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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
The South Faces Prosperity

From The LouiSUiHe Courier Journal
Southern business will have its big
boom after the war, and the South,
which is not now sharing in large de-
gsee in the prosperity enjoyed by
other sections, will have its inning, in
the opinion of Henry Walters, railroad
magnate and fnancier. Mr.. Walters
discussed conditions while in Louis
vile to attend the annual stockholders
meeting Of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company. He is chairman Of
the board of directors and representa-
tive of the Atlantic Coast Line, owner
of a controlling amount of Louisville
& Nashville stock.
According to Mr.. Walters, this years
cotton crop will bring a greater price
than ever before, but when the Euro
pean war ends cotton and other South
ern products will be in such demand
that this section will reap benefits on a
general scale. Nr. Walters pointed out
that the present revival has benefited
the South only In the area surround
ing the Birmingham mineral district.
The Louisville q Nashville's big in
crease in revenues Mr.. Walters at
tributed partly to the economies in
operating effected during the depres-
sion last year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
Are Germans Really Pro- Wilson?

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In the letter by Boyd, quoted
this morning by "The Times" from "The
Providence Journal" is this passage:
We arc forced to the conclu-
sion that we cannot at this moment,
while domestic events are impending
in America sink such vessels without
taking account Of human life"
Why cannot they1 Is it perhaps out
Of consideration for the present Ad-
ministration, which they feel TO be in
effect pro-German and which they
therefore wish to spare "embarrass-
ment"? Is all the German-American
talk Of supporting Hughes a grand
conspiracy. intended to drive anti
hyphens into voting for Wilson, whom
they really themselves wish to electi
This sounds fantastic. But what real
reason is evident for the pro-German
enthusiasm for Hughes7 Can the pro-
Germans expect more from him than
from Wilson, who has always been
tenderly considerable toward the Father
landf A. r. BREWSTER.
Hartsdale, N. Y, Oct "a, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
MEXICAN EXPERIENCES
They Account for This Voters
Hatred of Wilson Administration

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: My heart goes out with pity Tor
those ignorant people who uphold the
acts of the present Administration, acts
which have belittled this nation In the
ewes Of the world; acts which will not
be lived down by the present genera
ton.
In regard to the Mexican policy |
know something, for was one of many
left on the wharfs at Tampico while
warships of the United States of Amer
lea turned their backs TO US and
steamed to sea. AS | watched those
vessels my mind went back to the little
old schoolhouse in Delhi, N. Y, where
Charles Evans Hughes taught me that
citizens Of this great nation were al
ways protected in foreign lands pro-
vided they had broken no laws in those
countries. Before l was finally taken
aboard the German cruiser was
obliged to swear I was a British sub
ject before the Mexican authorities"
would allow me my freedom.
For the benefit Of those who will say
had no business in Mexico, want to
say that | went there to bring back my
sister, whose husband was shot down
by bandits, and her three-year-old
child. My mission was unsuccessful,
as both had rested IN shallow graves
fifteen miles from Tampico two weeks
before my arrival, victims Of Mexican
murderers spurred on to such deeds by
an administration in Washington that
did not have backbone" enough TO act.
Through the grace Of God and, as an
American citizen, am sorry to say,
through the common sense Of the Ger
man commander at Tampico / am again
among my friends.
/ vote for Hughes on November 7
and not for an incompetent, who will
have In his Cabinet man who classes
my great-grandfather with the rebels
who murdered my sister and her child.
A LONG ISLAND FARMER.
Riverhead, N. Y, Oct. "a, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
HOW PROSPERITY CAME
Not from Democratic Achon-ln
Peril from Democratic Tariff
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

