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,pon newspapers and miscellaneous

upon newspapers and miscellaneous
publications.
Now, we undertake to say that II
the farmers of the country could be
polled they would declare with una
nimity against embarrassing and pro-
hibitive mail rates for their favorite
newspapers and magazines. What
greater boon than these cheap publ
cations do the farmers of the country
enjoy? Better scrap the Randall
rider than scrap the printing press,
Mr.. BURLEsON.
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4 Noble Offer.

The burglar smiled at the man whose
He'd entered a. dad Of night;
My hearts the heart Of a harmless
mouse
lie said. land wen stop the night.
Your window was open, l thought that
you
Were pointing a gun ut me-.
And so | did what the daring do,
And I've won a big victory.
'rve grabbed some loot from your price.
less store,
But you've HIT me a terrible blow.
And I've got your goat, as | keep the score,
But I'll 60 II you'll let mo 60.
'Ill take tn. swsg, as a burglar Should
who's shocked at the sight Of gore:
And | promise YOU that, II your now be
good,
I'll burglarize ,ou no more,
~ am satisfied with tho way things stand,
but you're foo,ishly fun Of pep;
I'm ,hildlike now and my smile IL bland,
And I'm aking a noble step,
The neutral world viii applaud what
Am making "A movement for.
I'm strong for peace aud ask YOU why
You love To make wanton war,
'You say that n burglar cannot repent.
but way was your window raised"
And how could | know what you really
meant?
when YOU hit me was amazed.
~ YOU strugSlH on and you will not heed
The love that !s in my heart,
The more YOU bin me aud make mo bleed.
The further wc'n drift apart,
so let us parley, and III retain
The swar that Tvo swlpoi from you.
III keep what | wanted and loot again
when It's time for more dcrrinG da"
Il. s. V. z.
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Sound Doctrine From . New Judge.

Mr.. Justice CLARKE OF Ohio Ia the
latest appointment to the bench OF the
Supreme Court Of the United States.
lie wrote the opinion Of that tribunal
In the case decided on December 4 In
which the United States sued the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company to
recover $500 penalties for its failure
on five successive days to file with the
Interstate Commerce Commission q
report of violations OF the so-called
Hours Of Service act. The full text Of
the opinion Is now at hand and 1t
contains some observations worthy of
the highest commendation.
a rule of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which has the force Of
law, requires railroad companies TO re.
port under oath, within thirty days
after the end Of each month, all in
stances where employees have been on
duty for n longer period than that
prescribed by the Hours Of Service act.
which in this particular case was six.
teen hours.
1t appeared that five employees Of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany In North Dakota were called out
at $40 o'clock 7. NJ. on October 20,
1911, to take charge Of n wrecking
train. On arriving at the place where
they had been directed to report, they
were told that their services would not
be required Immediately and were in.
structed to report again at %thirty-fve
minutes rast 10 on the same evening.
During this interval of waiting they
performed no service ''save that they
kept alive the fire In the engine during
the said period" At 1925 +. NJ. they
started on a freight train trip which
by reason OF accidental delays did not
terminate until fifteen minutes after 1
O'Clock the next afternoon.
From these facts it was obvious that
II their employment were deemed 10
begin Mt $40 T.. NJ, the hour when
they were called, the five men were
engaged In service for seventeen hours
and five minutes. whereas IL their tour
or duty did not commence TIL 10 IA
J., NJ, when the freight train actually
started, they had been employed less
than sixteen hours.
The officers Of the railroad company
took the lattes view and therefore
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Do Not Scrap the Printing Press.

