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New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
Says Food Costs
Only 3 IL Per Cent
More Than in 1917
Hoover's Board Has Table
to Prove Edibles Have
Not Jumped Much

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.--If you
Will take the food administration
word for it, the cost OF food hasn't in
creased so very markedly during the
last twelve months. Moreover, the
food administration he's figures te
prove its assertion
According to statement issued By
representative Of tho food admins
tration to-day, the report Of the in
creased cost Of foodstuffs is, gs Marx
Twain once said Of the report Of his
death, greatly exagge rated. Instead OF
food costing. az popular belief has IT
several hundred per cent moro than o
year ago, 1t really has increased only
3}a per cent. This percentage, OF
course. Is arrived at by including in a
general estimate OF food costs a de-
crease In the coat of vegetables OF
more than 60 per cent. At least, SO says
the food administration. Fruits in
creased 30 per cent, oils and nuts "a
per cent. and poultry and eggs 16.5 per
cent.
Figures Show Variations
The general belief CT an increase
the representative OF the food admins
tration aHserts. is due to the fact that
altogether too much attention is pnid
to special cases.
The sections Of the country which
because OF abnormal way conditions
have shown heavy increases in popula-
ton. do return reports showing heavy
increases. according 10 the report
Nevertheless, other sections Of the
country, which have remained practi
cally untouched by war activities, show
decreases which all but equal the In
creases.
There is no disputing the statement,
says the food administration, that the
cost OF rent, clothing, transportation
and tho other items OF normal expense
in living have increased tremendous v.
In fact, the report of the food admins
tratton verties the popular idea of in
crease in the cost Of living. What it
really seeks to do is not TO attempt to
discount tho fact that the cost Of liv-
ing has increased tremendously, but to
place tho blame where it belongs. And.
according to the food administration.
1T does not belong to the item of food.
What the Figures Show
The food administration's analvsis
follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
Golf and Country
Clubs To Be Denied
Coal After Dec. /

Golf clubs. with their well known
"nlneteenth hole" ard country clubs.
the rendezvous Of huntsmen, fisher
men and other devotees of winter and
spring sports. will begin a chilly but
patriotic session on December !, as a
result OF the latest fuel conservation
order promulgated yesterday from the
Office Of Delos F. Cooke, State Fuel
Administrator
The order provides that golf and
country clubs must not use coal from
December l, 1918, to April /, 1919.
They are limited to barely enough TO
maintain the necessary employees. This
coal can be obtained only through Ger
tlficates issued by the u. S. Fuel A6-
mln'strator at Washington on recon-
mendation by the State Fuel Admins
traitor.
Country clubs, classified as "com-
munlty clubs,' in which persons reside.
are not excepted by the regulation. as
the order states "it makes no difference
whether people live in clubhouscs. The
"astefuiness of heating such large and
often loosely built structures is oh
vious."
Mr.. Cooke and Mercer P. Mosely. the
chle1 or conservation, believe several
tnousand tons of coal will be saved TO
New York State by the order
Some of the larger country cluhs
are the Adirondack League Club. which
malntalns three houses on its seventy
thousand aero preserves in the Adiron.
dacks; Ardsley Club. Crescent Athletic
y 1iub,s country house, Bayside Club. at
bayside, Long Island; Engineers Coun-
Try q ub. at Ros,yn. Long Island: Man
nasset country Club, at Dering Har-
bor Long Island: Massapeuua G,,]f and
country Club, Marine and Field Cjub
Aorth Shore Country Club, Tuxedo
Country Club, Westhampton Countrv
Club Woodmere, Wykagyl, Siwanov.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

