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REVENUE from LIQUOR.
Russla's sudden Reform Used ~ an
Example for America.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: II
has always been the belief OF heavy
drinkers that they help the country and
the United States would he bank
rupt but for the patriotism OF it's boos
ers. Mr.. Ardslay, voicing this sentiment.
says
when consideration IL given - the fact
that the. United States Government annu-
ally derives 1929. OOO, 900 from liquor. alone
the financial catastrophe that would over
take the Government should the liquor
mon close up shop for a while Is appalling.
Now the annual revenue Of Russia
from drink was even greater than this.
Sass. 000, 900. and there it was dropped
suddenly. not gradually as II is being
lone here. and Russia has got this
money back In increased labor. bigEc'
business for the banks and less business
for the jails. SC. What the brewers and
distillers do not understand or do not
want to understand is that the money
now spent in drink will In a few years
to come be spent in 'other things, and
the taxes will he adjusted accordingly.
NEW YORK, November -. II. J, $.
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seats being taken and thousands Of
requests for more rejected. What a
Bowlful will be here. and what . con-
auence Of the streams Of affection and
loyalty, college spirit" in spate.
And while the tens Of thousands
c~ongregate in the Noviportian arena,
tens Of thousands more will enjoy the
hospitality Of this town and the
pitched battle Of the West Point Ca
diets and the Annapolis Middies. Color
and noise there will be Mt New Ha.
e Coach HAUoHToN has ordered
the crimson cohorts" to "holler them
selves dumb" and Yale cheering Sec
tons support Kultur On the field with
vocal fervor in the stands. But for
show. for pomp and panoply. give US
every time the Army-Navy battle.
Each team Is a Tenth Legion; each
takes to heart the motto variously at
tributed to JOHNNY POE Of Princeton
and Tom SHEvLIN Of Yale. each a
worthy author: III you won't be
beaten. you can't be beaten"
Whether the irresistible force or
the immovable body shall prevail
Yale fight or Harvard craft, Army
mule or Navy goat-there will be
football history for the millions to
read tomorrow.
The sun., 1916-11-25
Ticket Agents, New style.

The action Of one OF the great rail
roads OF the West in sending it's
Eastern ticket agents to sec Its own
wonders and it's Western ticket agents
to look over the East ought to prove
Of much benefit to the tourist, par
ticularly the green traveller from this
side Of the Mississippi. Folders are
beautiful and maps are things to
gloat upon far into the night, but the
human equation is still the greatest
business getter. Buying n ticket to
the Mojave Desert from n young man
who never has been beyond Union
Hill may be safe enough, but 1t lacks
atmosphere.
The West Is a large place, as its
native never fails to remark, he hav-
ing snored his way through the some
what extensive meadows Of an until
recently efYete East. You cannot see
the West In a month any more than
you can see New York In a week un-
less you are n middle West novelist.
Hence the value Of finding on Broad
way a ticket man who Will not be
content to sell you a long strip Of
paper full Of conditions, baggage val.
uatiOns and blue stamping.
StOpOver Mt Santa Fe, sir? Don't
fail to run M to Badly Peak. The
beds Mt the Hotel Morpheus are very
good, but use the barber shop across
the street look for the tall barber
with the imperial.
Reno, madam? One? You may
find 1t duh II you are going to stay
long. Drive out some day to Death.
,swelcOme; my aunt II the town mar,
shal there and I shall be glad to give
You a letter to her. No, there Isn't q
good Ice cream parlor In Virgins
City. I think you will bs able to gel
The sun., 1916-11-25
LABOR AND I'M
The Human Worker, Considered -
Property, Growing Less Valuable.

