolate drop as II
he were at a matinee. why? Certainly
IT is not instinct, for his ancestors did not
eat bonbons.
Tho fact that the dog will swallow
the beef n chew the chocolate Is very
easily seen by comparing the dog with
the attitude OF men. A man will with
out any hesitation throw down his
throat anything that he particularly
likes. GERARD DE MURo.
PAssAIc, y. j., December 20.
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AMERICAS
Why Il Must Not BE Missnlerstood
By Friends Of This Country n Great
Britain, France. italy and Belgium.

By Friends Of This Country ID Great
Britain. France. Italy ana Belgium.
To THE EDITOR or The suN-str: May
I express my admiration for the splen-
did editorial article in THE SUN Of
December 20 on the subject Of Amer
teas Position as to the Allies and the
Central Powers?
Truly. despite the inopportuneness.
the ineptness and the stupidity Of ex-
preston in the Presidents peace note.
he has. possibly. put II up to the Gem
trail Powers to explain what they are
lighting for. He has, possibly. put II UP
to the people Of Germany Especially.
the many who must be humane. to begin
to inform themselves. to examine into
the situation, the result of VIII oh cx-
animation will be. as you SO APPLY put
1t, to "mobilise their moral force" To
insist upon an honorable peace. thu only
peace honorable to themselves. namely.
the restoration Of country and reim-
bursement to all innocent nations. like
Belgium, for all Il has made them suffer
through It's ambitions. its egotism. It's
rulers. There must he some Germans
left who have a conscience. who have
this dormant moral force.
And your last sentence. that the Brit
ish critics above all fought not to mis-
construe the verwhelmingiy prevailing
sympathy that marks American senti-
ment toward the war;" Is one to be
%applauded.
II is true. despite the notes OF the
Administration. despite the name In
~pkl,h ~rnn. N~~tto. hoe haA- Vnto-
construed in Washington. despite the
reign OF the ubiquitous Bernstorn. de-
spite the TrIbane's pessimistic editorial
article the other day c%autioning the
Allies fully to understand that Ameri-
cans In the majority are Indifferent. that
We Americans. as a nation. are not with
humanity, that Is. with the Allies. '
II made my blood boil to read in n
fair American paper such a statement
regarding our country at large. And
Just exactly how such an opinion can
have any basis in the face OF that
splendid meeting not long zinc held to
protest against the deportation Of the
Belgians. when the very best American
opinion was freely put into plain words.
II would be dificult to state.
ouch Opihiohs Us tnoSo ot nT. rtoOt'
Mr.. Choate. Mr.. Beck n dozens OF
others. including of course Mr.. Roose-
welt, speak not only for themselves but
for millions OF lesser people who hold
precisely the same opinions. II is TO be
hoped that such a tidal wave of the
best public opinion OF America will
reach Germany some time. even II IL
has seemed to pass over Washington.
1t is therefore truly edify!ng to have
a paper like THE T. speak out 70 truly.
40 aptly and withal so Loyalty toward
its wi country. c. c. NJ.
NEW York, December 90.
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Ever since the publication, n year
ago. OF figures tending to show that
New York Is the largest city In the
world this newspaper has been In re-
ceipt Of inquiries rs to whether or not
New York Is more populous than Lon
don, whether New York passed Ion.
don five years ago or o recently.
since the beginning Of the present
war; whether the population of New
York may properly be made to COM
prise Jersey City, Hoboken and the
Westchester suburbs; whether THE
Sun is responsible for the assertion
that New York Is the most peopled
town on earth. These inquiries have
come from New York and Cinada.
from Arizona and New Zealand and
intermediate points.
1t was n London despatch to this
newspaper, printed December 20. 1915,
which began with the fiat assertion :
New York is the largest city In the
world" The figures that followed
showed that:
The Ave boroughs Of the city of
New York-Manhattan, The Bronx,
Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond
had. by the United States census Of
1910. a population Of 4.766.SS3.
The county Of London, or London
proper, had, by the censu Of 1911, a
population Of 4.521,35S.
The city Of New York and its West.
chester and New Jersey suburbs had,
by the United States ems of 1910. a
population Of 6.63O.599; by 1914 this
figure was estimated at 7,3S3.S71. II
includes Newark. Jersey City, Pater'
son, Elizabeth. Hackensack. Hoboken,
BayOnne. Passaic and Perth AmbOy
Yonkers. Mount Vernon and New RO.
chelle and smaller places.
Metropolitan London, or London
and Its suburbs, had. by the census OF
1911. a population OF 7.251.35S.
These are the only figures which
may be relied on for some time to
come. The London census Of 1911
was not made public until the end OF
1915. New York will be reliably
counted in 1920. Intervening censuse.
Of this city can excite little but dis
trust In their accuracy. For exam
pie, the State Of New York counted
heads In the summer OF 1915, when a
considerable number OF the residents
Of New York were not merely out OF
the city but out OF the State. The
return gave the five boroughs 5.0i7..
221 people. On December .. 1915, the
New York Police Department took a
census Of the city which gave n tOtaI
of 5.253,SSS. The Health Department
Of the city Mt first computed the popu
lation as 5,SO6,532 on July 1, 1915, an,
then revised this figure to 5,597, $50
II the city had the same growth IL
101O-15 as in 10000 Its population
In 1915 was 5,431, 723.
The n certain thing Is that IL
1910 there were more people in tn,
five boroughs Of New York than Their,
were in London county in 1911; ant
that London with its suburbs had die
tinctly more people In 1911 than in
habited New York and its geographic
cal adjuncts In 1910.
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THE SHERIFF OF QUEENS.
4 Project to Rebuke the Authors Of
an Expensive Special Election.

To EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: The
special election called at an anticipated
expense OF SOM sl5o.000 to the tax
payers OF Queens county for the cleo
ton OF a Sheriff on January % appears
not only unnecessary but as,nine,
The death OF Sheriff Stier at the
hands OF a maniac upon whom he was
attempting to execute the process of the
court last fall created the vacancy for
which the politicians of Queens have
since been madly scrambling. The Dem
ocratic machine. responsible for forcing
his election with its great expense upon
the taxpayers. sees only the plums and
spoils OF office. The common citizen.
the taxpayer and the independent voter
see only the farce OF the situation. and
would appreciate the latent humor OF
the whole affair but that they must pay
the bill.
To the thinking voter the questions
arise: How about our primary law
Is It like other rules. only created TO be
broken? VIII the election without a
primary be constitutional? Legal minds
say no. Then why, oh, why the cleo
ton? And again the expense
This election could easily have been
held next fall with the coming general
election and an incumbent appointed u
All the vacancy in the interim.
Queens, saddled with taxes and assess
ments, and accustomed to having her
! crying needs denied in the past. finds
herself. however, the happy possessor OF
A special election to be held at a cos,
exceeding the salary of the Office fol-
which II Is held by 1900 per cent.
The only remedy ! car see is for Tho
voters of Queens to disappoint the Dem
ocratic machine by electing a candidate
OF some other party to the office, This
would be indeed the proper rebuke &c
administer to them. JOSEPH J. Ross.
CORONA. l.. J.. December IS.
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Wonders Of Fiction.

To THE EpIroR D. THE SUN-Sir: On
the arst page OF Theodore Dreiser's
novel. 'rhe Financier." which is as far
as I have got In the reading. I learn
that young Cowperwood's father was a
bank clerk at his BIRTH With such a
start In life young Cowperwood's father
must have gone far.
Can the members Of THE SUNS class
In literature cite instances of precocity
sprung from grammatical ambiguity su-
perior to this? o. q.
Nav YoRK, December 20.
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h Pork Means.

