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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
The State Police Bill

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: It seems strange that few agita-
tors should have "bulldozcd" a majority of
the Legislature for such long time as they
managed to do on the state police bill These
men labor under the delusion that the wage
carriers Of New York object TO this bill. !
deny IT, I affirm that there is not an honest
workingmsn or mechanic between Lake Erie
ard Montauk Point who is opposed to n state
constabulary to protect life and property in
the rural districts.
There is, Of course, no police force in viii
lagos. A state police has for several years,
done good work in Pennsylvania.
\ walking delegate who goes TO Albany TO
oppose state police measure is really op-
posed to the city police. although he does
not dare to say so. The National Guard.
under ordinary conditions, should not do
police work. The pending police bill should
he passed this week A. r. CONKLING.
New York. Feb. p. 1917.
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Concerning Mr.. Mann
New Brunswick, y. j.. March !, 1917.
tor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of 1ho Tribune.
Sir: Recently wrote my Congressman
that / hoped he would oppose Mr.. Mann for
the Spoakcrship in the next House on &C
count Of Mr.. Mann's pacidst and pro-Gcrman
views hoped for a different reply than
the following:
81 am for Mr.. Mann for Speaker OF the
ncxt Iiousc. If you knew him AS J do, you
would be for him. If the newspapers would
print his full statements, instead Of excerpts,
you would form better opinion OF him. The
entire Republican delegation IN the next
House from New York will be for him.
would like through The Tribune to re-
quest all Americans who have the best in
terest Of their country az heart to write their
Republican Congressman to oppose James K.
Mann as Speaker Of the next House. In
these critical times we need the beat Of
American leadership for the unfolding of
American rights and American honor
Brooklyn. March /, 1917 q. 9.
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The Lion and tie Lamb

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: All this fuss We are having about Ger
many could he settled in the simplest kind
OF a way Let US turn the country over 10
Pill Kaiser and Bill Bryan and presto-Peace!
Then let civilization move out Of the United
States and make a try some place else say
the undiscovered country from whose bourne
no traveller returns.
What strange epoch IN history-a BIZ
Kaiser and a Bill Bryan working to the same
end, Are the lion and the lamb really going
70 lie down together? Is the millennium really
approaching?
But some OF us are still from Missouri. We
have orr doubts about the sincerity Of these
men. They both pirate about God and peace.
There were those in Biblical times who were
saving peace, peace. when there was no peace
Possibly these Bills arc reincarnations
knows?
However. let those Of US who believe IN
the continued civilization and progress OF
mankind 20 on in the spirit Of preparedness.
Let's play safe with the devil, for he comes
in many forms Let's adopt the tocsin OF the
immortal Lincoln: "Tho loss of enemies does
not compensate us for the loss Of friends
And This war should cease whenever 1t
shall have ceased upon the part OF those who
began it,"
No patriotic citizen of this land wants a
war with Germany. But no patriotic citizen
Of this land will cover before the threats OF
the fendish spirit that has now taken pos
session of the German ruling classes. To
contemplate such rule in the universe should
be TO awaken in every real American the
shirt that led Daniel Webster to say: God
grants liberty only to those who love 1t and
are always ready to guard and defend it,
CONRAD SCHWEITZER.
Los Angeles. CAL Feb. p. 1917.
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THE TEMPTATION OF MEXICO
With a Parallel from Scripture as Endorsed
by Ethan Allen
To The Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF Inc tribune.
Sir: Germany's proposal to Mexico 20 seek
alliance with Japan FOR war on the United
States. promising Mexico as reward Tor 30
doing Texas. New Mexico and Arizona, though
sor some reason California was left out OF
the bargain. reminds me OF an historical
even, which took place between Old Ethan Al
len and General Howe at the time that New
York City was occupied by the British forces
during our Revolutionary War, and believe
IS not generally known.
Allen had been a prisoner in the city FOR
some weeks or months. General Howe, ad-
n,iring Allen As q good soldier and fighter
wished 10 win him over TO the British side. II
possible. so one day he TOOK him over to
Staten Island and from high point OF land
on the island that commanded an extensive
view Of the surrounding country, promised
him. after a certain amount OF blarney, that
if he would renounce the cause OF the inde-
pendence Of the Colonies. which, OF course
was bound TO be lost cause, and join the
English forces, he. General Howe, would give
10 Allen all the fair country one could see
from that high point of land as his reward
FOR so doing. Allen heard him through, and
then replied
Your proposal reminds me Of something
that happened long time ago A very good
man was taken up into an exceeding high
mountain by the devil who promised this
good man all :he fair country that could be
seen from that high point Of land if ne would
fall down and worship him, when, IN real
ity." said Allen. "he did not own one damn
foot o. the territory" Excuse the profanity.
but Allen oftentimes used pretty strong Ian
euaee when he wished to make a good point.
After his refusal Allen was taken back to
prison and was not approached By Howe on
this subject again
Germany's promises 20 Mexico rather
brought this story forcibly TO my mind.
Brooklyn. March /. 1914 ;. q. H.
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Respect for the Demon