To THE EDITOR or THE suN-Sr: Is
labor property? Manual labor. even
though property Of a certain sort. can
be replaced. Go to a newspaper ONCE
and watch the printing machines, al
most human. picking out the tiny let
ters of the type with their nimble in-
gers. These machines have replaced
manual labor.
II was not the negro slave labor that
made the culture Of cotton profitable
for the South It was the invention Of
the cotton gin. which replaced manual
labor. Muscular. directed labor V not
as valuable property as the machine
with greater capacity for production.
The reason we are hearing this swans
song Of the miners for higher wages Is
because their labor Is being replaced by
machinery.
ON the railroads we can auto
matte door openers and W. have auto
matte brakes. We could have all tickets
taken up at the gate before entering
a train II all people were honest enough
to get of the rain at the station named
on the tickets they purchase. Firemen
and engineers we will need for = while.
until science invents something to take
their places.
The manual worker u only valuable
property when machinery cannot out.
strip him In the race. EFFICIENCY.
ARDMoRE, Pa. November 20.
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short vamp shoes, size d at the
Bazaar Emporium.
Hunting In Wyoming, sir? You will
find some big deer between Cody and
Yellowstone Park. II you explain to
the guide that you don't like rattle
snakes ne will take you where they
amt. It's nm easy trip until you
reach Sheridan. Dress warmly and
don't carry a revolver.
Yes. Miss. there's Sunset. that lit.
tie dot in western Montana. II you
take the S:4O tonight you1l get into
Missoula Saturday Don and you will
probably find him at the station. II
he isn't there he'll be playing pool
over in McCARrHY's. The minister
lives in Granite avenue and his fee
is 81. Best wishes!
Every ticket Office should have n
clerk devoted entirely to California :
one who Gun tell the prospect the boat
time to Sausnfito. whit 1t costs to
bring a Petaluma IRghOrn lei to ma
turity, where FRANK CHANCES orange
grove Is and whether the Poodle Dog
Is still running.
The education that Is needed by q
San Francisco ticket agent brought
Fast Is another matter. Suppose a
tourist should ask u California agent
the shortest way to the corner OF
Avenue X and Paerdegat Avenue
South. city Of New York. There Is
| Of course, such a corner.
The sun., 1916-11-25
THE SPARROW DENOUNCED.
Chased with the Startling and the Cat
a. Birds Worst Enemies.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: As
q practical experimenter in attracting
and protecting native wild birds. I can.
not agree with Mr.. Archibald Weeks.
The English sparrow. the German
starting and the Egyptian cat are the
worst enemies of birds.
The sparrows and starlings may be
compared TO rats n hogs. for they
will give no other bird room to nest or
peace in which to live. At my 500 acre
farm In Monmouth county. New Jersey.
I've done everything possible to protect
and attract birds and I've a marked
success. but not until l shot OF the
sparrows In winter and starlings In the
spring as they try to occupy the nesting
houses and boxes built for the martins.
highholders. bluebirds and wrens.
I built a large cage and there the cats
are kept as prisoners from April l TO
October Is. I pay a trapper to hunt out
the skunks. weasels. possums. coons,
squirrels and rats and try to keep on
stray dogs. a difficult job. As a result
I had over a hundred nests Of native
birds In the shrubbery and vines about
the residence. n hundred pairs Of purple
martins. and I expect several hundred
next spring and have n new house with
1000 nests ready. have numerous
nests OF wrcns and highhoiders.
Out in the briars and brush the shy
birds found peace and a chance 10 nest
and rear their young. ] have quail and
p%heasants almost as tame as guineas
which come Ia feed with the poultry,
But to have the native birds you posi-
lively must kill on the English spar
rows. stsrlinss and cats. Then the M
| tive birds will do all the God and Sr
more than the despised sparrows and
starlings. THERON McCAMPBELL.
NEW YORK, November 20.
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Frightfulness is Of itself sufficiently
hideous to shock the civilized world,
but when allied to efficiency 1t be-
comes q monster Of such appalling
aspect that the darkest pages In the
history Of mankind's past become
light, entertaining, delightful reading
compared with contemporary cable
dispatches from Belgium. :.
The high cost Of turning a nation of
freemen into slaves has led Germany
to increase Its tax levy on the Bel
CLANS from $s,OOO.OOO to $1O.OOO.OOO a
month. Not merely are hundreds of
thousands Of Belgians expatriated as
slaves, but their fellow co%untrymen
are compelled to My In cash for the
perpetrated outrage.
As a subjugatOr Of alien peoples q
century ago. NAPOLEON, the ~so-called
Corsican ogre. appears in the light OF
recent events as n philanthropist and
humanitarian. a merely experimental
amateur in the high art Of uniting
theoretical savagery with practical
efficiency
The sun., 1916-11-25
terror, Wow PLEHvE, one Of the most
detested OF Russian officials.

