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SHIPYARD LOAFING.
Comments on the Peculiar Figures Of
Hog Island Rlyeting.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
read in THE SUN of September 10 a
despatch from Philadelphia about the
slowing down of labor in the Hog ISL
and shipyard. General Manager Piez
was quoted as saying: "They are only
doing so per cent. of what they can do
at Hog Island" 1t was pointed out that
while the men drove 1922 rivets one
day under the spur of wagers, four days
later they drove only S9.4O7. The as
sIstant general manager. Francis T.
Bowles, was quoted as saying: "A sit
uation in which a man can earn In two
or three days more than enough for his
weekly needs Is not conducive to a
steady and earnest application to his
work"
The Messrs. Piez and Bowles are Just
arriving at a viewpoint that most in
dustrial heads came close up to many
months ago, that they and others in
charge are responsible for the condition
which not only Government but privately
owned industries have had to face for
a long time.
Mr.. Bowlos's summary covers but half
the reason for the conditions outlined,
the other half being that the average
worker. once relieved of the fear of los
Ing employment, becomes but about so
per cent. responsive and efficient dur
Ing the time he does any work.
\ talk with any employer OF men
reveals the trend OF thought concerning
the cause and effect OF conditions COM
planned OF at Hog Island, and also the
remedy that is in sight when the on
portunity for that remedy is offered.
That this trend OF thought occupies the
mind of the average worker is also evil
denced by the fact that he is getting
what he wants while the getting is good
and while he can get it most easily. and
that he is not concerned in the slightest
about the measure of satisfaction he
gives his employer, but only whether he
gsts double value for service rendered.
That being the case. the average
worker then becomes. because OF his
present multiplicity. the worst kind of
profiteer He Is unreachable, either
by mental or physical process, and will
only be brought to recognize the merits
OF patriotism when nearly all pride in
its virtue as possession will have
passed. and that means when necessity
Is at his threshold.
What pity and shame 1t is that hui
man nature will not respond In it's full
est TO the cry OF emergency at this TINA
Wake up, riveters and men OF all call
ings, Don't pass the buck, but do your
utmost and let those who like bucks
hahu'e tnen' w. l., q.
NEW YORK, SeDtemhar oe
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petfo constitute him a Cardinal? In
the nomination Of a Cardinal the
Pope is free. In the matter Of the
creation Of a Cardinal IN petto we
quote from the interesting and au-
thoritative article on Cardinals In
the Catholic Encyclopedia
Formerly the dignity of Cardinal
was acquired only after public procla-
nation and reception OF the hat and
ring. At present any form OF publ
cation sufflces OPUS w., 20 jan. 1871 !;
GREG. XIV. Deceit ~ March, 1921, in
'Bullarium Romanum,' XII, eos sq.).
Creation OF Cardinals IN petto is there
fore without effect unless there follows
publication OF tho names. A tesla
mentary publication does not suffice.
PIUs TX. announced (15 March. 1879
a creation OF Cardinals IN pctto with
publication of their names In his tesla
ment, but this creation never went into
effect From the reign Of MARTIN w..
l. e., from the end OF the Western
Schism, during which there were many
Cardinals created by tho contending
Popes. 1t became customary for the
Pope to create Cardinals without de-
claring their names (credtt ct rcserpati
In pectore). the Italian equivalent for
which is in pctto. The publication OF
the names may. in given circumstances,
be made at a much later date. Only,
at whatever time such publication takes
place. tho Cardinals so created rank in
seniority according to the date of their
original announcement as reserved IN
petto, and precede all those created
after that time
Assuming the trustworthiness Of
the Eagle and its clerical informant,
there would appear to be left only
the question Of publication. "Any
form of publication suffices," the En-
cyclopndia says, but is a CONVERSE
ton of the kind described a form Of
publication? If 1t Is not, has there
been-still assuming the correctness
Of the Ed0le's article--any official
form of publication in Rome?
In passing from a subject which is
as delicate in technicallty as 1t is
interesting to the many friends of the
great prelate of the Northwest 1t is
we'll to note that the creation of Car
dinals IN petto is not an uncommon
practice. Cardinal VINcENzo VAN
NUTEILI, according to the Official
Catholic Directory, was created and
reserved in pctfo" on December 80,
1889, but he was not proclaimed n
Cardinal until June 23, 1890. Cardi-
nal MENDEs, the Patriarch of Lisbon,
was created and reserved in petto"
on November 81, 1911, but he was
not proclaimed until May %, 1911,
two and a half years later.
