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For what 10 the Ballot?

This from our neighbor the Times:
The Democrats method tof revenue
ictisiationI would be TO continue as It
hes begun. with correction Of schedules.
The Republicans wish u begin next
March 70 alter the system. as we'll as
NE schedules-and they have no such
authority from the people
Then Whit were the Congress cleo
lions last month all about? The
American people thought, whatever
Democratic opinion may think, that
they were voting on the tax system
and method of the present Democratic
Congress. They thought this so ear
nestly and acted upon the thought so
vigorously that as matter Of fact
they repudiated this CONGRESSES taxes
By voting out the Democratic ma.
jority and voting in a Republican
majority. Did they vote out the
Democratic takers so as to affirm the
Democratic CONGRESSES method and
system of taxation? Did they vote
In Republican takers 80 as to continue
through them the repudiated method
and system7
tt IL true that at the same cleo.
tons the American people voted an
emphatic disapproval Of Mr.. WILSON'S
assumption Of mastery Of the legisla-
tave powers Of the Government, mas
terry Of the ballot box rights Of the
people, mastery Of all political powers,
rights and privileges within the ma
ton. Nevertheless, the primary and
fundamental result achieved by the
people at the Congress elections less
than one month ago wns to put the
Democratic majorities out OF the Sen
ate and the House, and TO put in
Republican majorities to get rid OF
KrTcHIN's taxes and KITCHiN's way
Of taxing. replacing them with taxes
and with q system of taxation ex.
pressive of the will Of those who did
the voting.
The present Congress is trying, be-
fore It dies, to cheat the American
people Of their voted purpose. 1t aims
to DO this by enacting new tax legiS-
lation both for the fiscal year Of 1918
and FOR the fiscal year OF 1920. In
other words, the American people,
even after their national votes, can
have no more authority in their Con.
gress than In their White House.
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Hesitating Between the Ship and the
Cyclone Cellar.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: l
am optimistic about our ship. II is a srsat
boat it is stocked with everything and
has unbounded opportunity But even p
thing depends on where and how the
pilot directs i,S COURSE Is it snte IL lie
goes contra 10 all the other officers
and tho passengers? Is he such an au-
tocrat Of the huge leviathan that he can
pay no attention TO the integral parts?
This passenger, an ordinary merchant,
paying his taxes and contributing TO all
war funds, Is on his way to the cyclone
cellar unless there comes a change.
His chief uewtenart has left the ship,
and your humble servant does not in
tend TO enlarge tie factory or take on
another workman unless he sees the
ship change its course, as it's headed
for the reef
BusIHEss WITHOUT PROFIT.
NEW York, November 80.
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The cable message from Reykjavik,
Iceland. stating the island Is in sore
straits and in need Of aid on account
Of the ravages OF the Spanish influ-
ensa. has much more interest to Amer
leans to-day than II would have had
a few years ago. We know more Of
Iceland than We formerly did. Trav-
ellers have made us better acquainted
with the island and the war has
drawn us into much closer CONNER
cial relations with Its people.
We know that Iceland is not all
\ics; that 1t has some fertile, produc-
tive land intensively cultivated. and
that the Gulf current gives the south
ern coast part Of the year mild
and agreeable climate. Travellers tell
us Of picturesque scenery, of volcanic
mountains, glnciers AMI fjords. The
people are noted for their enllghten-
ment and keen interest in the affairs
of the world. Tho island has n num-
her OF printing establishments wherein
are published many periodicals and
in all twenty-five newspapers. 1t is
asserted that in no other part OF Eu-
rope are so many books In proportion
TO the inhabitants printed and sold !;
and they are also read.
In their desire for improved condi-
tons the people are building roads
and are buying American automo-
biles in which to ride over them,
They are putting plate glass in their
windows. They want Photographs to
relieve the tedlum Of the showed in
nights and days, and they especially
want plenty Of motion picture films.
These things they have been buying
from the United States; last year
they imported American goods to the
amount Of s2.400,0 900, which was ST..
100000 more than in any previous
year. The war was probably respon.
eible for this Improvement in trade
conditions; but the Icelanders re.
eelved our goods with 50 much favor
that there seems reason TO believe
TINT we shall retain considerable OF
this business after the restoration OF
normal conditions. Certainly we shall
retain part Of II II we endeavor "a
merit In the future the good opinion
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we have earned from Iceianders in
the recent past.
The message received at Winnipeg
tho largest colony Of Icelanders in
America Is In Manitoba--ieclnres that
conditions on the island were "never
equalled since tho black plague" and
that 65 per cent. Of the population Of
neykjavik, the capital, are down with
tho Spanish influenza. The disease
has apparently assumed there It's most
severe and devastating form. The
I"elanders have the sympathy, and
no doubt will have the aid, of the
world In their present brave fight
with this epidemic.
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thousands who have trusted us and
followed us to the~war."
Turning from his tales Of inhumanl-
ties and his inslstence that Germans
are cruel because they are Germans,"
the Bishop takes up an instance Of
German propaganda In which he seems
to find hit Of grim humor for his
fellow Brltons. MY teachers In the
Llndl district" he writes, "were Off.
cially Informed early'in The war that
Germans ruled England, that Scot.
land was in Austrian hands, and Ire
land? Well! Ireland had been given
to the~-Turks ~
II. as the Bishop was informed.
there were those In England who "for
the sake Of quiet lives" were willing
that German E0st Africa should be
restored to Hun rule. this appeal, we
are disposed to believe, will bring to
some Of them a change OF heart and
mind.
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The most original figure Is that done
by Bertrand Rasmussen, whose
imagination Is not yet con.ro,le3
either by scholastic draushtsnansh.p
or by good taste. His Insomnia" IL
which q young woman springs from
an impossible bed and huddles the bed.
clothes 10 her shiyering self in az
illumination that seems 90 he a.
powerful as a searchllght, looks Ike
weak attempt 10 be sensational
Hitting the Trail q Sa.vatior
criticism. But Mr.. Rasmussons ittl'
Interior with Figure" Is quite tie
best composition in the whole gallery
1t is hard. 1t looks as though Il hat
been painted upon glass. but i Is 4
real little picture, just the same, and
contains more honest effort than soH"
OF the large FUN length portraits 'Aa'
are numbered In this display.
The most direct painting is cor
trihuted by Gertrude Fay I.2;Ero;
who has had tho luck TO work in tint
treasure trove for artists. Now Cr'ti''
Her portraits Of Pascal, Glspar, All
Edouard. characters formed i'm tie u.'
French section Z. tho city. are spirited
and interesting. n study Of paAi.aS
by this artist is also straightforward
Miss Mege's Landscape ana hglrs
studies have saccharine color and very
little structure. She has an easy sense
Of decoration, but relies too much lNon
this faculty for cheap effects.
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Tho Authorship Of "a Daughter OF
the Old South"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: May
ask you 70 be so kind as TO correct an
error IN your criticism of a RIalto pro-
grammc? The picture "a Daughter OF
the Ola South" was not written by
Alicia Ramsey and Pedro de Cordoba,
but by Alicia Ramsey and Rudolph de
Cordova.
In private life Alicia Ramsey il my
wife RupoLrH pE CoRDovA.
NEW YORK. November 30.
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A Great Quaker Judge.