however. that the holder of the old
bonds, who sells them, GOES so in or
der to subscribe to the new issue and
thereby gain tax exemption on the
bonds which he stiil has left
"The effect of this new plan of ex-
emption from taxation should there
fore, as it becomes generally under
stood, bring about large subscription
from holders of existing bonds. 1t
should likewise provide buyers OF
bonds of the old issues which their
order to subscribe for the new issue"
To those who desire to subscribe ex-
tcnsively to the present loan but have
not the ready cash Mr.. Strong gave the
following advice:
"Those who must borrow money to
make their purchases should do so in
The expectation OF paying their loans
out of the funds accumulated by the
practice Of rigid economy, rather than
by selling their bonds. The greatest
difficulty now encountered by our or
ganization in selling bonds is caused
by the failure of the people of the
country to practise thrift sufficiently"
He then explained the new honor
flag scheme Of the campaign committee
as follows:
an the third Liberty Loan every
banking town in this district with one
cxception) won the honor flag, and over
10 per cent of the towns without banks
won honor flags.
Flag Honors Made Clear
AS IN the past loan, this flag will be
awarded to those towns which sub
scribe their full quotas. In addition, a
blue star VIII be awarded for each over
subscription Of so per cent Accom-
paNylng the honor flag will be pen
nant for those communities of which
.!5 per cent Of the population subscribe
10 bonds, and an additional pennant
viii be awarded for each additional 10
pe1. cent Of the population that sub
scrihes.
The industrial honor flag, used with
great success in this city during the
third loan, has beer. adopted for the
whole country. 1t will be awarded to
those organizations which secure sub
scriptions from rs per cent of their
employees. II larger percentage sub
scribe it will be indicated in The pen
nant.
"At the suggestion of Mrs. Wilson,
the names of communities showing the
largest oversubscriptions, and showing
the largest percentage of population
subscribing, will be given to new ships
to be launched and to new tanks being
built for the army.
"Ten ships and ten tanks have bcen
assigned to this district. The rules
governing the designation of the COM
munlties Will shortly be published"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

Garden City. Cnerrv Valley. Baltvsros
Brentwood. Bridgehampton, Gedns,
Farms. Hollywood. Midland. Mohawk
Onondaga. shinnecock Hills. SonnS
Brook, Westheld Wheatlev Hills apS
Yahnundasis Golf and Country clubs
The appointment of c. A. Graves p;
administratlv engineer for New Yort
State was announced by Mr. Cooke 70,
terday. Mr.. Graves is president Of The
Graves Engineering Company and vics.
president Of the Southern New Yor.
Power and Railway Corporation. H.
resides IN Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
%, ", ,IS3 30
SECOND QUARTER 1n1o
he Weather Report
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON Sept 24-Tbe ,o,o-,-,- -,.---
az agu o. NiuIuay night mas made very liuc nrosrass
erally to the eastward 1'' ''N' gen
,,. IN the Northwest ana extreme West pressure bas
RISEN coilslheTaDy. with rain and much lCwar 'ids
Hen,b HerntuFgS IN ih. noern Rocky Mountain res5a i
Spnth Sin DaEoa and WeSer, Ncl)raska There wers
region New YORK. NV England sid salo, The take
s nrmlmSu't, LseWier' the weather Was fair and
chang.d n,,+ "I@'e ',i me.'ioned temperatures have
,n 4'rs % be rain Tomorrow afternoon and night
oi,o Valley, the upper lake and vestcrn & yrr lower
Iegnn, extending Thursday INTO the u,,Ter "a; nc
western portion of the middle Atlantic t',e
over ne remaining Atlantic sections ana '';s' ; ~ ~
nSI on 1n states the weather VIII be fair ro-morro%
Mili be ooeie9 Thursday in ae oAio vaiey ga
Forecasts for Special LocaII,Ies.-u ueste,,; po,
sys4"a i, a1 Increasing e!oudnes .o-duy rain
,,NN,e,t Western New YoFl'-rarsy cloudy today. TO-
Eastern New lorl,-ralr today. .o.,roruou.
cisNdy' prooabiy rain west norton '--''' wv
ror re" hNgiand-fnir to-day and probably ,o-mor-
New 'erscyIfair TO-DAY; morrow partly CLOUDY
Eastern Pennsylvania Fair to-day. +o.roo-..u
incIeashs coudi'ess probably rain hy nicht ii,,1
change II temperature ' ''''-S
Humidity
a. ne 10 ?. IN. ..s9
Local Weather Record Tile following Official re-
ord from the Weather Bureau shows ,cmpera,,,re4
during the las, men'y-four hours in comparison
with the corresponding date C. last year.
l'ls i9l!; 1918 lsl7.
d rn........ e u H. II, 80 r.
= a ....... - .. :, IN "a
l. "'o'' ''-...- % 81 IL L. ln..,..... - =
Highest temperature yesterday 6o deg,c,s a..
l.l5 p M lowest. a3 "a : a. M; tyera.e Gii
ayeraSe same date last year, - aerag, sane ,,,
for i.lItS three years 81 -'
Barometer Readngs
p III. .5o.li D IN. ~ % r. p. ss os
Local lcIai Forecast-l7ar to-day: to-morro.
cloudy. moderate shifting winds wv
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

military service or in the field of labor
or IN the ranks of the wealthy, will be
unable to withstand the finger of scorn
which will be unerringly pointed at
heights Of patriotism. of sacrifice, Of
devotion, CT love of country, if we
would not deserve to be cast into the
depths OF defeat and oblivion.
GLORIOUS America! Glorious for what
she has already done. more glorious for
what she is now doing, and glorified
she shul be for what she is determined
10 and Will achieved"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
DANCING
SCHOOL AGENCIES
AUTOMOBILE SCHOOL

