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H FARMERS PRICE.
He Does Not Rule the Market when
His Crops Are Sold.

To THE t.ptroR or THE SrN-Sir: |
notice that while "Salarled Man" admits
bad conditions exist between the farmer,
middlcman and the consumer in the in
stance OF small fruits n vegetables he
still insists such conditions do not exist
in the trade of staple foodstuffs, such as
wheat, corn and other grains. but he
does not explain why they do not so
exist or wherein the difference lies.
In the exporting Of foodstuffs or the
material for the making of foodstuffs
does the farmer ship his wheat, corn or
other grains direct to foreign ports? II
not then where does he send them?
"Salaried Man says that a farmer has
no difficulty getting a price within a few
cents of that days price in Chicago.
Who makes that price in Chicago o. any
other market? The farmer has less TO
say about the making Of those prices
than "Salaried Mans wife. IL he has
the corner grocer for a piece Of cheese
she may buy.
For what purpose Is the wheat pit In
Chicago. and what do the gamblers do
there day after day? That Is where the
prices are made, and sometimes long be-
fore the crops are harvested. The
farmer is only fortunate at being able
TO get those prices instead OF hcing re-
sponsiblc for them. OF course an en-
barge on the expectation ~ To- ds,ufs or
the material 10 make them would bring
prices down to a lower level. which would
be a desirable thing. n no doubt the
farmer would still receive a living re.
turn FOR his product. a. he has been
doing for several but whe,
'Salaried Man" puts on the farmer the
whole blame FOR the prescn. high cost Of
living lie is trying Ia leave the undesir.
able baby 1T the wrong door.
Just Il word to my other friend who
starts his name with a Desire and
who thinks that 10 cents "a dozen il \
pretty stin price to pay the farmer 10;
suirc plums picked right from the trees
What would ne lave had TO pay Tot
those pluns at a retail store or az one
Of the markets here in New York When
buying fresh produce righ from ths
farm does he eNp.c; he is going 10 ge,
i AZ the wholesale price in addition "a
having /. only "A few hours cd instead
VI getting IL three or -four days old and
hal. spoiled Even at what he think:
= a st!S price I doubt MS having TO pay
AZ much as AZ a retail store. With the
produce only half a. fresh. for | an
buying direct from the farm ard savtns
about 20 PEI cent. even WIKI the cos, o.
express charges added.
FAV~.L's SoS. WHO Is Now A S,L.EiE.
N,N
Nsw YoRK. october .
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Numbers on Football Players.

The numbering " Players In foot
ball gaines for the convenience II the
spectators. few " whom know one
player from another. was adopted by
dartmouth some time age, and later
IL had the approva, OF Princeton.
which IL always progressive. iIar.
ward and Yale refused Teremptorily to
have anything 10 do with the limo
walton. regarding the numbers rs too
much ike PROFESSIONALISM and as
chulIening the sport ~ football.
In one or two Instances where cap
taius and coaches expressed them.
selves about the proposal there was a
yelled intimatlon that it II no o II
Germ II the public. although among
the patrons ~ the were many
graduates and their families. Per.
haps this consideration has at last be-
gun 10 tell. for Yale. which only a
year was i~mmovahle. has now
decided To number is players. liar.
ward. we believe. Sti,, holds our. May
we not eNl,s't thar PEGGY HAuGH.
TON. the greatest ot football Coaches,
having lost the support OF New Haven.
will gracefully yield?
To Il way OF thinking. there l.
nothing professional or u~ndignified in
track athletes carrying numbers 70
identify them rs they cross the line
In u race. II numbers are necessary
in track sports why are they not az
least desirable on the football field
1t Is true thar the game can b,
played without them. hut we venture
IN say that the officials who have q
follow the different plays and make
( decisions would sometimes ha aided
by the >ighr of Il number ON a PLAYER,
broad back. A. to the spectators
their underStIudln: Of gridirnn STRAIT
egy and their enjoyment Of the con
test would h. vastly greater. Thl,
season we hone ~ Sep all the PLAYERS
including. Mr.. HNUCIrruN'> we'll drille,
athletes, showing identification mum
her> ~ they dodge aud run about th,
field. kick goals aud dash across th.
line for tuurhduwu>.
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Rirthday ut the Front.