The latest European mail brings
US word Of the death of the only
member Of the Society Of Friends who
has ever attained high judicial posi-
ton in Englandr-Sir EDWARD Fry,
one Of the foremost Equity Judges
of the Victorian Age. His career af-
fords a wonderful illustration of the
versatility, vigor and usefulness OF
the higher type Of public servants in
Great Britain. 1t also demonstrates
the absurdity of the notion that a
great lawyer cannot be anything else
"A saying by which law students are
very often misled, to their life long
disadvantage.
EpwAlD Fry was Devonshire
Quaker. Born in 1927. he received
his education at Bristol College and
at the University of London, where
he graduated in 1881 with honors in
physiology and the classics. He was
called to the bar at Lincoln'S Inn,
whence all Englands greatest equity
lawyers have come, In 1854, and at
once began the preparation Of legal
text book which was the foundation
Of his subsequent success. FRY OH
the Specific Performances Of Con-
tracts" is known to English speaking
lawyers and law students all over the
world. He soon acquired large and
lucrative practice before the Chan
cery Judges during what Is known as
the golden age Of the English bar,
when his rivals were men like Sir
RouKpE1L PALMER, afterward Lord
Chancellor SELBoRNE; Sir GEORGE
JEsssa, afterward the famous Mas
ter Of the Rolls, and Lord JAMES of
Hereford. BY 1877, when Parliament
provided for an additional Equity
Judge, the appointment went to Fry
almost as a matter of course as the
acknowledged leader OF the Chancery
bar. In 1883 he was made n Lord
Justice of Appeal, becoming Sir ED
WARD FRY, knight, which some OF
his corelIgionists thought q strange
! title for q Quaker. There was no
nonsense, however, In FBT's charac-
ter. He accepted the conventions of
his profession without demur. and
was afterwad further honored. by the
bestowal of the Grand Cross OF the
Order Of the Bath and by appoint
ment to the Privy Council.
Sir EDWARD FRY retired from the
Office Of Lord Justice OF Appeal In
1891. "He had little Of the love OF
display too common on the bench"
says tho London Times, land none OF
the restless vanity which sometimes
leads Judges to discourse on all sorts
OF topics to all sorts of people" He
babe adIeu to the bar and his friends
informally ut a reception at Lincoln's
Inn; but his activities really contin.
ued until he was over so years OF
age. He was chairman Of the Royal
Commission on the Irish land ques.
ton In 1897, chairman Of the Court
Of Arbitration under the Metropoli.
! tan water act (London) in 1902, lie.
gal Assessor to appraiee the damages
done by the Russian feet in its Mt.
tack on the trawlers on the Dogger
Bank in 1904, and British AmbaSsa.
dor to the second conference at The
Hague In 1907.
Besides being Gn eminent lawyer
and publlcist, Sir EDWARD FRY was
an accomplished classical scholar and
a capable man of science. His lit.
erary attachments were recognized by
his election to IN honorary fellowship
Of Balliol College. Oxford; and his
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A restaurant with a winsome name
and in an attractive midtown locality
boldly announces. NO admission fee
charged" II this Revolutionary no.
ton should spread there may be amaz-
ing recessions from inexpllcaole ara
inexcusable costs of living. Why, for
eAnmple. should not the Congress,
equu = eager to abate n chsrgs which
adds to the cost Of meals. remove the
tax of ten cents pound on colored
eleomargarine. though the makers OF
cream butter in jaundiced rage turn
as yellow as their own butter dyes?
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Late German Logic.

