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SOUTH ORANGES MEMORIAL
Advantages OF a Community Centre
for Her Fighting Sons.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN---Sir: When
W. B. Llttell writes. as he does In THE
Sun, that South Orange is unanimous
| for suitable memorial in honor of her
boys who have been In the big fight
across the sea, and then suggests that a
bulletin board or a hospital bed lie sum-
GENTLY proper. NAV l wonder II Mr..
Littell really knows his South Orange?
South Orange sent 366 Of her sons TO
the war. Not a single one OF them
whimpered. and when II comes to Croix
de Guerre and Distinguished Service
Medals. why these boys have brought
and are bringing back their share for
village of 5000 souls Also, when
South Orange was asked 10 raise $4,000
In the Red Cross drive last May she pro-
ceeded to raise $4,000. a mere matter
OF 225 per cent. And in the Fourth Lib
erty Loan South Oranges quota was set
at $4,000. and s1.347,ooo was raised,
or 400 per cent These figures are cited
simply to show that Mr.. Lttell is guess
ing wrong when he says that 5000 citi-
zens who have shown 225 per cent. and
400 per cent patriotism are interested
with him in bulletin boards or hospital
beds as suitable memorials"
Personally I am getting sick and sore
or these suitable memorial" suggestions.
What did We say to these boys when
they went away? Didn't we remind them
that they were on an adventure that
would bring them distinguished honors
abroad and everlasting gratitude at
home? Certainly we did. and now we
IVA 20 H.
board that will probably carry on II
four-flfths OF the time notices OF I'm
provement assessments or delinquent
taxpayers.
II mistake not we told these fighters
rs they left us that when they got back
they would be bigger. better men that
they would never want ror opportunity
In the field OF business. and that to them
would 90 the preferences In all things
And now Mr.. Littell would let them I'M
derstand they are likely to be INDECENT
and need hospital bed as a Suitable
memorial" South Orange isn't that sort
Of community Mr.. Littell.
On the contrary. South Orange has
suggested a home where her returning
warriors can go when they wish and
stay as long as tney OeSlTe wnere they
can ind wholesome recreation: where
they can hold their own little community
affairs; where they can store their
trophies: where they can play their
games; where they can exercise their
muscles; where they can dance: where
they can enjoy movies; in fact, a place
where they can propose a mode Of en-
tertainment and have II carried out.
Isn't this R better plan than a national
shaft for the town TO gather about once
year and hear the Declaration OF In.
dependence read? Isn't II better than
G!umphal arch that may beautify a
street but mean nothing to the soldiers
themselves? At the most. isn't 1t better
and more suitable" than a bulletin
board OF tax ssessr1ents or n hospital
bed for INDECENT patients?
South Orange is too proud OF her night
ing sons to go wrong. and every South
Orange heart, every South Orange home,
every South Orange business and every
South Orange effort can be relied upon.
HARVEY THOMAS
NEWARK, February "a.
The sun., 1919-02-25
EVENTS TODAY.

