davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun., 1917-07-03
TRADE BRIEFS.

The city walls OF Canton, China, are TO
he removed and roads and tramways lead
ing out of the city built. II American cap
ital could be interested in these new ven
lures, which nsul-General p. S. Heintzle-
man says are safe ones, there would be an
opportunity for manufacturers in this
country to supply construction materials.
Numerous kinds of American package
groceries are on sale al st. Etienne. France,
hut there is still an opening for the intro
duction of pickles, jams, sauces and fancy
crackers.
Swiss merchants are In the market for
children's washable cotton clothing. Inn
portatlons from Germany have stopped,
and local manufacturers do not seem TO
be able to supply clothing OF as good
quality as that formerly imported.
American automobile buses have been
put in operation with success at Merida,
YucatAn. More cars are needed.
Plans are being made to clear vast
| tracts OF land in the Straits Settlements
explosives for tree and stump blasting
| should hnd a ready market,
Moss is being used In this country as a
substitute for cotton in articles that re-
quire packing and hlling, such as cush
| ions and mattresses. Louisiana supplies
| most OF the moss used in this way. The
selling price ranges from Ave and a halt
to six cents a pound. Last years output
had an estimated value OF 100000.
graphite frm in Alabama is in the
! market for carload lots of barrels in
knocked down form.
Prices on canning machinery. cane mills
evaporators, boilers and engines are
wanted by a frm at Tampa. Fla
A man at viEo Spain. wishes to repre-
! sent American manufacturers OF electrical
machinery, wire and tin
Iron working machinery is needed al
Genoa, Italy.
w s. Falls. State Highway Engineer
Raleigh, n. c., has requested that cata,
| logues OF road machinery, hydroelectriC
farm implements, draughting Instrument
and flinE cases be sent TO him.
There is a market for typewriter acces
sories at Bilboa, Spain.
Nail making machines, equipment fo
| manufacturing wire for nails and nail wir,
are In demand at Alexandria, Egypt
Raw water ice machinery is needed a
San Antonio. Texas.
nrm at Crosby, Caucasus, Russia
would like to represent American manu-
fscturers OF steel. iron. shoes, dry goods
leather supplies, gas tubing and rope.
Peanut machinery 10 wanted by a dsale
at San Antonio, Texas.
There is a market for roonnE material
at Havre, France.
company at Bahai Brazil, has aske
for catalogues Of American furniture
IncinerRtors Of American make are i
demand al Sac Psulo, Brazil.
Shanghai China, presents a good mar
ket for mineral lubricatinE oils an
SrsAsss.
The sun., 1917-07-03
That Eorrotten Oath Of once.