20 the Editor or Inc IrIDuHe'
Sir: Many an ordinary voter is being
caught by the Democratic issue OF
prosperity" when & little analysis
would show him that our present pros
perity Is produced largely by two con-
ditions, one absolutely disconnected
with any party and the other directly
opposed to all Democratic theory and
practice.
The enormous increase in our exports
Is due, of course, to the European war.
We are not only furnishing munitions
Of war, but are helping feed and clothe
the nations while they fight. This con-
dition creates demand for export OF a
great range and volume of products,
both agricultural and manufactured.
Wheat, butter, eggs and clothing are as
necessary for war as guns and ammu-
milton, and we are supplying all these
at increased prices. The Democrats
cannot logically claim credit for this
increase in exports unless they claim
credit for the war, which, of course,
would be absurd.
The decrease in our imports, in some
lines amounting to a complete cessa-
ton, is again due to the war. For in
stance, we are cut off from Germany
almost completely. And since the war
prevents our importing many articles,
American manufactures have sprung up
to supply the demand. In other words,
in many lines the war has established
conditions equivalent to a protective
tariff SO high that it would be prohib-
tive of imports. Yet the resulting
prosperity is claimed by the Democrats.
So We have the strange paradox OF a
tariff forrevenue-only party claiming
credit for prosperity resulting from
conditions equivalent to a high pro-
tective tariff.
When the war ends our abnormal ex-
ports must cease, and at the same time
the door will be opened to imports from
the Central European allies. II the
Democrats are in power we shall go
back on a tariff for revenue only basis.
What will then happen to the American
industries built because of the tempo
rary shutting off of imports during the
war, but left unprotected after it? Evil
IDENTIFY they must go to the wall and
the workingmen employed in them must
lose their jobs. The business depres-
sion of 1894, when we had the
Underwood-Simmons tariff, but no war,
points the moral.
President Wilson says we should
study the future. So we should The
ordinary voter should not be lulled TO
sleep by present conditions. He should
thank God for prosperity and then use
his wits to keep it. He should not al
low the Democratic party to obtain
credit with him for a prosperity which
it did not create and which its low
tariff policy will tend to destroy when
the European war closes.
A. d. WETHERELL.
Middlebury College, VT, Oct 30, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
The Knight of the Pills

You can either laugh or weep over
the story of Sir Joseph Beecham,
Bart, dead amid his millions, the
third richest man in England by
virtue of cheerful, colossal imposi-
ton. His pills were innocent as COM
pared with most patent medicines.
But the exploitation Of them was
largely misleading. Their price was
grotesque. And his reward was very
great. The public eagerly bought
his farthing pills for a shilling. A
grateful government first knighted
him and then made him a baronet.
Sir Joseph Beecham is generally
credited with being the inventor Of
patent medicine exploitation on a
large scale. Certainly he possessed
an extraordinary imagination. Not
our own Barnum at his best ever
equalled the hymn-book trick, where
by the purchasers of apparently in
nocent volumes opened them on
Christmas Day to sing the lines:
"Harki the herald angels sing
Beecham's pills are just the thing"
After the usual American chuckle
sense Of appalling waste is the feel
ing which such record inspires; and
that is the point very wildly brought
out in the most interesting literary
use that has been made Of the patent
medicine idea, Mr.. Wells's "Tono-
Bungay." Mr.. Locke is supposed to
have based his Glen Sypher in
"Septimus" ON Sir Joseph himself;
but there is too much easygoing mel
lowness in the tale TO make the char
acter count. In Mr.. Wells's book,
unrelated TO Sir Joseph or his pills,
the tale centres about that marvel
lous remedy Tono-Bungay, Health,
Beauty and Strcngth-Like Noun
tain Air in the Veins" and its
extraordinary originator. old Pom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
NO HYPHENATE PROBLEM
The Blending of Races Here Goes on
Slowly but Steadily
n H. Edi+or NJ The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In the great hall Of the PITTS
burgh Central High School there greets
the visitor a noble bronze tablet that
fttinely commentaries the patriotism
~ s,xtv-three high school boys who IN
the crucial days Of 1861 dropped their
hooks and fastened to the defence Of
the Union. Twenty of them shed their
blood and nine Of them gave their
lives that we Of this day may enjoy the
blessings of liberty and opportunity
Tracing the honorcd names Of my
comrades on the tablet that tells the
story Of their heroism to the wonder
ing students of to-day from many
country whose race streams are OF later
entry than when the decisive struggle
took place, We And names galore that
indicate English, Scotch and Irish an
cestry. These give Us no pause; they
are true to type now as they were
then: none Drawer Of any race. But as
the eve, follows the impressive list we
nause before names that now would be
under the shadow Of the hyphen. What
about Demmler, Gerwig, Kuno, Kuhn,
Lehman and Weyman7 There they are
in imperishable bronze, mingled with
the names Of English, Scotch and Irish,
who. with no thought of the hyphen,
made the last crucial sacrifice and low
ing service for the adopted country Of
their parents. :, =,
These were my comrades all-aD
equally dear to my youth and honored
without distinction by the youth OF to-
day as patriots who had been ready for
and stood the test Of honor, undimmed
nv craven fear or sordid consideration
Of self
Where millions have been trans
ferred bodily from one country to an
other. the coalescing, the blending OF
races takes time, but the process goes
on steadily. Who has not seen pretty
American girls Of mixed German and
Irish parentage7 And that process OF
creating a new race Is now going on
with q much greater variety OF races,
so that the time will come when the
American Of the future will have an
cestral roots in every country OF
Europe. How many strains have entered
into the making of a Roosevelt, the
idol Of the strenuous Americana
Let US then dismiss this dismal talk
about the hyphenates. The President
started 1t on a very slender basis OF
facts, not at all applicable to any large
body of foreign-born citizens or de-
scendants of them. In the last analysis
we are all Of European origin, and it
does not need to forget the land of our
origin to make loyal American citizens
GEORGE w. DITHRIDGE.
Hollis, Long Island, Oct. 20, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
The War He Kept Us Out OF

