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CODDLING THE UNIONS.
Hostile Criticisms That Mr.. Wilson
Cannot Explain To-day.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sr: Il
is unfortunate that IN reviewing the at
stud" OK Charles T.. Hughes. the i,e-
publican Presidential nominee. toward
trades Uu'oU.>n NJ. Gpmpcrs al not
Include a bri,f statement about the be-
ilefs and opinions az NJ. iIughes's op-
ppneEt. President Wilson. The fact that
NJ. G"up"tS made lis letter public
through thu democratic party a sers
AZ WASHINGTON may explain this omls-
sion on his part. It would also cucour-
us" IT," belize thai MIR. ,;ompcvs .til!
thiu.- That ne carries tho 'rai.s union
vote aiouud IN his vest pocket. An
cgptism 80 great nuIs little difficulty In
I!d!ils Moses. lie has but - point the
WAY and labor must follow.
What II president Wilson dui de.
clare IA 1905 u'rorc It." IcppIc's Forum
"r New Rochelle ,rat "'he labor MOI
reward tn" shysters and incompetent at
il" '\I'us" of The able aud industrious" ,
W AT II he did state In 4 JaCrulaur.atc
address t. IN" students OF princeton
d University that the usual standard of
IN" trades Wil"nist ~ our day is 20 give
a llt,lo "a h" may for his wage VIVA;
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and trades uri"rlsts must east their
votes accordingly.
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the codHshes on the old church Mt
Marblehead aud the Boston state
House and the grasshopper on Fan
Gull HILL. The cod was the source
Of much Massachusetts material we'll
being. What Deacon SnEM DEowNE
meant the grasshopper to typlfy is II
question. Perhaps he copied 1t blindly
from the vane oil the Royal Exchange
OF London. The ship vanc, telling of
that which brought the people or
the prosperity, is found often in New
England. a golden ship is on the
new court house ut Shutdown, Long
Island, yet there one might expect To
see Il vane rcmindful of the exploit
OF Bullridcr SMITH. the first of his
name IN that land of Smiths. There
are bulls In the yanes Of the new type
Of which Mr.. vAN Court writes. One
of them Is pictured chasing Il long
legged man int" the southeast. This
wiml pointer is. naturally. for the
peak of Il dairy. A girl pursuing II
calf Is a design for II corncrlb. 4.
coach and four Is suggested for Il
gate lodge: II man watering plants for
II gardeners cottage: u ship for n
boat house: n quill pen for Il school.
The art is new only To the extent
that ii Is more free in detail. As in
The older forms, it sticks to the nu-
propriatc. An Annnias, holding u
bottle, might vccr in the flaws above
the nineteenth hole Of II golf club.
The architects are doing nicely with
the new weathcr,ancS. combining util.
ny with appropriateness AMI beauty.
II i In be hoped, however. that none
"f them becomes 80 filled with the
utiliiarian idea that he shall take as
II pattern the most yacillant figure
of today, the vanc that swings. reels.
whirls and rcNersos as the winds of
Circumstance blow.
Shadow Lawn ds no wcnthcryano
on III" outside.
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What Is DR.. Eliot Driving At:

In an article on THE Achievements
Of the Democratic Party in the De.
,obcr number of the .iUaDtic MonihiV
Dr. CHARLES W. Efior makes som"
comments on the Underwood tariff
which to Indicate II confusion
of thought surprising stran.c IN an
eX.prcsidcnt of Harvard University:
THE Democratic Administration ac-
complished within Il few months OF It's
accession u revision OF the tariff DOWN
ward. This revision seems
10 have commended itself TO a great ma
jority Of the American people: because
they realize that the homo market can
not support the vast machinery Indus,
tries in which American workmen cx-
eel. and the livelihood OF u considerable
fraction Of the people is earned. In re-
gard to many industries employers and
employees alike have learned that for
eign trade il essential to their support
and development. .
"The reform took effect at u fortu-
nate moment because 1t promoted that
great development Of several American
industries which the war brought about"
American tariffs are duties levied
upon imports. They have nothing to
do with American made goods except
to make it possible for those goods
to compete In home markets with
cheap foreign manufactures. Abroad
we must meet that competition rs
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4 Contrast In Robes.

