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Novel Writing at Three Score and
Nineteen.

That irrepressible youngSter WILL
iAM DEAN HowEIrs. by way Of celc-
brating his sevcnty-nnth birthday an
niyersary. has Just begun the serial
publication In the April century of
his new novel, "Thc L~cntherwo"i
God Its scenes are laid in the
middle West. in what formerly was
known as the Western Reserve, where
lIowEILs spent his boyhood; and the
time Of action Is that of his own
youth, the period when impressions
are strongest.
The story opens with Il swing and
a dash which quickly develop n situa-
ton Of dramatic intensity. No need is
there to mention the charm, the fin
i>h"d grace, with which the opening
clmiptcrs are written: tn" flashes of
wit, the azure humor felt rs an at
%mOspheric condition rather than per-
ceiv"d through intellectual process :
Or the keen, unerring characterization
sharply defined and wholly authentic.
Not even from II master of creative
literary art could readers have been
justified in demanding such n reypla-
ton of the play and interplay Of in
extinguishablc elemental forces as is
laid before them in the first install
ment Of '"The Ienthcrwood God"
For more than half II hundred
years novels, poems, short stories, rS'
says; books az travel and obscrvn-
ton volumes of biography. criticism.
psychological studies and personal
rcminisccncc have flowed steadily
and surely from IL reservoir appar-
entity incXlmllSiibic. \. generation aga
Mr., HowELlS was writing n series Of
acting comedies-he modcstly termed
them "furc"S which, because of
delicate achievement. alone would
have given their author "nviablc lit
crary distinction. Yet to-day '"Illo
Sleeping Car" and "Thc Mouse Tran
and others of that series are being
played by amateur actors all over the
land, to their vast satisfaction and
to tn" enjoyment of their audiences,
For more than fifty years Mr.. How,
Hills has steadily %trnycrSrd the nllur,
ing highway Of authorship. refusing
tn turn aside, refusing To lower hi,
standards Of literary art. His work
bnlks large and substantial. Seventy
titles are TO his credit-and not q
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a Vermont farmer, thought 10. In the

a Vermont farmer, thought 80. In the
belief that freezing and starvation
was to be the fate Of all living crea-
lures, he humanely killed his cattle
and hanged himself in the barn. inter
urging Mrs. COOLING to follow his
example. There was n little warmth
the first fortnight In September. The
mercury in the tube crept up to 20
degrees. but I'm the middle Of the
month wintry conditions returned,
and there was no more relief. The
crops were. Of course, a failure. A
terrible year.
But there has been nothing like 1t
in this part Of the world since-that
is to say. M long p%rotracted and crop
killing cold on such a scale. New
England has had It's Ozark Days"
when pious old women and fearful
old men miscrably stood. so they
thought. in the shadow Of the Last
judgment !; but the Arctic Circle has
not dropped down to the latitude Of
Bennington. Why should the SHOWS
and bitter colds OF 1916 recur a hun
dred years later? There IL the coinci-
dence Of IN era of war and desolation
In Europe. hut the parallel Is not
complete in that we have not seen
the end of ours. II cannot he left to
the grounding, dependable prophet rs
he Is. though his reemergence might
hold n portent.
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Trade After the War.

When LLOYD GEORGE. discussing the
post-bellum economic policy to be
adopted by the Allies, declared that
! "When we consider trade. the first
thing to be done Is to obliterate any
idea Of revenge" the voice of the
sober British business sense was
heard. 1t Is q voice Of reinsurance
raised In a time Of disturbing clamor
and an earnest Of the prevalence Of
cooler counsels when the angcrs of
to-day subslde.
Allies und Teutons have been
threatening an economic war as o u
as the men are out of the trenches.
All kinds Of schemes are being dis
cussed TO keep what Is now called
enemy trade out of home markets
and to try TO keep it out Of neutral
markets. The least menace offered
is n refusal to trade with each other.
What are the probabilities in the light
Of experience and necessity?
The warning nations will do all the
harm to one another that they can
while the war lasts. After the war
resumption Of commerce and financial
relations between the present ehesAies
may be slow and ae first- roHHNabeut.
Yet such is the nature Of man and
such the laws of economic life that
no artificial karriers can long obstruct
the natural curse Of commerce and
finance through the channels Of inter-
national exchange.
When peace IN things will look
| different Ia the b%elligercnts and to the
neutrals. The men who will be needed
will be business and not military
statesmen. Current programmes of
trade and commercial conflict are pro-
jected in the heat and passion of the
contest. Vision and thought are dis.
orderly, but 1t is encouraging that II
voice like LLOYD GEORGES should al
ready be raised In Great Britain di-
recting attention To the facts OF the
future. and that similar utterunccs
have been made in Germany and
France.
The fact Of the future Is that in
the task Of repairing wars rayages
and reconstructing the shattered or-
ganization Of civilization the belliger-
ents will need all the trade that they
can develop. Plenty Of competition
there will he. but trade development
will be assisted II the competition is
Of the kind which seeks first to make
trade and frustrated if it is of the
kind which seeks primarily to take
trade. Tendencies are all that can
be safely discussed to-day. hut the
commercial tendency after the war
will probably he away from the war
Nike forms Of competition and toward
the manner of rivalry that obtained
before the conflict.
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InterstellsP wireless.