STEWART 20 ''I~ooN r-rns,Is -
" strucsio,i. for men sna n-s.o eeda
10 w. 1th Sf.. Vie best in n L WIZ
| at 6roadwaU. toS catalogue I.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
- Haa
humidity

Local Weather Record.-Ihe following Official rs,.
ord from the Weather Bureau shows temperature.
during tho last mea'y-four hours in comparisoe
with tho corresponding date C. last year.
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An Independent Hungary.

The separation Of Hungary from
Austria and the formation of an In
dependant anti-dynastic Hungarian
State, as reported from Vienna, com.
pletes the collapse of the frail struct-
ure of dual monarchical rule in CEN
trail Europe. The withdrawal of Hun.
gary is the withdrawal of the most
progressive and most firmly knit State
OF the combination for the govern
ments of congeries of races, and It
leaves Austria to fight her own bat
ties with the discontented and rebel
lious peoples who are determined
upon her dissolution.
Count MICHAEL KAR6LYr, whom the
Vienna despatch mentions as having
been elected head of the new National
Council. has long been an ardent ad.
vocate OF the Independence Of Hun.
gary and an uncompromlslng enemy
of the German dominance of Austro-
Hungarian policies. He came to
America to enlist support in n move
ment for separation at the begin
ming Of the war. He was likewise
an advocate Of peace, even to the ex-
tremity Of the withdrawal of Hun
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-30
The Distrust OF tho People.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Str: The
President has said from the beginning
Of the war. on and Off the platform. that
the people were with him-back of him
I'm the war with Germany. and now
he questions their intelligence and 10y
atty by asking them to support one OF
the great political parties to the ex-
clusion of the other. evidently that he
may continue the personal dictator OF
the destinies Of the American people.
No stronger plea for dictatorship has
ever been put before this country. to
say nothing of the other untimely fea-
lures of the appeal. He insulted the
Republican press of the country. Re-
publican Congressman, Governors and
mayors who have stood by him
through thick and thin, and the Ameri-
can voter by intimating that he Is
not capable in the matter of deciding
what to do on election day. r. E. C.
PERTH AMBor, N. j.. october 20.
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"The Kings Fr,ends.v

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sr: I
copy the following paragraph from
"A History OF the Four Georges and
William w." by Justin Mccarthy
A party had grown up In the State
which was known by the title OF the
Kings friends. Tho Kings friends had
no political creed. no political convictions,
no desire. no ambition. and no purpose
save TO please tho King. What the King
wanted said they would say: what the
King wanted done they would do: their
votes we're unQuestioniugly and unhesi-
tstinsly at the Kings command They
did not indeed, act from an invincib BILE
loyalty TO the royal person. The
King was thu fountain OF patronage:
wealth ana honor flowed from him, and
the wealth and honor welded tue King, q
friends together into a harmonious and
formidable whole. The Kings friends
found themselves well represented in n
Ministry that was otherwise as much a
thing OF shreds and patches as a har!e-
au!n coat.
Do you imagine that President Will
son-but. no. he would never take the
old German King George III. for his
political model. And yet. Just as the
Kaiser has expressed his willingness
to act as hereditary President OF a
Teutonic republic. DIR. Wilson acts and
speaks as II he already was endowed
with imperial rights and privileges by
the subjects OF an American Kaiser
thum. w A
NEW YORK, October 70.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-30
The Hughes Report-when?