On Monday of this week all Ger
many celebrated the birthday of Gen.
erul PAUL LvpwIG HANS ANroS voN
BFNECKENpORFF TN yoN lItNDENBURG.
born October =, 1917, In PoSen. That
was the year before the great Count
yoN MoLrKE became II member of the
German General Stuf. k0niG-rutZ,
Metz and Sedan We're in the military
record OF lIINpENBURG's first twenty
five years. Forty years after the
Frruco-r'ruS>ian war he WAS retired.
What Il man Of iron, after such a
service, 10 eu-iurrr the campaign in
East Prussia. win T~uunenher. and
hold I'm. length ot that hard ham.
mrreI eastern front,
Tru"e mu>r ~ ls''lrrd throughout
~" \WrrirrY hItt'r lines long enough
for both sides to salute the great
B German commander with II hearty
"Glicklichrr Grhurt>ra."'
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The Re,g,r R.'.r Eunl rareiyel So
'-nri three r-'a nnys ~ r-unss tlnit VA
saved thls amount nr ip.rs w''1rI, .Ia-h.
puU desserts Nr'rs sem.
Tn zee ,f''a boys. without dessert
Sl' SIT. b. .lda, my how - hg-.
To fNrswpar cookies. pie. AMI axes
Nrt luxury " s'rna'h aches
SLI one gVrE 'g'.1g some
r. give up .va-t, for BE- slIW
y1g bet u t., salt nIUper Two
"It. harder t0in 7 thought - DO"
L never guessed SAT- number thr''
"Th,t icp cream meant 80 much - me-
Three !''ia H0ys, my How T. hirt,
50 sid, by side without lesser.
rr-re 'i't'' hNvs m lls'In' ll1l
81 cod and hlnsrr. hand IN htnl
\rd wondered h'v 4 halr,v w"I
\ home ant %r.p'l"s, ant Nl-u'h HgI'|
fee
The pa "|l ,now 'Iv m m. g~rurl
Tho b'lgrr 1f wi~ stretched A., a~olri
rhr"c pairs Of br'nm ~, h1r' ass eye.
We're -ni.-d IN PRAYER - I"Ii"7 sk!"s
lake answer s'-t sHt, 70 h't'su's rtn',
t'poI. wt-rr'n iut e.r'H'Hg vlt..y came
Dresser cas- lunches, su.nS some.
Had saved three ll.-- In guam.
II. SrASLsr HAsxISs
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IL Anything worth Fighting For:

The lines below are the words of
the Hon. FRANKLIN KNIGHT LANE,
Secretary Of the Interior. Ut the out
set OF IN article on Mexico:
There are things that q democracy
must always be willing TO isht for
But wha, thing is there hat any Amer
lean can say We ought TO be willing to
fight for in Mexico: Is I; because rail-
roads built with American capital havs
been damaged. tha, mines have beer
shut down. o. even that American clti'
xens have been killed by outlaws and
bandits:
s.All those things we can and do very
much regret. but who will "a that the,
are great principles tcr which u demcc
racy should be willing 10 sacrifice th'
blood " It's sons?'
To read such an utterance by Il re
sronsible and high officer OF Gov
eminent will induce In the breasts OF
the great majority Of Americans ;
feeling equally compounded OF shame
helpleSsne>s and despair.
Most Americans will ask them
selves: III the protection OF the live
of American citizens Is not II suprem,
principle, what Is? IL we will no
fight for the lives of u people, wha
will We fight fora"
The sun., 1916-10-04
GARDEN OF THE HEART.
Does the Park Department Really
Mean to spoil II. and why!