OF Brooklyn, the Imperial. sO6 Fulton
street, Brooklyn, $3.50 p, NJ.
Evening Dance Club, drawing room foc',
Regular meeting OF the woman's Re
publican Club addressed by Rev Dr
George A. simons and Major William ",
Greasy. Delmonico's, Fifth avenue and For.
ty-fourth street, 80 P. NJ.
Concert OF Russian folk songs given IN
der the direction OF the Peoples Mus.c
Mass meeting under the auspices OF IN,
Irish Women's Council. First American
AUXILIARY. Amsterdam Opera House, West
Forty-fourth street. $50 p. NJ.
Talk by II. a. Grosbeck On The Ciesr
Up" West Side y. NJ. c. A. 1880 p. NJ
Sr Don Justo du Lernos will Organize .
Spa nIsh speaking class az the Contra. IN.
Eighty-fifth street $ P. NJ.
Dances Comrade Club. 1873 West Thirty
seventh street. s p. NJ. w. c. c. s. UEt
No. "a tNationsl League for Womans Ser
vice.. ?sl Madison avenue. S P. NJ
Y. M. A. Ninety-second street and LeI.
ington avenue. offers free three months IL
mem bership TO men in uniform. This IN
classes
brooklyn. Chndren's Museum. lecture BY
NJ. D. Lee on Holsters and Crabs" / P. u
Vincent on wars past and Present IN
Literature" lecture hall, P. NJ; lee,ar'
ny Ut EDWIN Grant Conklln on 'Binogr
and pemoeraey." lecture hail. s:l5 P, "
Good Roads Convention. meeting, No'.
McAlpin, ell day.
School BOYS Of Old Harlem, dinner
Hotel McAiptn. r. NJ
stores Mutual Protective Associs,!o-
luncheon, Hotel McAlpin. l2:IS p NJ
kiwanfs Club, luncheon. Hotel McAlp.t
l T. NJ
New York City. undertakers Association
meeting. Hotel McAlpin. ESQ P NJ
Metaphysical Institute. meeting. Hots.
McAlpin, > p. NJ
Rubinstein Club, concert and dance
wAldort-Astoria, P NJ
Jute Manufacturers Association, rreetirr
T. NJ. dinner. p. NJ. waldorf-As,or.s
The sun., 1919-02-25
AMERICAS TRUE COURSE.
No Foreign Help Needed in Enforcing
the Monroe Doctrine.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sE:
have Just read that great American
speech delivered In the United States
Senate by William Edgar Borah regard
ing League OF Nations.
Apparently they cannot hoodwink or
wet blanket him when It comes to up
holding the Monroe Doctrine, the cardi-
nal American principle-Europe for Eu-
rope, America for America; no foreign
entanglements for us. We are able to
take care Of ourselves let others do like
wise. We need no help to carry out our
Monroe Doctrine.
This being the case, IL we are respon-
sible for suggesting a League OF Nations,
where were our brains? I wonder does
any one seriously think that the people
Of the great United States are going to
allow themselves to be sandbagged. hood
winked and wet blanketed into a condi-
ton in which they will stand for any
thing like this through diplomacy" the
twin brother Of compound hypocrisy. Not
for mine. II can help stop It by my vote
and pen and work against II.
FREDERIC @. w. SIoRIsT.
NEW YORK, February "a.
The sun., 1919-02-25
TAXING SMALL INCOMES.
Effect OF the Trebled Rate rs Indi'
Gated by Last Years Returns.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-S.r: IN
the fall OF 1917 the Internal Revenue
Bureau officials figured that lowered ex-
AMBITIONS of 1000 for single and of
a.. 900 for married individuals would
subject &. 600. 900 persons TO the income
tar and thereby create over 1000, 900
new taxpayers
In the fail Of 1918 published statistics
showed that only about 1000, 900 per-
sons paid 1917 income taxes and that
about 90 per cent maid taxes on minor
Incomes: also that this so per cent.
maid n trioe under s24 900 900 in taxes,
An averaee Of less than $40 each. There
vera freouent navments of sums like
one dollar, even some of n few cents.
An ayerape ner capIta payment of
saw 40 leads To the deduction that the
1917 averaes ,ncone Of these taxpayers
vas about Al zoo for single and $4,000
for married persons
The law entirely Ignores the question
wbether or not the taxnayers live within
the allowed exemption. but known and
available oeures "a IN tho unprecedent-
edly high cost OF living show IL difficult
~ mt ,n,nossibIe for both single and
married nersons N live decently within
the specined exemptiona
Probably many OF those 1917 tax
pavers had of necessitv lived I'D TO the
limit NJ tbe,r 1917 Income. vet patri-
oticaIIv assumed a ner cant. tax on a
mast ana expended income. having It
from tbe,r 1918 earnings. Possibly
nanv now no longer earn as much as
before November II. 1918: possibly some
are out OF employment.
Hovever entirely ignoring changed
general conditions and also the plain
fact. that hardly half the estimated
nup,ber proved .uhisct IN tho Q mar
cent. tax and that such tax brought a
The sun., 1919-02-25
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT
MANI ATTAIN.

