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diet of racehorses hold that since fair
daily average Of oats for horse IN iulI
training is not more than thirteen or four
teen pounds the less in food for human
beings is not serious enough TO justify re-
strictions. Be that as it may, 1t appears
that oats arc still to be allowed to brood
mares. horses at the stud and yearllngs IN
order to interfere as little as possible with
horse breeding. SO one Of the chlef
arguments against rationing Is provided
against.
Much Of the opposition to rationlng came
Undoubtedly from persons interested IN
racing. and such opposition as exists must
in future be based mainly on that ground.
OF course. it is always urged that racing
is an essential part of the horse breeding
industry, but if the shortage Of oats Is
really as serious as it is supposed to be
this argument will not count for much to-
day. even in England.
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Cashing In on Patriotism

We sincerely hope it is true that the
Department Of Justice has found "A way
to curb the use of the Stars and Stripes ON
miscellaneous articles of commerce rang
ing from neckties to socks The report
ought to be true, and if it is not true and
no law can be thus construed. the sooner
law is framed and enacted the better.
There will be a plenty Of near-patrlot-
ism at the best in the coming months to
gall every American not equipped with the
skin of a rhinoceros. Already the blum
derers and the thrifty-soued are busy.
The line is not always easy to draw, and we
have no excuse for the super-sensltiNe pa
triot who is so shocked by little taste
lessness that he can never salute his flag
again. But the business of converting pa
triotism into dollars on the stage. on the
film, in the haberdashery business and
everywhere else will need all the restraint
of law and public opinion that it can get.
The danger Of restricting a proper and
patriotic use Of the flag as a decoration and
a symbol is not very great in this land Of
the free and easy. Let US have little firm
restriction of sock manufacturers and
what not. 1t will be simple enough to let
down the bars notch later on.
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Congress and the War

IRON IHc DffrOf JOurndif
Our Congress has remarkable gifts at play
ing politics. But it has small gifts at gov
eminent Where there has been political
profit to be made, our Senators and Repre-
sentatives have seen into the future with TIE
vision Of seers. But where a policy Of state
was to be worked out, new economic prnci-
pie handled, a measure adopted which in
volvcd the welfare of the next generation
rather than this Congress has been like a
man cropping in dark hall. 1t has been
trained in politics to the minute. But in
statecraft its training has been primitive
simply because there has been no compul-
sion about IT,
The war is non-politcial, bipartisan.
There is TO sectional bias or appeal in it. no
sign now that any Congressman can advance
his political fortunes by spread-eaglng or
lambasting the Kaiser. What Congress has
before it is simply business proposition on
an enormous scale. And naturally, Congress
is bewldered.
For years il has been foreseen that our
parliamentary practices would have to un-
dcrgo a renovation approaching revolution.
To-day that renovation is in progress Con
sress is being brought into harmony with the
times Il is being forced to think as the
public thinks No wonder it gasps. No wor-
der some of its members bctray the fact that
their minds belong not 10 1917, but to 1874.
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Urge Daylight Saving at Once

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Last Thursday the other officers o.
the National Daylight Saving Association sP
peared with me in Washington before ms
Senate Committee in the interest Of the Usl.
der Borland bill. This bill follows the lesa
of European countries in setting the cIoS'
forward an hour during the summer months
If adopted. we will be in uniformity OF tl"'
with our allies. At present we are one hO''
cut of the way during the summer months
The change will save the people about onF
quarter of their lighting bills; It VIII reoU''
the consumption of coal in the msnuiae'u''
Of electricity and otherwise. England havns
shown saving of 100000 tons, we can io0'
forward to the saving Of million tons T"
the United States.
1t has been proven that the extra hour =.
daylight has been used abroad largely iO
gardening. II the million commuters OF Nc"
York could all get home an hour eSt"'s
many of them would cultivate garden plots
great advantage to the community par'isu'''
ly this season.
We evidently impressed the Senate COZ,
mittee with these arguments. for we un0,'
stand that they will report fayoraby "
unanimous vote. -,
Daylight saving is not only advocated ~
the Daylight Saving Association. but gun
generally by the chambers OF commerce sns
labor unions of the country. Rarely do iSVV.
and capital combine so enthusiastically w.
legislation as they do for this act =,
IL is now important that the resde" y
YOUR paper express themselves by telegrsn'
and letters to their Congressman ana seq
ators in favor of the Calder-Borland dsyls''
saving bill. MARCUS VI. MAINS
President National Daylight Saving Ass0e''
ton. -
New York, May 8, 1917. ~
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Let T. r. Blolo His Bugle Horn!

