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MR.. SMITHS OPPORTUNITY.
His Administration May Rank With
That OF Governor Tllden.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: If
one good guess deserves another. may
| venture a prediction in regard to the
administration OF Governor Smith in
THE SIN as a sequence TO the one pre-
dieting his election with or without the
rest of his ticket" last August?
In my opinion this promises to equal
in Importance that OF Samuel j. Tilden,
which it already rivals in popularity.
Tilden's great work was the exposure
and demolition OF the canal ring in this
State after his preliminary work against
the local ring in his own party in this
city.
Unless all the signs fail Governor
Smith IS going to be as energetic In his
work for the redemption OF tho tax
payers from the rings Of both parties
as was Governor Tildcn himself.
Governor Tilden was essentially man
Of tho people, though born and bred
to what passes current among US as the
purple as far as this relates 20 wealth,
education and station In life.
Governor Smiths university was his
native city OF New York, Of which In
his day THE Sun was the college paper.
The college education, which in those
days was n hard earned honor and dis
tincton. has now become mere "trip
perry Of modern American civilization
and trademark for political advance
mcnt for the social worker IN the set
t,emcnt house school OF present day
politics.
Although Governor Smith has worked
with organized labor in his upward ca
reer in politics there Is every reason
for believing that he knows and respects
the rights of every form of honest labor,
whether Of head or of hand, and whether
organized or unorganzed, The college
man in politics has the intellectual deX-
tcrity which tho plain man lacks to JUS
tlfy in plausible sophistry every apostncy
to the principles he may have been
elected to protect, or OF which he was
at one time the advocate The time has
come for the pendulum to swing in the
other direction, and Governor Smith is
the man Of the hour, Place for the
real man Of the people
JoHN y. DAWN. NJ d,
NEW York, December l3
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AN APPEAL FROM CAMP.
Drafted Men Anxious to Be Earning
Living Again.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str! We
chaps are In distress here. Can and
will you help us out? Some Of us from
New York have been in this God for
saken dump for twenty-seven weeks, for
nineteen of which we were in close quar-
antlne. although many of us were not
i'll day. for which, of course. we're
truly thankful; but now that war Is
over I'VE want to go home"
Notwithstanding the grind and toll
and sacrifice, we'll get none of the glory
of those who went cover there" and
even those of us held here as officers
and instructors are anxious to return to
our homes and take UP the task OF
making a livelihood. Uncle Sam doesn't
need us and Is wasting money by keep
ing us on the payroll. Good Jobs are
awaiting US at home. No one here In
authority seems able or willing to say
when we are to be discharged.
Please lend a helping hand TO get Us
out OF here
HELPLESS AND USELESS.
CAMP HANCOCK, Augusta, Ca. Decem-
Der 10.
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II is not too early to begin to-day
the preparation of a suitable public
reception for the American warships
that have been ordered from Europe
to this port and are expected to arrive
here on December %. Since the war
began the navy has done its work
behind curtain of secrecy the like
of which the country had never
seen. The nature of It's work necessi-
tated as close an approach TO silence
concerning 1t as could be enforced.
The admirable conspiracy to keep
news from tho enemy deprived the
public of most OF the news about the
fleet. But the public knew the fleet
was doing its duty. and when the
ships sail up the bay the public will
welcome them as ships Of triumphant
heroes should he welcomed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-14
A VERNACULAR BIBLE.
4 Student Offers Comparison Of
Styles.

10 THE EpiToR OF THE SuS--Sr: l
have read with much interest the letters
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ferhaps inherent approach 10 the
SUBJECT VIII be helpful The English
Bible Is q translation from the Hebrew
and Greek, Oriental in tone and feeling
p-operIy 10 translate IL wa must c,,p,oy
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FORCE ana appear DC lost II We make
the language commonplace?
Perhaps your readers will be inter
ested In a comparison between vbo, -
considered the hest Nsyv ros,,,,on, -,
tho y,rracular aud ,ho 60, -
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"'on' use me
n'S' sew" Nc'sos VI inc gospel OF St
Johh
rraNAcuLAn NEW Trsr,u,~r
Tho I.oKos existed In tho very beg,rri,,,r
The Losos was with God.
The Lagos was divine.
He was with GOO in the very beginning:
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Weary Days in Camp.

