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The sun., 1916-11-07
THE BALLOT.

Along the street
The shadows meet
u Destiny. whose hands conceal
The moulds OF fate
That shape the state.
and make or mar the common veal.
Around ! see
The powers that be:
I stand by Empires primal springs
And princes meet
In every street.
And hear the tread OF uncrowneu
kings.
Not lightly fall
Beyond recall
The written scrolls a breath can hoat;
The browning fact,
The kinS.iest act
OF Freedom Is the freeman's vote.
SO shall our voice
OF sovereign choice
Swell the deep bass of duty done.
And strike the key
OF time to be.
When God and man shall speak as
one.
JuuN GEErNLEAF WHITTIER.
The sun., 1916-11-07
A Timely Lesson From Football.

The almost passionate desire upon
the pnrt Of the public To turn now
from pestiferous politics to some
thing of real importance Is indicated
by the fact that more than m hun
dred thousand football fans have np-
piled for tickets for the Ynle-IIarvard
game ut New Haven on November %.
As the Yale Bowl seats only about
seventy thousand spectators n large
number ~ disappointed enthusiasts
ARE already lingering their returned
checks and preparing to haunt the
football bulletin boards when the day
Of the game m around.
As Il poultice To heal the blows Of
party antagonism college football Is
n national blessing at this crisis. As
u people we've been u good deal
stirred up OF late In II way that was
not conducive TO mental or bodily
comfort. Every Ia in the country.
and nearly every woman. has been
taking pnrt In the great Presidential
game and kicking. either publicly or
privately. the political ball rs 1t hur.
tied from side to side. It's Il nerve
wracking and temper destroying III.
tionnl pastime and II Is n satisfaction
To have ii replaced by football en-
denvor Of n less general and more
re>tful nature.
While speaking of this. It would hc
n timely suggestion to urge upon nj
the Ieoi,lc Of the country the earliest
possible abandonment Of such friction
and III feeling Ms the Presidential
contest hus NJ necessity ~engrndered
After every great Intercollegiate foot
ball match the opposing teams. nn'
their respective supporters. make t
demonstration designed to express tn,
resignation NJ the losing side Ia TN
outcomc of the game and the intention
Of the victors to he modest and gener
GUS in their hour of victory.
Let us follow now rs II people tn,
custom TINT prevails on the collegiate
gridlron after n hcnrt breaking hnttl
royal and rise - n fun realization %
the fact that. whether We are Demo
Gratis or Republicans. v%nnQuished u
victors. We are MI Americans and ar
not to he permanently a~lienated iron
each other through the temporary dis
%integraring influences of party strif,
IT the other fellows got the bah an
kicked the winning goal. don't sui
AMI grumhlr nnd imagine the rrpul
H." is coming Ia an end because YOU
team ven down I q defeat. IT yo
d"n'l like the result Of the game, n
member that thpre'Il h. another fol
years from now and that during tn
interval ii i your duty I" fultl IL
| your obligations ns Il patriotic Amer
can citizen. no matter which polite,
! party may he in power.
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Ny First Vote.

| am a man. or years a score sni one
Aavc given to mo their .trons maturity.
From wisdom's font my mind hath We.
he~n stored,
From heaven my heart And now my nstaI
day
Has dawned and NE hath, ruthless, thrus,
me forth
mart.
am = man The world looks now 20 me
For msnhood's marks and all his highest
ways,
Pride, place and power attract my eager
eyes,
Blu, duty ',ll. and ! mu.t cen obey
TIL il shall lead me TO tho very blink
OF self forEeifulness, ambitions foe
am a man The state put. In my hand
4 slip OF pure. white paper Undecided
ny touch Of any u%nclean. sordid thing.
shall | denle a thing 80 fair, and tain,
/, with the soil Of treason, or stand firm
And make II purcr by a pure mans deed ?
I am a man God puts into my hand
The issue Of an opportunity
For some tried soul. Shall ! the issue foil
And make II barren as a dead trees bough
or make 1t burgcon with the ripnned fruit
OF mans good win unto his brother mani
am a man, What then's my heritagey
And what my chance upon the world's
great stage
A chance to help tn oppressed both far
and near!
A chance to smite all wrong with iror
hand!
A chance to serve my God with heart sin
cerrl
A chance, aye God. to serve my fellow
man!
Rev. WILLIAM CARrEL D. D.
| DsOOKLya, November q.
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naturalization and aliens who have
not yet sought their first papers shall
meet to discuss the problems that
must he solved. II Is plain that these
mass meetings. to he successful, must
enlist the support Of all elements In
the community. and the bureau has
appealed for general assistance in the
enterprise.
Only through education and en-
lightenment can the character Of citi-
zcns. native and n%aturnlized, he Inn
proved, and any practicable plan for
increasing knowledge Of American in
stitutiOns and Ideals must have the
support Of every patriot. We have
had d~isquleting evidence of failure by
some citizens to recognize their obli-
cations; We cnn do no less than on
deavor hereafter to prevent the In
clusion In the body polite of persons
who do not understand what Amerl-
canism means.
The sun., 1916-11-07
E CORPORATIONS.
Their Names Litter the Records oil
the Secretary OF state.

