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TRADE BRIEFS.

Ncrvay's cod catch In 1918 totailei o.
oOo, 900 ash. which is a decrease Of 2,ooO-
600 from the number caught ~ year
There has heen steady decrease since
1914, when %, 500, 900 fish were taken.
siamese importers are purchasing more
cutlery than they d!l formerly and there
should be an opportunity for the sale OF
American supplies Japan has prohted by
tn. Increased demand. The value OF cut
lery Imports from Japan advanced from
$50 in l9l4-l5 to sl2.73+ in 1olO-lt. Amer
lean machine tools are widely used In siam
and vigorous selling campaigns should be
planned for the purpose OF introducing
other lines OF cutlery after the war,
Chilean merchants are becoming favor
ably Impressed with the quality OF Ameri-
can textiles which have appeared In that
country in ever increasing quantities since
the stagnat!on OF European markets I:
is suggested by the bureau OF foreign and
domestic commerce that the establishment
Of an American concern In Chill, specisllz-
ing IN textiles would create good feeling
in fhe market. The conditions OF the trade
are discussed In a report recently Issued
bv the bureau and which Is entitled Tex
tie Markets OF Chile. Special Agents Sc
rIes no 1914" This report can bs OBJ
tained at Room T34. Custom House this
city.
In 1918 2s4 s02 pounds Of shad. valued
at S4sls4, have been taken from the
Hudson River. which Is a record that has
not been reached in many years
Farmer. in New Brunswick. Canada,
are being urged by the Government to
buy sheep Banks will loan money for
this purpose and the Department OF Agri-
culture will purchase sheep for farmers in
need OF them. The department will also
buy any good breeding stock that may
be available,
mobiles are wanted at the American con-
sulate In Manchester, England. list OF
automobile importers has been compiled
by Consul Ross e. Holiday and can be
! obtained at thu New York once OF the
Bureau OF Foreign and Domestic Com
merce.
Swiss farmers are experimenting with
what will be for them a new method OF
growing potatoes. This method. which has
been tried In this country with considerable
success. is a novel one. A small area o.
ground, about twenty feet square. Is Sc
lected and surrounded by a rail or picket
fence having interstices OF a few inches
and built to a height OF about ten feet.
layer OF earth and manure Is spread
! and In this potatoes are planted after the
| usual method. Upon the hrst spread nifty
succ essive layers OF earth and manure are
laid and potatoes planted in each of the
! layers 1t Is said that the vines emerge
from the sides as well as the top OF the
| enclosure and that the yield Is usually
large.
The sun., 1918-08-03
LOUIS THE ENTOMOLOGIST.
He Encounters Ants In New Mexico
and Hawaii and Is Bitten.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Two
experiences | had with biting ants will
vhet the interest Of your countless read
ers.
In 1895 was on my way to Cali
fornia via the Southern Pacific Railroad
On arriving at Laguna in the New Mex
lean desert the train stopped overtime
in order to supply the boilers with
water. Fine opportunity TO investigate
near the track" said A hundred feet
away my inquishive eyes perceived a
number of sand bills. To me they
reemed strange. What can they mean?
Not one habitation in sight The rail-
road station the only house visible. Man
could not have made these hills, some
six to nine feet high.
stoop down and examine one of
them. All suddenly a giant red ant,
fully half an inch long. energies from
the sand At once I knew 1t was Form
lea rufus. Beware, had read about
their poisonous sting.
However, in those days was fear
less. Bent on discovery, | decided TO
find out how the horse ants lived.
pushed the point OF my ever handy cane
Il had always carried a cane since my
tenth year, into the foot OF the hill and
made a sort OF excavation. Before my
eyes could properly notice the tunnels
OF the ant bill, while suddenly hearing
voices from the train crew exclaimng
Take care; their bite is poisonous -
n swarm OF ants rushed out, raced up
my cane. scrambled UP my wrist, Bit
ing all they could. Then | felt them
making incursions on my chest. This
was a signal that ! must act ! ran
away from the ant hill. Near the train
stranger helped me to hit of the ants
Soon the last one was disposed OF
But on my wrists and arms some twenty
red spots. a few OF them beginning 10
swell. were testimony that the ants were
really OF the venomous species. Quickly
| ran TO the car, took my flask OF whis-
key ont Of my satchel and just soaked
the bites with the fluid,
II 1902, while happening 10 make a
two months stay at Honolulu. Hawaii
another strange meeting with ants
taught me lesson in their behavior
different from that OF the red Gambia
tribe in the desert.
The sun., 1918-08-03
A ScandalOus Cruelty.