To rus ERROR ov TuE S-S-S,r: Early
IN August | spent a pleasant hou~ m 'Ne
lttle beauty spot IN central Park
known as the Shakespeare Garden AMI
also a. the Garden u tie Heart
After reading the letter o, 4 de- shtet
visitor in the | went there again
yeSterdsy. and ! never saw Il locklug -
beautiful All the swee, old flowers
that We loved when W. were young
were there In luxuriance 80 mauy thai
II would run into a iloral catalogue TO
Try to enunera,e them. They are dis
posed no; In rows or In any set patterns.
ou, here and there In clumps ard !i,tle
masses. making glorious blenlir- %
p,uks. blues. lildcs. puppies. all shades
blending most tremendously into /
feast Tor the eye.
There are a dozen pretty pools, the
largest about six feet N diameter. con-
nectei by tiny rustic bridges, each pool
ewptying into the next , foot below
and u li;,l- smaller. and 50 on. q mii-
ishlus as they 60. until the stream : los:
Al the foot OF the hill. These are fr,nxei
with water grasses. and spor; water
lilies. lotus and other aaua;lc plants.
ANN ~ "a NH' @ANNf " 'N-
mass os rocks. and the wonder is that SO
much prodigal Horal luJuriance ear Ne
coaxed from sucn surroundings but
every irch ~ soil is utilized and even
the assures in the rocks are tlled In
with a Two or three inch breadth Of soil.
from which grow lines II creepins snt
feathery vines trailing over the bar.
surface OF the ROCKS.
| was told that IN ore day r~cen .ly
5000 people had been there. Whtl, |
Was there some hundreds u visitors
/ came. and went. ard !; WAS beautiful -
see tine delight and reverence they showed
% the place. not a iove- being plucSed
or a branch broken.
I, - true. as Visitor wrote. thAr
~. Park department intends - oblit-
crate this beautiful garden. Last wear
tn. department would have had the site
ploughed up and sowr with grass seed.
but some public spirited ladies raised
$500 20 keep the garden Up thLs year,
It takes doout that amount yearly.
which includes the pay % the designer,
who has 20 Re his own gardener and day
laborer. 10 carry Il on, thus giving
pleasure 20 many thousands " visitors.
And now this beauty spot j. to be wiped
out and a prosa.c grass grown hillside
created IN its place.
Let those who have no, We, been ~
this charming spot MAKE haste % take
advantage OF the warm days We may ye'
have, % enjoy = sight ~ i, before win
ter's blasts have destroyed IL. Il tdn
readily be reached from tlr West SIDE
/ ,k-,f,gh .ra L'lrkfh AFAfria y.fA- a.
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suppose 1t Had Been This Way.

To THE EpIr,R OF THE SUS-SW: II
NJ. Wilson had been called upon ~
four presidents - the lirges; railroads
~ the United states. N los them
threatened wltA q general s,oppasc Of
all railroad ,-atlc unless ne used the
Influence ~ h!s o-'ce - obtain 4 re-
dQcti1n % the '-tiuursns wage ~ NJ
amour. OF - per cent. and then. after
several days - arggmeu: Z =, had beer
further demanded u him that ne should
force Congress - pass a aw making
such 4 decrease maUia;o-y. and stl,l
fu-ths-. tina, unless such 4 law we-a
passed ard signed by him before : =,
VI on a certain day the entire stop
page OF ,ratHc would BE- ordered as l
penalty f1r his iHact.on. he certainly
would have been up against ar eme--
gency.'
In that case would Mr., wilson have
felt Il necessary 10 visit The halls -
Congress 20 urge personally the passage
II such a bill. before the time llmi;
given him had expired and after such
4 'lw had been passed. would re nave
used four pens - >lg1 IL. ard theu
given each ~ ne railroad presidents a
pen ~ a memeHto OK his Interest," IN
humanity + g =.
New YoRN. October :.
The sun., 1916-10-04
A Man to BE stunned.