He has saved us from that bath OF
blood."-A Democratic allegation.
The Kaiser's guns are booming down
Coney Island way,
He's sent an army over, and It's COM
ing up the bay.
The Death-Hcads and the Uhlans, the
slickest ever seen,
Arc coming on their bosses In q Ger
man submarine.
They've set the band APPLYING, rub
dub! and rub-a-dub!
They're coming for to bathe US, and
bringing Of tub
They've come aboard a sinker across
the ocean path.
For to plunge the Yankee nation In q
sanguinary bath.
Ten terrible stout fellows-no greater
force could come,
For the Kaiser needs bis sojers for a
little job ut hum;
They ride ashore at Coney, bright Isle
of pleasant peace,
And they roll the tub before 'em, not
minding the police.
They're greeted by the Hyphens, the
sort we call the Dutch,
The alen-hearted fellows-by Herman
Metz and such. 4
They swig the beer Of Coney, they bolt
the Coney grub,
And gleefully and grimly they eye the
dreadful tub.
And while the Gates Of Coney regale
those rabid brutes
The people in the city put on their
bathing suits.
Their spinal columns wabble. oh, what
thing Is warl
It's easy now to reckon that peace Is
better far.
And meantime our own army the hesv-
Ing sea has crosst
To find II crowded Europe has room
for such host.
Big Bertha may not spy em-pray
heaven II be so!
But let us drop the curtain upon the
fearful show.
r. o. BECH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
AT Valley Forge"
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l desire to heartily indorse the
article of Edmund Wetmore, Of New
York, entitled AT Valley Forge" and
to vigorously protest against the base
insinuations thrown out against our
brave boys at Valley Forge by Secre-
tary of War Baker. do not believe
one word Of these insinuations, and il
our Secretary Of War does not offer
proof Of this most astounding accusa-
tion against the Continental Army he
ought to be branded as a traitor to our
country.
Think Of these men at Valley Forge,
of whom it is said historically that
they not only did not have enough to
eat or wear, but whose feet were so
bruised and frozen that their footprints
could be traced In blood upon the snow
and ice! Think Of their brave COM
mander, Washington, who, upon wit
Messing their awful suffering, kneeled
down in the snow and with tears
streaming down his face beseeched AL
mighty God to help them in their suf-
fering and to give victory to the cause
Of freedom!
Men of America, is II possible that
we have so-cslled men in public Office
at the present time, who would refer to
these martyrs for our country as "just
as bad characters as the Mexicans,"
"ragamufins," generally worthless"
etc? Shame, shame, and again | say
shame. b. J. w.
Honesdale, Penn, Oct "a, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
"The Republican States"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me to express my ap-
probation as we'll as satisfaction In
reference to your editorial in to-day's
Tribune entitled "The Republican
States"
Your timely, clear and comprehen-
sive analysis of the vote cast in 1912,
and the showing which you so ably
make by reason Of the presentation Of
the figures as to how the coming Presi-
Dental election should 60, will greatly
hearten hesitating Republicans of our
country in view of the amazing and
overwhelming claims made by "our
friends on the other side"
The Democratic campaign managers
are loudly and vigorously asserting
that they are to carry the entire United
States and that Mr.. Wilson's reelec-
ton is a foregone conclusion. They
have even gone so far as to make an
announcement that they do not care
whether they carry the State Of New
York. This, of course, might be mis-
leading to great many Republicans,
Progressives or thoughtful Democrats
who may be doubtful just at present as
to how to vote.
Therefore, your editorial is, to my
mind, right In point, and one of splen-
did foresight, as it will give food for
thought to those who may have had
doubts as to the final results. In my
opinion, Mr.. Hughes will be victorious
by over three hundred electoral votes,
and our country will be restored to the
Republican Principles Of Protection and
Prosperity.
FORREST F. VROOMAN.
Washington, d. c., Oct. "a, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26