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As ] have remarked before, It is lib
eral education in Dickens to trace the erratlc
course of THE Man with the PEN az pres
ent in the White House. First he was "Wil-
kns Micawber." with his penchant for writ
ing notes. When he severed relations with
Germany he was "PecksniT." ard now he ir-
resistibly reminds one Of George Sampson
was it?), "Lavinia Wilfer's" sweetheart,
when he says: demon with the highest re-
spect for your, behold your work."
This morning the lines from stirring
poem written at the time of the Civil War
are running through my mind. Changed a
little. they suit the times fairly well;
How long. o Lord, how long
vii. Thy handmade linger?
Make the oppressed strong sweet MORO"
bring her.
Hasten her over the sea COR out Of the White
House,.
Bring her at last TO me.
Oh. slaves (American), pray still OF. thy
knee,
Freedoms ahead"
A. X. h.
Nov Brunswick. y. j.. March !, 1917.
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Centrals Sacred and Profane

There are good centrals and bad CEN
trails. and no hell can have too severe
climate for the really hopeless. laundering
creature who gives you the wrong num-
Der three times running and then ignores
your flashing far beyond the limits of
your temper, to say nothing Of your vocab-
ulary. But anybody who telephones con-
stanuy knows that the bad central is a
very rare exception. Day in and day out,
from Rector to fremont, and even to
Edgewater and Back Bay, there is more
courteous, intelligent good nature buZzing
over the central end of our telephone wires
than anywhere else we can think Of.
We wish we could say as much for the
great telephoning public. But we can
not. The profane telephoner Of this city
whose service was cut off with the cordial
approval of the Public Service Commits
sion stands at the bottom of the list. But
there arc endless pious citizens and citi-
zenesses who are to be rated very close TO
him. Item one. there is the man equipped
with a perfectly loud voice who insists
upon talking with his lips some six or
eight inches from The transmitter. The
indistinct mumbling which results at the
other end is PROBABLY the most infuriating
experience of modern. civilized life, by no
means excepting the central who bliss
fully ignores your flashing, for she, at
least. has a superior upon whom ones
wrath can ultimately be vented. Then
there is the crank who expects bad ser
vice and always gets it, ever doing his
best to earn it by concentrating as much
peevishness in his tone as he possibly can.
Unimaginative folk are these usually, who
think Of the telephone as a machine that
ought always to be perfect, matching
their eternal crouch with a never-fail-
ing poiteness.
There are others. OF general, sincere
human polteness there is growing sum-
but it grows slowly We suggest self
interest as the hes. text to preach to the
ageards. Even if you haven't a decent
human interest in the human beings who
wait on you in shops and summon friends
for you on the telephone, for heavens sake
pretend an interest and be decently cour
teous. For the service that you receive
will be bettered imneasurably. Try and
see The fact that you get what you give
is nowhere so promptly true as in the
small change of courtesy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Back to the Farm

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: I'm letter to your newspaper Andrew
VI. Clark. OF Ltchfeld. Conn, says that the
farmers all over the country arc crying for
holm and arc unable TO obtain labor. Farms
arc living idle and the buildings rotting,
owing to dlsuse. Mr.. Clark speaks OF the
fresh vegetables, chickens. eggs and pure
milk and cream 20 he obtained on the farm,
declaring, Ell people want TO huddlc into the
Fast Side OF New York. where they can at
tend motion picture shows. rather than have
fresh air and plenty Of food, let them
starvc."
Mr.. Editor. a young man of my acquaint-
ance has had the back to- the-land' idea
for some time. but he has learned a great
deal rs to the life Of hired man" that
you don't see mentioned in farm journals.
At one place the only meat furnished from
one weeks end to another was salt pork.
even in the middle Of summer. He held this
Job two months.
He then advertised for a position. receiv-
ing nearly n hundred replies. The first JOB
he tackled IN answer to his "ad' was in New
Jersey. He went out at night with the own
or of the place. paying his own fare. The
main farm building was a miserable affair,
situated in swampy ground.
lie next took a place up the state. over
200 miles from New York lie was employed
for four days tending about hundred hogs
and was expected to stay in the barn with
them--no outside work. II was a case OF liv-
ing with filth. He quit lie received no pay,
and was out nearly 50 in carfare.
Another job that nc replied to was about
forty miles from New York The overscer
Of the place was very eXactng. and re-
quired so much for so little that the young
man refused to consider tie place. He had
to walk three miles to and from tho station
to the farm. and was not even offered drink
of water. More carfare gone The replies
received by the young man were very decep-
tive. He H. now trying another place. this
time on Long Island. CITY DWELLER
New York, March /, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Mental ability and Sex