That interstellar wireless commune
cation may he Il possibility Of the fu-
ture Is "a belief now held by not u few
scientists. but ii has remained for NJ.
PIERRE GrzMAN Of Paris, France. to
stimulate by the offer of Il monetary
prize the efforts of what may be
called our astronomical tclcgraphers
to get into touch with u planetary
neighbOrs. NJ. GUZMAS has promised
to pny 100000 to the astronomer who
6rst establishes communication with
any planet or star other than Mars.
NJ. GuzMAN's elimination of Mars
- q wireless station in the competi-
ton he Is promoting is based upon
his belief that experiments made by
American astronomers In Arizona
prove that a wireless expert who
talked with the Martians would be
overpaid If he received 100000 francs.
This performance. to his mind, Is too
easy. too lacking in romantic and SEN
aational features 10 bc worthy Of the
modest fortune he has dedicated to
science. II may he that NJ. GiUZMAN
considers the Martians merely an In
significant lot of chronic canal build
ers, whose conversation over an inter
stellar wireless apparatus would he
Of no interest to US.
To the average layman, neverthe-
less, 1t would appear that direct and
authentic news from Mars might be
Of some value to us. The Martians
appear TO have solved various en-
cheering problems that prove their
Ingenuity aud technical skill In lines
Of %entleavor in which we Americans
ore ut present intensely interested.
II the Mnrtians have learned how tn
build canals without inviting land.
slides. have made Of irrigation proc
osses an exact science, and have, "a
various authorities contend. learned
how to fly by their own motive power.
there are numberless specialists In
this country who would he pleased
to call them up by long distance at
once. 1t Is tn be- hoped that NJ. GuZ'
MAN Of Paris will revise his opinion
Of Mars as too easy a mark for wire
less geniuses.
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Miss LILLIAN RrssEiL Is men
toned by n Pittsburg newspaper ms
a possible candidate for Mayor. She
says she doesn't really want the job.
but admits that the germ Is IN her
blood, and her recital Of the circum-
stances under which her mother. Mrs.
CYNTHIA LEONARD, entered the May
orally ace In New York I'm 1883 may
he regarded as significant" as the po-
litical reporters say:
II feel like my mother Eel, when .
newspaper reporter asked her n she
would run for Mayor OF New York.
"who would nominate mo? mother
laughed.
~ will nominate YOU cried the re-
porter. And he did. and she really
ran
Anyway. Miss Russell has n plat
form. II should like 10 feel she
says. that the streets were literally
clean enough not to soil any woman's
skirts Such n plank should make
II strong appeal in any town. sven
though most women have found Il
way tn keep their skirts well of the
ravements.
But If the Smoky City Is too hard.
ened Ia seize the opportunity. II may
he we'll to suggest to Miss RvssnLI
that any candidate running on a
clean the streets platform could GER
tainly win in New York to-day.
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Specific Amcricanism.

To THE i;pITuP or THE SrS->ir' Y.
W. savage SAYS tnlt all Americans do
not agree with Miss Edith VI Thomas
ia her statement. W americans do
not wish Germany 10 he victorious in
tho present war That - !nd"cd very
true.
Therefore ! hoE leave 20 improve upon
her assertion. We normal Americans, who
cannot tolerate wholesale slauchter of
uon-yomhata0ts, devastation or heauti-
iIl monuments e. culture, N.p'at on ~
t.cati's, *, dn not WISH Germany TO
.r 'or.ulIs .n Tins present VAR.
VI -s Thomas should 10 a ll,tlc more
spcNi' when referring - our hctero-
GeHcOIs masses. II. WEBSTER.
HLpuNiN y, March -
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"OH GOD! OH MONTREAL~
The Poem Is 10 Re Found In SamucI
Buffers Note Books.