Wow PLEHvE, n Of the most
detested Of Russian officials.
This mistrust of NJ. SrUERnER was,
perhaps, still further increased by the
fact that he was. Of German origin
and that he was believed to advocate
n separate peace with Germany. At
the time of SAxANOrr's resignation
the British Ambassador, Sir GEORGE
BUCHANAN, took occasion to express
his resentment Mt the course that led
to SAzANoYr's retirement from the
Government by making nm .ostenta-
tlOus visit to him Mt the Finnish
resort where he WINS resting. As a
result Premier STUERMER made q
formal Official statement that there
would be no variation from the line
Of conduct Of the last two years to-
ward Russia's allies. and that "the
agreement with them will not be
changed" These numerous incidents
Of dissatisfaction made II evident ut
the assembling Of the Duma that he
would fnd opposition in that body.
The strength Of this is shown by the
fact that the Extreme Right Wing
Joined In the protest against the Pre-
mier's policy, and thus enrolled itself
for the first time MS opposed to the
Government.
The new Premier. General TREPorr,
has been a member Of the Imperial
Council and Imperial Minister OF
Railways. He was recognized as one
Of the supporters Of Count Writes
earlier work Of reform, and n defender
Of liberal and reformed views. He Il
believed to be more friendly to both
Great Britain and France than NJ
STUERMER, and for this reason more
thoroughly in sympathy with the Al
lies cause and the plans for the Wig
0rOus prosecution Of the war.
The sun., 1916-11-25
OLD PROPHECIES.
One in Rhyme Foretold Two Wars In
Which Turkey Was Concerned.

To THE EDITOR OF TIL SrN-Sir: The
letter OF Mr.. Henry l.. Bullen in this
mornings Sun recalls to memory an
other prophecy dating back to an earlier
period which foretold the role to be
played by France as a defender OF Tur-
key. II has been POLITICALLY rendered as
follows: :,
In twice two hundred years the Bear :
The Crescent shall assail,
But II the Cock and Bull unite,
The Bear shall not prevail,
In twice ten years.
Let Islam know and fear,
The Cross shall stand, the Crescent wane,
Sink down and disappear.
The prophecy very nearly foretold the
wars OF 1856 and 1879.
RICHARD OGDEN BURR.
NEW York, November -.
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New Premier In Russia.

The strict Russian censorship has
prevented more than the briefest de-
tails Of the points Mt issue between
the Dunn and the Government reach
ing the outside world. The retire
ment, however. Of NJ. STUERMER, the
Premier and since the resignation OF
SERGIUs SAzANOFF the Foreign Min
lister, after the attack upon his policy
In the Duma clearly indicates the
growing strength Of that body In the
Affairs OF the empire.
NJ. STUERMER's advent as the Pre-
mier called forth but little enthusi,
assn. 1t provoked ut the same time
but little hostile criticism. The req
son apparently was that he was an
almost unheard Of factor In political
life. He was recognized as q bureau
crat, his life having been spent nj
most entirely In office, and as a close
friend OF his predecessor the aget
statesman GOREMyKIN..
IL soon developed, however, ina
STUERMER's previous course was reac
tiOnary. that during his governorshiI
OF liver he had constantly fought with
the zemstvo, n Of the most progress
sive bodies in Russia, ind had alignet
himself with the opponents ~ pro
ylncinl self-government. A furtheI
evidence OF his reactiOnary tendenc!
was that he was an active supporteI
OF the murdered Minister Of the In
The sun., 1916-11-25
Linseed Oh for the Healing Of Liter.
ary Blsters.