CProfcssor Sp,nco Forto 600 The SceriHo
NotHhJ
The mouthings about sexual distinctions
in brain and in mental ability as indicating
inferiority or superiority have no founda-
ton in biology. Nor is it ever question Of
equality from a biological standpoint. Il i
question of complementary Development
resting absolutely on II natural law, that o.
the conservation Of energy. llayclock Ellis,
I'm his interesting book. "Nan and " oman
remarks upon the grca',r "afcctabllity' o.
woman as compared with the male; "A reader
response to emotional stimui as result Of
her more mobile vaso-motor nervous system,
and the greater role hich the abdominal
organs play in her life This physiological
fact must be recognized in considering any
question relating 10 the expansion Of wom-
ans sphere The same writer also observes
that woman is nearer the child in her gen
cral development, but els not uadcyelopcd
man that "thc child represents = higher
degree OF evolution than the adult" and that
"thc progress Of the race has been = prog
rcss IN youthiuncss in some respects II
has been progress in feminization.' IN
the process Of individual expansion woman
is bound 20 free herself from WORKOUT
patriarchal traditions. One thing. however.
she viii never escape the fundamental
potential nature Of her organization. for BY
her bodily powers the race exists. and her
mind takes on the same qualities; not the
kinetic inventive faculties Of the restless
male. but the steadfast. race fostering quali-
ties OF the mother
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Must They Wait Until Attacked?

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: There IL already talk that when the
United States furnishes guns TO arm mer-
chant ships. a condition will be attached that
such guns must not be used unless ship
Is attacked by a submarine. Hasn't Germany
announced in unequivocal language that all
ships, Of whatever nationality. entering the
prescribed zone viii be sunk without warn
ing? What moro does the Administration
want? 10 wait until ship Is attacked,
which means torpedoed. IA to make armng
useless. Orders should go out that every
submarine showing itself in the vicinity Of a
ship should be considered A. having offensive
Intentions, and should be fired upon at once
and destroyed # possible. Unless ship cap
tains arc thus instructed and Germany knows
that We mean business, srming will be value
less. VI. !. X.
New York, March I, 1911
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grandfathers who won them on the battle
field or defended them in other trenches.
The old America has gone, and It will not
return The German submarine when
crossed the Atlantic a few months ago
shattered visibly an illusion which prac-
tically has ceased 70 chain the minds OF
thoughtful men. We were already stripped
of the protection of distance and the
cover of our ocean ramparts. We were
in the world and Of it, although we
scarcely knew it.
And now, on the verge Of war, about to
enter a new pathway and to undertake
, duties we could not escape and will never
be able to lay aside, the time has come for
Americans to abandon mistaken and out
worn ideas and ideals. We shall not es-
cape duty by hiding, nor responsibility by
shutting. We have not and we can not.
All of the millions of Americans must
now look forward-not backward. The
past-however shameful or unhappy, it
does not matter-is the past. The future
is the thing henceforth to which all thought
must go. Those who come hereafter may
forgive US for shrinking from courses still
uncharted. but they will not forgive us for
declining to meet duties which we could no
longer mistake
The time has come when Americans
must give their sons to the defence of their
country-when they must envisage and
endure the sacrifices of France and Brit
ain and share them, when they must trans
late into acts the brave words of other
times, uttered lightly or honestly, it does
not matter.
We shall come to universal service
iption-armament We shall come
to sacrifice in battle and behind the battle
lines. 1t was folly to have believed that
we could escape contributing out of our
strength to the defence of common human
ity and the abolition of the common peril.
But now we must face the fact. We
must lay aside the illusions and take coun-
sci with our ideals, with our courage, not
our dreams of our own lf-interest. We
are entering new period in our history,
and the duty of every American to his own
country is duty which can be met only
by brave action and clear thinking.
We have had enough of blindness, of
weakness, of cowardice. We are to face
new crises-is it too much to hope we shall
face them with a new spirit?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
The M;kado Revised

Here's hondy DO.
If We fight the T.
Boats Japan may start s-kick!ng
Us and Mexico be sticking
Fingers in the atew.
Here's a howdy do.
Here's pretty mess.
II We can't suppress
One guerla with our forces,
All Of Mcxico's resources
Might cause a. distress.
Here's pretty mess
Here's state of thing
When our navy swing
out to meet the German peril.
yellow men. with ships to spare. II
Spank Us where u stIngs
Here's state of things
A X. 2.
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harbor against the other. There has al
WAYS been a sort of concert between New
York and New Jersey regarding the har-
Dor. disturbed only recently by the lighter
age case. Governor Edges proposal en-
bodies the right policy-the continuance
of the concert through an interstate body
actively concerned with furthering the
growth and development of the waterfront
of both states. of the port Of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
An Interstate Port Commission

