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these docks were returned to heir mona.
use. for docking its worldwide coz.
merce. instead Of compelling this oon.
merce TO scatter all over the harbor
as Ia now the case. The harbor will \,
further consested with the opening n,
the enlarged Erie Canal. The bar,..
using the canal will add tren,en dou.ly IN
the water trafic. and II will take a ara,
deal Of the now congested waterfron,
to accommodate them.
Many New York merchants and rad.
organizations are asitated Just now no
the application OF the Interstate Com.
merce Commission to do away with IN.
so-called free lighterage" rule. in Shlcn
event New Jersey would receive fre,rn,
Mt . less cost than New York. Bn, ,,,.
sufficient tiafnc tubes under the Iiud,os
River This question. it would seem
should no longer bother the New yorI
merchant or manufacturer. at a, l,,,,
Ia the extent 1t now seems 10 VII.
traffic tubes he would proba bly, In no.,
instances rather receive his freigh, ,
New Jersey direct from a car In a ireIrb,
yard than. as at present. from a croxd.A
dock. and even without the three rem,
reduction asked for he would BE- sendir.
to New Jersey for his freight and ,
time the llghterage question would 81.
tie itself.
II the present New Jersey railroad
terminals were situated on the ues,.t,
part OF Manhattan Island. that Is IA
say. IL there were no Hudson Rive,
freight would be received IN New yor.
direct from the railroad yards at a .r.,,
benent to those who received IL, Then
why should the Hudson River any lonss,
be a barrier 10 receiving freight in -
proper and most economical wa, whv
not extend certain streets Of the ,i'v
say Canal street. Fourteenth street,
Forty-second street and lsoth stree,
right into New Jersey 50 that the Neg
Jersey railroad terminals would to III
intents and purposes he a par, Of MAJ.
haitian Island? With the tubes the Hud.
son River az a barrier is eliminated
Furthermore. The loading ~ 'le,s tia,
carload freight" on the New Jerse, sd-
instead OF at the New York piers would
accelerate the quick despatch NJ through
merchandise cars to the Srest. The RAJ.
road freight stations on the New York
side have y RUE OF closing they door,
at : =. NJ. and this shuts nrt package
freight that NAV arrive late. r.. "a.
suits In q twen'y-four hour delay ir TIM.
OF delivery 10 the Western merchant
With y veh!cular TUNE permitting 10.
livery at the New Jersey side IRE sh,
could he received up to y 80 r. VI and
get away on fast trains the sane uirr,
The traffic tubes In existence abroad
are efficient and are used by automobile,
even without artificial yentilat'ou =,
the English tubes enormous quaint t -
OF freight are moved Al NIGHT nv NEAR,
OF tractors. This system would unluua'.
edly obtain here and most NJ ~. hen-v
freight used in New York would NJ 10.
lirered AT much less expense and 'ror.
bic than are Incurred at present and n
waterfront you'd he relieved ~ 4 crest
extent. JAMES 4 -. .TuHNso.
counse! New Jersey interstate R-iAes
! and Tunnel Commission.
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4 DaeuerreOtype Made In Paris Found
by One Of His Heirs.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: |
have been watching with much interest
the controversy in your columns as to
whether a portrait OF the late MIR, 4.
T. Stewart. Merchant Prince" has eva
been published. Not long ago secured
the use of the only photograph MIR.
Stewart had made OF himself. which Is
a dasuerreotype now in the possession
of the only heir TO the estate Of the
late Mr.. stewart.
This gentleman now resides on Column
bia Heights. Brooklyn. lie spent many
Years in the home OF MIR. Stewart and
in his store. Mr., Stewart had the da-
guerreotype made in Paris. and no one
knew that he had it until long after
his death.
am enclosing TO YOU herewith a
proof OF AN engraving made from this
daguerreotype. This engraving viii, ap-
@ In Volume VIII, OF the revised edi-
ton of Appleton's Cyclopedia Of Amer
lean Biography. which will he OF the
press early in January,
HARRY DAVIS.
NEW YORK, December I,
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ONE SPEECH FOR ALL?
EsperHntIsts 81 New York Proclaim
Their Made Languages virtues.