HIRAM JOHNSON fights the battle Of
millions of soldiers relatives when
he attacks the most cruel scandal
Of the Administration--the mlshan-
ding Of overseas mail. The Senator
from California squarely contradicts
Mr.. BURIEsoN's protestations Of the
Senate resolution. which demanded to
know why letters were not delivered
promptly to American soldiers
abroad:
"To that resolution Postmaster-Gen-
eral BURLEsoN replied that the state
ment that the mail facilities In France
were wretched was without foundation.
In that statement the Postmaster-Gen-
eral was In error. l speak from expert
ence with at least one soldier in France
say to YOU that that soldier did not
receive a single letter each month from
his people, although they wrote to him
four times a week. He cabled at last
in distress to know what had happened
to his people at home"
Whether the soldier mentioned Is
Senator JoHNsoS's son does not mat
ter. except in so far as the relation
ship would make the Senator's proofs
first hand; the specific instance is
only one of thousands. If THE sun
may Judge by the number of COM
iptc II hos hoorI
On his return from Europe recently
OTTO II. KAHN said that the delay
of the soldiers mail was "a really
serious grievance and 1t was about
the only grumbling that this Opt
mist heard while talking with our
men abroad. 1t Is double edged
grievance. 1t hurts the fighters and
II hurts their people. Morale Mt
home Is as important as morale in
France; the two are linked by let
tiers, and the Post Office Department
is breaking the chain.
The mail service OF the United
States Is wretched. In time of peace
rotten" would be better adjective.
Yet the people who find that 1t takes
thirty hours for letter to go ten
miles have been patient with the
Postmaster General, believing that his
department has been devoting its
best efforts to the soldiers mail. II
their belief is we'll founded, then Mr..
BrRLEsoN's best efforts are ineffec-
tive struggles They lead the OBJ
server to wonder what will happen to
the telephone service. now in Mr..
BURIEsoN's hands. IL he devotes his
best, or any. efforts to II.
The sun., 1918-08-03

g.. - A., Al. ..a.
'uus'"s iro"' repoie III '"o
nicai press cases OF iead poisoning
nave occurred more frequently than
IN previous years. The details seem
10 show that there has been not only
an increase o. these accidents but
most unnecessary perplexity as to the
pest methods or prevention.
IL these methods are employed cases
or lead poisoning are not common, and
the record OF recent years mas peen III
this respect credit 10 science ana IN
ous'rlai management TOT no He'ai 10
more widely USED IN the arts ana
,"anulac'ures anu none ienus user
oe'ter 10 tne increasing requirements
oI rnooern hie anu inous'riai ne'eiop-
MI III
nc pIe,ei''on U, 'eau pv,Soe 10
VI snouiu o. wen hnown' ine enan-
' Wy "'on re"u Sans aneo W
'ne oouy s,e kno"n. anu 50 arc VI.
why's III "Ilen 'ho ele.'S Vi 'ne MA, me-,
may DC rea.eu anu eu,eu. mus
atnoush .raoes IN when 'ean OF us
co'npouhus are usea WIZ always De
nioie VI iess RISKY 'ne reuue.ioIi Vi
n'uue'iIei ieau po.son'hs nae oeen
uiu'nph Vi Hs'sia'i'h' inSpee''o" anu
'ee uia,'on'
| po.u. VI sun. ''npoi .aneo naS oe'
Us y, !" .no a,u""luo'"e'' N 10
ms 20 '.o US Vi iespii a,o' Gnu W
eo".eNn"' eNaseera..u 'a'ue a..avne
" ei, III, o
=" Ins'a"u anu o'he! toun.'Iee nav
.enueu ~ appraise .hehi inuie wi
|
oul oi'Ici"i INSPECTORS. ai.er 'ohs On
peiNei'c VI .heir operatior'' are return
ing 10 tne thoroughly souno principles
OF prevention by means or ventilation.
aust collecting systems ana personal
hygiene. AS regards respirators, the
regulations OF the Home once are def
The sun., 1918-08-03
Gcrrnany's War Troubles with the
Alsatians.