~ did don the judicial ermine and
! submit to YOU that you know, and
every American knows, that It fell
from my shoulders unsullied." Thus,
with rigidly unconinromising dignity,
Mr.. HuGHE, places hfore the people
of this COUNTRY an in'ontrovertible
fnct that furnishes mater"l for eur,
nest reflection. When any NH taking
leave If ~ high and influentH office
can challenge su'GsrtSy the yer,
dict Of tine Community upon IL" spot
ir>sness 'of his record in Office he is
IN an enviablc situation.
Never, upon leaving an elective or
an nppointiye office that he has held
has CHARLES EVANS HUGuEs found
himself subjected to criticism founded
upon any substantial bnsis. 1t has
never been his fate to face millions OF
his cOuntrymcn who accused him OF
selling their birthright To national
honor for n mess of humanitarian
p"ttngc. He has never left any ofIlc,
with the stigma upon him of lniidclity
m the honor and good name of those
whose reputation before the worlt
was IN his keeping.
Never has Mr.. HUGHEs been force,
to confront Borrowing men, womcl
ana children who asked of lin why
their loved ones had been wantOnlS
slaughtered.
Never las he been requested to ex
The sun., 1916-09-30
THE INTERVIEW.

The author Of best sellers. submit.
ting with courteous boredom to thu
routine of an interview. was surprise,
and a little annoyed when the nal
with whom he had been chattinl
looked up suddenly and asked:
why did you cease to write suci
novels as your first two and begin tc
write the books that have gained you
so huge n public?"
How do you distinguish my frs,
two books from the others?" parted
the novelist, but before the inter.
viewer could formulate an answer he
went on:
Never mind. I know what you
mean. To put It plainly. the critics
say that | have sacrificed my talents
for popularity and money. You would
like to know my answer
The man facing him made n respect
ful gesture OF assent. lie wondered
If he had stumbled upon a story in
stead Of an Interview.
The novelist, big and smiling, got
up ana paced the floor. As he went
to- and fro lie said.
'Df course the charge isn't true. !
have sacrificed nothing. If you will
look up the reviews Of those first two
books you will sec that they received
np NOR" praise than the later ones:
mt the time Of their appearance. that
l.. Nowadays they are much lauded.
Old things took best. My accuserS
take those Two volumes and find in
them a grace of literary style, "a tri-
uinpl OF art. That Is no ,nrrp.
The sun., 1916-09-30
Is the Lusitania Involved In the
s'Rea1 Political Punch:

The World which deserves. IT it
does not enjoy. the confidence of the
Administration in II superior degree.
printed the subjoincd statement on
Thursday morning:
"WAsIIINGroN. Sept. 21.-Sccretary of
state LANSING said to-day It was fair
TO assume that the Informal negotiations
for the settlement Of the Lusitania case
would be resumed in the near future
with Count vcS DERNsroRrr, the German
Ambassador
In Its evening edition our ncighbor
gave prominence 10 this ncws from
shadow Lawn:
"AsUrRY PACK. Sept. 2s.-Itesponding
TO appeals from Democratic leaders all
over the country, President WusoS has
agreed TO put some real political punch
into his campaign from now on
NJ citizen who reads these an.
|nounrcmcnts together need blush If lie
Wonders what the hearing "f oiIr If
them on the other j.. II will not be-
To- the dls"rcdit "f his intelligence If
the thought crosses his mind that
"inf"rmal negotiations for the settle.
incnt of the Lu>iIanin ease" under.
taken "a month before election day
may have some relation To- the forth
coming real political punch in
Woodrow WILSON'S campaign for ~.
election.
The sun., 1916-09-30
Discrimination against the seventh Resi-
ment Alleged.