When the people OF the country,
who are served by an intelligent and
enterprising press. understand the
full significance and effect Of the Ran
dali amendment to the post Office up.
preparation bill. which provides that
"all newspapers. magazines and other
publications regularly admitted to the
mails ms matter of the second class
shall in future be classified very
much like hardware, dry goods, and
general produce. that is to say, shall
pay zone rates for transportation. the
amendment or rider should have short
shrift on the floor of Congress.
1t Is proposed that such publications
pay II cen n pound for distances
up to 300 miles, two cents n pound up
to coo miles. three cents n pound up
TO 1000 miles, four cents Il pound UP
to 1,4OO miles. five cents Il pound up
to 1900 miles, and six cents for more
than 1880 miles.
This indefensible and heavy tax
would he a check upon the dissemina-
ton OF news. useful information, lit.
erature and the discussion Of public
affairs In print in effect an embargo
upon enterprise, for there Is many
a newspaper and magazine. already
crippled by the high cost of paper and
OF other materials. that could not
stand the additional burden and
would have to curtail the service 1t
now renders TO readers distributed
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Some minor but valuable publications
would no doubt have TO stop their
presses altogether.
1t is n prospect not to he endured
by the American people, who have
always priaed themselves upon their
excellent newspapers and magazines
and the facilities provided by the
Government for the circulation of
them In the mails. The present fiat
rate Is based upon a principle that
the diffusion of printed intelligence Is
a duty of the Government, performed
for the general welfare. Possibly the
post Office may not always or every
where make money out OF the trans
portati0n of newspapers and periodi-
Gals, but that Is really ~ minor i'm
portance: for the product of the
printing press Is Indispensable to good
government. BETTER that the books
shall show no profit than that The.
printing press shall he scrapped.
We observe that Mr.. RANDALL's
rider stipulates that there shall he
no change in the free in county"
circulation; that Is to say, the cOun.
try newspaper will he carried free in
the county Of publication. This must
be highly satisfactory to the author
and champion Of the amendment the
Hon. CHARLES HIRAM RANDALL of
tho Ninth California district, Is rub.
Usher and editor of the Highland
Park Herald of Los Angeles, a local
weekly with n circulation OF loo
copies. We observe, too, that Post.
mnster-tiencrnl BuR.EsoN has asked
for delay until II u I've asccrtained
whnt effect zone rates would haye
upon agricultural publications. Not
50 adverse an effect, VI cougrA us
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made no report Of the incident. Their

made no report Of the incident. Their
good faith in doing so IL not ques-
toned. The prosecuting officers repre-
senting the Government, however. in
sisted that the statutory limit had
been exceeded and sought a judgment
Of $500 for forfeiture: although, as
Mr.. Justice CLARKE points out In his
statement of the facts, III the for
FIXTURES Of 800 a day prescribed by
the law for each day Of failure to file
a proper report were allowed, the
amount Of recovery by the Government
would be $2S,OOO and It IL only by
grNce Of the public officials that the
claim In the suit was not for this
amount instead Of for $780,"
The District Court In North Dakota
rendered judgment against the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company, but II
was reversed by the United States
Circuit Court Of Appeals, and the
judgment Of reversal has now been
sustained by the Supreme Court Of the
United States.
The Supreme Court holds that an
omission caused by IN honest mistake
with respect to a genuinely doubtful
case does not constitute a violation of
the law. innocent Mistakes" eays
Mr.. Justice CLARKE, made in report.
ing facts where the circumstances ar.
cuch Tint condid uut,Iod a .~.r
well differ in their conclusions with
respect to them should not he punished
by exacting penalties except where
the express letter Of the statute 20
requires, and we conclude that the
section under discussion contains no
such requirement."
Referring to the fact that the Gov
eminent officers had sued for only one
ff~ty.seventh part Of the penalties
which would have accrued under their
theory of the law, Mr.. Justice CLARK.
says this should make the court reluc.
tant to hold that Congress intended to
exact a punishment 30 disproportion.
ate to the offence. lie adds:
statutes should be construed, as far
a. possible. so that those subject to their
control may. by reference to their terms.
ascertain the measure Of their duty ana
obligation. rather than that such meas
ure should be dependent upon the discre-
ton of executive officers. to the end that
ours a continue to be a government
Of 'er'tten 'o~s rather tion one Of official
grace"
These are brave words, worthy of n
great Judge. They augur well for the
future Of their author. for they he.
speak a firm comprehension Of the I'LL.
DERIVING principles Of American con.
stitutiOnal law. Mr.. Justice CLARKE
spends his summers on the island of
Nantucket; and the words which We
have emphasized indicate unmistak.
ably that he has been n student Of the
Constitution Of the Commonwealth OF
Massachusetts. which prescribes the
complete separation OF the three great
departments Of the State. legislative.
executive and judicial. ITO the end
that 1t may be a government Of laws
and not OF men"
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NOISE.