On German prisoners captured in
the present Allied offensive were
found papers showing the difficulties
that the German commanders are
having in controlling soldiers from
Alsace and Lorraine. A memoran-
dunn gives details Of n mutiny Of AL
satians in which 10000 soldiers par
ticipated. An order from the Crown
Princes headquarters commands that
men from these two provinces be
sent to the rear for field work and
that on account Of the many deser-
lions they shall under no circum-
stances be used in the front lines.
This Is the first information re-
garding the situation in these prov
inces that has been received for
months, although the final disposition
of Alsace and Lorraine is one of the
vital problems of the war. The Ger
man propngandists were busy a year
ago trying to convince the world Of
the loyalty Of these provinces to Ger
many. We were told that the Ia
bern incident was entirely forgotten
and that the lame cobbler who had
been knocked down and sabred by
the noble young Won FoRERsTNER had
been Ostracized in the great wave Of
patriotic fervor that had swept over
Alsace. In fact. the Germans had
conferred such great benefit upon
these two provinces that they were
shining examples of the Prussian
theory Of absorption, ut Is not for
your interests that we have con-
quered you. but for the interest Of
the empire"
The Germans had based much Of
this belief of favorable conditions in
these provinces upon the fact that
the people were not speaking French.
| The real result Of the German effort
to stamp out French was that as the
people were forced to give up French
they fell back upon the Alsatian pa
tots. In proportion az they forgot
French they became Alsatian. They
built up a literature Of their own.
1.-THE Germans permitted this" an
Alsatian said In explaining the pc,
culiar condition that followed, mot
understanding that the provincial
patols was sort of fortress behind
which AlsatianI charac terlstics were
sheltered" The Germans never came
nearer understanding the AlsntIans
or the I.orralncse than they did any
other foreign people. BTsMARrx per.
haps foresaw this when Mt the time
that the annexation Of the provinces
The sun., 1918-08-03
I'M THE SUNS" SCHOOL.
The Pupils Begin Early. and Stick to
the Last.

To THE ENRON OF THE suN-Sir. The
,a.a n, Mr. Henderson Of the Good
sne.cb c,,ub that the daily reading Of
IN. edi,or,al nag. Of THE Sun as a
m.sn. ~ ,rnrovins ones English Is
can,,a, huf ~ 4. not new. have been
do,rv tho .ams thing since 1 was a
schoo,hov ~ 10
vas then a .tudent in the old
prooL,,n ro,v,.chnic Institute. Pro-
,.s.or wsrn.s ,aueh. grammar there
th.n and profe.sor kellogg rhetoric.
On. day in the grammar class Pro-
,...or W.,r.r .urges,.d that we each
H., rv, srv daiiv and read the edi-
,nr,o, n.os as an ala In the study Of
En,,,sh cav. an order to our news
d.sI.,
A. IN. TINA "a reca,I II there was
r,.,,.s a,r.r.,,. a, on,n,on between
The sun., 1918-08-03

fected In want Mt another, and even
tually In want ut every table. We
have plenty, an abundance TO main
tain us in good health, In strength, In
vigor of mind and body but we have
not n single grain Of cereal or a slice
OF ham we can afford to waste. All
that we have Is needed to keep the
world in shape to beat the Germans,
and to destroy any OF 1t Is to contrib
ute directly and powerfully to the
strength of our enemies.
From time to time the accumulation
Of stores of one food or another will
indicate adjustment Of the regula-
lions prescribed by the Food Admins
tration. in the interests Of economy,
the conservation Of storage space, or
to release other foods for export.
These situations are to be met as they
arise, but in no case Is permission to
increase the ration of any particular
food to he construed rs notice to the
public that extravaganza with all
foods is again endurable.
The sun., 1918-08-03
The Food situation.