To mn EploR OF TIE SrN-Sir, Tho
War department has recently issued an
order for the recall % 5000 National
I'uarl TROOPS from the border. II Is stated
That General Funston was a ksd +. il was
practicable to sen home the Scvcnty.Nrst
New York lufantr", Thi9 egimcn was
not ono of tho Nrst from New Yurl, 10
reael Texas. Neither wa, the upstate
regiment, recently ordered back.
The seventh Sow York Infantry was IN.
first regincnt from Greater New York .,
reach the Mexican border. II IS still al
McAh"n, TrA, and mp - this time there
has been no ncws Of Its recall being or.
dered. The action of the War Department
in showing unfair preference In returning
tho National Guard for mastering on, Ger.
'ainly does not have the approval of the
average citisen' U. h. T.
| Nav Yosx, September co
The sun., 1916-09-30

best we can II our industries arc
sufficiently bulwarked by IL tariff at
home they may be able TO capture and
hold foreign trade.
Is 1t possible that DR.. ELIOT thinks
the tariff Is II form of tux on exports,
the lowering of which will aid our
foreign commerce? II So, 1t may re-.
assure him to learn that such n tax Is
forbidden by the Constitution Of the
United States, which the Democratic
party has evaded, in taxing mum.
lions, but has not rs yet repealed.
The sun., 1916-09-30
Let IT. r." Beware Lest lie Bp
Swamped.

To TlIE EpiToR or TIE SIS->,r: Is
'ot 'T. T." in danger ~ ,cinr swampcd
H." the very effectiveness II his owl
~cumpa!-r'
efficient corps Whose sp", t,ty s'cWs T."
-" the tracing "f los, p";s"u-. slpIll
think il"% ought 70 succeed ip 'Nci'
scarcl. Md ,o' ! htS" fear. for
tit"re ~ danger that Ri and l.rlc are
distrartiuS T. ~ thou-u's FROM tho
blonde sis'cr-iN-liw -. :. :.
GREAT HARRINGTON, Mass, sept. -.
The sun., 1916-09-30
DOGS AND DOGS.
A Lover OF the Real Thing Protests
AGAINST the Toy Cur.