To THE EDITOR OF THs SuN-Sv: There
is u pronounced and increasing need or
a summary method Of disposing of the
ma mes Of corporations which have filed
Incorporating papers with the Secretary
Of state during tho past century II
a quarter but which have failed TO
complete their organization. or. having
organized and engaged In business. ave
subsequently ceased to operate and are
as a matter of fact. defunct. though
still carried on the records as existing
corporations.
There are nov In the neishborhood OF
over 200. 600 names OF companies on the
Indexes Of this office. and while no ac-
curate determination can be made. II Is
believed that a very considerable percent
age OF these names 10 not represent
active corporations. 1t Is therefore be-
coming increasingly difficult to devise
names for new corporations which do
not conflict with the titles apparently
In use. and each day upward OF one
hundred applications for names made
to this Office have to he denied.
In some OF the States. New Jersey,
for instance. the Governor Ia empowered
to declare by proclamation the forfeiture
Of the charters OF such companies as
have defaulted in the payment OF the
annual franchise taxes. Possibly a SINH
lar remedy would prove effective In
New York. hut the particular method
adopted Is, Of course, less important
, than the achievement OF some satisfac'
tory result whereby this dearth In the
list Of available names for new corpora
tons can he avoided.
FRANCIS NJ. HuGo.
Secretary Of state.
! ALDANY November 3.
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you answer fewer 1t indicates slow
hess or deliberation in thought
Even more fascinating Is the per-
sonal opinion test. DO you believe:
That war Is ever justinable?
That moral laws would be necessary
II every one was naturally moral
That YOU are above human average
in ability?
That the account OF JOSIAH and the
whale Ia true?
That It will ever he possible to tun-
mel from Alaska to Asia"
These quoted are hut five Of thirty.
The "should he determined
by the vote ~ ten very high class
executives" So in I'LL humility we
refrain from attempting to conch the
! reader. Hut we are curious ns tn
| what Is the expert answer I" the
| third of the questions.
The sun., 1916-11-07

Export ~ onions from Nt's' "a .r'
have been large 30 date. ~Sh,pwsr'r
United states are now made i''' "-'
Of through other counties, A." ~
merry fNne
There is a market In Spain % l'N-
cants an | sreascs
American freiSht cars are N-'-r 80
extensively On Russian ~rni'Na's T. ="
cent tost American locomotives f-'"'
their superiority over ,ho.e - --~"
construction
Work has heen .comnlete' m 'h' s-F'
dam in Europe, which q, %s'is'.1 - ''
Noruera rallaresa River r",- "'F"
Spain, The dam has two purpose '
production Of electric pnwc" ana = -
In irrigation It vas butt Us s. ''-''
engineers.
The Colombian ~Govcrnncu' "' 49,
two wireless plants IN the near fi'''" '''
~ Arauca on IT." Araroa Ei,"' r 80
other ~ oroclc on tho Meta EaN''
There Is a market Tor "nau' ~ We
in british East Africa,
Norwegian merchants have NH g.
rI,s ahou, boots and shoes uau.' 80"
in this country.
AZ the recent sale Of 'urs +" So
the Government sold 900 sea- e. '''
tTt3ao Four hundred ana iN'"'
FOX sk.ns aud twenty whit" tN H'
brought seo,5.7
II u. planned 10 i|rrlra'o - 'H'''
Plain In Turkey I'll" pro.'.' So. "
$4,000 acres and VIII cost s'7,N'."'.
Leather h"li!ng h. needed IN -r,|"
An English company has c>I"r.' '"''
during tho pas, year WITH COTTON
shipped from the Inltci state. ,ni . -
in Greece. II II asserted that tho Nn 90 "
seed can better stand the frost than 'H'
| GrecIan cotton.
The sun., 1916-11-07