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To Gretchen.

All. Gretchen, sturdy Gretchen,
Can't you read the signs?
by the great white God that made you,
It's your .Junker who's betrayed you.
Not the depth bombs-not the mines
An. Gretchen SOFT eyed Gretchen.
VIII you never learn
That your Junker has tust used you
Robbed your all and then abused you
Do you want him to return2
Alb. Gretchen. mother Gretchen.
Some day you.l 10 free;
some day soon youll see vision
or Gcrmania In deris!on
or the Freedom OF the Sea-
All, Gretchen. war worn Gretchen.
As you love your son,
Use the eyes the good God gave you,
Judge the brute who would enslave you.
And your German Seace Is won.
ALBERT C. WALL.
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The Supcrminer.

Mr.. JOHN MULLINS, the superman
Of the Pennsylvania coal mines, in
vites the envy OF the average doctor
and lawyer. In the month beginning
August Is he mined and loaded COL
tons Of coal, his earnings being within
n few dimes of $3.50. If JOHN went
along at the same speed for fifty
weeks OF the year-we must allow
him fortnight at Cambridge Springs
or on Broadway-his annual net
would be S5,175, an income far ahead
Of most professional mems. Remem-
Der, also, that he has no Office rent
to pay and he probably does not find
1t necessary to seek the links OF an
expensive golf club on Sunday in or
der to keep fit.
JOHN does great work II he
could keep up his speed fifty weeks
in the year he would mine and load
enough coal for a thousand houses
of fair size. Eight thousand John
Mullinses, each taking 5000 tons Of
coal out Of the earth, would produce
the G4,OOO,OOO tons of anthracite that
America needs every year; and yet
before the first draft there were 49,
600 miners in Pennsylvania.
JOHN may he an important subject
of taxation. Under the terms of the
new revenue law he would pay, II
his good earnings were steady, an
income tax of about $50. This is
no more than some other men, less
fortunate in their vocatlons. have to
pay for gymnasium dues.
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Cardinals Named Sin the Breast :"

The death of Archbishop IRELAND
recalls not only the desire of thou
sands Of his friends that lie be made
n Prince of his church--a desire
which burned perhaps more holly in
his admirers than In himself-but
remarkable article which was printed
in our conservative contemporary the
Brooklyn Eagle so recently as Sep
TENDER II, the elghtleth birthday of
the Archbishop. This article, which
purported to be information received
from "a prominent Catholic clergy
man recently returned from Rome"
contained in direct quotation form
the report of n conversation between
the Pope and the clergyman. Re
duced to the essentials, the dialogue
was as follows:
"Have you heard how Cardinal IRE
LAND is OF later asked his Holiness.
"You mean Archbishop IRELAND,
don't your inquired the priest.
"'No.' quickly replied the Pope, 4
mean Cardinal IRELAND. whom ] have
named for the red hat In petto.'"
The Eagles passing comment was
that "the Pope's appointment in pcito
cannot be ratified now" meaning that
there was no immediate prospect Of
, n conslstory. But would not the very
naming of Archbishop IRELAND In
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"sKEDADDLE."
A Gaelic Authority Is willing to Ac-
cent 1t for Ireland.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--SN: 1t
requires all my intrepidity to take issue.
even ever SO gently, with DR.. Vizetelly,
but while It IL true that "skedaddle"
sounds very much like compound OF
skid" and "addle." 1t seems doubtful
to mo that the Lancashire yokel, or any
other Of the simple folk among whom
such terms have their genesis, would
have made the rather labored, ratiocina-
tive combination Of the two words which
the eminent lexlcographer's theory sup
poses
DR.. vizetelly may pardon me, re-
Numbering that contributed $50 dehni-
lions OF Irish terms 20 the Standard
Dictionary under his editorship, for hall
Ing the suggestion Of Mr.. Henry e.
Davis in THE SuN. There need not
have been an irish Bible student at Bull
Run. though there were certainly every
other kind Of 1rishmen there. Tho fact
Is that many years ago in some learned
coiumns--because they were learned
suspect they may have been the columns
ton OF "skedaddle' which made 1t out
that that forceful word was compounded
Of two Gaelic words, "scedad uile,""
translated, like Mr.. Daviss "sSedad OIL"
as "all scattered" or. I rather think.
all scatter" that Is, "out OF the way.