To THE ENRON OF Tur SrN-Sir: I
observe a letter signed Lynn c. Doyle"
which. in a perfectly proper spirit. takes
execution 10 the use OF the pseudonym
Lind C, DOYLE. .Jr," under which I
have sent several contributions TO the
pres.. YOUR own esteemed Journal among
others.
Thi. p~.eudonym has been used by me
for about thirty months, being suggested
by the rhythmic name of n well known
article OF commerce. combined with the
surname OF thai we'll known interna-
fiona, d,nloma,ist Mr. John Lind of-
forget where. After IL had been Sc.
iscted. being informed that the name
"Lynn G.. Doyle" had been in use nfty
wears ago land with that delicate ethi-
cal intuition which forbids all infrac-
The sun., 1916-11-25

II II was Judge Hooks Intention to
test the constitutionality Of the eight
hour law why didn't he declare II con-
stitutional and place the burden Of proof
on the railroad managers who wanted to
evade and avoid Il. instead Of compelling
the Government "a afirm the constitu-
tionality Of the law?-SAnUHL GoNPFRs.
Probably because Judge HOOK pro-
ceeded according to the law a he reads
Il. without considering the desires Of
Mr.. GoMPERs and without any Of the
trembling that seized certain Con-
gressmen at sound Of the Gomperian
command.
The sun., 1916-11-25
TO THE vlcToRs.
German Application Of Ascent Mill.
tary Customs n Belgium.

To the Editor or TnB suN-Sr: The
deportation Of Belgians to work for the
Teutons carries the world back 10 the
days of the ''barbarians." or In other
words. q little further than the begin
ming Of the Christian era. Ancient his
tory tells us that when the Romans
waged war the people they conquered
became the personal property OF the
captor and could be sold or kept as
slaves. Then q few centuries later came
the u~nspeakabie Turks. who made slaves
Of their captured prisoners. and later
the Moors along the North African coast
followed their example.
The only difference between the old
system Of slavery as q custom OF war
and that which 10 being practised in
Europe to-day IL that at the end Of this
war, no matter how II results. the pris-
oners who are subjected to compulsory
servitude will be released. But during
the war they are Just as much slaves
a. were the Goths taken back to Rome
by the compatriots Of Cesar.
There 10 no reason why Germany
should prevaricate about the reason for
this uncalled for action. Why does not
the Kaiser's Government frankly admit
that the men are wanted in order to
make Teutonic factories more effcient
for war purposes and to release more
men for military duty?
The German excuse that the Belgians
are idle and are a burden on charity
will create a smile. since the charity
by which the Belgian population Is sup
ported IL provided mostly by Great
Britain. France and the United States.
To any san person II the action were
being taken On the grounds Germany
| cites the Teutons would be working
against their own interests. II this SOU
crushing grippe. the darkest of the TWEEN
tieth century. does no more han awaken
America to the misery Of those who are
too weak to guard their own soil II will
have served some purpose.
Before the great war II was believed
quite generally that human slavery hat
been abolished forever in civilized coun'
tries. The enslavement Of Belgians b,
the apostles of kultur makes It plair
that acceptance Of German social de-
veiopment a. civilization Is . fallacy.
JOHN A. LOGAN.
Dps MoiNIs, Ia, November 81.
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coat buttoned and you eye on your
pockets.-Poice Com missioner WOODS to
the pablo.
We admire and respect Arthur
woops. and We try to do what he tells
us. but To a V necks We must
refuse to keep even one y on our
hip pockets.
The sun., 1916-11-25
An Amateur Illinois Ply list.