Section 3 Of Article vi. of the Con-
stitution of the United States provides
as follows:
"The Senators and Representatives
before mentioned, and the members Of
the several State Legislatures, and all
executive and judicial officers, both of
the United States and of the several
States, shall be bound by oath or afflr-
nation TO support this Constitution but
no religious test shall ever be required
as a qualification to any office or pub
lie trust under the United States"
Accordingly, when, in the course
of human events, JAMES HAMILTON
LEWIS of Illinois presented himself at
the bar of the Senate as having been
chosen to sit in that body as one Of
the Senators from that State he SOL
emnly swore that he would support
the Constitution of the United States,
calling upon Almighty GoD to wit
ness the truth of his asseveratlon to
that effect.
Has he been true to his oath?
Not II we may believe his own
words.
On Friday the bill for the conser-
walton of food and fuel was under
consideration in the Senate. In the
course Of the discussion Mr.. REED OF
Missouri asked Mr.. BoRAH Of Idaho
whether he thought that the power
of Congress to raise armies and sup.
port them carried with it the power
TO regulate the price of fertilizers
After Senator BoRAH had expressed
some doubt on the subject and said
he was only hunting for the correct
rule, Senator REED declared that was
what they all wanted, although
there are some Senators who, l think
utterly disregard the Constitution al
the present time and do not care
whether 1t exists at all or not"
"And am one of those" exclaimed
Senator JIM HAM LEWIS of Illinois.
luc ocndlOI IIOlu liilhulS uOcS NV
mean to say that seriously, does heT
inquired Mr.. REED.
"Yes, / do, really" responded Mr.
LEWIS. II belong to the school that
thinks the Constitution, at this par
ticular time, is more or less sus
pended. am a hereto" And thu
colloquy ended with a declaration by
Mr.. REED that the gentleman from
Illinois was franker than some othel
Senators and that was the only thlnt
that distinguished him from some o.
them.
We realize that 1t is serious mat
ter to charge that a high public off
Ger is false to his official oath. Their,
is no escape from this conclusion
however, If Senator LEWIS of Illinois
meant what he said in the Senat,
on Friday. He utterly disregards'
the Constitution which he has sworI
to support and does not care at al
whether 1t exists or not
The sun., 1917-07-03
VERMONT BOYS.
They Are Already in France and on
Uncle Sans Ships.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sr: You
ask What is the matter with Vermont
in the worlds war OF 1912" giving
statistics Of the enlistmcnts of the
three smaller States of the Union, Yer
mont suffering horribly in the compari-
son.
l don't know, but l will venture this
solution: that lot of tho young men
have enlisted in branches of the War
Department other than the army.
know of ambulanciers who have been
in France for long time and have a
cousin. in fact. there now, from this
State. and [ know the navy must be
as proportionately represented
We are very slow to wsken, but look
out for Ethan Allen when he makes
up his mind up" as Otto Won would
say. A b. BUTLER.
BURLINGTON, VT, Juno so.
The sun., 1917-07-03

OF such person to have his estate A.
clared immune from the transfer "a,
law because he had place in ano,l..
State where he lodged few weeks =,
the summer months each year ana
called 1t his domicile. II the transfsr
tax law of this State had been for N.
last six years the same as 1t was nrior
to July 21, 1911. 1t can easily be shown
that the State would have received
from the estates of nonresident ds.
cedents upward of s12,00o,00O OF tar
and the nonresident estates pavlrs
this sum would then only have been
paying for the care, protection. priv
leges and advantages received and an.
joyed equally with our own citizens
AT present practically the yhos
burden Of this tax Is upon the estate,
left by our citizens, while the non.
resident can come here for any and ali
business pursuits or purposes and
spend his whole business life hsrs
without his estate ever paying the
State OF New York one cent for the
protection and advantages he enjoyed
while his intangible property was ac.
cumulatlng. III II were possible for me
to make the estates OF all non-resi.
dents who accumulate intangible prop.
erty within this State share the burden
of this tax equally and proportionatelv
with the estates OF our own citizens
would feel fully justified in doing 50
but as it requires legislation 10 ac.
complish this purpose l can only call
more urge upon you the justice as
well as the necessity OF amending this
law at the present session OF the Leg.
islature so as to tax the transfers o.
the property of those who avail them.
selves of the business facilities and
advantages OF our State but find {
convenient to be domiciled in an ad
joining State. the same as We did toy
upward of twenty-four years prior to
July 81, 1911"
The sun., 1917-07-03
Disappointment for q Trio OF Police
Prosecutors.