\ Long Island motorist driving N
night struck and killed Il m He
paused long enough 10 rush into "A
hotel and shout To the proprietor To
send for Il doctor. aS he had struck
some one. Then h. dashed nut and
was not - or heard from again
until the Sheriff. aided by the initials
IN Il los, hat. found him.
The accident may or may not have
been entirely unavoidable. The mo-
torist says thar his father. who was
In the ear, collapsed. and he wanted
20 get him home. The dying woman
by the roadside was evidently ~ less
Importance.
The only way 10 punish such ri
duct is 10 >hun the nan guilty " ii.
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Ridiculous Protest.
Once more those strange Europeans
fail To grasp the New Freedom

Once more those strange Europeans
fail to grasp the New Freedom
"wAsuiNGroS. oct. 3.-Strong pro-
test has been made TO the state Depart
men, by the british and French Enbas-
ses against the action OF the catranzI
Government In Mexico IN SELLING the as
sets Of British and French banking in-
s,itut!ons IN the Mexican capital
1t seems impossible ~ make old
fashioned countries understand that.
In the course of Service 10 Humanity.
the Administration cnnnot regard II
t'arranza theft Us theft. or murder
us murder. or cuntiscution rs coniis-
cation. or war as Il
Except when lending money Ia aid
C~ARgNNzN'S ambition. We must not
mention finance to him. Except hum
bly, 10 u our own dead We must
moi butt iu-uguin.
The sun., 1916-10-04

warfare" was ~disavowed. indemnity
was promised for American lives lost
and the pledge not to torpedo liners
without warning renewed.
1t is rather singular-a point tn
bear In mind-that Germany made Il
distinction between submarine attack
upon merchantmen In the "war zone
of British home waters and attack
upon merchantmen in the Mcditcr-
runcan. On January ! of this year
Count u BERNsroRtr made the an.
nounccment In Washington 1T the
State department that German sub
marines were under orders to de
stroy enemy merchant vessels in the
Mediterranean, passenger n> vel nS
freight ships. 80 far Us they do not
try 10 escape. only after passengers
aud crews have been accorded safety
In practice naval commanders gcner'
ally. if not always. were governing
themselves 10y the same rule in Brit.
ish home waters.
About the middle of February there
were signs of backsliding: the temp
tation to resume Submarine warfare
in the war zone was reflected In Il
protest 10y Germany against the arm
ing of merchantmen. which n con
Strurl ~ tantamount To intention IL
fire on submarines. In II memorau
dun notice was given that "thc Ger
man naval forces will receive order
within n short period. paying con
s%id,rutiun To the interests of ncutrals
IL treat such vessels as belligcrents.'
But Secretary LANSING stood firm fol
the British contention that Il mcr
chairman had II right IL carry II gui
for protection only Congress >uS
tuiucd the administration. and Ger
many yielded. 50 the casc stands
and We maintain that the Impcria.
Government cannot take Il hackwar,
step without violating It's pledges ans
risking n rupture with the Unite,
States.
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A. A. A. AND II. E. N.
I urricula Established for Boys and
Girls While Pun> Fly.

To vi EDITOR OF THE SyS-Sr: The
professor and |. held Up by the great
strike. were forced 20 pass saturday
afternoon n The Bronx. We chose a
famous cigar divan where soft drinks
and light REFRESHMENTS are - be had.
| discussed liver and bacon. which
started my friend on the Shakespeare
controversy. The professors vibrant
tones stirred the strings ~ u harp who
aid his name WAS lgra,its Donnelly
He had oTiy 4 cipher. 81 we bought
him \ drina.
The professor Rad ca,ss 5-a!-s. ard a
Very small. portion =: has. Between Us.
on 4 char. 81, Ttbs-igs. my educated
cat. T.oerius looked AZ me rsproach-
fully. as who should say. why lay
yourself pen ~ the charge ~ stealing
that olive ches,nu; from W.lkts Collins
when every one knows 1t is 10 be found
in the Institutes % Eusebigs. volume |.
page - tBoanD''
offered the ca: soma O, NY Liver. but
~ replied cir German. ~ courseI tHs,
~ all the '.yers he had seen mine was
,he liver worst. I'm s,ad I Rave s5re-
hing OF the S.rassbu-g goose
Then the professor p-uttered rs brains
- the rat bQ; Tiber,us reje Tod them.
- We began - ta.N seHs!5ly about edu-
cation and p~.iasostcs.
I maintained the popular ;hess Aha,
We are ~Irse.'sd w-h ;r!l,l. and ,hl;
the American Boz sNou.i learn me ss.
s~ent!als. Stepping carefully in the c"r'
t-sl po.n; % the footsteps ~ tH- gred;
Herbert Spencer. : op.ued hat: .rIsmuct
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success OF One wilson Foreign
Policy.