"socia! Psychology; the State" by We.
lam J. Durant, Pm. u, Wadleigh Il 81
school, 10th street, west OF Seventh ave
Tho Pacific Northwest" by Edward
Russell Perry, Public School S. FOURTH
street. east Of First avenue. stereoYt con
views
The Ancient Civilization OF 1ntia," b.
Price Sarath Ghosh IA native Indian Fr'r.
educated by the Brahmins). Public S-ho.
So. Eighty-eishth street cas-; 81; ill.,.
Beautiful Norway" by Mrs. F.. Dar
forth McAfe., Public school -. li'u
street; west Of Seventh avenue Srereopt
"N"w York OF Tomorrow" BY Frank L
Blanchard, Public Eohool 1872. 1884 s'rs.i
and wadsworth Avenue. stereop'Isoa
Views.
"Alssce-Lorraine." by John S.u
marker, Metropolitan Temple, Seventh t~'-
enue and Fourteenth street. Motion pic
lures.
Americas Physical ard Mats-,ai La,
ership" tfirst OF course on "Anetles
the Big Brother OF tho world") by W.
lam b. Guthrie, Phi. n, at Pubi'7 School
IS. lSsth and Hoffman streets ana Lon
Romantic Modern Composers" ,ons q
Q course on a Musicians Message 20 Muse
Lovers'O, by Giuseppe A. RandegEtr, a.
Public School 81. i5Sth street. jackson lna
Charles Dickens. Christmas csro..' '
by Prof. J. c. Carter Trocp, Ph. D. 70,
Sc. Goth street and Hull avenue.
1.-THE Flags Of the Allies" BY Gould
Hart, at the New York CathoN- f',.t
tory vsn S Sin ~ + s[sLtsR''s22 - y
Mrs Anna V Cap.k, St Arse.uo's ~
linton avenue. near l6Sth street S''''.'
"R.c"nsfruction." by Robert C ws,H a
n. Jewish welfare Board, F"'rf~ -.
Park, New York.
The sun., 1919-02-25
A Man Who Helped Lincoln and
Roosevelt.

One OF the incidents of the late
Judge DITTENHoEFER's long and in
teresting career In public life In
which he took the highest pride was
the part he played In introducing
THak RE tx WELT into politics
when that remarkable man was be-
ginning his extraordinary contribu-
ton to his country's well being. Judge
DITTEyHoEFER was an established and
respected leader among the Republl-
cans in the old Twenty-first Assembly
district in 1880, when ROOSEVELT
contemplated his first step on the
path he was to follow to such dis
tlnction. His influence was sought
by the hackers of ROOSEVELT, and was
freely given; and like all the men
who had part In the launching of
ROOSEVELT he never had cause to re.
greet his interest.
Judge DITTENHoEFER lived 10 sec
his protege achieve the highest Office
within the power of his fellow coun-
trymen to bestow, and to win n place
in the hearts and minds of the people
no other statesman of his time could
boast. That he should have seen the
untimely end of ROOSEVELT, In the
days Of his greatest usefulness, was
n melancholy incident Of his long and
useful life.
Although the DITTESHoEFERs were
n South Carolina family, ABRAM ].
DITTE>uoEryn was nc sccess!on!st.
Though he was not born in New York,
his entire life was spent here after his
third year. lie was educated III tue
public schools and at Columbia. lie
was admitted to the bar at q, having
diVlaysd In his Legal stadiss the sams
The sun., 1919-02-25

The March Nunsevs is particularly rich
In fiction. new serial. The Sea Bride -
by Ben AmeS Williams, begins. and there
are further chapters Of Maryland Aliens
"Wolf Of Kshlotus" and Sax Rohmers
thriller THE Golden Scorpion" The short
stories are contributed by q. n. Wormser.
il. II. Matteson. Beulah Poynter, Achmed
Abdullah. Ethel Watts Mumford. Thomas
Addison and A. Lincoln Bender. There are
two literary criticisms: Theodore Roose-
Welt as a Man OF Letters" by Brandsr
Matthews. and THE Coming Back of Oscar
Wilde" by Richard lie Gallienns. Edgar
saltus has an article on Arch-criminals,
from the EliZabethan pirates to Nine.
Humbert The picture features include a
fine set Of views OF Prague. gallery Of
persons prominent in the neNs. snd con.
tinuation OF L. C. Pulbrooks articles on
"Old English Roads and New Associations "
The student Of progress will be interested
In THE War Against Illiteracy." by Mr.
Ciaxton, the United States Commissioner
OF Education; Turning Weeds Into
Sheep" By r II, Mou.tol. ana "F.gh;;as
10 xssa sAsstsssr bx Nnss - 1kiiia
The sun., 1919-02-25