: To II EDITOR OF THE srN-sir: Sc
long ago AS the beginning Of the nine
teenth century that most lovablc OF
writer's Charles Lamb described as II
popular fallacy the saying Love mt,
love my dog" from which one may
gather that even In those far of days
canine attachments Of close intimacy
stood In the way of human friendships.
To-day the dog has supplanted the
child. almost. There are s.ill a few
children to be found In the exclusive
middle class. but more dogs. In Eng
land shortly before the war one grew
more n moro alarmed at the fashion
for dogs. Ladies were seen promenad.
ing the streets and filling the drawing
rooms with every conceivable sort %
dog. except the real sort. the doggy
dog. until ono felt a dosged resentment
against one OF the most cherished o.
all an. mals.
a short time ago 7 was sitting on the
>.randa Of q hotel where many women
with nothing to do but dress and gossip
congresate. Deep IN my hook. tlcir
talk had scarcely penetrated my cou-
sciousness. until at last I was brought
to a realization OF those about me by
IA pathetiC tone. a chil! Of feeling tot
deduced by tn atmosphere. \ long
conversation was running Mos ,Hl-
thctic . . cruel suiferin. . un-
just pain p!tiful appeal OF dear
eyes patient 80 accomplishing
. lump tina, would not come ont
. a kind doctor . a tube in the
Throat = . . ,bInr,Srn,
Such broken phrases made me wonder
what poor infant might be i'll. 7
warmed toward this crowd ~ Idle
women, for it seemed tina, they poS-
;vsscd at least a power of IS sympathy.
Until J heard "Dnc cauro: help lpViuc
him. He has such "A darling face. Should
Les die. I'm sure no dog would ever have
such a funeral" Dog. \ shudder ran
through me. \ dog. Had II been n
child, the most beautiful. the most
promising. moro PITY could not have
bcen given than that expended upon a
little dog. an ugly brute At that for I
had seen him in days past in TOW OF
the mistress. who now promised n fu-
neral costly enough 10 clothe some poor
child for n year.
What are we coming TO: ! Tx" dogs.
IN fact, no one Is more attached 20 them
''"' - oH' INC! must &C n"sS' N"u'
OF our zap preed' u hN'' p's' an''hh'IF
uoss' nov NoF'h' delicate pnsN!ca'
Creatures ia'Hins tue ii"h'hs 'oh'es'en-
son. inc f'hh' grace ana mystery "'
'"o cat on' p'sScSN'hs N9me'h''s OF Us
ran if'sdeh NINA puai''ieS' ave mo
''o i'''niu' ""s' inc p'oh companion ''
3ou'h' tue S'e''' 'rus'! 'r'eud OF man :
us'y ne may nc ana coarse nut ne must
nc a ooE' nov Il 10Y
IL there not something reNoHtns'
something aphofn!ai III a pretty woman
''tdhhs Il sichIF E''Ie pup, giving II all
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10 nv i.DiTop oF THE SrN--Sr NJ.
I'cw"ll Yields = too literal. alhe' grace
'ul, baton. "Narity b"N' T.. If course.
any cache Of paint. And psrt on
Mnman's face, however plaulsslmo, -, al
ways has been and always VIII lc usym-
%pl,onic, consecutive if;lS rendered 10y
p.r"olo and cello. : Is. Wuso>.
SwACruNoRy. Pa. Soptcmb.g -.
The sun., 1916-09-30
Psychological Note From Princeton.

To THE EprroR or TIE Su%-S''. l.,cu
II senator MARITIME carno write 'utrs
~ make speeches he is sincere anl co,-
sistent. and that's what counts IN poll
tics. .AARoN EUur.
PRINCETON, y. j., September -.
The sun., 1916-09-30

Mr.. AYEE Is a lawyer and nnaucirr
and u member of IN" Cutuu League
Club. which means tina; he Is Il i;crgu-
lican.-Th, World.
Not necessarily. Tho M condition
OF membership In tn" Union League"
club is "absulutc ana unqualified 'uN-
ATTY to the Government Of The tnitc!
states There are Democrats in tN"
club.
The sun., 1916-09-30
A Terrific Indictment BY Richard
O1ney.


dent ~ the United States for weak.
ness, for wabbling. for neglect tn M
hold the nations honor. for the shirk-
ing of responsibility In great matters.
for Executive roga in smaller
affairs, for cowardice and time scry-
ing. It Is worth studying. We have
divided 1t into counts for the o n
,enicncc of the Grand Jury:
"Thcre is such a thing for a nation
~ a splendid isolation'-as when for a
worthy cause, for its own independence
or dignity or vital interests it unhesi.
,at.nyly opposes itself to a hostile world.
Dut isolation that is nothing but the
Sinking o. tho responsibilities OF high
place and great power is simply igno-
.~nin.ous.'
"Ha has proved himself unable 10
withstand the temptation Of trimming his
sails to every wind of apparently popu-
lar doctrine. Il MAJ not be feasible to
undo what has been done-the weakest
and %silliest Of Administrations may in
volve the country in difficulties from
which the strongest and wlsest may not
he able to extricate II. Nevertheless,
The evil courses pursued should be con-
dcmned and not condoned."
III.
Who shall say, in view OF the Adj
vers!ng itself. that we shall moi soon
find ourselves in the tolls Of a problem
even more costly and menacing than the
Mexican problem i,se!f:'
".
Tile finds the plain duty OF the Gov
eminent IL be one thing to-day M ex-
aetly the opposite thing Tomorrow"
His disregard OF the elementary prin-
cipies of civil service reform is a scam
dai as notorious as 1t is indefens!b.e."
VI.
an the defeat Of the Democratic party
in the coming election lies the only hope
o. the beginning of n return to more
wholesome conditions. Such n defeat
would be all the more significant and
emphatic because obviously due to coop
Grafton OF citizens in many things quite
at odds with the Republican party and
its leadership. And it is a defeat that
should come now and not later. because
not to rcjec. wisconsin at once tends
20 fasten 1t permanently upon the vitals
OF the country"
1t sounds. docs II not. like II speech
by Mr.. HUGHES: II is not Mr..
HuGHEs, However, that Is speaking.
but RICHAID OLNEY. Count One Is
taken from IN article by him IN the
ihantic Monthly In 1898; the other
five counts from his letter Of August
~. 1.AHl, to IIESRY LOOMS NELSON.
printed by the World Oh September
O Of that year.
The only change We have made in
The remarks of this forciblc critic of
shameful conditions in the White
House Is TO substitute the word Dem.
"cratic" for the word "Republican"
in n place, the word "Republican"
for the word Democratic i'm an
other place. tho word Mexican" for
the word philippine" In another
place, and the word "Wilsonism' for
The word 'McKinleyism" in n fourth
place.
The sun., 1916-09-30