FROM TIC NoWf1osHtrv County NfTs
Russell Moore OF this city got into an
argument a. to whether a Springfield army
rine would shoot a hole through a railroad
rail. and 10 settle the argument he took
a Springfield rine sunday, secured a section
OF q railroad steel rail, got behind a rock,
took careful aim and Aired, lie expected
to dodge behind the rock. but Russell
didn't take into consideration the speed
at which a bullet travels. The gun went
on like = cannon. the bullet hit the rail
and then IT bounced back In about a hun.
drsd pieces. one chunk ~ tho bullet split
Russelrs ear. another gashed his cheek
and others %peppered his countenAnce until
he looked Ike lie had Jus, escaped from
the trenches,
II there Is any person who believes q
bullet can pierce a steel rail one look at
Russell Moors's countenznce viii convince
him he 10 ~rons.
The sun., 1916-11-25
INSURING THE UNFIT.
America Evidently HAS Been In Al.
vance Of Germany.

To THE E.oiroa OF THE SuN-Sir: l
read your editorial article in The SUS
of November 80 with considerable sur
prise. 1t may be Of interest to you to
know that there is a lie insurance COM
pany doing business in this country for
over seventy years that has for many
years past written what we call sub
standard business.
This is the same plan now proposed
By the twenty companies Of Germany
that you mentioned. This is once that
We have beaten Germany to it.
LOUIS J.. ToRMEr,
BRooHLyN, November -.
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0uestlous for Emhsrgo Makers.

The war in the other part OF the
world Is undoubtedly raising the price
OF foodstufYs in this country. Our
farmers are proftlng greatly by the
export trade. Agricultural prosper
ity has often been exhibited as the
Foundation Of national prosperity.
The money the farmers and ven
ders make goes through q thousand
channels Of expenditure into the peck
sts and into the welfare Of millions
Of the other citizens who are paying
somewhat higher for what they eat.
Do the projectors Of an embargo
q foodstuffs believe that they can
promote the well being Of u citi-
Gems in general by destroying or
greatly restricting the market from
which comes SO much Of the cash
wherewIth to buy edibles?
II they do so believe, their course
Is clear with respect to other factors
making the total Of the cost Of living.
rsodstuffs are not the only element
In high prices.
There Is leather, for instance. The
high cost OF shoes Is felt by every
American with feet Of his own or feet
OF his youngsters to cover.
There Is cotton. There are the
countless manufactured products OF
the metals, all enhanced more or less
in cost to the American consumer by
the foreign demand that In now max
Ing the wheels Of American industry
revolve SO as to enable millions Of us
to buy even at higher prices the ne
~cessities Of civilized life.
Il 1t the purpose Of the embargo
projectors, for example the Hon
JOHN j. FITZGERALD, chairman Of the
House Committee on Appropriations
to follow the proposed embargo on
foodstuffs with m embargo on leather
goods. on cotton goods, on Fabricated
metals?
Why not. IL their position is sound
in the matter Of the expectation Of
foOdstuffs?
But II SO, with what result to Amer
iean prosperity and the common vel
fare, present and future?
These questions. we think, will bt
well and candidly considered befOr'
nny sane legislature or any leve
headed Administration embarks In tn
portentOus enterprise indicated b!
Mr.. FITzGERALD's initial proposal. 1
he intends an embargo on fOOdstuff
primarily rs n measure Of retaliation
for American grievances, primarily 4
punish foreign nations for what W
hold to be offences committed agains
our neutral rights, there Is only on
comment to make on the scheme.> !
ID folly from the point Of view o
national self-interest. and inhumal
from the point Of view Of our respOn
sibilities to mankind outside our boz
ders. But II the projectors of IN em
barge on foOdsturs are really cor
WINGED that here is Il panacea fog th
high cost Of living In Americl In
Congress will do well to study tn
possibilities Of Its responsive ecOnomi
effect, and also to ask why this slngl
element In the high cost OF Twin
should he selected for the danger0u
and doubtful experiment.
And this. we believe. will be don
before any such measure gets fa
ahead on the calendar.
The sun., 1916-11-25
Punts and Passes ut New Haven and
the Polo Grounds.