-. There Is Impotence in the canton
ments. The drafted men want 10 20
home and take up their old tasks.
Can you help us out?" they ask in
letters sent to THE Sun from many
camps. Good jobs are awaiting us,
Uncle SAM doesn't need u.s."
This feeling on the part of the men
is natural 1t was predicted that the
waiting Of rehabilitation would he
harder to bear than the grind and
toll and sacrifice of training for war
and war itself. But they must be
patient. Making an army takes time,
unmaking 1t also takes time.
And their energy is not being wasted
while they wait. Rather it IS ac-
cumulating, and the accumulation
will eventually impart new vigor to
the occupations of peace. Their impu-
thence is of good nugury for tho pros
perity of the country.
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THE PoLIcEWoMANS WORK.
Three Incidents OF Nights Duty
Near the Navy Yard.

To THE EDITOR oT THE SuN--SE: In
letter from John r. White printed In
The SUN the impression IL given that
sailors who are behaving themselves are
embarrassed when accompanied by la
dies by the espionage of policewomen.
Since l know that nothing of the sort
occurs permit me TO tell of what / saw
after 10 o'clock one evening recently
when I was opposite one of the entrances
OF the Brooklyn navy yard. AS passed
three of our sailors and n French poilu
were standing at this entrance.
Three young girls, arm in arm, passed
them. one of our sailors whistled aftor
the girls, who Immediately slackened
their pace and began TO giggle. As one
looked back there appeared in front Of
them handsome. gentle. efficient look
ing woman who said: What are you
girls doing out so latcy' The woman
then gave them advice and counsel. for
which they appeared grateful, and she
sent them on their way
Shortly thereafter on the opposite
corner in front Of saloon several
attire came up to them, whereupon sew
eral rough looking young fellows came
out OF the saloon and approached them
Again the efficient woman Joined the
girls, who explained that they were re-
turning from night school and that the
man had been following and annoying
them. Showing this man a shield of the
New York Police Department the woma n
threatened him with arrest and he
promptly disappeared. as did the other
fellows l heard these girls express their
sincere gratitude to the policewoman for
her help.
saw her stop and talk with little
girl who was alone as the gsrl loitered
near where n sailor stood, and l heard
the girl thank the woman for her ad-
vice and promise to go right home.
I cannot attempt in this letter to tell
half OF the good work l saw this police
woman do that night. but since you have
permitted Mr. Whites unjust criticism
OF the work OF policcwomen may l be
given space enough 20 suggest that II
any doubt exists as to the propriety or
need Of it inquiry be made of the New
York Police Department&lnd Il little in
formation obtained about the many cases
OF rescue 10 the credit of this intelligent
and greAt hearted policewoman whom l
saw pounding these dark pavements
alone in the cold late at night?
GENEvIEvE ALLEN.
NEW YORK, December 10.
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Financing the Peace Business Of the
Allies.