chances of realizing their long cher.
ishel ambition for q separate national
existence.
A similar promise was made ut the
beginning Of the war when the Grand
Duke NICHOLAS issued n manifesto
proclniming that the hour OF Polish
freedom had come and calling upon
the Poles Of oil countries to unite
under the sceptre Of the Car. The
realization Of Polish hopes. however,
wns deferred. The one concession se-
cured was the permission to transact
official business In Polish. The right
of suffrage was sill limited to high
property qualification and admins
trative Interference with local gov
eminent was not removed. When the
political parties of Poland, taking nh-
vantage 81 the situation. attempted
10 secur n more definite understand
ing Of their new status. they met
with merely cvasive answers. The
Poles of the world did not arise 10
the defence Of Russia. Those In Ca
licia bitterly opposed n union with
! that country and IN many other parts
| Of Austria special Polish legions ere
formed to fight against Russia.
The Poles In Austria-H Hungary and
Germany, rs wen MS In Russia, are
! divided, on the question of their al.
, legiance To the Government under
which they live. For political rea-
sons the Poles ~ Gallcla In 1867 were
endowed with certain national rights
and local self government, and have
small share In the dissatisfaction
manifested by people Of their race In
other parts Of Austria-H Hungary. In
Prussia the Poles AT the beginning of
the war were engaged in an active
struggle against the Germans and the
policy of Prusslncation pursued 10y
the Government aroused the most
bitter opposition among the Polish
people. None OF the three empires
that profited by the partition OF Po
land has been free from the charge
Of persecution 81 these Unfortunate
people.
That Prussia will surrender Poser
or West Prussia or Austria valuable
parts of her own empire To make ~
the new State Is not likely. The de>
patch would indicate that the new
Poland viii I've composed Of 1.-The dis
tricts conquered with great sacrifice
from Russian domination" The plai
nppurcntly j. To form of these dis
tricts "a national state with n here'i
itnry monarchy and II constitutions
government" This would PRACTICAL!
f~oreshn,low in casp of Teutonic sue
,ps. n Poland that would hp II 'hufe
State" n barrier To check the Sln>'
at the German frontier. Hut the p"
s,tion of buffer States In Europe, judy
Ing from the fate of Belgium AM
Serbia. is not enyiable.
II the revival ~ the ancient King
, dom 81 Poland Is tn accomplish ~
]. mere than this II j. doubtful II II vii
, bring the long sought rest and l~a'
+ to this harns>cd land NJ realize tn
. dreams Of the Polish people.
The sun., 1916-11-07
Some Jcrseymen Undertake an III
Advised Enterprise.

TIE New Jersey cities that have
mission to establish u uiffrrrniial
freight rate If three cents II hun
drpti,veight in their favor as against
New York display not only selfish
ness but short>ightedness. The pros
perity of New York and New Jersey
Is Il matter not Of n political sub
division or another, hut of II great
community. divided by political houn-
diaries. hut united 10y M interest in
commerce. and industry, II injury is
done to one section Of this community
II will react Ia the detriment Of every
other section. Advantages obtained
BY one settlement within its area
through discriminatory legislation or
regulations will ultimately be paid
for at n rulnouS rate 10y all.
New Jersey cannot expect that New
York would refrain from attempt III
retaliation, were its welfare attacked
A quarrel the end of which is o IN
sight would he precipitatrl, in the
course of which rival ports on The
prove their positions and increase
their trade at the expense Of botl
contestants. The question is not Il
be settled on II basis of mileage only
pther important factors must be tnkel
Into consideration, some Of whicl
have apparently been overlooked b!
the petitioners on the west shore q
the Hudson River.
The sun., 1916-11-07
TO YOU-TO-DAY!

70 you who find the honeyed word
Offensive to the inner ear.
Suspect the Numbered threat a cloak
Ignoble for ignoblc fear.
Who yet in WEAKNESS await
The fitting act to cap the close
Await. yet know your waiting vain
For one who only waiting knows;
To you who in your hearts a shrine
Have made for those who made us
great,
Whose snu,s now cover IN the dust
With tho ideals they Helped create,
Who SGT ahovc the dross of pclf
Your country's Nag, her sacred past,
To you. the day Tie chance H. here.
See that you seize it at the last.
MoEEls WRIGHT Foot.
The sun., 1916-11-07
A FIGHT FOR THE LAND.
so Russian Interprets the Wa
Waeed by His Countrymrn.