To TIE EDIToR or THE SUH-Sir:; "Ot
course we are not entitled to anything
from any nation. But if we do not ask
for anything we will not get anything
II we do ask for something and do
not get It We arc not out anything ex-
cept the asking /! We do ask for some
thing and get It then we arc just that
much aheld. SO why not keep on ask
ing?" WILLIAM II. Forbes.
FRANKLIN. Pa, November 30.
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Speaking before the Fabian Society
Tonight. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW said
that before the war England had a
choice between an alliance with the
United states or with Russia and that
she had deliberately chosen Russia with
consequences we all ow."--Despatch
from London.
We earnestly hope Mr.. SHAW or
somebody else who has knowledge Of
a serious proposal Of alliance between
the United States and England will
reveal all the facts to us Nobody
hereabout seems to know anything
about IT,
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German women conductors will not
give up their employment unless and
until they have government guarantee
of husbands. Here Is n matter which
should be easily arrange by the ten
der young Democracy" ns Herr
ERzBERGER calls the current Hun Gov
eminent. 1t will cost nothing and be
no trouble to give the guarantee,
which. when the women have given
up employment, may be torn up as
easily as other scraps OF paper.
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The Peak OF Paciiism.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: The
terms OF disarmament should include the
household. and even the air rife which
hitherto has been devoted TO cats should
not DO tolerated, | find that !ncandes-
cent bulbs hurled into the area will stop
night yowlIng. OF course the use Of
now bulbs is expensive. but so is every
thing. AGNES AMSTERDAM.
New YoRK. November 80
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The amount and variety Of work on
reconstruction measures which must
Inc undertaken by some body, legisla-
tive If the Weeks-Cummlns plan be
adopted. executive II the Overman plan
De, is suggested by the names proposed
for the six joint Congressional commit
tees provided for in the Cummins reso-
luton, namely: rehabilitation OF the
army and navy. foreign trade and COM
mercc, interstate transportation. do
nestle business. employers and EN-
ployees and natural resources.
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Kennedy & Co. are giving sears
Gallagher Of Boston his first New
York exhibition. Mr. Gallagher siCH'
about sixty plates, so Il may T." ,eri
that his career has ALREADY EXTENDED
over considerable period, III l1'''
work. it il encouraging II uo.", N
cludes some OF his best et,h.ur~
He essays architectural themes a",'
also pure landscape subjects ard
is among the latter that some a.. Us
easiest and most pleasing work Las
been achieved. The artist ir-Ws TIE
old elms OF New England w,,h syn'
pathy and composes them into 'n'f''
esting otchlngs. AmonS III" 'r'h.'
tectural studies IS M int res''7s
glimpse OF that Boston monument ire
First Church OF Chr Z. S.l'r"s'
II has been clearly n0i "G-"''
etched.
Kennedy & Go. are AGO ~&o".H-
large OIL painting of TIE o.. "ta'
stitution" painted hy j. S'Esua
Tuckerman in 1876 Tho rHr.nr ,
interesting both from the lstrla
and decorative point of view At TIE
same time n number OF oth"r nA!!"f'
are shown. pictures for the most ia'
associated with American Hs''''
Among these is work tina, p as '"'
meeting In mid-oceau Of tho Eva SHIPS
that laid the Atlantic cable.
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Piping Vines OF Peace in Kan.a.