The psychopathology Of noise Is
considered by DIR. A. A. Brill in a
paper printed in the New York Medi-
cal Journal. He tells us that the
tendency Of people to be noisy where
noise Is unnecessary Is most intimately
connected with the wish for rest and
calm. As alcohol Is used to deaden
worry, 80 music and its spurious part.
noise, act as strong human narcotics:
they control the painful tension of
conscious thinking and paralyze It
when II becomes dangerous" What
music does for most intellectual per-
sons, noise does for the masses. Or.
Brill knows a musical genius who is
engrossed with futuristic music, but
who is kept awake, when in the coun-
try. by w~hippoorwills and crickets.
Many foes OF noise are themselves
noisy. John Stuart Mill. who hated
noise. hired a boy to beat a drum to
stimulate his thoughts while he
worked. Hegel finished a great work
amid the thunder OF cannon on the
v OF Jena. Dickens. who edited an
anti-noise pamphlet. could not stay
away from noisy London for more
than a few weeks; the lonesomeness
Of the country caused him headache.
anxiety and dizziness. He evidently
possessed SO much animal spirit" says
DR.. Brill. that he needed a constant
stimulant where a more deli
cate person would Tee a sedative."
Carlyle worked In a ~soundproof studio
In secluded Chelsea, but his own loud
rhetoric annoyed his %neighbors. OAR
win said of him: That u~nbearable
man sat for three hours and talked
to me continuously about the sacred
force OF silence"
DIR. Brill explains the loudness Of
Wagner's music on the ground that
1T had its origin In his stormy child
hood and dealt with primitive infsntile
feelings"
The sun., 1916-12-14
THE LITTLE NECK.
An Allegation That II IL Not Named
for the Long Island Town.

To THE fprToR OF TuE SuN-SU; Your
editorial article asks, "Why little neck
and not blue point? The cams mock
is not little any more han the point Of
the oyster is blue"
Blue roint and Little Neck are both
towns on Long Island, hut while oysters
from the former are named after the
town. hard clans are called little necks
because soft clans have nccks abou
four times as long and are known as
long necks. AprgMAs WARD.
NEW YORK. December II.
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POOR BROOKLYN!
Shall Her People Lose the Use Of the
subway?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: As
a citizen OF brooklyn ! protest against
using boil, express tracks in the Man
haitian Bronx Brooklyn subway for north
bound traffic in the evening and for
Sounth bound traffic in the morning.
II this were done, how should | get to
and from work"
Does the ~proponcntVf this interesting
plan know there are Only two tracks to
Brooklyn? KINGS &. OuNTy.
BRooKLYN. December 10.
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Protests Against slavery In Europe.

To u Eplror or THE SIN SIR: Nom
correspondent \, +. White says We
did not protest when the Germans de
ported thousands of French l,st srm.
mer.' Neither did wc protest when
Russia deported tens ~ thousands Of
Germans from Eas, Prussia in the early
stares OF the war, nor when they de-
r"ried tens Of thousands % Austrisns
from ,ial!cia and Rukuwina rarly in
1913, II we are going to lie fair about
These LiI'ngN We must protest to the Al.
lies as well as to tho Germars. T., does
not seem fair to pick on everything the
Germans do while AT the same time over.
looking the numerous SHORTCOMINGS o,
the Allies. RrNEp,cT pp,pru
NEWARK. y, j, December II.
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Obvious.