10 THe EpiToR OF The SrN-Sir: The
,etier about Esperanto from Albert
Srhinz is correct in come OF his state
meuts of fact but incorrect In some OF
It's conclusions. 1t liz true that Esperanto
has been used by the Germans for the
purpose OF placing their side Of the war
before the world. but.their example was
quickly followed in the same manner by
rance and Italy. No good k:%sperantist
has the least criticism to make against
any other Esperantis, who uses the lam
guage for any purpose whatever.
I and my Esperanto friends in New
York. representing Germany. Russia.
Sweden. Poland. South Africa. England,
France and alsb American ancestry
without "A mixture Of foreign blood for
many generations. whatever may he our
differing wishes regarding the conclu-
sion OF the war. all feel that when the
conflict is over there Will be nothing
which viii do more to bring the hearts
OF men together again than the Ian
guage of peace and hone. Esperanto.
More than seventy-hve years ago IL
was said by DE Tocquevillc that the tie
% language * perhaps the strongest
aud most durable ;lat can unite man
kind In writing this DE 'rocquev,l,'
only alluded 20 the national tongues.
which give the national feelings. When
tie real brotherhood OF the world shall
come II will I've party because there Is
provided a COMMON means OF express.
ing the best things in life and thought.
Even in conservative old England the
question OF using Esperanto as q com
mon means OF communication between
tho Entente Allies Is being seriously
considered. and his Is strong proof
that the movement is growing whcie Mr.
Schinz says there is n prejudice against
1t. There are nan wise Engiishmen
who recognize the psychological fact
that II would be a crime against the
future Of humanity TO Try TO force any
Oh. national language. even the niue.
Wanted English. upon any other people
as a common tongue.
forward this letter IN conjunction
with these New York E~sperantists
Cora l.. Butter. presiden, Of the Greater
New York f.spersnto Society JOSEPH
Sllbernik. delegate OF the Universal
Esperanto Association for the city OF
New York erosion G. Coigne, secrctir,
Greater New York Esperanto Society
Armand Il coigne, of the executive
| committee Of the New York society
Richard Garter, vice-president Nstnla
Nerda Stelo Grupo. Durham. Natal. Soul
Africa i.-onora r. S%toeppl.r. OF the eN'
| eCut!ye committee OF the New York
society Eueen Ehni-. president OF thu
Gevmsna t.speranto-Societo of New
York. RCrrs W rowEII.
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to its ancient glory Is n Of their
ideals. The rescue Of the Christians
Of the Slavic races In the Balkans
from Moslem persecution was nm i'm
portant factor in deciding their early
policy. The efforts Of the Grand Duke
NICHOLAS in the present war to save
the Armenlans from determination
gave his campaign an almost sacred
interest to his people.
Russia's richest agricultural dis
trict. the Black Earth Provinces, lies
In the south and thus holds her
Black Sea ports, whence her great
wealth Of wheat and other grain Is
shipped through the straits into the
Mediterranean. With the BOspOrus
and Dardanelles Ia the hands Of an
enemy her industries and trade. her
economic life. can he s%tranglet. To-
day three years crops. grent enough
to feed the world. r locked up while
the Turks and Central Powers hold
ConstantInople, the key to the pas
sage.
Austria opposed the Cars posses
sion Of COnstantinople because she
feared the effect Of the extension Of
Russia's powers westward upon her
Slavic population. France and Great
Britain were, however. Russia's most
formidable opponents here. The rea.
son may be traced back to NAPOLEON
I. and to the diplomacy Of BISMARCK.
England PROGRESSED to believe that
Russia desired strategic advantages
and that her control Of Constantinople
imperllled the British possessions In
the East. To these contentious among
the Interested nations were due the
years Of turmoil and bloOdshed In the
Balkans and the wretched condition
Of the people OF the Near East.
The possession OF COnstantinople is
nm issue upon which Russia can
unite. 1t was n goal first proposed by
the Liberals and advocated by their
leader. Professor MnUHoFr. and its
acceptance by the new Premier will
increase the war fervOr Of the nation.
II should strengthen the resistance in
l,umania. for the loss OF that country.
which should form n southern bull
wark against the TeutOns. would
seem to defeat the accomplishment OF
the plan. But the policy Of the Allies.
which has led to the sacrifice Of Ser.
bin. the Quibbling with Greece. the
uselessness of General SARRAIL's big
army, has appeared throughout in
comprehensive and mysterious. 1t has
no doubt been inspired by politics
and may II not form part Of the
greater political game in which the
fate Of Constnntinople may yet he de-
cided? But Is the crOwn FERDINAND
| Of Bulgaria got for his pnthrOnement
at st. Sophia eve Ia be used? And
Is CONSTANTINE Of Greece never to be
CoNsTASTISE XII. Emperor of Il
revived Byzantine Empire?
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MISS DIANA.
4 Prayer That She Ma, Forever
Guard Is with Her Raw.