the bill. The state will have much
better roads, the Automobiles, who
need good roads, will have value in
consideration of what they pay to the
state, and the farmers and business
men of the communities along these
highways will be greatly benefited.
New York State has twice voted far
larger sums for road building and
road improvement, and, despite I'M
fortunate experiences with crooked
contractors and bagman-politicians,
from which it is to be hoped our
neighbor across the river may be
free, has not regretted the invest
ment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY
Free admission 20 the American husSs y
Natural Hs,oU. Metropolitan Museum ~

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and the Aquarium
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Address By Emil S. Fischer on 'Pr,..etpg
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
Chapman, Rockwell and Prince"

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: For the American Ambulance
Field Service in France, for those of
us here who are endeavorlng TO help
the cause, thank you for the splendid
tribute embodied in your editorial of
October II.
The writer OF the editorial has so
fully sensed the vitality-the impor-
lance OF our watchword "For France
that I have had thousands Of copies
made, which | am sending out over the
country in the hope OF waking Ameri-
cans into understanding Of "life, death
and war and tho values thereof"
NAN0N TOBY.
Nav York. Oct "a 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26

derevo, something between an incom-
petent druggist and Napoleon. The
hero of the volume, nephew George
has this to say when the project Is
first launched and his aid besought:
"The stuff was, l perceived, mis-
chievous trash, slightly stimulating,
aromatic and attractive, likely to be-
come a bad habit and train people IN
the habitual use of stronger tones
and insidiously dangerous to people
with defective kidneys. 1t would cost
about sevenpence the large bottle TO
make. including bottling. We were 10
sell it at half a crown, plus the cost
of the patent medicine stamp. a
thing that | will confess deferred me
from the outset far more than the
sense of dishonesty in this affair was
the supreme Stiffness of the whole
concern. still chung to the idea that
the world of men was, or should be,
a sane and just organization, and the
idea that | should set myself gravely,
Just at the fine springtime of my
life, to developing a monstrous bot
Ting and packing warehouse, bot
ting rubbish for the consumption OF
! foolish, credulous and depressed peo-
pie. had in it a touch of insanity"
There is a delightful description
of the advertising campaign which
was devised, "the romance of mod
ern commerce." as Ponderevo called
| it-"Conquest. Province by province.
Like sogers." And, very naturally,
as the success grew and public ap-
plause followed, Ponderevo half
came to believe in the child Of his
( imagination. Mr.. Wells apportions
the responsibility very fairly; it is
made clear that without credulous,
soft-headed public such a prepos-
ferrous fake could never be put over.
As the hero sums up the record at
/ the end:
at is, | see now that have it all
before me, story of activity and
urgency and sterility. l have called
/ j; Tono-Bungay; but had far better
have called it Waste l
think Of all the energy | have given
to vain things. / think Of my in
dustrious scheming with my uncle,
of his resonant, strenuous career.
Ten thousand men have envied him
and wished to live as he lived. 1t is
all one spectacle of forces running
to waste, of people who use and do
not replace, the story Of country
hectic with a wasting, aimless fever
of trade and money-making and
pleasure-seeking."
Written in 1908, "Tono- Bungay"
contains an oddly accurate hint OF the
state of England's mind as lately re-
vealed under tragic stress. And
wha; is true of one public that is
fooled by patent medicines can
scarcely be less true of another. The
craze indicates not only daring and
Imagination and unscrupulousness
on the one side, but soft-headedness
and folly on the other. America has
quite as much to learn as England
from "Tono- Bungay" and the life of
Sir Joseph Beecham.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
Too Proud to Fight

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Secretary Bakers explanation
Of his slur upon tho Revolutionary
army leaves him In still worse plight
in that he attributes the "thieving" and
kindred disorders to "descrters" from
that army--a set of men who, un'
doubtedly, were merely "too proud "a
fight! j. II. +.
East Orange. N. J. Oct 20. 1914