To'THE l;piroR OF THE SuN-SU; It
is perfectly obvious from the German
note~that they are winning. ~" winner
Is always anxious for peace. is he not?
II the Allies were winning the way the
Germans are they would probably want
peace too. I,AirU DANIEL.
ARLINGToN, y. j., december 10.
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Berlin %oficially notifies Washington
that the Belgians are happy. We may
learn presently that the Poles. Ru-
m%anians and L%ithuanlans are indulg-
ing in dances. picnics, dinner parties
and joyous national games.
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England complains that high wages
arc lowering her birth rate. This may
indicate a for the remote fu-
ture, but 1t is preferable to the in
crease in large families that invariably
from poverty. France, the
Of nations, is always worried
about her birth rate.
The sun., 1916-12-14

Members Of the Society for the Pre-
vention Of Useless Giving are strangely
quiet this season. But the Spugs had
q reasonable foundation for the forma-
ton Of their organization. They should
not allow prosperity to interfere with
their praise worthy crusade.
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Inquiries into the high cost of living
with hundreds Of witnesses giving tes-
timony, all Of which must be pub
lished, bid fair to exhaust completely
the scant supply of print paper.
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To such as may be tempted to leave
this poor town for the gold fields OF
Nevada We orer the amazing figures
uf the income tax collectors. In all
Nevada. II men are honest. there In no
person with more than $780, 900 a year;
and only four have more than $4,000.
The sun., 1916-12-14

All history shows that the men who
make war inevitable are impotent to
make peace permanent. Are the pco-
pies of Europe to have representation
at the conference table?
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The Kaiser must be puzzled by the
fact that the Almighty has seer A. to
reduce the potato crop Of Germany
more than SO per cent. under last
years yield.
The sun., 1916-12-14

Why, even in Kansas there are two
persons with incomes above 5000, 900;
n Of these probably is A Certain
Rich Man.
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Entertaining u North Dakota Guest.


Mrs, Johnson arrived the last 81 the
week from Canada. where shr has been
making her home, She VIII cook to, \. II
Won IIollen and visit with friends pcfor.
returning,
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A STUDY OF PRESENT CONDITIONS IN
THE PAPER MAKING INDUSTRY.
Mr. Mcpherson Examines the Causes Of the Abnormal Prices Now Prc,ai.
ing in the World Market.

from which paper could lie m,Jc ,,"u
leading 20 the bankruptcy of ,,r"a
manufacturers. Then there un. a..
inevitable resort to combination ,i,h
the attempt to regulate prices and nd
just the supply to the markets Th,.
attempt met with Indifferent s,ccos.
Two years ago the paper dus,rv ~
this country was not profitable
Then came the European war Th.
demand for paper began to soar and
priccS began 20 soar. But tho d,m,n,,
did not come from the warning na,ion,
There was Il time when taper u,.
used IL gun wlds for sho,runs Inn, :,
doos not enter into the ordnance ana
AMMUNITION tina, is devastating ,hs
face Of Europe to-day. Aside FROM
tho considerable quantities OF s,ni,,rr
paper Nhirh is now part OF IN, mini.
tary commensurate there has hocp =,
Increased use by the bcil.gerents.
Tho demand that has fallen ,i,o,
the paper mills of this countr, h.,
come from the nations tina. formerlv
obtained their supplies From coun,ri..
now at war. The wood 80 Ear s,,ra
suitable for transformation into ,.ros
grows I'm restricted areas tina, a,c Zoo,
and far apart on the surface ,f ,hi,
carts, and in but few countries b,ra
mills been erected for Tho NOR.
costly manufacture of pauer r.o,,
linen and cotton rags or di,ec,,v
from the pla nts. Indeed. n largo rm'.
ton % tho rags converted into raucr
In tho mills OF the United st,,cs r.,
r.. ...,.. .a. -
Italy, whose rag merchants ah,orh .,a
cast of clothing of southern l.urppo
For many decades the I'ni,oJ s,.,,,
has manufactured paicr IN utanit,.
vastly exceeding the ou,pu, al o,b,,
countries. bu. its rodu has hoo,
principally for domestic consun,n,iop
PAPER has been made In England o.
many. NORWAY, Sweden ana Finland
Its manufacture has extended 4,
Canada and there has been an inrroa,.
ing production i'm .Jauan. or tho mill.
of these countries virtually mono ar
now available for supplying tho need,
OF other lands except those Of Srapli.
navia. The mills of Finland are closed
OF the 1000 tons a dav produced m
Canada about 300 tons are used in tina,
country. the remaining 200 tons going
10 England and the United States.
Paper IL not made in the neutral ooun-
tries OF Europe. in Central and south
America. n Africa, in India. N China,
in Australia or Australasia. Thus IT .
hat the mills of the United states
have been called upon 20 supply paper
for US" In other lands to an extent
htfltpyfn tnl,nxrn \n.IlnSG o, ..r
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IN Warming Threat from the Pa =
Coast,