ALL" 1t sounds to me very much like
q slogan which would veil have fitted
the lips Of bearded "salloglasses." or
Irish battle axe men as they charged
the ranks OF Elizabeth's soldlery at the
Yellow Ford or in the Curlew Pass the
other war cry being ono also often
heard on tho battlefelds OF our civil
war. "Fag-a-ballach," or Clear the
way" SHAEMAs O'SHrEL.
BROOKLYN, September rs.
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Manhattan's War Gardens,

This Mr.. Hoover does the most re-
markable things. He says a word or
two and the bread of nation
changes complexion, He expresses n
polite wish and Manhattan. rocky
and hitherto sterile, blossoms forth
like-well, not exactly like the rose.
but almost like Glendale, say, or
Flatbush.
Amateur gardeners on this most
crowded island In the world found
room for 1890 individual plots each
20 by 20 feet and grew thereon vege-
tables to the value OF $22,3S5. That
Is an average of $14 worth of gar
den sass for each plot. Leave it to
the verdict of any commuter If that
Is not good gardening; ask him how
much his garden Is costing him.
The Manhattanite scratched his
head and remembered his boyhood
lessons with the hoe back in the lit
tie town in. Iowa Cor mayhap Vol
hynia or Cnlabria) and lie made good.
This year he will do better.
There are, according to the report
of the War Garden Committee which
worked under the mgis of the Park
Department, 1000 vacant lots in Man.
haitian, but 1900 of them are unfit
for cultivation because they are too
rocky or too difficult Of access. Then
800 are leased by professional truck
gardeners and for wagon storage.
while 800 more are used as tennis
courts and skating Kinks. That
leaves 500 potential war gardens, and
500 ofVthem were cultivated this
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defiant faith in military power to a
deep discomfort" he sets forth when
he attempts to show that this dlscon-
tent should not be due to the present
military situation on the western
front.
II have no Intention" says Count
Won HERrLINo, "of trying to diminish
this pressure by words" This might
have been expected to forecast
franker statement than previous ut
teranccs Of official Germany, at least
statement freer from insincerity
and dupllcity. But, no, there is the
usual Reichstag rant: Germany's in
nocence Of early warllke intention,
her scorn Of conquest and desire for
peace, the connivance OF England, or
in this Instance Of EDWARD VII, with
Russia for Germany's overthrow, the
spirit OF revenge fostered among the
French people. the use of Serbia as
an excuse for hostllities and the JUS
LITIGATION for the despoiling Of Bel
GUM. To this stock in trade Is added
the new detail Of a wild war fury"
raging in the United States, in the
course of which 1.-The former idealist
and jealous friend Of peace seems to
have developed Into the head of the
American imperialists."
The consolation he offers Is that
"our troops repel the attacks Of Eng
fish, French and Americans supported
by every kind of modern instruments
Of war;" He reminds Germany that
she has peace with Russia and Ru-
mania, and that the Austrian army
holds a large part of italian terri
tory. He omits any reference to
Germany's two other allies and the
reverses In Macedonia and Asia.
''The situation is grave" he declares,
"but it gives no ground for deep de-
preston" But can this statement
outweigh the actual conditions on
the western front, the knowledge that
the German people possess Of the I'M
certainty Of the Brest-Lltovsk treaty,
and the insecurity OF a peace ex-
acted by the sword from Rumania?
Has not the Chancellor violated his
promise and uttered only words,
words? In their comments upon the
Chancellor's speech the Dcutsche
Td0cs Zeitun0 says, "VoN HERTLNa
showed shameful ignorance Of the
! entire condition." and the Morgen-
post declares, "There Is still no light"
Have they not good reason for these
expressions?
In the attainment OF peace and the
ending Of the miseries, sacrifices and
waste OF the present war the world
has a vital and intense interest. The
United States expressed the desire
for speedy and secure peace
from the first; the "war fury" and
the chauvinistic ideals of Imperial
ISM exist no more to-day than they
did when the declaration of HOSTILE
ties was made. The desire Is for a
peace that will end war, not lay the
| foundations for future strifes, a de-
| sire as sincere and real, should re-
verses come, as it is in victories.
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year. Probably the rest will be used
next season, IL the Park Department
can get the necessary ploughs and
enough fertilizer.