sink ships on the high seas without warn
ING and without afording our citizens a la'r
chance TO escape with their lives-thht ths'
uronisc. like their treaty promises, was d
scrap Of paper.
So. Mr.. President, on your reports 70 US
and on YOUR advice, we have decided 10 20
TO war with Germany. But we have not de
cidod that the very methods OF government
which in going TO war we are UNDERTAKING
DESTROY shall be by you or our other en-
ntovos bore established. We want the rlght
10 know what you are doing. 20 speak OF "
among ourselves, 10 consider u ana ny
public assembly or petition to notiiy 10 you
orr views That the occasion OF oui
telling you when we employed you that you
must not pass any law abridging treedo" u
speech or Of the press or OF our rlgnt peac-
ablv 10 assemble and to express our views
Now. Mr. President, there is another tnIhg.
There are great many Of US, hundreds OF
Thousands of us. who have a certain regard
for Theodore Roosevelt On one occasion
wc were enough in numbers 10 employ INN
in tho capacity in which We have more re-
Gently employed you, and many OF u.s. very
MANY feel that he has been distinct credlI
IN rs and TO the notions Of civilization tnat
wc have been trying 70 illustrate ana estaD-
Iisb We admire him, Mr.. President, IN
many more ways than one. From his eariest
manhood, in his home life and in his puollc
Iiro no has been a distinct and all the whlIe
growing inspiration to our people We love
his courage, his readiness TO say and 70 act'
and we notice, Mr.. President, that there Is
very little he has ever said that he has been
compelled to take back and nothing tnat ne
has done which anybody has been able 70
undo You have attempted Nr. Presiden''
measurably to undo the conditions uhder
which ne builded the Panama Canal, but
vour effort in that direction, though often
renewed, has been perhaps the most con.
spicuous failure Of your administration OF
our affairs.
He saws. sir, that he can raise very con-
siderable army TO go to France and hgnt our
enemy, the imperial government OF Germahy'
He saws he can equip this army and that ne
can get il into work in France within three
months. IL sounds difficult, to be sure, Dut
we have seen him do good many things tnat
at the outset looked hard. There are many
of us. very many, who believe that you ought
to let him blow his buge horn and see what
il comes TO. II il comes TO nothing 1t won't
hurt anything If it comes to what he says
it will it will nightly assist the operation
Of YOUR conscrption law; and. with great re-
spect, Mr.. President, there are many OF US
very many. who feel and will continue to
feel, if you don't do it, that the motive OF
YOUR refusal to do it is not in kind with the
motives that heretofore we have been re-
ioiced to ascribe to you.
LEMUEL ELY QUIGG.
! New York. May 10, 1917.
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Such Childish Slushl
he Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: By all means keep up publication Of
such childish slush as constituted your lead
ing editorial to-day. Your previous seditious
utterances were plausible enough TO be pos
sibly dangerous, but this one is so absolutely
absurd that it must defeat its own object.
Any of your readers will know that Ger
many had been modelling for forty years,
that Belgium and France had been for that
reason on guard, and that Great Britain for
the same reason had been keeping her feet in
condition and had modified it weeks before
the declaration OF war was made. In this
country we happily have not had the same
necessitous condition, but there has never
been an emergency in which we were in such
readiness as at present, and particularly in
comparison with the 1898 situation. This is
most unfortunate for your comparison.
f. J. SHRINER.
New Brighton Staten Island, May 9, 1917.
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In This National Crisis