Some danger has existed that the
relaxation Of restriction in the use OF
certain foodstuffs might lead to nm
erroneous belief to the effect that
economies were no longer necessary,
and that We might step back into old
wasteful habits prevalent before we
were called on to regard bread as the
staff Of life and not ms raw material
for the relief Of nervous fingers.
The facts, as THE Sun has pointed
out, are that there is not an ounce of
food too much in the world. and that
every man, woman and child is under
the starnest necessity Of saving what
ever he can Of meat and grain and
vegetables.
Waste at one table must be re-
The sun., 1918-08-03
LINDEN, y, j., August ..

TINE DriNG PoET,
dedicated 10 y. ~
Once there dwelt dreamy poet
with dark and sombre eye.
Who lived lonely In garnet
Meath the city's cruel sky.
TIL one day he met a maiden
Like a lily wondrous fair.
And he vowed that he would win her,
This sweet Jewel, bright and rare
Each e'sn the happy poet came
And sang in tones SO tender
Verses he'd wrote the day before
Beneath her lattlced window
And as the serenade would close
He'd hear a gentle sigh.
And knew his suit was not In vain,
and so the days sped by.
But cruel fate, one night she'd gone
To the movies when h. came,
And her little brother watched for him
Behind the latticed pane,
with the hrst soft notes that waited ur
There came a swishinE sound
As a bucket OF water III on his head,
And the poet sank 10 tn. ground.
Thou fsithless, faithless maid.nr
Was all that he could say.
And Ger three moons had rose alou
The poet had passed away.
The sun., 1918-08-03
PAY UP!
Patriotic Necessity ReenforceS tom'
mon Honesty.

To THE EDITOR OF TIVE So 81"
Is good work for any newspaper -
urge prompt pay" ms few people "1'
ise what great hardships are worked
by many well 10 do people rola"C Na.'
payment for bills overdue to s,orcHc"pc''
OF all kinds
Aside from the hardships t".s work
on business in general, they a.
spirit OF very poor patriotism.
Another clan that ought to 2e area
down are the banks which handle a''
counts OF all sorts whose p'sS
pass checks which never a'e g.,
Many women have such arcoa.'s ''
ovcrdraw their accounts, thorrnE
jectins trades people to al! sorts o' r''
penses and humiliation
Your paper could do no hner ,e''
than to bring before the pubic o." 20
cessity of paying bills on time.
nobody leave tN.m unps d wH''
leave for an expensive summor 80 E
ton 10 cool their hot brow a. ''e 'N'
pense OF others, II s ROs NJ
NEW YORK, August =.
The sun., 1918-08-03
THE UNNECESSARYLNCREASE IN CASES
OF LEAD POISONING.
Simple Rgdy Enforced That Will Prevent This In
dusra Disease