Washington Heights carries of the
honors. The prize crops were raised
Mt 1S8th street and Amsterdam ave-
nue., where the average yield from
the individual plot was worth $35.
The poorest farm land appears to be
at 106th street and Fifth avenue,
where the average yield was valued
at 81. Intending homesteaders will
please take notice.
The Manhattanlte with the hoe
asked 200 questions q day at the two
demonstration centres, Union Square,
where good crops were raised on the
foot Of soil above the subway roof,
and Bryant Park, where Lettuce grew
on land worth, VIZ suppose, a dollar a
teaspoonful. One query stuck in the
minds Of the experts as a classic:
How would you forestall an i'm
pending night attack by cats on a
newly planted bed Of lettuce?"
There is the cltyfied version Of the
perennial suburban dilemma-shall I
grow chickens or a garden2 The an
swer must have been difficult; the
Sullivan law was drafted before the
war made gardens a subte.,t of in
terest hereabouts.
Plans for the coming spring are
ambitious, Each amateur Is to have
70 by 40 feet wherein to exercise his
new found skill with dibble and scuf-
fie hoe. The Swiss chard propaganda
is or are to be spread assiduously.
Swiss chard, our tutors assure us, is
the poor mans vegetable, yielding we
forget how many tons Of greens from
ten cents worth Of seed.
Goodness knows We need some
thing like that.
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Won Hertling Shoulders for = World
at War.

At no time during the war has the
German Government manifested such
a state of alarm and deep concern
for the fate of Europe and the rest
Of the world ms at present. In his
address before the Main Committee
Of the Reichstag, Count Won HERT-
LING, the German Imperial Chancel-
lor, hopes that Germany's enemies
will be ready to make an end of the
war before half Of the world Is con-
verted into heap Of ruins and the
flower of manly strength lies dead
on the battlefield" Again, he shud-
ders with humanity at the thought
that this terrible Kultur destroying
war may not be the last, but may
bring further wars in It's trail"
Since the sword OF battle was
thrust so against his will into the
kaiser's hands more than four years
ago we have not heard such an ex-
preston of squeamishness over wars
horrors. "The German Empire must
build with blood and iron the road
to the attainment of its political des-
tiny in the world" was the loudly
proclaimed doctrine of the day.
When Belgium was devastated, her
towns and homes wantonly destroyed,
her men and women murdered under
the plea of military necessity, and
her government supplanted by Prus-
sian rule of cruelty and merciless ex.
action, there was no compassion for
starving, helpless people and
ruined nation.
When northeastern France was pill
LACED, its inhabitants turned into
refugees or carried away into Ger
man slavery, the old German Gott
was cajoled and blessed for his vic
tories. A supine and helpless Russia
became mere loot for military con-
querors, and Rumania, crushed by
treachery, was robbed of its resources,
defences and strength and reduced
to subservience and vassalage. Ger
many announced at that time the
addition Of vast conquered territory
and attempted to extend her rule by
the force of arms over people opposed
to her by every circumstance of
race, origin and religion. She pro-
claimed an open way for further
economic conquests in the East and
for the extension Of her Imperialism
into Central Asia. Again the German
Colt was acclaimed mighty and Just.
But Germany showed no tender So
llcitude for a world engaged in n
titanic struggle.
The explanation of the Chancel-
lor's present deep concern for the
embattled world is evidently found
in his statement of conditions within
the German Empire. The Berlin
Government has throughout shown
such misunderstanding of the psy-
chOlOgy of other nations that 1t Is
not unexpected that the Chancellor
should speak most astutely from the
situation in Germany. He says:
AS sou are aware. deep discomfort
has seized hold upon wide circles OF the
population. The principal reason for
that is the pressure which the terrible
war. now lasting over four years. is
producing on all-the sufferlngs and de-
privations which have brought in their
wake sacrifices which the war imposes
on all classes and all families and more
or less on every individual"
The reason for this change from q
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PERsHINo has an invisible" head
quarters, SUN correspondent reports,
Unlike the headquarters from which
the world gets Herr RosNER's delight
full stories which give us such stirring,
such touching pen pictures as to i'm
press upon the minds eye a head
quarters visibility Of dazzling candle
power.
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Conclusive Evidence OF the Worth.
lessness Of the German Word.

The German Imperial Chancellor
has done more than anybody else,
except perhaps his predecessor, Wow
.BETHMANNHoIIwEG, to clarity the
situation in one highly important
particular.