HdmhH corrfsPohd,nCs RdrdtLa World.
il would BE ~ for the boys n III,
would leave their rsTolvers al home whom
thsy come to "Vu niFats and refrain
from running hHiS's Gc There l. law
70 prevent eatf|'n. concealed Weapons aud
crue.ty TO animals.
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A Happy Philosopher 20 tho Last.
Frn,n IA. Cd1fha1s pe.a.

thiS Is the unique wording OF a will
recently fled In the probate court:
Hello. children! Good morningi am
here 20 settle with you. am glad to see
you once more, and our settlement Will
be satisfactory. Good-by,"
Then follow the provisions OF the will,
in due form.
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There's one alone who can with case
DEFINE the freedom OF tho seas.
And he won't tell US Just because
It's one OF those chers points auRtorze.
However, here's another tssser:
Whs, means the freedom OF the Crsar
FIEpEIIcK \. King.
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POSTER PORTRAYS
ALLIED VICTORY
Work by George Bellows Will
BE Presented to Aid War
Relief.
MACD0WELL CLUBS SHOW
Ten Artists Are Represented
-Etchings by Sears Gal
lagher Exhibited.

George Bellows is engaged In makIrr
a poster for one OF the war relief 80.
cieties that. those who have seen il 50,
Is sure not only 10 have great su,.
cess but to rank among the best Of IN.
artists achievements. Mr.. Bellows VIA,
commissioned by Joseph Duveen o.
Duveen Bros. TO design tho pos,e-
which will be presented to tho Super
fluffy shop. an enterprise that certain
prominent New York women have ~.
dertaken for one of the relief ofrar..
cations.
1t is impossible to give n tito 20 the
poster az yet. but the subjcc, cole.
hrates the victory nf the Allies and tha
Joys Of the triumphant peace that h..
been won. Mr.. Bellows has become so
enthusiastic over his cartoons that il,
has put all other engagements ASIDE "a
complete the new poster on zine t,r
the opening OF the shop.
Another Group Exhibition,
Tho group" exhibitions Of tho Ma,
lowell Club continue. and although 4
Is only occasionally that pne cf tao
exhibitions stuns the town, there Is ia
gainaa ying the obvious service to tn
art world that is effected by this or.
ganization. There are no Iures for
these shows. The groups associate to.
Eother in Fights. ten or dozens. the III.
div1duais paying u small sustaining Gee
for the privilege OF exhibiting.
IT is therefore easy for any one W.
has talent, or who thinks he or she
may have talent, to gain access n The
public eye. \ number of new people
have obtained footing in the con;em.
polary art world by means OF tic I1c-
dowcll Club who doubtless mover Houa
have been heard of otherwise.
The present group consists " Ber
Bennett. G. L. Berg. Arthur Edwin
Bye, -Adri de Groot, Ruth II. Hammer
slough, Gertrude Fay L0throp. Noie'
Mege, W. A. Patty. Bertrand Eas-
mussen and Roland Eood,
Even with all the dimiabili'y thq.
critics possess at the beginning NJ the
season it is impossible 10 pretend thai
any OF the above artists merit rs We,
much attention. An arc insufNH!ent.y
baked as artists. raw in methods and
crude IN ideas.
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To ArchangeI. for Instance.