To THE t.plror or THE SvN-S -
us hope Miss Minerva may trt'Nl N''
the young Latin American who e .o'n'
Ing to take notes and that r'' l"'s'
after landing she may see Miss Dia7'
Tying into the diamond crested he'ver'
and that her young companion viii NJ
he transformed into a stag - fe '''
should see the divine coddes~ 'nrou;
some shifting clouds hathius " me
impeccable libations Of n youu3 ma'.
May we in NORTH America 't.' =
Feas OF Diana. to the end that 4 ~
keen forevermore our divine 60" 90
with her chaste uuhidden hoiu' f- g
she rests her 1.-the form On ~" '"'
toes, with her right foot bach ar Nh
bow hent to its fun strenstn hN h'
fair arm. ready to chase aud s''' ne
dart into the wicked aud prcsrre ou'
fiocks JAMES II. DUwI 70
NEw HAYES. Conn, peccmhc' 4
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AN UNDER RIVER BORE FOR NEW
YORK.NEW JERSEY TRAFFIC?
Counsel fer the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission
Urges Advantages Of . Tramc Tube.

The members Of the New Jersey inter-
confidently expect that the Essex county
Board OF F~reeholders will soon act
favorably upon the resolution requesting
the Government Of New Jersey to ap-
point . commission with full power,
with the consent of the Freeholders Of
the counties participating and In coop
Grafton with the city or state OF New
York. to tunnel or bridge the Hudson
River for vehicular ira ffic. The New
Jersey counties Of Hudson and Bergen
have already acted favorably upon the
revolution, and with the consent Of
Essex county New Jersey may be said
to be now In a position. financially and
otherwise. TO do its share to bring about
this necessary Improvement.
It has been asserted thst a tube for
vehicles under the river will tend TO take
business from New York. The present
tubes to New Jersey ave not had this
effect. but the contrary, Even II some
business was lost 10 New York. would
not the lessened cost OF delivery Of all
freight coming into New York and the
better facilities for New York mer-
/ chants to deliver In New Jersey coun-
teract such loss. and In addition would
not the relief TO some extent OF the on
xcs,ed Manhattan waterfront and the
reduction OF the river trafiic compensate
FOR any traffic possibly otherwise d.
,erted. to say nothing OF the constantly
increasing automobile trafic which would
Welcome any improved method Of cross-
, ing the Hudson River:
The present method OF delivering
freight destined TO Manhattan by the
New Jersey railroads IL concededly eff
cient. but its cost and inconvenience
due to various conditions are high and
Unnecessary. II Ia by far the most ex-
pensive system In the world. Most Of
The freight Intended for Manhattan
lslan NJ is now either unioaded from car.
TO lighters or else the cars are ri on
car floats and ioated to a Manhattan
| dock and the freight there unloaded
and delivered to trucks or motors.
With a trafic tube a New York mer-
chant would send his truck or motor
to y New Jersey freight yard and there
receive his freight from a car or ware
house as quickly and at greater rom
venience than by sending for IL to a
crowded dock. and the expense OF noat-
ing the cars across the river. dock rent,
delay. sc. would be eliminated. Be
sides. N n merchant receives his freight
from a car II can be unloaded al his
convenience. but not SO when received
On q ear float. where il must oe received
aud taken away when reached. as there
Is 10 room TO par on these DOCKS.
e.,
harbor Is constantly increasing. FIX
wis say that never in its history have
there been enough docks In New York
harhor 10 accommodate its ;%rsf7c. and
especially now. when the port is over
crowded and docks are at n premium
A large percentage OF the Manhattan
Island waterfront is taken up by rail.
goads for the receipt and delivery OF
freight on car foats. How much better
I would he FOR Manhattan Island n
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The Enormous Estimstes.