The Hughes aircraft report. we as
sumo. will be given to the public be.
fore the Congress elections next Tues
day. When every American voter
wants to know what Is in that report,
when every American voter has the
right to know, and when every Amer.
lean voter must be greatly aroused II
he were not permitted to know, 1t is
incredible that Mr.. WILSON'S Admin.
istratlon could hold 1t back for any
reason whatever. We have no idea
what the report sayA So far as we
are aware there has been no intima.
ton Of its contenta It may be a yer.
dict Of guilty; 1t may be an honorable
acquittal. But no matter what may
be in the report. 1t is inconceivable
that when there Is raging such a Do
litical storm as the President has let
loose, Mr.. WILSON'S Administration
would go TO the Congress district polls
next Tuesday with that report DELHI
erately suppressed.
Surely the Hughes report will be
given out! But when? Shall It 60
before the public at the last minute
before the casting of the ballots next
Tuesday, with no chance for anybody
to have n square look at It. or shall
It be given out In ample time for the
voters of both parties to make thor
ough examination Of Its contents and
hold a full discussion Of Its meaning2
At this minute the big Importance
Of the Hughes report is not what, but
when.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-30
She Sees the Usefulness Of a yots.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-str. !
am full biooded Southerner. born IN
Virginia, and all of my people have al.
ways voted the Democratic ticket. All
through this terrible war I have en-
deavored TO support President Wilson
stanchly. though I do admit at times
I sought for my grain OF comfort. In
your editorials explaining his notes. bu,
accredited this TO my own stupidity and
your better understanding of them.
But this time after reading the latest
proclamation calling for votes from
the White House picked UP your paper
with spirit Of defiance and said ..Tuy
SUN can never explain this to me-"
Imagine my intense satisfaction after
reading your splendid editorial, ana
though full blooded !Southerner from
Virginia I will cast my first vote for a
straight Republican, ticket.
] didn't think I would ever care a
thing about voting. but do now.
JAMAICA. October IS. INDIGNANT
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THE REVOLT AGAINST THE
ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE
A PEOPLE.
The Proclamation That Put Partisan
shin Above Americanism.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-s'r: Let
me congratulate you on your editorial
article on THE Resumption OF Politics
by Presidents Wilson's Decree" Your
disapproval of President wilson's can
collation. Of the adjournment Of politics
particularly commends itself to the UNI
prejudiced reader. The whole editorial
article demands careful study ana
thoughtful consideration.
Under division VI. you refer to an
other aspect which you only "faintly in
dictate In one paragraph" This Is an
aspect necessarily involved in the dis
cussion and to which we shall have to
give most serious attention after the
war.
The President has frequently urged
the Importance Of making the world
safe for democracy. 1t has been well
said, and is pertinent in this connec-
ton. that democracy will have to be
made safe for the world. and to be more
specific, the democracy OF the United
States will thus have to be made safe.
ALEX. G. HuMPHREYs.
President Stevens Institute OF Tech
pology.
HoBoKEN, n. j., October 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-30
What Lincoln Really Said.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--iSr: The
Hon. Scott Ferris. the chairman. I be-
lieve. OF the Democratic Congressional
Committee. has said. according to THE
SUN: 1T was the martyred Lincoln who
In asking the election Of friendly Con-
gress urged the people not to swap
horses while crossing a stream"
Mr.. Ferris Is mistaken. These famous
words of Lincoln were not used by him
In asking the election of friendly Con-
gress." but in response to a delegation
of the National Union League. which
came to congratulate him on his renom-
nation for President. Further. Lincoln
did not urge the people not to swap
horses" His exact words were: II do
not allow myself to suppose that either
the convention or the league have con-
cluded to decide that I am either the
greatest or the best man in America, but
rather that they have concluded that It
is not best to swap horses while cross
ing the river. and have further con-
cluded that / am not SO poor a horse
that they might not make a botch of 1t
trying to swap" Tarbell's Life Of Lin
coln." New York, 1908. volume ILL.,. page
1914.
Lincoln. even in that great crisis OF
our country's history, never made a pub
lie demand for a friendly Congress. On
the contrary, he steadfastly refused to
act or write in behalf Of candidates for
Congress. See Morse's Abraham Lin
coln," Cambridge. 1898. volume H..
pages 2Ss, 200: Arnold's Life Of Abra-
ham Lincoln" Chicago. 1886. page 1913.
Boston, Mass, October 20. c. E. S.
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No DictatIon to the Electorate,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Str: When
Abraham Lincoln was asked at the
time of his denomination for the Presi-
dency to issue an appeal 70 the people
Of the United States under almost
similar war conditions to those which
prevail to-day. he refused with the re-
mark that he did not feel himself to
be In a position to dictate to the Ameri-
can electorate, but preferred to leave the
matter Of the election to the voters
themselves in a period Of stress
II We contrast that attitude OF mind
with the recent imprisoned plea OF
President Wilson to the country to favor
Democrats only in the coming election.
1t arouses in the unprejudiced mind q
distinctly unpleasant comparison. Presi-
dent Wilson at the time OF the last
mayoralty election In New York city re-
fused to intervene on behalf Of either
Mitchell or Hylan on the ground that
politics had been banished from the
White House. He has moreover, en-
phasized this point on many occasions
since that time, begging the people to
stand together as a whole irrespective
Of party lines in the conduct of the
war
Tho Republicans would, without
doubt, have made no campaign worthy
Of the name had the President main
tanned the non-partisan attitude which
he himself had been so earnestly advo-
eating. lie now without warning
throws down the gauntlet and seeks to
imply certain degree OF disloyalty
on the part Of any voter who may
choose a Republican nominee for Con-
gress. Surely such an implication can
not aid the President, nor can any im-
partial voter. no matter OF what party.
believe after such an outburst that the
President is anything but very
furious partisan himself. Even Mfr.
Wilson cannot deny that the Republi-
can minority in Congress has stood by
the Administration with unfailing 10y
atty to the flag for the proper and
swift prosecution OF tho war Even he
cannot deny that he has been upheld
by Republicans. and never thwarted in
every undertaking looking to speedy
victory. and yet in the face OF the I'M
swerving Americanism OF the Republi-
cans. both as party and individually
he unblushingly speaks Of them as a
hindrance to his war aims
l do not believe that any but the
most sheep-like voters can be swayed
by this unjust and untimely accusation
which will surely go down in history
as needless affront to thousands Of
loyal men and women. not to mention
thousands of Republican soldiers risking
Ahn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-30
An Indicated Vote.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sir. II
Is not the President OF the United States
and leader OF all tho people who speaks
in this unhappy and unprecedented out
burst; 1t Is Woodrow Wilson, unceas-
Ing Democratic politician and leader
OF his party" Some may be misIed by
this misuse OF official station for a per
sonal meSalomanlac purpose: vet ~
there is any spirit left in the American
people they may assert their right 10
form an independent judgment and cast
an indicated vote.
Looking back over the fifteen PresI-
Dental campaigns. 1s6O-lsl6. md I
have voted Democratic eight times and
Republican seven times, always regard
Ing my vote as a trust and seeking to
choose the lesser evil At least, there
fore. am not a partisan and wear
no collar. julius Wucox.
New YORK, October 30.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-30
Colonel Houses OnciaI STANDING