To IuE EDITOR or The srs--Sr' IL II
not absurd 20 contend that the Com
mandsr IN Chief OF the army may not 60
where the army goes7
BLACKSTONE COKE,
NEw YORK. November 80
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1t took lot Of hard work and oc-
casioned some casualties to round up
that animal in tho Fifth avenue bear
hunt. In Wall Street It Is sometimes
done with ease. profit and without
casualties--sometime
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London ONCE, 4O-ts Fleet street.
Paris once, Rue de Ia Miohodiers, on
Rps du Quatre septembre.
Washington once, Munsey puildinE.
Brooklyn once. Room 202. Eagle Build
thg, sos Washington street
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n or ffepds Gao idror 90 tOifA manu-.
egtpts and Uiusttattoas for publication tcisA
~ Aacs rejected articles returned they must
- az eases ssnd stamps for thdt purpose
TELEPHONE, BEEKMAN 1900.
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THE EVENING SUN, Per Month. $50
T8E EVENING SUN ForsiEn), Per Mo. 1.Se
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Published daily, including Sunday. by the
npu Printing and Publishing Association.
10 Nassau St, Borough of Manhattan. y. Y.
"a esiden,. Frank A. Muntey, 100 Nassau et
Wee President. Erwin wardman; Secretary,
n n. Titherington; Treas, Vim. T. Dewart,
al OF $50 Nassau street
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Al checks money orders, &C., 70 be
made payable to THp Sun.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
BUSINESS AND MODERN AUTO
A. Essential to Maintenance Of Efi
cheney a. Telephones or Lights
In Metropolis.

The automobile il an integral neces-
sity Of modern life. We can no more
do business or maintain our efficiency
without cars than we can without tele-
phones or lights or sewerage In cities.
or any other Of the thousand and one
things we have today our grandsires
wOt not Of.
The modern ear IL just AS much a
necessity as a steam derrick, a delivery
truck or II locomotive. Its manufac-
ture would not reach the astonishing
proportions Gf the present industry II
it weren't. The estimated 1917 prOduc-
ton was almost 2.OOO,OOO passenger
cars-1, 8lS,9SS, to be exact-with a
value Of s 1.O59.O56.073 wholesale. Ell.
elusive of 10000 commercial cars
with Il wholesale value of $272, 100, son.
We produce trucks and commercial
vehicles today worth more than half
the value Of all cars made three years
ago.
Three years ago $4,000 people were
engaged In automobile manufacture.
To-day there are e half Il million d.
rectly engaged. and no one knows 'ex-
actly how many more produce parts,
accessories, garages. oils, tires, etc.
Some people who ought to know say
that the automobile industry will be
rated as the first In the country In
1918.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

side down. The ventilatOrs were draw
Ing out all the warm air and keeping
IN the cold air and nOXiOus gases. The
owner said he knew something was
wrong, for his barn was always cold
ond foul, but he had an old, expert
enced carpenter to take charge of the
job and thought he ought to know
what to do. Now the laws of nature
are not changed for an experienced or
inexperienced carpenter and If one
wants to build a barn and have 1t we'll
ventilated he must do 1t along lines
conforming to the working laws of M
ture.
Another point to be considered in
building a barn Is to arrange a con-
venient way for taking out the ma
nure. 1t Is now well known that the
best and most economical way to han.
die n Is to take 1t directly from
tarn to field. For this work the most
convenient way is to drive right
through the barn with the manure
spreader. Little carriers run on
tracks or cables are m improvement
over wheeling the litter out on a
wheelbarrow. but one can drive
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Before the long, wet winter months
set in. when the greater part Of his
machinery and implements are not in
use. the thrifty farmer carefully goes
over them. Oiling. using paint when
necessary, supplying broken or missing
parts and putting everything under
shelter. These and other frugal char
acteristics ~differentiate him from the
shiftless, haphazard farmer who leaves
his implements exposed to the wealth
er, who let's the fences around his
house and barn fall down. perfectly
cOntented to throw a hoop v e his
corral gate rather than put on a new
hinge or repair the old one.
The former. it may be taken for
granted, is a plow-deep. use-fertilizer.
cultivate-thoroughly and take-advan-
tage-Of-the-market farmer--in a word,
a successful farmer; while the latter
Is a scratch-the-grOund and trust-tO-
luck individual whose failure he at
tributes to anyone but himself.
No rlght-minded farmer could tOler.
ate being in the second class; and, on
the other hand, every farmer coming
under that category ought to aspire to
the first classification-and now is the
time to start.