The stupidity of a few policemen
exhibited in the lamentable Cruger
case has let loose the whole pack of
police baiters, ranging in respecta-
bility from the merely hysterical to
the wholly disreputable. The inter-
ests Of the persons Immediately af-
fected have been relegated to compar-
ative obscurity. The politician. the
sensation monger and the Prussian
spy have emerged to the leadership, a
trio Of undesirables most appropri-
ately united in the effort to break
down an admirable department and
demoral!ze an excellent force.
Against them Commissioner WooDs
has taken a courageous position. He
was first to move to punish incompe-
tence and dishonesty in the organiza-
tion. under him; he is first to stand
up in defence of its faithful and COM
petent members. Not one innocent
man shall be punished, not one mea-
sure of unjustltied severity will be
adopted, though the Prussian propa-
gandists turn blue with fury, the SEN
sation mOngers shout their heads off
and the politicians burst with coun
terfeit rage.
The most gratifying thing about
Commissioner WooDs's stand Is that
his record and the record of the po-
lice justify it. The history of his ad-
ministration declares his ability and
his intention to do justice. and jus
tice is the only thing that is wanted
in present circumstances.
The sun., 1917-07-03
German Sounding Names.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: AS
to barring from the Red Cross service
Of civilians whose names have Ger
man tang, what would happen to Adolphe
Hatfield or Arsene Darmesteter or
Charles NJ. Schwab?
Yet the two former were the editors
of the General Dictionary of the French
Language" based on Littre. and for Mr..
Schwab "let the ordnance speak"
NEW YORK, July 2. H. NJ.
The sun., 1917-07-03
why Not?

The day after the arrival OF the
van Of the American army In England
a correspondent Of the London Times,
who had crossed the Atlantic with
them, wrote Of the departure of our
soldiers as follows:
Toward the beginning OF last week
tug boat put out from Governors
Island, that small fortified dot OF land
south of Manhattan, New York. 1t car
ried troops-American troops OF the
regular army who are forming the ad-
vanced guard of the first combatant
force to leave the United States for
service in their own uniform and under
their own flag in France. The forts
gave them no farewell salute. and Of
the millions OF American citizens but a
few score knew they were leaving or
where they were going"
Some of us have seen them drop
ping down the bay on tugs, sharing
the deck space with boxes of rations,
pyramids of khaki clad men survey
ing the passing ferryboats in stony
silence, with not a wave of the hand
or the show Of handkerchief from
the commuters, who, as matter Of
fact. do not know regular from a
National Guardsman. But how
should they when the sight of a mi
litiaman Is occasional and the
glimpse of regular rare? Not all
of those undemonstrative men going
down the bay to climb the side of a
transport, showing no national flag or
reglmental insignia, and with not a
band playing patriotic airs or insplrit-
ing music, not all of them will see
the Statue of Liberty again. They
know 1t, and the onlookers know 1t,
hut there is no godspeed, no farewell
1t oppresses the heart 1t seems like
Indifference, but 10 not.
Does any man In his senses doubt
| that the enemy Is informed Of the de
parture of our troops, that his spies
have reported what Is about to take
place? Then why surround with mys
terry the detraining. the march from
quarters. the crowdlng on the waiting
harbor craft? Why this stealth anG
silence when everybody, friend and
enemy alike, knows that our men are
going? Why a. procedure that sup
presses the natural emotions of oul
people? Nothing could be more de
pressing to them, and more dlscourag
ing to the soldiers leaving, than thil
mockery Of an unseen departure fol
the transports, which may sail In {
day or a week--who knows?
Why not let the flag stream an,
whip In the free wind of America a
our regulars go down the bay? VIII!
not the strains of the regiments ban'
playing the "Star Spangled Banner
and America" and changing int
catchy ragtime dear to the crowd o.
the river boats and familiar to the en-
listed men2 What waving of hat
and roar of cheers there would hC
with the ladies. between smiles an
tears, fiuttering their little handkeI
chiefs! How hearts would go out I
The sun., 1917-07-03