The income Of the United States
consists Of about a billion dollars de-
rived from three principal sources.
From the customs duties the Govern
ment gets about $2OO.OOO.0OO a year.
Internal event yields about $4OO,-
100000. The third large item Is $780,
100000 Of postal revenues. This third
item cancels itself, for the Post once
spends all 1t earns.
It will be seen that the main re-
Nance Of the Federal Government 10
upon the customs and such direct and
indirect taxes a. 1t may levy. Any
iessening Of n makes imperative an
increase Of the other. II tariffs are
lowered income taxes must make up
the loss. If the Government faces a
shortage Of any considerable proper
lions 1t must either raise duties on i'm
ported goods or multiply the taxes on
Its citizens. The Democratic policy
has always been to keep thrills down.
The Democratic party has followed
this principle in the face of rapidly
rising governmental expenses with the
result that the country is now taxed
in ways never known before except In
time Of war.
In time of war! The phrase sug.
gests Immediately the critical situation
Of this country in respect Of taxation
and revenue. A prudent man lives
within his income and Is careful not
to Overstrain the sources Of that In.
come lest an emergency find him un.
able to cope with extraordinary expen.
ditures and leave him bankrupt. 4
prudent country lives within its In.
come and Is careful not to overstrain
the sources Of that income lest war,
unprovOked, maybe, but not always
to be averted, find the public purse
unable to meet instant, ~incessant and
tremendous expense.
II we have war taxes in peace
times. what shall we do for money in
war times?
If we waste our income and credit
FOR crossroads post offices and creek
dredging In time Of peace, how shall
We raise money In time Of war?
There Is a limit both to the credit
Of the United States and the taxable
resources Of the United States. Thai
limit used to be thought to be a faI
bound. 1t Is not so far away as 1,
used to be. and at the cost OF war to-
day 1t might be reached and exceeded
In the midst Of the struggle.
Every Congressman who votes fol
pork strikes q blow at the defence OF
his country.
Every Congressman who votes fol
more and higher taxes to pay fol
pork is aiding the possible enemies OF
his country.
Every American who sanctions ex
travagance in government or In pri
vate life, who Is complalsant In thu
waste Of public moneys, who vote.
for Congressman who waste thos,
moneys, or who permits such waste t.
60 on unrebuked, is unfaithful to hi
country.
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PEAN OF PORK.


See the h~ogshead full of pork.
See each patriotic fork
Fish around.
See us pull out gobs and gobs
For sequestered hamlets. jobs
BY the pound.
See us make trip after trip.
See us strip
Millions from the proletarlat.
Hear VI gruntinE At II stiii.
At the trough OF golden swill.
Soft and fat.
Back. Chicago. back! Give heed
Packers! Quit!
Washington assumes the iead.
We are II.
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No; the Faro Piles Along the Bank,
From Soda 70 Hock.

To EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Is
1t possible that the alleged Portuguese
steamship Faro reported In THE SUN
recently as encircling n or two New
York bound ships is tho famous good
ship wabble. commanded by Captain
Heinrich H~assenpfeffer and so refresh
ingly and impeccably written up in your
paper a few years ago? As I recall II.
the Wabble was a sister ship Of the
Kron Prinz Hofbrau III. Of the Royal
German Frankfurter Line Of Liverwurst.
The popularity Of the Wabble. as I
remember II. was that she had only one
sidewheel. with h result that she would
sail round and round and round and
from last accounts she was making
circles about the ocean and rarely made
port. J. u. II.
NEW YORK, December %.
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ers in this Commonwealth than boys.
The test covered more than 10000
schools, and Of the winners Of the COM
petitions more than 20 per cent. were
Of the geptler sex. II, as IL asserted.
a woman always insists upon having
the last word the chances are that she
knows how to spell It.
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In Behalf Of Hazard.

uiazard. Ky. Population, S37: spprc
priation. 100000
Down In the dark and bloody ground
where Dan'l Boone was wont TO roam
And deer and turkeys did abound.
Hazard has home.
Past are the fearsome Nights of yors
'Twixt Indian and pioneer;
The turkey haunts oblivion's shore,
Gone is tho deer.
But dauntless still amid tho dearth.
Her heroes knowing we'll the ropes.
Tho little half square mile Of earth
Called Hazard. hopes.
No steak Of bar, no venison-
For piutocrats they In Now York;
But shall there not he benson
In precious pork?
Instead Of forty thousand. then,
Give Ga, 700 more;
Hazards 500 odd must have the yen
To round the score.
The sun., 1916-12-30
4 Man for Republican Leader.

To THE EDITOR OF TINS suS-Sir' Away
with Mann. give US a man. This I take
to be Representative Gardner's stand with
reference TO Republican leadership In the
House. l am with him most cordially.
BosroS, December 20. W, c. T,
The sun., 1916-12-30

On the other hand. on Wednesday
at about II A. NJ. during a temporary
interruption OF traffic on the Sixth
avenue elevated, passengers arriving
at the Thirty-eighth street station
were politely informed that there were
no trains and were not permitted to
buy tickets. Let's be fair. even to the
marlborough.
The sun., 1916-12-30

So the Everglades are not to be
neglected after all. The Hon. STEVE
SPARK MAN has provided for them In
the river and harbor bill and Senator
FLETCHER need not bestir himself.