o,,n.a =, m. ,..r 81. n.,,..
trade had No, s,ns,s css, n..a,n
this s,,,. ~ av.ir, a. anoo, "nne
tho house paiptiny trades sna 49,
dus,rv NJ making electric oc,,,,
lators have shown an inward 80
The eeures arc Instructive siro. w,
manufactures ~ accumulators is WV
INDUSTRY w"
ora eood result NJ those MAO,
ia that medical knowledge has s.,nss
largely The symptoms 40 fsru,,.
m lead workers-the colo n.mon
cromn ord beadacbe--vero for,,a.,
believed 10 be dine IN the ,bsor,,'...
~ l.ad aust throurb tho noe. t
Iune. Durino the last civ r,on,h.
there are MANY si0ns thar m. ,n,,..
90 lad or 40 some nedIc,, r.r,,.s.
hove sa,d the odor ~ lead mo-. ~
horr,f,I Thus II ia tod that ,..,
noisoninv has resulted from tho 90.
~ lad naipt tho ,se Of cosme,ic. az.
=, Lotion. containing lead The t,c,
thst house nein,ers IN close m ysr,t
.,.s roo,,. hav. .unered IRON, 49,,
,,,ov,,o,,on d,,. IN the fu,,o. 49,,
Am. an ala heller that an svu odn,
4. ,,,rr,or, Vat mi. idea h,, 49,.
..ocoa a., =. a suners+ition II - 49,.
toundsd unon scientific exnerir.n,
- oh..r,.a,,o,
rr,o Arc, nrinc,n,e ~ nreysr,io, 4.
,horofore ventilation ana /, 10 a.
fectual II ia now so well unders,oo,
ava on,n,ovod in factories that ,ha
iaaa ind,,st,.v 1. greatly in,nroved cye,
nha, a. n,os feu years 400 an,
there "a nm increasing desire IN TIM
mort n, most manufacturers n do ali
thoy reasonahIv can tn render ~.
trsSs "a free iron, rial, "a bsal,h =,
noss,h,a The vorLars too sbouId
nhsorye Tho dictate. ~ ex,er,orcs
A.t.,,ior "a dotaiI, a, norsona, olosr'
,ino.y 4. i,,nortant M, othor r,,,o. or.
The sun., 1918-08-03
WHAT THE SURGEON SAYS.
Nothing Is So Important Now as the
Winning Of the War.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Much
has been said by correspondents in the
press or privately. sometimes perhaps
with good reason, as TO exorbitant fees
charged by surgeons Tor operations Of
delicacy and hazard no. fully realized
by complainants.
When such operations succeed In re-
storing patients to normal conditions
or the preservation OF life, those even
OF moderate means. while wincing. must
acquire reconciliation with costs In at
tanning favcra BILE results.
Precisely the same skill and care are
gratuitously rendered in hospital prac-
tice. and 1. may be added that about
one-third of those ailing can pay in
time but evade such action seemingly
on the grounds that sickness was un-
sought and unneeded.
Among war sacrifices are the noble
ones of medical men of prominence.
others less so and younger ones whose
private practices have been relin-
pushed, and In some cases irretriev-
ably lost by volunteering for military
service commissions at relatively pit
tances OF pay.
One OF these. local surgeon OF about
twenty-five years and now engaged in
self sought military service, writes me
as follows
In your last letter YOU inferred that
my day duty would give me more time
for my private practice 1t has almost
dwindl-d away. As a fair conservative
estimate, based upon collected earnings
for ls15-loI6 and part of 1917. could
reasonably expect to earn from $4,000
to $4,000 this year But I am acquainted
with those who have given up incomes OF
5000 $4,000 and $4,000 a year for
commissions yielding $1,000 to 50 900.
They all feel as | do. that nothing Is 80
important as the war.
Since the above was written he has
been transferred to duty 700 miles
from home has relinauished his office
suite and virtually abandoned city prac-
tice, which includes free service in three
OF our local hospitals
Every day is a birth in experience
and during the continuance OF the war
he may meet with such wide variety
OF practice as to return to private work
enriched by the education acquired and
a heneht TO himself and patients
Another physician in general practice
save up the lease OF his Offices. stored
his library. furniture and technical
equipment. and maintains a smaller OF.
fice with younger doctor in whom he
has confidence and hopes to preserv,
his practice until after the war
These two instances are doubtless
| counterparts of many who are doing
hunks" instead OF bits to make the
! world a decent place to live in"
New YORK, August 9 r. t.
The sun., 1918-08-03
EXIT ONE POET.
II Is Not the Linnet OF Linden, hut
He Of Whom She Sings.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: |
have been requested to write a poem Of
tragedy, and enclosed Is one which
am sure Will bring tear to the eye OF
every reader, have always been told
that would make great tragedienne
but e'er this have never attempted
anything in that branch OF literature
before, my taste being almost entirely
confined to essays which will be Of benefit
to mankind. I notice Mr.. Eilshemius Is
still Flooding by the wayside. but though
walking in the clouds l will allow him to
peruse this poem OF mine.
MARY V. RETToP.
LINDEN, y. j., August ..
The sun., 1918-08-03
A FOURTEEN DAY SHIP.
Those Ecorse Giants Hang Up q
New Record.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sr.: Your
editorial articles always possess merit.
but one OF July IS under the heading
How They Launch Ships at Ecorse"
was read with special keen interest by
myself and a large number OF our men,
with full appreciation of the credit you
gave them for their part in the great
game of building ships
The spirit OF the Great Lakes Engi-
neering Works superintendent, Baisley,
and his men is best proved by referring
to the latest achievement of the Ecorse
shipyard OF the Great Lakes Engineer
ing Works. Last Saturday. July %,
they launched a steel freight ship which
had been built in fourteen working days
This sma shed all the worlds records and
is a most remarkable and commercial BILE
achievement--our hats are off to Super
intendent Balsley and his men.
Superintendent Balsley laid his plans
to break the Tuckahoe record OF twenty
seven days by putting a ship across in
twenty days. but he found when he got
started on the Job he had set up for
himself and his men that the momentum
of his organization carried him forward
so rapidly that he launched the ship in
fourteen days, thus beating his best
anticipated record by six days and the
Tuckahoe record by thirteen days
The people OF the world to-day are
talking ships, thinking ships and build
ing ships. and thus. with the pulse of
our country and the world beating in
unison and striving for results, is such
wonderful work accomplished. II Is the
Soul OF the Ship and the Voice OF the
Sea to which the Soul OF our great
country is responding.
ANTONIO c. PEssANo.
Chairman Board OF Directors.
NEW YORK, August Q
The sun., 1918-08-03
The Lost Undergrou n dim 70.