To THE EDITOR OF THE SvN-Su e
publication OF an official announcer mt
of the arrival of Colonel House r
France prompts me to ask the follow s
pertinent questions
What is his status as representa- -
OF our Government In respect 10 tho "
tect OF our relations with our alIies'
II he is assuming 10 net IN an On a.
capacity. can he lawfully derive So
authority and appointment from =
President without the advice and
sent OF the Senate" aud can 10 Let!
without the responsibility OF the ro~F.'.
tutional oath OF Office? AIRANsr'
NEW YORK. October 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-30
A Free Peoples First Object.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sv: Now
that a free people are asked by their
Executive to give up the right which this
same Executive is demanding for Ger
many. may 1t not be fitting to enclose
the following quotation from Daniel
Webster: THE first object OF a free peo-
pie is the preservation OF their liberty,
and liberty is to be preserved only by
maintaining constitutional restraints and
Just divisions Of political power"
SARA FIELD EVANS.
WILMINGTON, Del. October 20.
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tablished as the fundamental principle
Of English government. and which wa
developed In the American colonies ano
embodied in the Constitution OF the
United States.
II makes no difference whether the at
tempt upon the Independence Of the rep.
resentative body of the people 10 backed
by a threat. as in 1880. or disguised as
an appeal" in 1918; the object sought
to be achieved Ia the same. namely, per
sonal government.
1t is high time that public officials
should be sternly reminded that "as an
element Of constitutional life Parliament
is Of higher value than the Crown" and
that none have gone about to break
parliaments but in the end parliamcnts
have broken them" A l.. 5.
NEW YoRK, October 90.
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Republicans Verboten."

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: To
complete the picture, why not place con-
spicuous signs In both House, and SEN
ate chambers Republicans Verboten"?
These signs could also be placed In re-
cruiting Offices and with the draft
boards. Liberty Loan workers would
nnd them handy. IL We are to take n
part OF the plan. why not take II all?
w, d. ANDERSON.
PAINTED. n. j.. October 90.
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Let's XIII What Our Men Fight.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN--Sir: Is
our own Government drifting into the
clutch OF autocracy from which the
flower OF Americas manhood is giving
Its life blood TO redeem civilization?
Every American should work and vote
to destroy this peril, autocratic power.
at the polls in the coming election.
DELMER f. CROFT.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,. October 90.