TIE greatly increased cost Of gov
eminent In the fiscal year to come Is
indicated by the swollen estimates
now submitted to Congress.
The total Of the department esti-
mates Is more than a billion ana a
quarter. At the last session the nc
,ual appropriations exceeded the es-
Inmates by about $15o, 0 1900. II ap-
preparations ut this session should
60 as far rs that beyond estimates
the stupendous total would be $1,4l7,.
OOO.O ZOO, or thereabOut.
This Is $122,OOO,OOO more than the
nations expenditures during the lust
year Of the civil war, when We Ind n
million men under arms and the War
and Navy departments alone cost the
country 81 .15O,OOO.OOO. 1t is nearly
six times the total annual expenditure
Of the United States forty yenrs ago
in the year of peace 1877. including
the item Of about SIW.OOO.OOO of in.
terest OIL the a debt.
The foregoing comparisons will give
at least n sketchy idea OF the appalling
increase In the cost Of Federal gov
eminent. There are different ways Of
figuring the totals, and these as pre-
scntcd ~defensively by the party re-
spOnsible for them and ns the object
Of attack by the party In opposition
arr invariably q matter Of controversy
by the bookkeeping sharps In and out
Of Congress. Broadly stated. however.
the main fnct NJ interest IL that dur.
ing q period in which the population
~ the country has a little more than
doubled the annual cost Of admins.
tering the Government has increased
Ia more than fivefold.
THE SUN has two comments to
make on this unprecedented volume
Of Federal expenditure. and 1t will
make them brief.
First. there has seldom been In
political history n mor miserable fail
ure than that of the Democratic party
In redeem the distinct pledge of Its
platform OF 1917:
I'VE denounce the proaigate waste OF
money wrung from the people by oppres-
sive taxation through the lavish appro-
pristlons Of recent Republican Congresses
~htrh hava liant ta~ss hi~h aud haye
reduced the purchasing power OF the
peoples toll. We demand a return to
that simplicity and economy which be-
fits a democratic government and a re
duction in the number OF useless Offices
the salaries OF which drain the substance
OF the people"
Secondly, so far as the enormou.
increase of expenditure under Demo
cratic rule represents honest meas
ures In the direction Of military pre-
~paredness for national defence there
will not be grumbling in any patriot,
quarter. The people are ready Il
stand the cost with entire satisfac
ton and TO pny the bills with alacrity
But this readiness does not cover tina
continued and increasingly prOhigat'
waste Of money in lavish a%ppropria
lions for other and unnecessary pur
poses. There Is a stern reckOnln,
ahead for the party violating yea
after year the promises on which /
attained to power, wasting In prod
gate expenditure money wrung from
the people by oppressive taxation an,
keeping taxes high and reducing tn
purchasing power Of their toll.
The people still demand a return
tn that simplicity and economy whicl
belts a democratic government.
The sun., 1916-12-05
ASIATIC LABOR.
Does Exclusion Misrepresent the
wishes Of the Western Public!