For the sons land the d~aughters-in-
law) Of JOHN HARVARD and Eli YALE
this Is The Day. AS Alma Matters
brOhls at Cambridge and New Haven
grow, Jointly, by ut least 5000 n year,
and as the sons sons and their Sis
tiers, wives and sweethearts OF every
year back to the '0Os ycarn for vic.
tory ove the dearest Of foes, It Is no
wonder that We hear Of the 1900
The sun., 1916-11-25

Now that Mr.. BRYAN has decided to
handle no more political issues and to
deal exclusively in moral values We
should like to have him make the great
distinction between right and wrong.
for which the world has 30 long been
kept waiting. Although. as one Of G.
X. C~HEsrERroN's characters observes.
distinguishing right and left often
causes a fellow more immediate
perplexity.
The sun., 1916-11-25
Some Buy Them. some Have Them Thrust
on Them.

TT"" T' 'H" 'VHHTV HFET-
VIII the owner OF a brand neN W.'
come bach" IL a question a Boon" '
farmer IL asking. Not very long as'
farmer noticed a new csr stani'us =
side Of the road and waited drouu1 "
whose 4, wa, Before ,ong a man Jl1rrH %
carrying ahogt iva daz'I hi k-"f '
fered from a nearby ruost Seem; ''
farmer. thu. chicken hr,rcr drpprr -
load and nci. leaving III" farmer
session Of the fowls and IN. car W.
new and bears no license iag.
The sun., 1916-11-25

No country ran logically ask for
peace with honor" that wages war In
dishonor. An individual or a nation
acting upon the proposition that might
is right eventually discovers that right
liz might. In the long run this 10 Q
moral universe.
The sun., 1916-11-25

II cost Miss RANKIN Of Montana less
than seven hundred dollars to win q
seat in the House Of Representatives.
She appears TO have a thorough un-
Outstanding Of political economy.
The sun., 1916-11-25
C~0nrerainG Apples.

The apples from Hood River take the prise
for puichrituee.
For color. for Alluring looks. for style.
But for apples to be eaten our own Hud-
son has them beaten
~ Q mile.
The sun., 1916-11-25

The late FRANcIsco VILLA was badly
defeated yesterday in . battle in Chi
huahua.
The sun., 1916-11-25

"Gott erhalte KARL den Kaiser" But
what would become a HAYpN's fine
air II Austria should choose q dis
syllable ruler?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
Monmouth Boy Marvel Ties With To.
bersH After Brillian Victory
Over Chapman.

Chicago, March 14-Ralph Green
leaf the 16-year-old boy from Mon
mouth, ILL.,, drew up to a tie with
Frank Taberski Of Schenectady, N. Y,
yesterday in the worlds championship
pocket billiard tournament at the In
ter Ocean building as a result f a
hollow victory over J. L. Chapman of
Chicago in the second matinee game.
The score was 100 to %, the young
ster fairly running away from his vet
eran opponent.
Greenleaf played in grand form and
but for little overanxiety might have
beaten Blankenship's tournament rec
cord run of As. The lad counted 40
in the 18th inning, missing an easy
shot Unexpectedly just when the fans
were pulling their hardest for a new
tournament mark.
Greenleafs game with Chapman
went % innings. 1t was Chapman's
second contes in the afternoon and
the last of his schedule. John Layton
Of Sedalia, Mo-, beat him 100 to Al in
the curtain raiser in q innings.
Chapman's entry into the event,
however, was not without it's reward.
He won one game in IL, Ed Ralph, a
former champion, being his solitary
victim.
Greenleaf plays ePtrie tnoight.