Mr.. MCADoo urges Congress author
ity for the new Secretary of the
Treasury TO continue lending the AL
lies in peace as we lent them in war
Maybe he means as well that our
Treasury shall finance the whole
world. Already we have invested In
foreign governments some eight and
quarter billions Of dollars. Nobody
shall galnsay that when we were
fighting for our lives 1t was wisdom
for US to advance them this vast bulk
Of cash or credit. Nobody can doubt
that it was necessary. At the time
We entered the war II was as essential
for our safety and success 10 keep the
Allies as to keep ourselves going full
speed ahead against the Germans
Without money neither we nor they
could have made the only kind of war
that would smash the German ma
chine. We were the only nation that
had the money. 1t was our job to adj
vance it to the Allies, and If the war
had continued 1t would have re-
manned our job.
Now it is IL different question. If
our Government continues to lend TO
the Allies 1t will not be for their
and our war, for our lives and their
lives, but for their business. This
would seem, then, banking matter
for the banks Of this country and of
other countries to arrange. 1t would
seem TO be as much a banking matter
as If American mills, American mines.
American business and industry OF
any sort wanted TO get money abroad
to finance their needs.
In any event, there should he no
liberation by Congress authority or
by public will of taxation here for
foreign investment. There should DE
close Congress scrutiny of this whole
affair from beginning to end. 1t
should be made clear whether dur
ing the war our Government was put
ting only the proceeds of Liberty bond
sales into investments with the Al
lies, or whether, in effect 1t was put.
ting as well the proceeds of war taxes
into such investments, 1t should be
made clear what proportion of Lib
erty loans went into our own war ex-
penditures and what into their war
expenditures. 1t should be made clear
whether our next issues of bonds are
to be used to clean up our own war
bills or are for the Allies.
Let us have all these facts and
national discussion of them before
authority is given to anybody 10
finance out of our Treasury the peace
business of the rest of the world.
Somebody's trade propaganda keeps
telling us that the foreign countries
cannot buy from us unless we con,
tinue our Treasury credits to them.
As matter of fact they are more
likely to sell to us overwhelmingly, if
we let them. than TO buy from us pro-
dlglously. 1t is only n question OF
time until that side of 1t becomes n
bigger and graver problem for us
than anything else.
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in the way Of everybody who wanted
TODD anything. Red Tape trlpped up
all the men, soldiers and civilians,
who had Ideas and wanted to see
those IDEAS transformed into acts.
Red Tape was more than n nuisance !;
Red Tape was a menace. Consequent
~ Red Tape was cut and then
the nation could devote itself to win
ming the war.
If the General Staff recommended
lions include the abolition Of Red
Tape they will have that much to
commend them, and IL they provide
for the perpetuation Of Red Tape
they will not be worth the paper they
are written on.
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on With the Green stamp, On
With the Blue.

The Treasury programme for the
War Savings Stamps is Of interest
to everybodt who has u partly filled
card. The current cards, which are
redeemable In 1923, will not carry
over into the next year, 1t is an
nounCed. For instance, stamp
buyer who has bought one savings
stamp month this year and who
now has twelve OF the twenty spaces
filled with the green stickers, will not
be able to complete the card unless
he buys the eight lacking stamps this
month-and not everybody has $34 10
spare ut the holiday season. How
ever, the card as 1t stands will be
honored by the Government in 1923
and the holder will receive $50.
Stamp collectors will start afresh
with the new year, when the new
cards will appenE and the 1919 issue
of savings and thrift stampS-both
blue-will be on sale. In January the
savings stamps will cost sap, and as
heretofore one cent will be added to
the price each month. These stamps
will mature on January l, 1924, when
each stamp will be redeemed at So.
The stamp savers will do we'll to
clean up the slate as far as possible
this month, at least to the extent OF
completing their thrift stamp cards
and getting savings stamps for them
These assiduous stamp buyers have
been Of great assistance to the Gov
eminent In war, their total purchases
this year amounting TO perhaps more
than Il billion dollars.
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TRADE BRIEFS.