10 the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Your editorial or the stupidity and
impotence Of this Administration is i'm
prcssivc. But it is too restrained and sub
dued. You wouldn't tell deaf man in a
low voice that his house was burning. In this
national crisis any voice which brings help
should be heard. Perhaps our Presidents
greatest fault is his passive doclity. lie is
essentially subordinate. You have known
this and have limited it frequently Why in
this emergency have you developed a false
respect for authority? EMMA EBARROT.
New York. May Q, 1917.
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Hampstead, y. Y. May s, 1917.
A Political Campaign

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Is our country merely indulging in
a political campaign, or is it true that we
are On the eve Of war to vindicate our
national rights and honor? Must the friends
and admirers Of Colonel Roosevelt still wit
ness the spectacle Of true patriot being
snubbed and Inundated for presuming to
seek the privilege of fighting for his coun-
try? Are we to offer our allies simply a
choice collection Of beautifully worded
theories on paper, as our contribution to the
fighting forces in France, or shall we allow
patriotism to have a chance, regardless of
whether the organizer of the proposed eX-
petition might win few extra votes for
some possible future election, by brave and
efficient service on the firing line? l.. T.
New York, May 10, 1917.
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CONSUMPTION Age Limits

The conference report on the army hlll
fixes the CONSUMPTION age limits at twenty
one and thirty-onc This is a satisfactory
compromise of differences of opinion be-
tween the House and the Senate. The SEN
ate voted for twenty-one years and twenty
seven The House voted for twenty-one
and forty. The purpose which the House
had in view (and it was laudable pur-
posc) has been attained sufficiently by
pushing the liability limit above thirty.
The General Staff asked Congress to re-
strict the application Of the draft to men
between nineteen and twenty-five. There
are some good military reasons for draw
ing at the start exclusively on the classes
below twenty-five and ignoring the higher
classes. The men most capable Of active
military service are those who are just
reaching their majority or who have just
passed it, In the classes below twenty-five
the proportion Of unmarried men and men
without dependents is high. The average
earning capacity of men in these classes
is also low.
Yet in this war the country is for the
first time discarding volunteering and
planting itself on the solid rock Of con-
Scription. 1t is necessary to emphasize the
universal character of service under our
new system. 1t is advisable to distribute
the burdens of service as widely and equi-
tably as it is practicable to do so. An able
bodied man who is fit to fight or to take
his place in the second line, who is unmar
ried and without dependents, should mani
testify not be arbitrarily excused from serv-
ing simply because he is more than twenty
five years old. 1t seems fairer to apply the
principle of selection to a wider range of
eligibles and for that reason The Tribune
has favored an extension of the conscrip-
tion limit to thirty years or over.
1t would almost seem as if the country
was averse to a whole-hearted application
of the principle Of universal service if
compulsion were waived except for small
group of men between nineteen and TWEEN
ty-fve or between twenty-one and twenty
seven. We think, therefore, that it was
wise to include in the new CONSUMPTION
scheme classes all the way up to thirty-one.
If the war lasts long, we shall be obliged
to conscript men up to forty perhaps to
forty-five.
II must be remembered that we are to
have conscripts for the farm and factory
as well as for the fighting line. The confer
cncc report, moreover requires each state
to furnish quota based on its population
and not merely on its population avail
able for military service" In the agri-
cultural states the number of men yielded
by draft applicable to only six annual
contingentS, all other exemptions taken
into consideration, might easily prove in
sufficient. 1t is better to err on the side Of
safety in our first trial Of CONSUMPTION.
We have to consider the psychological as
well as the military side Of the problem.
The more quickly and the more pointedly
the war touches the masses of our popula-
ton the sooner we shall awaken to what
it means and to the measure Of sacrifice
which il is going to impose
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ANY Other Country