To THE EnrroR or Tirr Sr>-Si', Mr.
john Worthy Will lind Butl'r's Psalm
Of Montrcal,' about IN" Punishment OF
the Discoholus. in "The Note RookS of
Samuel Butler lLondou, 19l2D pages
3>>-?.
tn" poem WIS written i'm CluIll i'm
1875 II Mas published IN the Spectator
~ MAY IS, 1878, also in "Soloctions
From Previous Works. 'nr Butter, i'm
1854. lWIilP Haze
liuSroS, March az.
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New York ha. found a new stree

New York has found a Hew street.
and calls 1t Rachel lane. Tie new
street has a couple Of houses y century
did. When they were younger, Rachel
lane was Pig alley. In Newark. y. j.,
the present chancellor averue used TO
he Pot II. lave. Every city has mon
um-nts 10 the iconoclasm Of "ImproN-
crs." who had rather he proper than
picturesque. History Is written in
names. and those who edit. for in
sts nee, Enwery out Of the New York
directory are vandals.
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Inclc JOE CANNoN asserts that TN"
so-called first families" Of this cluu-
try are not In tho first census. This
is a matter that should hc Investigated
al ono Ivy experts, The Colonial
Danes ANA the Sons Of Colnnia. Wars
owe an immediate duty IN themselves
and their ancestors in the case CAS-
non W.. Blood.
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COURTESY.
Mr.. Cnderwood's Estimate Of It's Bad
POtentlalities.

fOtentlAlltles.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-Senator
Underwood during his twenty years
service in Congress has never becn a
scold: his methods are calm. per-
%suasive. This makes more significant
the circumstance marking his first
appearance in debate on the floor of
the Senate. when he had been n mem
Der of that body a little more than a
year. He lectured the Senate for not
attending to its knitting and reminded
his colleagues that their business at
the line was. specifically and urgently,
TO knit.
Senator Myers was urging considera-
ton OF the so-cslied water power bill.
known In the House, which had al
ready passed II. as the Ferris bill. The
Senate after a months labor had re-
Gently passed n general dam bill. The
Senate bill provided limitations and
requirements to he observed in the
building of dams for power
In navigable streams: the Ferris bill
made general provisions to he applied
IN the building of dams for power pur-
poses In streams on public lands. and
1t affected therefore only public land
states. those generally known as
Rocky Mountain States.
Senator Underwood had indicated to
Senator Myers OF Montana that he
would not object to the immediate con-
s~ideration OF the Ferris water power
Dill. but had done SO without having
knowledge of two important facts:
that the Senator in charge OF the rural
credits bin. Hollis OF New Hampshire.
was ready to proceed with that meas
ure. and tina "A majority OF the Rocky
Mountain States Senators were op-
posed to the Ferris bill. lie faced a
typical Senate situation. a situation
making for delay.
Senator Underwood did no, show n
acerbity in voice or manner when he
began to speak, but he held the In
terest of the Senators the instant he
gravely announced that. Senatorial,
courtesy demanding his agreement, he
should nevertheless withdraw his agree
ment and object TO the immediate con-
siderat.on of the water power bill. lie
said: "A statement has been made in
this debate which causes me to change
my position in this matter"
lie referred to the statement that
Senator Hollis was prepared to take
up the rural credits bill. That meas
ure. he reminded his hearers. was i'm
portant. had been before the Senate
nearly three years. and he objected
L. laying it aside for consideration OF
one power bin within a week of the
passage OF another power bill. Then
M launched into his lecture. inter-
rupted only by gasps OF a~stonishment
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! am a candidate for delegate ~
large 10 the convention. but II any o.
my friends who have suddenly becon"
friends Il WOODROW WILSON can serve
him better than myself. IL. them send
some one els. to the conveution-WiLL-
IAN J. BEYAS.
The Implication is that Mr.. RRyAN's
friendship has been strong. steady and
constant FOR WoorRow WILsoS-Gos
bless him
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<utley lRrjoicrs.