To THE EDITOR or Tur crS
Whether there is any truth IN -.
ports announcing Russian ,ir,or,o.
not, the fact remains that the ru,.
after suffering a series Of serious d,'.1
al the hands of the Germans las, ts'
have come back" Whether tie, "
meet with success or go throier ~.
terrible experiences Of the 1917 AM.
palsn only the future can toll.
There Is a certain destiny acc .~''a..
ing these Russians. There is a.
certain tragedy OF fate emphds1.
sell IN their sweep and onward r,,
matching brute force a|gairs' ,',
perior SKIN. strategy ana s,i.ri. 4.
omy of the Germans. The Va l.s ..
pies making up the vast Russia r
pirr. and the various rel gions ',V
christian and Mohammcdau. s,5r
he cemented as one to save 'r,
Russian land in its entit,'v
silently and h%eroically the Icv'.N 4,
ientIIc masses are adNda,'S o, o.
zoe or their native sol r.,-.'c 90.
by efficiency, i'll governed o., 'fo a.,
est and most brutal G~oyornnrr ~
ever cursed a European state. r'c, 'r
and die So that the Russian .,, .
he inriolate. From the froacn = ,.
Archangel and down To- IT.. M
from the trail peaks and the Clrea"t
Businesses, the plains Of Po'lud as o.
borders Of the Baltic, Tn" LEG .or- CO...
These peasant armies mus, WIN ~u'
succeed, for the Russian ltul e ~
land Of the great future.
II r~'vvrrrf
ESOXVlLLF. Tom \nycubcr
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HERE IS A JOB FOR AMERICANS WITH
BRAINS TO TACKLE.
II Involves the Curling Of Capitalists, Labor Leaders and Denagogue
and Calls for Participation Of Business Men in Politics.
OF the General Electric Company

Rice o. the general Electric company
proper point Of view that We viii event.
ually arrive at a satisfactory solution
Until comparatively recent times We
as a people have been satisfied 10 con.
fine the activities of our legislatures T.,
the rather we'll known and generaly
accepted sphere of government. How.
ever, during the past decade or two
there has been a demand Tor legislation
of an entirely novel character you ar,
familiar with its nature. Statutes u al
kinds for the regulation and restriction
OF business activities. laws Of a r.,er.
nalistic and socialistic nature have been
ground out at u constantly acc"lcra,,n,
rate. We have departed a bong wa,
from the old fashioned doctrine tina.
every man should he the architect, q,
his own fortune and the pilo, o. hi, own
pursuit Of happiness"
| do not wish to have vuu cors,isr
this statement as a criticism ur IS an
approval Of the existing tendencies.
wish, however, to make this aprrai:
You engineers rave had a good seen.
tihc education this education should
have given you a capacity to- look fact.
IN tne race " S1Oulu nave ElNsl NNI 4
constructive point of view you .houd
he largely free from prejudice, supcrsi..
ton or sentiment you should hc nnlt
Interested in securing VIVA ~ best mos,
efficient and just YOU should be- aide Ia
analyze the statements presented and
distinguish between facts and fau.c.
and, above all. your training should
have made YOU intellectually honest
II our Government IL to run'r,
to regulate business. ana partiya arly 4.
II Is to extend the field of its a|,'tNii,.
into business and institute cpupe'tio
with private individuals. 1t is c,s.Iis
that the men We elect 10 ulr leg ,,.
lures and to Government Offices should
b" possessed of accurate knowledge ~
modern business. OF which cnrir,ol.
constitutes a most important f,i,.r
Modern business h no longer SIMPLE.
! have stated. it is highly complex
and to lie successful demands ne hga.
est technical experience. sclen;id' ss,
u~ntiagging industry. intellectual honest
great administrative ability. Ini'atv,
and rcsourcefulness 20 meet 'hr ..,
changing conditions. Our political ,,If.,
az AT present constituted yaulr' ZOOS.
sibly administer such q dclirtt, ar
intricate situation with success. ~.
aster can only he averted by Improve.
ment in the quality and chart 81 -
our legislatures and executive in.'t
men's. % technical men mus; take 3D.
hand in politics or politics will tdu \
in hand and you viii soon have o,
business.
The sun., 1916-11-07
Making Better Citizens.