In spite of u difficulties with
Germany. Mexico and Great Britain.
President Wilson must receive credit
for the complete success of his course
abroad In one quarter. EMirIANo
CuAMoRRo. Mr.. WILSON'S reported
choice for President Of Nicaragua. has
been elected. The supporters of the
Liberal candidate. lRrAs. mostly did
not dare Ia appear Ut the polls. This
after II campaign in which IRiNs was
barred from the country and natu-
rally presented his cause under Il ron.
siderable handicap.
The result Is Il tremendous victory
for President WILSON. who never in.
terveneS except against Il lirFRrN or
un lRiAs. and whose judgments If the
fitness of Latin American rulers arr
founded solely on their personal
morality. Ii they are pliable fellows
~ much the better. Why the cvun-
tries south of Us should be- 80 dis.
trustful ~ our intentions becomes
harder and harder 10 understand.
They must see that we never NEEDLE
with their affairs, except when the
Use vi the army and navy Of the
United States j. necessary In order
, - Serve Humanity.
The sun., 1916-10-04
Submarine warfare Not Likely to
BE Resumed.

There Is some talk In Berlin Of a
resumption of submarine warfare"
hut II is hardly to be- taken seriously.
The subject. nc doubt, will BE- intro
duced AT the meeting of the Relchstag
tomorrow. and the TirpitziteS, rs
partisans of the former Grand Adj
mirul are called, may try 10 force u
debate upon IL. II Is Significant that
when Herr ERNEST BASsERMANN. the
National Liberal leader, who would
like 10 see the United States compel
England. as he says, 10 restore the
freedom of the seas" was asked yes
terday whether he thought that sub
marine warfare" would be- renewed
no fenced with the question, saying A.:
THAT must he decided by the For
elgn Otfice. the Ministry Of Marine
and the General STAT. England is
our chief enemy. W. must recognize
this and defeat her Apparently the
German Government feels that the
desperate case Of inferiority on the
sea calls for II desperate remedy. hut
there are reasons for believing that
the orders 10 commanders OF subma'
rines will not be cancelled.
II II now more than Il year since
"submarine warfare" which may bt
defined as the destruction OF mer
chant ships with utter disregard OF
the requirements " international
law, was formally abandoned aS d
war policy by Germany. On Septem
Der .. 1915, Ambassador yoN BERN
sroRFs informed Secretary LANSING
that the German answer 70 his LuSi
tanla note would contain this IN
gagemeut Liners will not he sunk
by our submarines without wurnin.
and without safety of the Ives o.
non'comhatantS, provided thar IN,
liners do not Try to escape or Offer
resistance There was of course II,
reason in International law why mer
chantmeu that were NOT liners shout,
be sunk without warning, bur the dan
ger of Il break with the United State
was a%pprcciahly le>Sened 10y IN
pledge IN regard 10 liners. Since III,
a~nnouncericut made thirteen month
ago Germany has always insisted thH
new orders were at thar Tin" ISSUE
10 submarine commanders IL All,
liner WAS attacked without wuruin
1t was IN spite of those ORDERS. -
October > iali the sluhin: Of IN
Arabic. which occurred before In
formal abandonment Of 'submarin
The sun., 1916-10-04
How to Pasteurire MIX.