Governor Edge Of New Jersey is better
advised than some Of his fellows across
the river, who few short weeks ago were
hot for dividing the port Of New York into
two ports by discriminatory freight rate.
The Governors idea, proposed to the
Chamber Of Commerce Of this city. is to
have cooperation between the two sides Of
the river, rather than rivalry. He wants
an interstate commission, similar TO that
which governs the Palisades Park, to plan
future development Of the harbor. 1--WE
cannot grow" he says, while tightly
bandaged in the swaddling clothes Of pro-
vincialism."
That IS perfectly true, and 1t IS more
or less unfortunate that the New Jersey
municipalities which brought the proceed
ings for a division Of the port before the
Interstate Commerce Commission did not
realize that as fully as the Governor.
Their case practically collapsed, and there
is little likelihood that it will be resusci-
,ated 10 bedevil the business Of the coun-
try The port Of New York is an entity,
indiyisibc practically, as it should be theo-
rctically. II needs developing it needs
improvement on a great scale so that the
interests Of shippers and shipping com
ranieg, Of manufacturers and railroads.
may be furthered. The way to do that is
not 70 bubble and quarrel about lighterage
charges and preferential freight rates, or
10 cnfeavor 30 exploit one side OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Training to Prevent War

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR The very best thing that this country
can do is to pass at once the War Depart
ment's bill cor better one, II possible) pro-
viding for universal military service. Let us
start training our young men, not for war. but
To- prevent war for there is no question
that real military system. in conjunction
with a powerful navy. will practically elimi-
nate war so far as the United States is con
cerned ID. \. VI.
Brooklyn y. Y. Feb. -. 1917.
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You can purchase merchandise advertised
in THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-ior
if dissatisfaction results in any case lhh
TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your money back
upon request No red tape. No quibbling We
make good promptly if the advertiser does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Copperheads of 1917

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Don't call them pacihsts any more
Call them Copperheads. Give them n name
that will stick to them and their childrcn's
children. ALVIN NJ. HIGGINS.
Spuytcn Duyvil March |. 1917.
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CANADIAN RATES


Entered At the Poto-oe at Ne" York as Second Gas
Asil Matter.
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Owned .ns published daily b. Tho Tribune A'sociaioo
Nsw York Cooperation. ogden Reid. President &. Non"
Roger. Wee President: Richard II. waldo. SECRETARY
s,,,r rres.rrer Address Tribune BUILDING l5i Nassau
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All Rights Are Relative

There is third reason for which we might
90 10 war. namely. to protect American rights
and lives. Here we come to the crucial ques-
ton. There is no doubt that, as neutrals'
we have the right to use the high seas SUD
iect only 20 the established rules OF legitI-
mate blockade and visit and search Tor con-
traba1d Whether we should 90 to war to
maintain that right under the present CIR
cumstances is another question. The old
rules are obsolete neither side has observed
them: nobody believes that they will ever
be reestablished. The submarine is nov
specifically German weapon. 1t IS belng
built BY all maritime nations. Il has come 10
stav. After this war some new modus oPeTdRd'
r,,,st he devised in international law TO make
the use OF this weapon like other new weap-
ons of the past conform as nearly as posi-
HE 20 humanitarian principles. Meanwhile
"riehts" of neutrals can hardly have that
clear and unmistakable deiiniteness which
they possessed under former methods of mari
time warfare Our behavior in the Frye case
showed our appreciation of this fact. Rights
are relative. They have often been waived or
SUSPENDED for time under extraordinary CIR
curstances. Our own rights have been waived
since the beginning of this gigantic contest. II
we had insisted on them to the letter, and
carried our foodstuffs through the mlne-sown
areas Of the North Sea to Germany. We should
long AGO have suffered the loss Of American
ships and American lives by Great BrltMn's
illegal" act. /. for one, approve our course
in waving the right to cross the military
area" of the North Sea with our foodstufs, as
| approve the course of waving our right to
cross the "war zone" of the Eastern Atlantic
with our munitions Moreover, 1t seems 10
me that the judgment which discriminates be-
tween these rights is but a shifting of the
argument from rights to sgmpdthies, and re-
verts 10 the first of the motives that have
mentioned in this letter, namely participation
in the struggle for the sake Of Fastening the
victory of the Entente Allies.
There arc preccdents enough in our history
for patient protest rather than war in the
case OF our violated maritime rights. bat !
pass over these, partly because believe that
there are really no such things as precedents
in history. in the sense Of binding courses of