T." rnr EDITOR oF Tur SuN->r, learn
In TUr SIS that "NuitS's name II now
Nutlcy.' r..
Glad som" one appreciates the bcauty Of
that name NurLEylrs,
NurIE,. N. j.. March q.
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..eI.olo.ooo 2c.sso.ooo 20, 800, 900

Nv
Thus We find that instead of the L.
5sS,s33 bushels Ia four ports In Fehru-
AIRY, 1916. We ave 10000 600 bushels
ia the United Kingdom, or over eight
mes as much and IL we add the guam
t.tN aiioat for the United Kingdom we
fud "A total OF 2i,9l0,0OO bushels In or
headed for England. say fifteen times
as much as Or. Oberfuhren painstak-
ingly scraped together at -four ports TO
save the British from starving.
1t i true that the quantity in or afoat
f"r the United Kingdom is about 2,O0o,-
QUO bushels less than IN June, but DIR.
obcgfOhi,n snouid not feel downclst.
because this decrease Is a tribe at best
and more apparent thar g In ad-
dition to the above supplies there are
others. like the items OF "afloat for con-
t!ucnt.' "afioat for orders" &c.. which.
as most of 1t Is in British ships. may he
diverted TO save tho poor starving Eng
landers. Thus the European visible sup
ply this week is $500 900 bushels. as
against 1900, O0o bushels a year ago.
III other words, after a ear of subma-
rin!ng the wheat IN or headed for the
all.sd countries is 5000. 600 bushels
greater IA quantity than u vas when
the doctrine of i~rishtfulness' was first
being applied.
AZ 10 prices being higher than n wear
ago, that Is true. largely because Brit
ain Is using shinS to carry soldiers and
munitions 10 and fro all over the world.
and wheat freights TO Europe are douhle
those of u Yea ago. ON the other hand,
the price ot wheat here and In Canada Is
20 cents u bushel lower than when Or.
oAerfohgcu's statistics were gathered.
IN" British Government having APP
pointed or" man TO buy wheat. and he
possibly stayed out OF the market just
to bring about the slump In prIccs. |
am sure Dr. oheyfohren wil. be pleased
To- know that shortly after his statistics
Of prices were collected IN February,
about ia" time when the second subiua-
rlue campaign Wa slated to begin. the
market broke hcavilr and sack lour n
Liver pool and London ON February -
sold at about the same prices as n year
ago. Sc" quotations appended lp,igcs are
for go pounds:
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An amendment 20 the Hay hill
adopted last week gives control Of the
army 10 the President. With this
power he may eventually get control
o; the majority in the House.
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ENGLAND,S WHEAT SUPPLY.
Her Needs Met by Crops ~ America.
Argentina and Australia.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUNNI: !
read with interest Or. Obcrfohren's re-
marks about the straitcned condition 81
wheat supplies In England. but ] some-
now do not seem to get the same i'm
preston of the wheat supply conditions
that he does. For instance, he cites the
stocks of wheat In tons at four English
ports and shows that there were oil!
1856 tons there in February. 1915. as
compared with 1891 tons in June,
1915. ! never have reckoned wheat In
tons. rather prcferring bushels or quar-
tcrs, which are more commonly used as
measures in the grain trade of England
and this country. 1t IL therefore neces-
sary FOR me, to get "a real gauge upon
this supply matter. to reduce his tons
to bushels. Doing this | find that his
supply in February. 1916. totals 1.5SS,-
s33 bushels, as against 5.663,S00 bushels
in June. 1915.
The defect j find in these statistics Is
something similar TO that once exposed
In that beautiful outgiving entitled
COINS Financial School" published
back in 1896. where the stock OF wheat
In a few towns in Illinois was used to
Indicate the condition of wheat supplies
IN the United states. l woul much
prefer. as does tho grain trade, ! be-
lieve. generally, to take into consldera-
ton all tho wheat in the United King
dom with the quantity afloat therefor,
which reveals the following figures:
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Greece is a little country. when bis
dogs fight it is no place for little dogs.
King CONSTANTINE.
But the little dog can he on the right
side II he scents victory.
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Rice Is imported in such large quaint.
ties hat 1, IS one Of the regular revenue
producers. and when by chance tho'e "a
large domestic crop the decrease IN
revenues is liable TO Ice a mater O,
serious concern to the government.
II there is any n phase of economic
development in these islands on Wh ch
the Americans are competent 20 ry.
advice and instruction To IA, FL phvs
1t ought to be In agriculture. And no
mater how many men you talk to abou,
1t here you Will hear from the s~td;
majority OF them either commentator OF
what has been accomplished ia 'us d.
iection or at least satisfaction with .
You Will hear OF "A thousand and me
different items OF accomplishment. al.
making for agricultural development.
with particular stress lad upon tho work
In the public schools, the instructor In
agriculture and the encourascm'ut OF
gardening.
There will he nothing or little about
anything that has been don't toward MAJ.
ing the Philippines self-suppOrt.ug 50 Gar
as food supply is concerned nothing
about teaching the Filipino4 TO produce
their " supply of rice. That would be
Il practical measure OF independents,
The astounding fact is that all over the
Philippines the farmers get but one rrop
a year from their land. For half The
time the fields lie fallow and unused A
country Is we'll fixed that can afford o
make only a 90 per cent. draft upon IS
agricultural resources each year.
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MULTIPLICATION BAD
FOR PHILIPPINE RICE
Water Problem. Vital To \pr.
culture Of the Islands.
Cnsolvcd by L. $.
CHINESE COULD 10 WORK
~ OSCAR KING DAVIS.