J. According to the census of 1910, cor
fected by the immigration statistics
for subsequent years, there are 49,
500 600 foreign born residents of the
United States, of whom not more than
S,5OO,0OO have been naturalized. OF
those who have not acquired citizen
ship q considerable number undoubt.
edly have no intention Of 81 doing.
but hundreds Of thousands of others
are restrained from becoming Ameri-
cans only by Inertia, ignorance or
timidity.
To reach and instruct aliens Of this
class numerous efforts have been
made by 4he Federal Government,
through the Bureau of Naturalization,
the courts, State and municipal au-
thOrities and private associations. The
purpose Of these activities has not
been to induce unprerared and I'M
1T persons TO become citizens. but to
Introduce Il system of education by
which those possessing the necessary
qualifications may be trained to an
understanding of the importance and
dignity of citizenship. To accomplish
this special schools have been opened
courses of lectures have been held and
q nationwide educational cnmpaigI
has been Instituted, II IL now pro
posed that these opportunities fol
aliens shall he advertised In ever!
community where tn" need exists b.,
mass meetings AT which native AM
1 Snaturalized citizens, candidates fOl
The sun., 1916-11-07
BE Your Own Efficiency Expert.

Are YOU efficient tn" awful query
refuses 10 down. The clocks tick 1t.
the Hat wheels In the subway ,hump
II. the ungrea>ed curves of the Gle
vatc,l scrPech it. IT YOU are an old
business fogy. the question burns In
the cy" "f every plying employee
You find Your wife measuring the dis
,ancc from the II 1" the kI:chen
cabinet and your sol computing lhe
bower necessary to propcl n football
in the lowest arch. The telephone
company advises YOU Il give your
name instead of saying Hello"
Blessed he the concrete of thought.
if not Of head. Cnncrelcne>s enables
You to see just what Ia" efficiency
masters mean. one Of them, WILL
LAM f'RETZ KLMBlE. tells in IndHS-
! trial W0nnOPmCUt 'Iiow to Test Your
| Employees" OF cour>" every man
| who reads it will first ties, his most
important employee, his fathers son.
! Watch and pad and pencil are all
that is needed to acQuaint yourself
with your virtues and faults. In
| thirty seconds answer rs many of
! these questions ns You can: Give III"
name of II vegetable, n metal, an in
sect. n reptile. II fish, II man. n woman.
an ocean. Il lake, n town. II nj the
end of the half minute you have
written only beet. gold. flea. adder"
YOU are pretty poor. II YOU have
also put down trout. %liuGHEs. PICK
FORD, Atlantic" you are up to the
human average of eight answers. II
you feel that YOU can go beyond ten
answers. you may describe the colo:
of water. tea. beer, ivory, the sky
grass. milk. chnlk, coal and skin. But
men who 90 beyond fifteen answers
In thirty seconds r rare: the,
should have secretaries, limousine'
and biz black cigars. .
Next Try 30 answer five "hiNicul
questions" in twenty seconds
81. VINO is ,ac greatest living gen
eralc"
InrEy Cor you II You are pro'\lly
"JmltrE' or "HAIG' Is written ~
much more quickly than "HiNmN
nrRG" or the Grand Duke
80. What Il. the mos, powerful fore
in the world?'
Perhaps love isn't, hut It's II shorte
word than militarism.
20, What is the greatest modern dis
covery?"
Quick, man. Radium will do.
y ~. What is the greatest necessity
commerce.
Secretary REDtIEID probably woul
not answer that In less than 1l,Si
words. You, perhaps, will writ
ships or railroads" and pass on I
the last:
IS. What is the cheapest food for II
!, human race
q Rrend. unless you are n firnd f.
lpntils or employed by the makers {
Fluted OatcOrn. But you ought
answer three Of the questions !
r twenty seconds, says Mr.. KEMBLE.
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Resurrecting the Kingdom OF Poland.

Germany and Austrin-Ilungnry, nc
cording to the dispatches from Ber-
lin, are to establish II new State in
Europe by rcviving the ancient king
dom Of Poland. Only the most meu-
gre details of the contemplated plan
are given v @ the boundaries Of the
State nre not stated, Upon the man
ner OF the rehabilitation Of their an
cient monarchy will depend the salts
faction Of the Polish people and their