|nh Ihs ugSiIri : It.4.
Nhae steaks a" trr at" .. A" ~
ma 5 sdIa 49, - tNrir t,,!is TInrr -
ou' "a h" WIGHT 'l"h Iii'G 'u.s'' ~
10 stay the soaring r"H rt -.i"g ',..
birfeland claims To have rti -
them -wha'c steaks lai g. u.. ...".
them lndist!Gs uishaOie ir.m bee.
The sun., 1916-12-14
Neither Zone Nor FORGOTTEN.

Knicker-Evcrybody's pay Is to he
"a Used,
OVERWHELMING the Pip.r',.
The sun., 1916-12-14

What has New Freedom 70 say to
Europe's New Slavery?
The sun., 1916-12-14
An Iowa incident That Ia Lacking In lie.
tails.

From ne McrcyriNc Banner.
clare Duny, the ~caicient foreman Of on,
powder mill, wen, up Thursday.
The sun., 1916-12-14

III, +. GILLETTE.
PoRr WASHINGTON. December 3.
The sun., 1916-12-14

MAURICE MoRaIs.
Evening journal., 1916-07-14
ministers Plan
FOR Conference
Methodist ProtestantS OF
Peninsula to Meet at
Westminster, Md.
PROMINENT MEN
WILL BE SPEAKERS

Ministers of the Maryland Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church on
the Peninsula are looking forward with
great expectation to the meeting Of
their summer conference, which meets in
Westminster, Md, on July 81 and lasts
for five days During the last few years
the meeting has become second only to
the meeting of their annual conference,
and it is regarded as one of the most
important gatherings within the Mary
land Conference OF that denomination.
Practically every Method9t Protes-
tant minister on the Peninsula will at
tend the sessions, including the Rev.
DR.. John S. Bowers, president of the
conference. and, Judging from present
indications, the attendance this year will
far exceed that of any previous year
The sessions are held IN a large tent,
which will he erected or the campus of
the Western Maryland College and in
addition a number OF other tents will
be pitched for living-rooms and for the
committee meetings that are scheduled.
The Rev Dr. A. Norman Ward, vice
president of the college. together with
several of the ministers, are in charge
of the conference, and an interesting
program has been arranged.
Prominent ministers and laymen in
and out of the Methodist Protestant
denomination will be heard during the
session. Among those who have been
engaged to speak are Prof Camden NJ
Cohurn. the archeologist He occupies
the Thoburn chair of English Bible and
philosophy Of religion in the Allegheny
College, Meadville. Pa, and is regarded
as one of the leading platform speakers
in the country. he will give four lee
lures. as follows: New Discoveries in
Palestine and tho Desert of Mount
Sinai:r "New Light on the Theme Of
Moses and Earlier "New Light from
the Papyri on the New Testament. and
New light on the Times of Jesus"
Evening journal., 1916-07-14
hope TO STRIKE OIL
ON Isle OF WIGHT