To THy F.pIroR ~ THE SvN-Sur: Tho
record % pr. Wilson as President o,
;he IuIte,l states indicates "A lack o.!
heredity ard too mu,h environment.
l'r%si"r.
HARTFORD. W, September IS.
The sun., 1916-09-30

II would h" interesting - know hu'N
many millions IL dollars this country
mas expended in IL" actiN tiles II war
during the past three years of So
called peace.
The sun., 1916-09-30
Unusual Complaint Against Uncle
sam,

To THE EDITOR or TIE SuN-ST. In
the Federal court house recently |
noticed an elevator operator painting
the car. 1t struck me that Uncle sam
must be getting economical when he has
a man doing that work for sI.oS Il day.
instead Of giving II painter II chance TO
mako u living. and set u good example
by paying the union or prevailing rate
OF wages. y CONSTANT READER.
NEW YORK, September 80.
The sun., 1916-09-30

MiLLiKEN'S Republican majority for
Governor Of Maine is 1898. He should
send a nice little vote Of thanks 10
JosEPuUs.
The sun., 1916-09-30

\ son of Italy and a daughter nt
Hungary. neither able to speak the
others language and both ignorant of
English, We're married IN New York
the other day. \. glorious chance for
the E~.sperantiStS to win two converts,
The sun., 1916-09-30

Peace prevailed IN I,uosEyCLT'S tim"
because the President shook his Inst
ana not his finger.
The sun., 1916-09-30

He who has kept the ermine an
suili.d may % trusted 10 hvcp "u;
flag u~nsta!ned.
The sun., 1916-09-30

make campaign ora,lons, but he cant
prevent his record from speaking.
The sun., 1916-09-30

y man In Springfield w!i" socks u
nomination for Representative IN ,hc
Massachusetts, L'risihtirc Iuhk's ih.s
unaiiswelIblc argument i"g Himself.
AZ 10 nv ability to represent YOU, j.
m" Eay i.t J tiuSut TN" s~rIduItlI-
class IN our evening schools Tor over SIS
teen Years WITH tho same su'v"ss a.. !
nav" had for the past AK year. ~ tn
steam contracting business.
Would liis l~rNiulklrE qualities hc
greater II It's had gone instead, from
st"amiitting g. pedagogy
The sun., 1916-09-30

lmpossihility OF reconstruction WAS
typiiied by IIrMpTY III NIFTY until
t;oMPEHS fell of The uniuu wall.
The sun., 1916-09-30

That joint peace commission Is being
swamped by the effectiveness 81
VILLAS campaign.
The sun., 1916-09-30