From ths Poinf.pilIe Herald

FfOm fhe FdInf8piIIe Herald
with the morning sunshine and its efful-
sence to brighten the heavens, his SPLEEN
dor as threads In the skirts of the robe
OF the Deity after the night wrapped in
the sable mantle, woven with gems and
stars which shined as ornaments worked
by the needle OF God in that brilliant
piece of tapestry which had spread over
our heads as dwelling tent, the beauti-
full and accomplished Miss Golda, daughter
OF MIR. and Mrs. John Ward, and one
charming Hugh Peters, with the immedi-
ate family and friends was summoned to
the bridal altar in the parlor OF the
brides home.
The sun., 1917-07-03
AN ESTIMATE OF WILLIAM
WINTERS STYLE.
High Praise fer the Literary Quality
Of the Late Critics Work.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Str: In
the death of William Winter do not
think II too much to say that America
has lost her greatest writer Of English.
washington Irving alone perhaps ex-
cepted. no man has written such exquis-
ite prose as did he. And as for poetry,
the poetry OF pathos especially. VINO has
surpassed him?
do not envy the man or woman who
can read william Winters monody on
the death OF Augustin Daily with un-
moistened eyes. APPLETON MORGAN.
New York, July 2.
The sun., 1917-07-03
A Philippine Medicine Tree.

From the Chnstidn Herald.
Between the provincial building ana the
Filipino schoolhouse. part OF which Is used
as a girls dormitory. stands the sacred
tree OF tho Ifusaos, with a span OF it's
branches of 500 feet. Nor Is It tree at
all In the true sense, for 1t Is a gigantic
example OF the balete, which begins as a
parasite vine. kills the tree on which it
rises. and then hides 1t In Its twining
trunk. The Ifugaos think that when that
huge tree dies they too will perish. but
there is an industry. stohdity and a
stamina in that obscure race that should
remove from their hearts all fear OF ex-
tinction.
The sun., 1917-07-03

The late President HYDE Of Bowdoin
was not only an accomplished admin
istrator and upbuilder to whose prac-
tical ability and tireless energy that
institution owes in great degree its
most notable era OF expansion: he was
also philosopher, a moralist, a
preacher and teacher of the very first
rank in respect OF the purity and
clarity Of his ideals and his power Of
expressing them effectively. This is
not an overcommon combination, this
Of the business man and the scholar,
even among modern American college
presidents. DR. HYDE's faithful and
fruitful service to Bowdoin covered a
third OF a century; and more and
more during that period his fine in
telligence and moral zeal gained for
him through his writings recognition
in a much wider circle as one of the
primates among educators, as an in7
structor Of instructors and as a leader
OF thought.
The sun., 1917-07-03

"The German people under the pres
sure of English starvation and the
war" says an official despatch from
Berlin, has become hard race with
an iron fist" Never harder or more
brutal than during the very first days
In Belgium when the roll of atrocities
showed how little the German to-day
differs from the Hun OF execrable his
tory. But the belated effort to excuse
their savagery as due to the suffering
caused by the British blockade at least
shows that they have the grace to be
ashamed OF it,
The sun., 1917-07-03
Living south OF Brooklyn Bridge.