To THE EDITOR OF THE StS-Sir' In
discussing John Roses suggestion for
the admittance Of the Asiatic az an i'm
migrant The SuS said It was inpossi-
bic, reasons being given 10 support that
opinion. Recently at one OF the public
forums In the city mat Ia largely at
tended BY citizens OF foreign birth or
the children OF parents of foreign birth.
an address on immigration was delivered
by a nember OF Congress. one of the
House Committee on immigration. In
this talk the speaker confined himself
exclusively to what II happening on our
Eastern seaboard. paying no attention to
what could happen on the western coast.
Feeling that an injustice had been put
upon the Asiatic by the exclusion law
and the land laws. / expressed my views
before thls forum. and | was surprised
to see the response from a number OF
the audience where | had no; expected
sympathy.
The exclusion law was passed. as 7
understand 1t. at the instlgation of the
people OF the Pacific coast. The leaders
OF organized labor started the cry. the
press OF the coast took II up and con-
eress gave them the relief asked That
was twenty-five years ago. but 1t has
been a question In the minds of many
residents OF the IVES, whether IT was
the wish OF the majority.
Is the howl thar has been mad.
against the Asia,ic an honest ar sous,.
one IL the Asiat!c desirable?
I have the statement Of many meS-
chants in the cities anY towns that they
will give a Chinaman~ credit for u.r-
hands ION his face on hi. agreement
TO nay on a certain day. Are there
many races tina, such would he said Of,
The cry OF the generation is 'enic!ency."
Nav | give a concrete illustration o,
what | consider efficiency TO be" was
in a hon field I'm Sonoma coun,v ,as
summer-jt wa, picking time. The field
was divided into sections In or~ section
were American Indians. I'm another F.ast
Indians. I'm stilI another A.i,.ics and
then. so-called america, rs. Al noon the
mornings picking was weighed IN.
sca lee beIng brought, r, each sec,,on IN.
pickers gathered around IN see tho re-
suits The enumeration WAS o,. csp,
a mound. Here were the rcsn,,. from
the early morning until II 40 o'clock
NJ An American and bis mariner had
picked go hounds an American In.
dian ana his VITA $40 mounds. . N,,,o.
lin and his wife 7e5 mounds
The two children az m. A.iatic , and
4. had also been cared for nv IN. mothcr
In the field DURING the morpIpv Tn.
,o-called American. began the usual dis
paraging comments on "tb. bowl O,
rice and taking bread out OF our
mouths" g.. Under the excuse Of get
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE sun Sir: The
proposed two and "A half cent coin il a
happy thought, II certainly should
prove more popular thar either the old
two cent copper or the three cent piece.
The great two for a nickel field is call
Ing loudly for it. Let II be made of an
alloy of nickel and copper, in diameter
a little smaller than our dimes and OF a
thickness about that OF our nickel,
call II II dot"
DE WITT RAPALJE.
PLAiSriELp. y. j., December 3.
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Persons In touch with the palace to-
day said normal relations had been re.
established between the .lliei COM
mander. Vice-Admiral Ut FotRNEr. and
the Greek Government -Dsspdfch from
Athens.
This assurance would be more en-
tightening II its authors had explained
exactly what constitute normal r~la
tions" between the Greek Government
and the Allies.
The sun., 1916-12-05

Corporal N. n salmon. - t'"rr '''
C0,ps. ~ tkt PRINCETON P'r''ti,
From far above the sta. IW N' -
crowd OF over forty thousand 80
seemed big enough ,o hold = hlnt.'. .''
trenzied shouts Of tho ~poclal''. '
the air as y whisper, rh' p.'re'' ''',
selves as ,heN .rurrlei about ~
Neld reminded one ~ Why ~ I'N'
around in small groups wh'n inc '"
has been destroyed. hroppinE ''
sweeping Just above the Top ut 'i'
made every s,riklns ieia. ~ - O''
mense thrung became visible
The sun., 1916-12-05