In just n dozen and a half words
Count Won HERTLING, addressing the
Reichstag, Informed the American
Government, the Allies Of the En-
tente and the whole honorable world,
.belligerent or neutral, why a peace
negotiated with the present rulers
and masters of Germany is impossi-
BILE, and why the only peace for which
we can look is dictated peace won
by the utter defeat of militarism and
the complete overthrow of Hohen-
zollern autocracy.
That is what President WILSON,
who will speak tonight in the Met
ropolltan Opera House, has been say
ing from the first.
The German Imperial Chancellor
says it likewise. His way of saying
It is extraordinarily candid for per-
son so sophisticated. "You cannot
trust u.s." he says In effect. You
cannot accept any compact or agree
ment or convention or treaty which
We may make in settlement of the
war. You cannot believe the Impe-
rial German Governments word or
depend upon our pledged faith; for
the simple reason that We recognize
a higher law than the written law,
an ultimate obligation beyond the
obligation Of any signed and sealed
document
This is the way Count Won HERT-
LING, speaking for the Imperial Ger
man Government. has confessed the
worthlcssness of its treaty word. He
was referring to the case of Belgium
fatal theme for German Imperial
Chancellors! He admitted that in
invading Belgium Germany trans
gressed the written law. Then he de.
Tended the perfidy and the crime in
this pregnant sentence:
"As for individuals so is there also
for states another law. That is the
law Of self-defence."
That ia to say, II in the judgment
Of war lords irresponsible TO the
people there comes in sight at any
time military advantage to be
gained by the violation of the ma
TONS pledges, the infraction of in
ternatlonal law, the violent invasion
and destruction Of an innocent peo-
pie whose security has been guaran-
teed by the aggressor himself. it is
only necessary to plead this other
law of self-defence, and promises be
come non-blnding. pledges meaning
less and solemn treaties nothing more
than scraps Of paper.
And the sole judge Of what is re,
CURED by this other law Of self-de.
fence is the German Imperial Gov.
eminent!
What weapon of noble scorn, of
mighty truth, of high and inflexible
purpose, the spokesman Of milltarism
and autocracy has unconsciously put
into President WILSON'S hands!
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THE Return of the Druses," pre-
dicted in one Of BRowNINo's poem
plays. familiar, Of course, to all tired
business men. was not success, either
the return or the play. But the
Druses have returned. triumphant,
under LAWRENCE to ALLENBY, with
5000 prisoners.
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Consolation for Sunday Gasoisns Con-
servers,
From ne Americvs Time, B,cord

From ne hmericus Times Recordsr.
After man has had his driving crltI-
eised by his wife for fifteen or twenty
miles ana had the folks on the back seat
hoHer every time he hit bump. and had
10 'hahge one or two tires. and got him
ser al aiFty and hot and just then the
eatpure'er began to skip, ana a man in
faster car passed by and raised n cloud
OF stining dust, We wonder why thev cali
II Joy riding"
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To justify Won HERrLINo's declara-
ton that America 10 being consumed
by an uncomfortable war fury, Amer
lea Will now proceed to oversubscribe
a six billion loan.
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One unique result OF the war is the
institution of lighthouses on terra
firma. Erected at the Swiss border,
the upturned lights notify all airmen
Of their arrival at a neutral boundary.
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A Bulgarian can always find COM
fort. No matter how badly he fares
with the Allies, It will not be any
worse than he would get from his
friends the Germans in the end.
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From the Wdreriy Gazette.
Effective at once. children will please
not come in the post office wearing roller
skates. ALoNzo GLASS, l.. VI.
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Grape Juicerr. Take Notice.

Lodi correspondence Sdn Frdnciseo Chronicle.
The highest price paid for Znfandel
grapes in the history OF the Industry
SIS per ton--haa been paid local growers
by an Eastern buyer now ON The ground.
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A most inclusive and precise slogan
for the Fourth Liberty Loan has for
its author the German Emperor:
America wishes to add big deeds to
big words"
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Unlimited are the bounds Of this
world conflict. Yesterday, at the
Chemical Show, the enemy's dye sali-
ent was smashed.
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Liberty bond workers may use motor
cars on Sunday--The ners.
He travels the fastest who's boost
Ing a loan.
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Our conception Of the Spanish in
fuenza germ is grippe bacillus that
has been trained in Prussia.