The discovery Of a Wall Street man
that lower Manhattan is a good place
to live as well as to work Is one that
is bound to be repeated from time
to time throughout the history Of this
island. Why the discovery is not
more frequently made would be hard
to say. The chief obstacle might
seem to be rents; but those who pay
several thousand year for uptown
apartments would hardly be deferred
by the rates per square foot In the
costliest skyscraper.
Twenty, thirty or forty stories
above the canyons and arroyos be-
low Brooklyn Bridge men work all
day long in cool draughts sweeping
evenly over q sunllt harbor. At night
they take steam train and swelter
for an hour and permit themselves
to be bathed in cinders to reach a
breezeless habitatiOn In the mosquito
zone. Why? Habit, Of course. When
we strike some wholly illogical human
performance we are forced into an
illogical explanation.
Downtown Manhattan at night is
sometimes called "the Deserted VII
lage" 1t is, in fact, region of
shadows, coolness and agreeable mys-
terry. Wall street, on summers
night, has a sprlnkling of slghtseers.
From vents in the silent street steam
issues forth, suggesting thermal
springs below. The night watchmen
move gravely about and the chime of
Trinity breaks the stiffness with a
placid: "All's well.''
In Pearl street n deeper gloom is
frelghted with the odors of spices.
coffee, sandalwood and Eastern drugs.
All the Spanish restaurants are dark.
1t Is necessary to go north under the
giant arches of the cleaning bridge
and into Oak street to find Il place
of refreshment. Here are lights. nota-
bly, In the humble pasticerria of the
excellent LUIGI PEREZ. Spanish and
Italian are spoken. Little marble
topped tables dot the sawdust GOV
cred floor. Coffee Is three cents, un-
less the price has gone up lately. II
is q demi tasse and of brew worth
drinking. A slice of sort of cake
bread served with it is a cent more.
II the hour is not too late the Res
taurant Of the Three Stars may be
open. And anyway, around the cor
ner in Madison street you can visit
a half dozen Greek coffee houses
where Turkish coffee and Il water
pipe are procurable.
South street at night is worth com
ing hundred miles to traverse. The
refreshing airs from the harbor, the
quiet, the scents of salt and tar com
pose tired nerves. Great ships are
silhouetted against the pale blackness
of the sky. Carry nothing and tarry
not in one place. You will be making
it difficult for the Old Slip police, who
must take special precautions against
possible spies.
Battery Park at night affords Q
panorama of changing but constant
beauty. AS you go north from it
along the west side of the island
you enter the Syrian quarter. Here
also are eating places, Syrian as wei
as Greek. If you have not too finlcky
a regard for externals you will likely
be well pleased with what is put be
fore you. Your circuit completed yor
may retire to your abode, opening th'
windows and letting the coolness o.
lands end invade your rooms. Fol
in the matter of comfortable sleeI
the tip of Manhattan has every ad
vantage of Brighton or Rockaway.
The sun., 1917-07-03

That the incident has aroused the anx-
iety OF the Norwegian people is much
regretted.-From a PruSsidn semi-o 1icidl
netoSpdper.
The incident" was the discovery OF
a store of high explosives and incen-
diary compounds in the officially sealed
trunk Of Prussian Government cour-
Ter. They were to be used to destroy
Norwegian ships. Regret" that the
Norwegian people showed anxiety over
the incident" is the least the Prus.
SLAMS could show.
The sun., 1917-07-03
TREATS FOR SOLDIERS.
The Army Palate Does Not Reject
Home Made Delicacies.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Many
OF the people along the route of the
troop trains are kind enough to bring
beautiful flowers to ouR soldier boys,
and they appreciate them, but couldn't
some of those kind patriotic people give
them sandwiches, rolls. cakes, popcorn or
peanuts, II they have no time to get
more substantial things?
Uncle Sam feeds them well in camp,
but they are a hungry lot Of boys en-
route. When l send a box to my two
boys, who are with the field artillery,
try to put in extra buns. sandwiches, &C,
for some other mothers sons, Home
cooking tastes so good to homesick boys
THE MOTHER OF Two BOYS,
RocKLANp LAKE, July 2.
The sun., 1917-07-03
Our Men In France Are Fully
Equipped"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: I
wonder whether steel helmets are being
made for the United States national
army. and II so what they are like in
appearance.
There seems to be no reason to keep
the matter secret, for ! should think
that the information which might be
gathered from the pictorial illustrations
of such headgear could be Of no material
advantage to the enemy.
WILLIAM S. WHITEHEAD.
NEW York. July :.
The sun., 1917-07-03
ThoreAu

To THE EpITR OF THE SUM 'oa'
article on Thoreau was one Of the deer
est. most philosophical and most ele' a.,
ing that have ever read + "on'
sound well from any pulpit, no matter
OF what creed
Those of US who love the Writings '
Thoreau will love them none the ''N
because of what YOU wrote, hut, "N'' y
a better thing. We shall understand mem
more fully Would that he had had W.
influence of such teaching in his lte ''
what heights might he not have r.seT
JossPH c. WHlTE
BROOKLYN, JULY ..
The sun., 1917-07-03

sun Just won't be solemn
when II sees the column
Wheeling into line;
Knows a way that's after,
Starts right in to glitter,
Simply has to shine.
Moon Just won't be cranky
When II sees a Yankee
Marching on TO France;
Every moonbeam happy
Feels so proud and scrsppy
Simply has TO dance,
These who see ths saddest,
These who wAtcn the maddest
or our earthly sights,
Want 10 glow for glory,
Blazoning the story
when the soldier nEhts.
AoLARps0loA wnsol
The sun., 1917-07-03
SLOGGING VS.. STRAFING.
Or, What Shall We Say in the Enc
my's Hearingi