The attack upon Patrolman HuBrR
by a squirrel In Morningside Park
should be q warning to the authori-
ties. Is the black leopard in the Bronx
Zoo well protected. or shall IL he found
some sad morning hat q guinea pig
ha. crawled between the bars Of his
cage and torn him limb from limb?
The sun., 1916-12-05

This country Is still officially al war
with Mexico, but seems To be ham
pered by the fact that Mexico is ON
cially at peace with us. The situation
would he ludicrous II IT were not
loaded with tragic possibilities.
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against war is that II can he waged
more effectively by an autocracy than
by a democracy. When the people
rule in all parts OF the world diplo-
macy will be more likely to prevail
against bloodshed.
The sun., 1916-12-05

FRANCISCO PAoio TosTI was a bene-
factor OF those whose finest JOY comes
as the reflex OF gloom. His mournful
music brought happiness to spirits
who are plunged into wretchednes- by
the school OF Pollyanna.
The sun., 1916-12-05

CHAMP ClARK's idea that a country
can keep out Of war by attending 10
it's own business would cause II Bel
glan to smile sadly and mockingly. So
far as nations are concerned it does
not take two to make a quarrel-only
one.
The sun., 1916-12-05

II Madison Square Garden is torn
down. where will BRYAN speak when
he invades the enemy's country in
1920. 1924. 1928, &C? And where will
the Messrs. LANGroRp and JEANETTE
battle. for the 223d time. about the
year 1874?
The sun., 1916-12-05

Why does not Borough President
MARCUS MARKS make public the report
Of the recent excavations Of the So
ciety for Archaeological and Antiquar-
ian Research In Park Row: Certainly
something was uncovered.
The sun., 1916-12-05

dent WILSON'S two elections to acct
dents. Plainly Senator O'GoRMAS is
not seeking to earn the good will Of
the White House.
The sun., 1916-12-05

The last century asserted that peace
and slavery could not exist together.
Does this century intend to give the
lie to the nineteenth?
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MERRY
HANDLE WITH CARE.

Why not set aside twenty-fOur hours
some time In the year as a non-cele-
brating Day or
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England seems inclined to say,
When GEORGE gets GEORGE then comes
the tug Of war"
The sun., 1916-12-05

Mrs kRi.ker-Do YOU approve Of the
Idea Tor a two and q half cent piece
Mrs, Bocksr-Ee. msn are sttngy enough
as II In.
The sun., 1916-12-05
I.sttins the bridegroom Down Easy

P~LAiSriELp, y. j., December 3
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-11-09
PLANNING FOR ANNUAL BALL
Fire Department Will Perpetuate
Custom of More Than
Thirty Years

At general meeting of the Sank
Centre Fire Department held Monday
evening, it was decided to continue
the time-honored custom of being
hosts at an annual Thanksgiving ball.
This custom has prevailed for more
than thirty years and the Firemen's
Ball has for the same period been the
biggest social event of the year in
Sank Centre. This year Thanksgiving
falls on Nov. 80 and the ball will be
given that night in the City Hall. At
the Monday night meeting a commit
tee to take general charge of arrange
ments, with power to name sub-com-
mittees, was appointed, consisting of
Chief Joseph w. Kusba, chairman,
and Captains Frank Nelson, Frank
Schwartz, August Dahlem and AL
Markson. This committee met We'd
nesday night and their first surface
plans indicate the coming ball will be
the best ever given by the department.
The decorations promise to be elabor-
ate and the music the best.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-11-09

PAUL, 9-(speca to Herald)-The presidential siua
mudded than late hour yesterday evening The
Hampshire Virginia
President Wilson StPau Minneapolis and Duluth
that the outlying districts will his lead slightly but if the Repub
ieans Minnesota majority of 5000 they will grateful
has mighty job Both Wilson Hughes
of this
the outlook
Indications
he will a
that but isn't safe this writing
odds either of them.
The will
Democratic the Senate will
jority is likely to be eliminated entirely
will be 10000.
Demo