When IT came - 4 showdown, the
sympathy Of the public was for itself.
The sun., 1916-09-30

wrLSoS 20 speak. Aut not as n cam
paign'r: adlrcaS,- to DC uo'-pu't, ic,.
aHd before oM.parusLD--.N'tr 'pIp"'
hcdd'idc.
The sun., 1916-09-30

In this programme there IL matcriu
for Il whole course in metaphysics.
The sun., 1916-09-30

~ our fri'nds rho fdroy ~ irith manu-
,rripis and Illustrations for pabiicntion sctsh
10 hare rejected driicies f%efnrn6d they musi
IN oil cases scrd sfamps for that purPote.
The sun., 1916-09-30

Scene !: Now London,
Hucklc.
Scene II: Atlantic Clty.
Truckle,
knuckie.
Scene III: Mexico City.
Chuckle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-02

When the curtain IS fnal'! ru"H
down on the automobile show season
that is now rapidly drawing to CON
.,,s;on new records will have been es-
tablished for the success that mas
attended the local exhibitions promoted
annually throughout the country. IL
can be conservatively estimated Una,
in the neigh borhood of ,5Oo.0oo person
paid for admission 10 the scores OF
displays conducted b. the automopil,
dealers associations and the speclal
show companies during 1he past four
or five months. This estimate does not
consider the two national shows neIa
in New York and Chicago. the COM
bined attendance of which reached tne
half million mark.
I his attendance Is far cry from me
few thousands that were interested
enough i'm the then new mode OF trans
portation 10 visit Madison Square Gar
den i'm the fall of 1900 for the pur-,
pose of inspecting the first collected
display of motor cars made IN tnlS
country. But the growth OF interest IN
the shows has been proportional TO me
development of the industry itself.
From its humble beginning in New
York sixteen years ago the automooile
show has developed until now 1t is
recognized as an annual fixture in
practically every county seat IN the
country.
Since their advent. and especially
snce local or dealers shows have been
held, the annual exhibitions have been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-02
Not Steep Enough for Hudson.

"That the new Hudson Super SIX
is not only one Of the most powerful
cars on the market, but also one Of
the greatest hill climbers in the
country is evident 20 any one who
takes a demonstration in the car"
says Harry S. Houpt, president of the
Hudson Motor Car Company Of New
York. "The only trouble is there are
no real hills around New York" he
continued. abbey Hill, Fort George
and Fort Lee hills are easy for the
new Super Sin. but as soon as the
roads open and | can spare one OF
our demonstrators ] am going up the
State and over in New Jersey TO try
and find some steep incline that will
really test the cars motor"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-02
Motor Trucks Get Severe
Test in Pursuit of Villa
| onc Haul Through Sandy Wilderness from Columbus
to Beyond Casas Crandes Demonstrates the
Superiority of the Motor Vehicle

in service in Mexico is called upon 10
render extraordinary service. In over
coming the natural difficulties present
cd by deep desert sands. always SHIFT
ing with the wind and obliteratinc
parts Of the trail. as well as the rough
routes through passes and canyons. the
army trucks have only begun their
work The sand storms which impose
50 much suffering upon men and mules
also impede the progress OF the trucks.
Great clouds Of dust and fine sand.
raised by the gontlest breeze. sweep
actoss the deserts and plateaus Of Chi
huahua. cnvcloping the trucks and lcdg-
.ng sand in the truck carburetors. as
VOL as the eyes and threats Of the
divers. Eddics Of sand strike the face
With singing force and add TO the
suffering from sun and wind. In some
Of the narrow passes through which the
trucks must travel few grains Of
,and in a carburetor might easily tic
up a whole convoy. inasmuch a there
would be no opportunity for one truck
to rass another.
The White trucks have been rendered
particularly immune from conditions
Of this kind. having all working parts
fully inclosed. magnetos equipped with
leather covers and carburetors protect
ed from the flying sand.