MANILA. Jan. 21.-With all III. el,css,
the Americans have achieved hero an,
with all the Advancement tina. las .,,,
to the Filipinos In so many lines tlfniy
American supervision Of their Rov.rr
nent, IL Is still the fact that no America.
administration Yet. Republican or uemo.
cratic. from TAFT TO Harrison. ana bo,h
Inclusive. has measured up to the mark M,
solving an important economic prohlou
which has been confronting the Amer.
cans from the day Dewey landed his mo-
In Cavlte Bay.
II is the plain-and seemingly s.nrl.-
question OF the food supply OF the rhillp.
pines. 1t involves a problem OF agr,,ul.
tural development. The chief elcm,u, a,
il 10 irrigation.
The Filipinos number something nor.
than 5000, 600. The chief article Of die,
all over the Islands Is rice. Tho Ihu.p.
pines have the climate and tie sol +,
produce enough rice not only to fur. sb
food for all their people all the time b.,
also to make ii an important .,ei, ,
their export business. But there has no.
been IA year since the b~cg!nnlfS O.,
American occupation when ric. did no,
figure substantially on the impor, side OF
the customs reports.
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There Is a type OF machine gun in
politics that does its most effective
work in the dark.
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Designation for the keynote speech
will probably he delayed until those
who "rohhcd me- 81 my nomination
have decided what III" key should l."
used TO open this timc-a fight or a
frolic.
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kuickcr- Poverty Isn't "A crime,
Hooker Mnro's the ply Il would doubt
less get n pardon.
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II you driy" from Manila into any ~
the rice growing provinces you w., srs
thousands of acres Of t.llable land lyiug
bare Of crops II idle, not To b" us"i
again until the next rainy season brings
the water for another crop of re. y
YOU ask a Filipino or an American Gov
official about this the prob.
b!lity is that his reply will be SOM" kTi
OF AN explanation of the great 4 q NJ
ties encountered here In establish e
proper irrigation plants.
Persons, especially Americans, got &C.
quainted with the Philippine situation
are likely to judge from what they I'D
Of the rainy season in these islands TIA
there is always a plentiful supply ..
water.
But the fact il that although tUere j.
plenty To spare during the rains, W. o
the dry season comes along there !- 'n'
enough water Toy IA crop Cf rice .a.rs'
u can be obtained art!nvially. - A'rs
IN one Of the raiuicst couu,rlc- % $50
world conservation Of Good water ana
scientific irrigation aic ah,nlIt''y '' '-'
sary To a proper and c~outuUuu- tgr.l"-
tural development.
That lcIds TO a plaS" which SOD ms 70
he peculiarly American. The ol.T .'1
Of irrigation work | have heard . n'
here seems 20 have been based r' .'
sort of irriguiou prob ems ii,t a.' U"'
in the United States, although 'p.I '''.
here are different from thus. Cd; J
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Presidential, straw votes merely
slow which way the hot air blows,
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AN EDITOR PROTESTS.
I he German Ralaar and u >o.t allied
second Nnania> NUMBER

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

N esv trsnds rho Joror vs. ,eifh monu
scrpfs and Illustrations for publication irish
10 have rejected articles returned fhet mnsl
IN 81 coses send sfdmps Jor hef psrpose.
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London once. Enhnsham House. I Arun-
Del street. Strand. -
Paris once, d Rue de Ia Michodiere. on
Rue du Quatre septembre.
WAshing ton Once. uibbs Building
Brooklyn once. 100 Livingston street.
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RrsHrLs.

Feb. I. Feb. l.. june !.
1916. 1918. 1918.
L. K......l3 200, 600 1880. 900 10. 500, 900
Anost for
L. X, ..t1.Tto 900 o11o,OOO IL, 900, 900