Since an article on p~astcurizin-
milk was published W. have received
from Il practitioner NJ half II ccntury'>
experience In town and country Il plan
for pas,eurlzatiun that appears -
careful than that printed in TuE SrN
Of October |. II is pointed out with
evident truth that milk for babies
prepared In II double boiler rs directed
would not remain free from bacteria
unless bottled. and that handling the
milk would destroy the effect Of the
pasteurization. II pasteurizatinu Icy
hringiu. the water surrounding the
bottle up 10 Il temperature " AZ de
grees were practi>ed. Il special Their
mometcr. readily obtaluable ~
the drug stores. would be- necessary.
The most practical method. one
thnt may be followed by any cook.
even II unable to read Il thermometer,
Is the following:
The hands must be well scrubbed
with hot water and soap and Il brush.
and the nails cleaned before begin
ming. The bottles must be- boiled AMI
drained before filling with cold milk
and then stopped with sterile cotton
and placed upon a wire rack lying
on the bottom OF Il boiler. The boiler
is then filled with cold waite To the
bottles necks and placed over the
kitchen lire.
When the water has actually boiled
three minutes the boiler i removed IL
another part Of the stove. not over
fire. Here IL remains thirty minutes,
IL has been a>certalued by FREEMAN
and others that the milk will now
range between AZ and Ia degrees
Fahrenheit. which Is the Temperature,
| prescribed by P,srsvR.
Now the bottles ara placed in tht
ice box or refrigerator. covered with
an inverted bucket or >terilized cloth
Before the nipple Is applied and the
cotton removed the hands of the nur>,
must be scrubbed with hot water ano
soap. When sterilize,t cotton is moi
obtaluable use we'll boiled curk> ol
Il rubber nipple kept in sterilize'
gauze. The wire tray may be replaces
by an inverted clean tin pan, previ
ously boiled.
Ii must not be forgotten thar FOL
infants the milk should never be- eN
posed To the air between pa>teuriza
ton and consumption.
For ordinary household use all mill
should be- ~pa>teurized. This may h
done in IL double boiler by permirtin.
II tn boil five minutes and SHINE
thirty minutes. II should then b.
placed In the ice box.
II Is criminal negligence ~ drin'
unpaSteurlzed milk; We have show
that in the recent epidemic ~ malig
Lsct sore throat in Hartford am
| Springfield. Conn. the best raw mil
! had been found infected.
The sun., 1916-10-04
.Cnc0nditioual Surrender wilson.

To THE EDITOR Of TIVE SvN-Sr: When
Grant was laying siege 20 Fort porei-
son with Bucknsr commanding he sent
word 20 Buckrer that unconditional
and immediate surrender was his liked
determination. And he received great
praise therefor.
- II not quite unjust for THE S"N
e. blame the President because he, when
opposed - ilrretsoH ari Cinmpsrs,
adopted the same SLOGAN And lived up
20 H. NNN'ors lS1rlBEr.
BosroN, Mass. October 3.
The sun., 1916-10-04

OF the 2OO,4G3 absences seventy.four
occurred In the training schools, So
in the vocational schools and 10. T6S
in the high schools. where I2,6l1 Is
the registry. In the elementary schools
1S3,O39. nearly one-fourth of the 1j2.-
~ children enrolled, failed to attend
the sessions.
The register of September - this
year compares as follows with that Of
the corresponding day Of last year,
Wednesday, September IL: For the
entire city. elementary schools, I52..
81 in 1916 and rs, l3S In 1913. II de-
crease Of 1.6OG; high schools. I2.611
this year. against p.14j last year, an
increase uf $3.50. Enrolment in the
elementary classes decreased In all
the horoughs except brooklyn and The
Bronx that of the high school classes
Increased everywhere except in the
borough of Richmond.
The statement from which these
figures are taken is not complete. be-
cause it omits the more interesting
comparison. In attendance. Compar-
ing with the best obtuinahlc statement
of normal average attendance. we find
that this years figures In the first
week show II gain of 900 In the high
schools and Il decrease Of 6o,Si6 in
the elementary grades, II total falling
on Of 6l.9iT. The two weeks of grace
for %parentally sanctioned '%truancy"
expire ncxt Monday.
The sun., 1916-10-04

Judging from the football playing Of
the eleven soldiers who represented
the Iron Division OF Nerdun at a game
in Paris and held the crack Association
FRANCHISE To a single score. the SUR
vivors OF the Iron Division must be
in good physical trim in spite OF their
terrible ordeal az the front. and u
charge on the gridiron must seem To
its picked players the most harmless
fun in the world.