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Any other country in the world would
have received with open arms and shouts of
JOY the magnificent patriotism of Roosevelt
and his legions, but our Administration seems
to hcye adopted the principle of war on
Roosevelt first and war on Germany second.
When | think of this shameful affair and
what harmful effects it must have on the
patriotism of our country, besides the mis-
management that it foretells, | fear for my
enlisted son. There must be thousands Of
parents who feel as do
AN AMERICAN FOR NINE GENERATIONS.
East Sandwich Mass, May 9, 1917.
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A Call for Leadership

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Congratulations on your timely edi-
torial "lncurablc Folly" But which is at
fault, Congress or the Administration, and
what is the remedy?
One or the other needs dynamiting into eff
fcient action. We don't expect them to do
anything well except talking but any strong
action will be better than oratory alone
The people want Roosevelt commissioned at
once to lead volunteer army TO France. It's
poor time for either Congress or the Ad-
mnistration to refuse to do this because it
is inconsistent wnen their past records in
this respect are reviewed
Let us have a little constructive leadership.
Americans are ready, as you say, to act at
once under efficient leadership.
c. r. FOOTE.
Balston Spa, y. Y, May II, 1917.
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favourable Folly
Less Cheers and More Deeds Arc
Asked to Help Our Allies

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Please accept my warmest thanks
for your great editorial in to-day's ISSUE
"Incurablo Folly Procrastination seems TO
be doing IT'S deadly work Cheering Jofre
and Balfour is good. but they plead for men
at once in France. They know what IS
needed. Let rs have fewer cheers and more
deeds Lot the Administration break its par
alyzing silence and tell US what it proposes to
do We dawdle while the fate of humanity
hangs in the balance.
Start the mon for Franccl Send 1000 Of our
regulars every week, at once, Increasing the
number as quickly as possible Our militia
can guard the southern border and do police
duty. meanwhile pcrfccting themselves in
arms Also. start the new men as soon as
clothed and equipped. Let them learn war
where war RACES. One month within smell
Of gunpowder is as good six in sippered
case here But put the men in France on
double quick time. or II will be too late. II
1000 regulars cannot start next week, then
tell us when they will go. Ten thousand men
going to France next week may stop 100000
German soldiers from coming here next fall
What a humiliating spectacle. An eN-
President, the greatest leader OF men now
living. Offering the services Of 100000 men,
but foolishly and unpatriotcally restrained.
Washington does not dare TO give its real
reason for this idiotic policy. Let the people
demand that something be done at once to
nut men in France. Let Washington break
the silence that encourages Germany and
tell US when we are going to fight in France.
JOSEPH II. CROKER.
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Can 1t Be Possible?
ditor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Can it be possible that personal jeal-
ousy is keeping Mr.. Roosevelt and his friends,
the other splendid patriots, here at home in
stead of in France where they are so wofulIy
needed? | have no overwhelmingly great ad-
miration for those at Washington who are
managing the matter of helping France. but
cannot quite bring my mind to thinking
them so small that jealousy is the motive.
If foremost in their hearts was longing
to help the French, so brave, so loyal, so
spent. so dear to the American people, is
there any sufficient reason that cannot be set
aside by the Administration why they can
not go at once, this company of great men
who are Offering influence, money and life?
S. y. NJ.
Hampstead. y. Y. May s, 1917.
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Why?
A Chorus of Americans Questioning
Rejection of the Colonel

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: wish first to express the unspeak-
able satisfaction which your paper has given
to many like myself who have been from the
start strongly pro-Ally. You have given US
the true facts in the case and an interpre-
tation of them without evasion or distortion.
Will you add to your services an explana-
ton. if there is one, of the real reason why
the government so steadily refuses to accept
the magnificent offer of Colonel Roosevelt to
send an army of 100000 to the aid Of the
Allies. If understand his proposition, the
mobilization and equipment of this army
would be free of all cost to the government.
All the Colonel asks is to be given permission
and authorization to raise and forward TINS
unit to the firing line. r. b. H.
New York. May 10, 1917.
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Bravo!
70 the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Trlbune.
Sir: In the past / have had occasion to
severely critcise your paper and some Of the
items therein contained, but in all fairness 10
you. believe in giving praise where praise is
due, and the purpose of this letter is to con-
graduate you most cordially on the splendid
literary gem "Jofre and Vivian Get City's
Greatest Welcome" that appeared in this
mornings edition. Bravo! Whether one wills
it or not, the sentiment of that article will
have most lasting impression, and | can
only add that it would be boon to have
such worth while reports written up for any
movement, no matter how small so long as
its purpose is the greatest good TO the great
est number CORNELE G. MEYRSON.
New York, May 10, 1917.
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An English Workingman's Sentiment