Mr.. SHoNTs. the young editor OF
the Subtcdy Sun, Is merely a psy-
biologist. He understands the great
soul Of the people, but not their in
ability or unwillingness to digest and
memorize in the short period Of five
or six years. the ramlfications Of
new subway system. Hence the sad
confusion at Grand Central and Times
Square stations yesterday when Mr..
SHoSTs, in his capacity of trans
porter. turned the beds Of the tube
streams.
THE weary shuttle can no more di-
vine"
sang a poet. We have forgotten what
Il was that the shuttle could not d.
vine. but 1t is certain that yesterday
the people could not divine the shuttle
and it's purpose; nor could the subway
attendants, evidently. The trouble
seems to have come from lack Of
preparation. Editor SHoNrs should
have begun explaining in o Subwdv
Sun years ago. when paper was
cheaper and people had no war to
distract them from the little intimate
things Of life, like the subway. And
verse should have been used. The
newspapers have been telling in prose
since 1912 that the serpentine subway
was to lose Its kink and become a
couple Of straight front lines run
ming north and south with belt con.
Meeting them at Forty-second street.
But subway prose does not sink in
and saturate straphanger's brain.
Editor SHoNTs could have hired Rob-
ERr BRIDGEs or LOUIS the Lyric to
turn out the effective stun. Even n
few days of Its appearance in the
Subrray sun. next to pure advertising
matter. would have helped lot. For
instance:
Ere starting downtown Friday morn
ing.
Listen to the gypsy's warning:
The subway at Lonsacre Square
Will not bend east, so have a care."
Or something more like Mr.. BRIDGES
and less like Mr.. EILsHEMIus:
When boarding train at Brooklyn
Bridge, 1t
IS we'll to stop and think and fdget;
II will not give the old time ride.
But take you up the eastern side"
A couplet would save the readers
time:
III you are wise and sweeuy subtle
You won't forget our dandy shuttle"
These are but feeble approaches to
the idyls which Mr.. SHoNrs, with his
army Of rhythmic motormen. might
have hung up in the Sub,roy Sun
or course 1t Is too late now. Hind.
sight is vain regret; its name is
Might Have Been. But the mex,
time Mr.. SHoNTs opens new sys.
TEN, say the one connecting Dyck
man street with the tube to Nyack. he
ought to keep in mind the value OF
| snappy song.
The sun., 1918-08-03

pride OF the professional soldier was UP
against the pride of the freeman, both
preferring death to surrender" y
Matched there for the decisive test,
the professional soldier with the
sheer fading fast from his upper Ia
bials, and the freeman in the pride
Of his freedom, now fighting mad and
determined to go to the end. Clas-
sic fighting indeed! There Is a thrill
in the story Of Serlnges for every
American heart, there Is encourage
ment md hope for every Allied sup
porter OF the cause OF democracy,
and for the enemy, as we have al
ready said. there Is most valuable
military information.