Tho numter n m!lch COWS in Ontario.
Canada. from 1914 IN 1915 Increased by
nearly 100000, In cattle Of all kinds there
WAS an increase OF 2Gs,o0O. the Increase
In sheep was only 10000. There was a
decrease OF li4,OOO in the number Of hogs
and nearly 100000 in poultry.
The new store OF the Wing on Company
which was recently opened on the principal
business thoroughtsre OF Shanghai, China,
is the second large, modern Chinese de-
partment store to be opened there.
Plans for the establishment Of large
floating dock for Kingston, Jamaica. which
we're under way before tho war. are now
being revived by tho original projectors
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hath Con wroughtr ovor the first
working telegraph line set up by S.
+. b. MORSE. That was on May "a,
1874. Mr.. VAIL recalls, in his letter
describing the new achievement, the
fact that 1t was while working on the
problem Of multiplex teiegraphy that
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL "had his
first conception of the structure Of
the original telephone"
Immediately after the signing of
the armistice on November IL it was
made known to the public that a re-
markable system Of wireless teleph-
ony had been brought into use in
the air service by means of which
men flying high above the ground
could maintain uninterrupted CONVEX
sations with their headquarters and
with each other. This system was
exhibited In President WILSON'S pres
ence, and he personally directed the
evolutions Of squadron of military
airplanes which. thousands Of feet
above him, performed manpuvres in
accordance with his orders, spoken
into a mouthplece as he stood on the
ground. The authority Of the Com
mander in Chief had never before
been so exercised; perhaps, in fact,
the first commands given in person
by President to any except high off,
GERS of the army were these uttered
by the President to the flying men
by wireless telephone.
This wireless telephone system had
been in use in the Expeditionary
Forces in France, and had proved n
Duzzle ITO the enemy from the time
of its Introduction.
Recently 1t was asserted that the
engineers of the wireless telegraph
companies had discovered n method
Of overcoming adverse atmospheric
conditions and protecting their cir
cults from interference. The effec-
tiveness of this invention has yet to
be publicly proved.
While these triumphs have been
won In the mir, there has been in
progress a development of under wa
Ter communication the details of
which have not yet been made pub
lie. but which has reached n point
far in advance of anything that had
been achieved before the beginning
of the war The submarine attacks
made it necessary that the listening
devices previously installed in ships
should be greatly improved and this
Improvement was effected in n man.
ner which reflects the highest credit
on American laboratory eXpermenters
and those who adapt their discoveries
for practical use. The foiling of the
submarines was not accomplished eX-
clusively by lash cans" and gun fire.
Other instruments Of the greatest del
icacy. fruit Of ingenuity and untir-
ing industry, contributed to the de-
feat of their campaign. These in
struments will be of the utmost use
luilVSS ~ Dtutt.
Mr.. NAIL's letter records n fact
that is commonly overlooked. lie
says that hundreds Of our men have
cooperated" to produce the machines
which open q new chapter in the arts
of telephony and telegraphy. This is
the case in the perfection of all great
improvements; many men laboring in
concert or independently contribute to
the final achievement. And when
they have won a great triumph in the
science 10 which they devote their
lives. they or others utilize what has
been done as the foundation for fur
Their progress In the betterment Of
mankind's lot.
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ON the Oregonian was one soldier,
Sergeant LELAND KAUFMAN, i'm company
with forty-three civilians. The soldier
nocked to the rail and cheered with all
his might in response to the wonderful
reception which was all his all the way
up the East River. The women police
reserves pelted him with cigarettes and
the glee club sang songs To him up to
the pier, concluding with Home. sweet
Home" when the gangplank was let
down to let him off.-From an evening
nccSpupcr.
And Sergeant KAUFMAN did not get
a bit better treatment than New York
wants to give to every soldier.
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Westiey TanCiN.


from the bpUdIO bCehhG NtrS,
West Tandy's Rlus nudiu' fault cause
things are as they be
Tho weather, 'cordin to. his tell. Ia run
most mlserahly,
The crops don't hgger out Adzackly as
they should
Because tho Lord don't govern 'em as
Wesley TRndy would.
Now Wesley says, he says, says he. II he
could have his say
He'd make the hull endurln' year about
like first o May
He'd feed tho poor on savory most en-
chide tho rich with crumbs
An weed out all the Baptls;s an the
lrcshyteriums.
o Lord who does things for the best an
marks tho sparry's fall
Don't git the Idea in Your head I'm losin'
faith a tall
But runnin' things must be a chore
Then why not AXE rest
An -, -nnln Ic Ter ny his hand who
knows Il ali--lIke West?
JouN u. WELLS.
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CITY HEADS WARM
UP TO PORT PLAN
At Least Say They Favor Ac-
ton if "Concrete' Pro-
gramme Is Presented.
HUBERT SEEMS AMAZED
Points Out He Has Outlined
Needed improvements for
Four Years to Come.