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: AS
a war slogan, and one that never failed
yet
"Faugh Ballah!" ("Clear the
way") j. H. NJ.
NEW YORK, July 2.
The sun., 1917-07-03

To THE EpIToR or THE SrN--Nr.
past Nfty, active and wish 20 0' ~
In a military way.
have served eleven years IN
tional Guard. New York D'tr r'F nv"
and wish to know II these organ''"
are TO form battalions, as N tho span
war. when the active regiment
called out.
would like TO become iden,h'' '''
some such battalion, NA1IoNA ''''"
New YORK, July 2
The sun., 1917-07-03

The Topeka Capital says that VIC
TOR MURDOCH cherishes an ambition TO
go to the United States Senate as a
Democrat. 1t is perhaps not so much
going "as a Democrat" that interests
the former Kansas Congressman as
the going. Mr.. MURDOCH, by the way.
will be remembered as the young man
who drove Uncle JOE" CANNON out
of public life.
The sun., 1917-07-03
The DecAdent Wet


From the Emporid Gazette
Are We becoming enemina'e ''
pleasures Last week Mls'o-'l
got the rope around It's Victims ne " -
then grew chicken hearted aud ,e' ~,
GO. Tails week an oklahoma aoH nav
negro more than hundred m'es ~. ~.
when the man finally was captured lH'''
TO hang him. What's the matter
The sun., 1917-07-03

Until further notice the Commercial
Hotel as a summer inducement will give
one bath a week TO all guests who pay
their bill promptly at the end of the week
Regardless OF the scarcity Of water we
want our guests to be comfortable.
r. +. STEVENS, Prop
The sun., 1917-07-03
Or Just "Over the River!"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Per
nit me to suggest the following wal
slogan:
"Over the Rhine. Boys"
ROBERT H. STAGEMrER.
YORK. Pa, July 9.
The sun., 1917-07-03
Engaging the Dachshund.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Isl
EN-, Tige he bit your Uncle -
CHRISTOPHER IRLE.
SCRANTON, Pa, July 2.
The sun., 1917-07-03
when We Have an Irish Kaiser. :

To THE EprToR OF THE sUN-SI: In your
paper to-day you publish a poem when
the War Is over" l would say that this
poem appeared in the Louisville Courier
Journal last May under the heading When
We Have an Irish Kaiser" to the air Of
Wearing OF the Green The author 8
name is not given G. H. ",
New YORK, June 30.
The sun., 1917-07-03

If Governor GLYNN becomes leader
of the State Democracy will he favor
us again with his But We didn't &c
to war" speech? How that impassioned
burst OF pacifist oratory which SC
thrilled the st. Louis convention would
sound to-day!
The sun., 1917-07-03

A West Prussian Socialist declares
that President WILSON is "a greater
autocrat than was the Russian Car"
and DR. MuEHLING says the President
Is the greatest humbuG and liar in the
Ave quarters OF the globe" Obviously
the Prusslan hate is still in good work.
ing orden
The sun., 1917-07-03

The verses referred to were not
printed by THE SUN as an original pub
lication. They were contained in a COM
munication from a correspondent who
said that he ran across a manuscript
copy of the lines in St. Paul last March.
The sun., 1917-07-03

The Liberty bonds are now ou; Of the way
The Red Cross has gotten It's cash,
So now for a week let us hustle to pay
For prunes and the family hash.