Strong in their belief that oil can he
found in this vicinity. the Isle Of Wight
Oil Company is lowering 1900 feet Of
six.inch pipe on the Isle of Wight, near
Ocean City, Nd. preparatory to drilling
with rock drills to get into the lime
stone. where the oil experts have pre-
dicted a good grade of oil will be found
II is said by some Of the interested
ones that oil will be struck before the
drills have como 200 feet into the lime
stone These same people predict a
flow to equal the Lucas glsher, which
gave out 100000 barrels of oil a day.
Evening journal., 1916-07-14
FISH INSIST ON Getting
into The wheat fields


. WASHINGTON. July 14-Un- .
Gle Sam is having an awful time
. keeping his fish in the rivers and
= lakes where they belong They
. Just will 60 hiking off into the
. farm fields and nosing around
the shrubbery. I'VE placed elev-
. en- hundred thousand trout and
. other fish in Colorado and Wyom-
: ing streams last year." said
. Government official today. "and a
large part Of them were carried
. into irrigation bitches, thence out
upon the fields, where they either
were caught and eaten or died
and made fertilizer. We wish
somebody would show us how to
prevent this"
Evening journal., 1916-07-14

"I have had trouble with my stom-
ach and bowels for the past three
years. and could find nothing that
would help me. I would bloat up and
had a sour. gassy stomach that made
me sick and miserable all over, and
then I had a bad attack Of rheuma-
tism that seemed TO battle all treat
ment. I used Herbal Lax-a-Tone for
my stomach trouble, and besides get
ting excellent results with my stom-
ach and bowels. | found that my rheu-
matism is also all o. X. / certainly do
recommend this remedy to all. II is
wonderful medicine and every one
should have II on hand that suffers as
] did"
Ia1-a-Tone IS for sale at Miller's
Evening journal., 1916-07-14
'Be Sure Raw Fruits
and Vegetables Are Clean"

AS a protection berries and food
stufts eaten raw should be thoroughly
washed before being served. II is
much better to risk a slight impair
ment Of the flavor than to chance
eating unclean foods.
Nightsoil should not be used for
Hertil'zing gardens from which the
produce may be eaten raw. Water
cress should not be gathered from
streams polluted by sewage. Many
cases are on record where typhoid
fever has resulted from failure 10
heed these points.
Evening journal., 1916-07-14
BY SAMUEL G. DIXON, NJ. d.,
Pennsylvania Commissioner Of
Health.

Health.
Fruits and vegetables are a neces-
sary part of the diet during the hot
weather Many Of these are more ap-
petizing when eaten raw. Berries.
apples. radishes, onions, and salads
are popular and have their value as
food.
Care should be exercised in the
preparation and serving of green
foods, however. as they are subject to
much handling between the garden
and the table. In many markets the
gathering Of the produce is instrusted
to a class of labor which is not any
too cleanly: and care seldom is exer-
cised to insure cleanliness.
Food exposed for sale in markets
also is often subject to indiscrimiaa
handling by prospective purchasers.
Evening journal., 1916-07-14
OLD TIMER Was
seriously SICK
WITH RHEUMATISM
]. H. McGinniS, An Old
Resident Of This City,
Tells How Herbal Lax-a-
Tone Drove the Rheuma-
tism Out of His System

'Your substantial citizens are tell
ing YOU the virtues of this wonderful
remedy and l am not asking you to
take my word at all Cannot you be-
lieve your own people? Mr.. McGin-
nis, who was an old resident here, but
Is now located at Smyrna, Del, says.
Evening journal., 1916-07-14

BY BETTY BROWN.
II you have a cane-dont carry it!
Hang it in the closet beside last years
frock-its just as much out of date
No proper lady in London or New
York carries a cane any more. She
twirls a stick. however. but it is a
parasol stick, a saucy thing OF jet.
long and slender The canopy may