Real enthusiasm for port develop
ment was exhibited at last by men,
bers of the Board of Estimate at the
regular meeting yesterday. If their
assertions are followed by action,
Dock Commissioner Hubert ought to
be able to get through at least some
part OF his plan for port development
In spite of the fact that on October
Z, 1918, the Commissioner presented
to Comptroller Craig. as chairman Of
the Committee on Finance and Budget
and of the Committee on Port and
Terminal Facilities of the Board Of
Estimate a detailed statement Of his
ideas on port development the MEM
bers of the board insist that they
have no concrete proposition before
them.
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BADGES FOR SERVICE.
Let the Disappointed Wear n Badge
Of Honor,

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: II
was. as TIM Sun points out, great
disappointment to many men in uni
form that they had 10 remain in camp,
and they deserve a distinguishing mark
1t should be In tho form of n badge.
I am mother with two sons in the
service, one overseas with the lO7th.
who took part In the fighting on Sep
TENDER 30, the othe- In a training camp
DO you think he feels as If he was as
much in the service as his brother?
True, he was Just as willing to go.
a MOTHER.
H.Nrnsrn IL nnnn,,,ha. -
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Home Grown Products.


FROM thc GTl'0oW HlsFourilh
At this time OF the year old residents Of
Glasgow living elsewhere look back toward
Missouri for good things to eat In the
last week a Kansas City man sent an
order for cider nGl man In SaImou,
Idaho, and woman in Dubuque la, wrote
home for Missouri srogn nuts,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-14

\ dozen persons out OF six millions
turned out yesterday TO signify that
they were in favor Of bolshevism. It's
too late; the disease isn't fashionable
in America,
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RegrettabIc Confusion in the National
Zoo

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: Re-
viso your natural history! Badgers, my
dear sir, badgers dwell in Wisconsin.
Minnesota Is the Gopher State.
New YORK. December 10. PATRIOT.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: II
Mr.. McAdoo continues in control of the
galway service of the United States for
another FIVE years wo shall be q nation
of dyspeptlcs. The food in the dining
cars is unspeakably bad.
A. HECKscHER.
NEW York, December 10.
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Remarking that it hurt the city to
have the Board of Estimate classified
as "parsimonious" in such matters
the Comptroller asserted:
This board in an effort to make
every possible Improvement asked the
heads OF every department at the be-
ginning OF the year to submit an es-
innate for money needed for improve
ments during the next four years. We
wanted to check up these estimates
with our resources. However, we
have received no general comprehen-
sive plan from the Dock Department,
only a few minor matters"
In reply TO this assertion it was
later pointed out at the Dock De-
partment that on the date already
mentioned the Commissioner had
made a statement covering twenty
printed pages and specifying just
what improvements he wished to
make in the years 1918, 1919. 1920
and 1921.
is 1t not possible that we may OBJ
tain somo really definite plan. by
which we will say we will build ten
piers here and Ave piers thcre?" said
Borough President bowling. Cant
we get some big plan OF the Commits
sioner before us, so we can give a
decision AZ speedily as possible and
put these projects into effect as soon
as they are approved? would be
willing to vote for any such plan
The trouble is we have had too much
gas from certain membfs of the
Board of Estimate and from out
siders. / am Just crazy TO act"
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T. R. WOULD BAR
FOES FROM LEAGUE
Maintains Germany and Tur.
key Must Serve Probation
of Many Years.
STRONG FOR NATIONALlSN
Thinks II Should Be Intense
to Form Basis Of Wise
Internationalism.
STRONG FOR NATIONAusM

Col. Roosevelt thinks that learne
Of nations for the purpose of prevent
ing or at least minimizing war ls
good notion, but he is sure that the
membership Of the league should be
extremely select for good and sum
cient reasons. The only reasonable
composition to begin with should be
Great Britain, France, Italy and me
United States, the Colonel maintains
and membership for others should be
withheld pending judgment Of their
deeds and motives.
"If the league of nations is bull,
on a document as high sounding ana
meaningless as the speech in which
Mr. Wilson laid down his fourteen
points it will simply add one more
scrap to the diplomatic waists basket
Col. Roosevelt writes in the Metropol.
itdR Magazine out to-day. Most OF
these fourteen points could be inter.
preted to mean anything or nothing.
They were absolutely true to the ira
ditions of the bad old diplomacy. for
any nation could agree to them and
yet reserve the right to interpret them
In Numerically opposite manner 10
tho Interpretation that others pu,
upon them. Therefore in forming The
league let us face the facts. whether
pleasant or unpleasant, and let US
show good faith with ourselves and
with every one else.