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Thank God, Russia has come into the
sunshine and liberty! Now it is to be hoped
the people in Germany Will throw off the
shGckes of slavery and join the forces of
progress wherever they are TO be found to
make life worth living, with equality for
women as well as for men. President Will
sons speech to Congress should be printed
i'm pamphlet form and circulated all over the
world, so the peoples may know the why anc
wherefore Of this vast conflict with the dark
forces of evil.
Best wishes to you ALI A workingman.
ARTHUR JOHN PEARSON.
Northalerton, Yorks, Eng, April Q, 1917.
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In Praise Of d Fight
or of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: All honor and gratitude to the editor
Of The New York Tribune for the fight he is
making for our own country and for our
allies,
In the same degree that we rejoice at the
clearness and truth and wisdom of your state
ments, we also arc grateful for your pa.
thence. perseverance and courage in keeping
up your patriotic battle to open the eyes Of
our people Please tell us the worst, that We
may not fail to do our part
MRS LYDIA +. PUTNAM.
DEighty-thrce years of age. whose grand
fathers or brothers fought in every war
since the Mayhower arrived excepting
that of 1872, when none were of fighting
ageD
Marietta, Ohio. May 1, 1917.
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TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial "Incurable Folly" hits
the nail on the head.
The Administration wants the farmers to
"preparc to feed the world on two weeks
notice, and sets an example by making rifles
for the army so fast that it would take thirty
years to equip Bryan's million"
OF what use will it be for the farmer to
raise big crops if an army Of one hundred
thousand enemy soldiers should sweep across
the country and clean us all out as the Ger
mans did Belgium? Better let the politicians
starve as we'll as the rest OF the world.
A CONNECTICUT FARMER.
Brookfeld. Conn. May 10, 1917.
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The Flower Beds in the Tuilerics

JaauarV I. 1917
France is planting her gardens,
France is preparing her spring:
Seeds in their long rows slumbering,
Bulbs in their ranks outnumberng,
For the brown beds bordering;
France is planting her gardens,
France is preparing her spring.
France the crmined lilies,
France of the Fleur-de-Lys;
And royal still her will is,
Say the stately Tuileries.
Her crippled and manned and broken
Walk, smiling, in her sun;
These arc they who have spoken
Her word by the lips'of Ncrdun;
Their little, gay children go leaping
Laugh loud from the ry-go-round;
France has sown. for their resping,
The flowers Of France that are sleeping
Near By, in the warm, brown ground
France has planted her garden,
France has prepared her a spring,
All mankind for its warden;
Love for its singing bird;
Never the frost shall harden
Earth that has in its keeping
Seed sown there at her word;
Never the bird take wing;
Where the flower of France is sleeping
That earth shall have ner spring
GRACE ELLERY CLAIMING.
Paris, Jan. !, 1917.
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manifest decrease in the male population
Cf Great Britain.
1t would be a pity to discourage an
earnest rcformer. but it is proper that he
should be prepared for the difficulties he
must encounter. 1t. is true that, unlike
some other reformers, he is setting good
example himself, but inasmuch as he be
gan six months ago. some possible con-
vorts may suspect that he was moved by
some impulse besides patriotism.
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Keeping Us Out Of War

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The present Administration, having
been reinstated primarily because of that
noble slogan, "He kept US out of war;" is evil
IDENTIFY endeavoring to live up to its reputa-
ton, for the somnolent condition of our pa
trio,s in Washington is indeed keeping US out
Of this war. DISGUISED AMERICAN.
New York, May 10, 1917.
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