The Y. NJ. c. a. is to be congratulated
on having at last got rid of the man.
agement OF army canteeps in France
An emergency made II necessary for
the organization to undertake their
management. and |ee%peral PERslsSsk
who ought to know, says the work
was we'll done. 1t was unfortunate
for the Y. NJ. c. A. to have the respon-
sibility for trading with the soldiers
however. and to 1t many OF the COM
plants made against the association
are unquestionably attributable.
The sun., 1919-02-25
U. S. sEAMEN'S LAW HIT
British and swedes Tell Furnseth
1t Is Faulty.

LONDON, Feb 24,-D.scass'on az =,
merits of various sesmen's '-ws o. 37''
most OF the FIRST days session 20, nv
International Scafarers Conference he's
to-day. The debate was prompted 10y
suggestion OF Andrew FurusctH ~ 10
United States, who urged that the ne"
American seamen's law be ado2te- N o.
countries.
The French delegation said - 1o1.
rot agee that the American it" "S'
best, while the British and s"'''@'
delegates saw faults In IT,
Representative OF America, iag''a1
Sweden. France. Belgium, NORWAY ieh'
mark and Finland were pres,"' I..
delegates declined to attend because ~
conference was not open To III"
Powers. The Italians will arrive .s'
The Spaniards are held W hy .ts'P''
difficulties
The sun., 1919-02-25
Must Certify His Product.

In the determination OF quantity 1t is
suggested that every grower Of wheat
be required to obtain from and file with
his County Clerk or other agency nom
transferable certificate verifying under
affidavit the acreage OF his harvest, the
threshing return per acre and the amount
of bushels upon which he intends to
claim benefit Of guarantee, the Govern
ment to check up as to correctness OF
returns.
THE grower may then or earlier or
later market his wheat in the usual way
when and where he sees fit for what he
can get for It on its own merits" the
plan continues. ''In order to collect the
determined difference due from the Gov
eminent the grower will need to have
endorsed from time to time on his County
Clerks certificate the quantities OF his
act6al deliveries on sales to elevators or
mills These certificates thus
properly endorsed would be vouchers for
collecting from the Government in Fed
eral Reserve or authorized banks. as
may be arranged for by the Govern
ment."
The plan suggests that some Govern
ment agency be provided with the neces-
sary capital and authorized to make the
Congressional price guarantee effective,
and that in each market named in the
Presidents proclamation a trade COM
mittee containing a Government repre-
sentative shall determine and publish
each business day an average market
settlement price for the basic grade !;
the difference between such daily pub
lished price and the Governments guar
antee fgure for that Presidential mar
ket shall be the settlement difference for
any wheat tributary to that market
which is certified for settlement by the
grower for that date.
The sun., 1919-02-25

The House Judiciary Committee has
decided to classify all beverages con-
tanning more than half of per
cent. OF alcohol as intoXicants for the
purposes OF the war time prohibition
which becomes effective July l. II
our mo beer, no work" friends want
to do something practical to moderate
the drought they dread so much they
will go to Washington and get the
House to substitute &c per cent" for
half OF / per cent"
The sun., 1919-02-25

If II takes nineteen men thirty hours
to draw up twenty-siX articles OF a
tentative constitution Of n proposed
League of Nations, the question is not
how old is Ann, but how many courses
of a White House dinner will be
needed to delay coffee and cigars until
one President convlnces two commit
tees of Congress that WASHINGTON and
MONROE never did know the difference
between correct foreign relations and
a hAndsaw?
The sun., 1919-02-25
From the ArkGnsas G0scfte.

sheriff @. A. Richardson OF tho Texas
side has served notice that he proposes to
make strenuous efforts to suppress boot
leET'ng, gambling and pistol "toting' In
rsNS,rkana and Bowie county. sheriff
Richardson has been In office for only two
months. For the last few years there have
been many complaints, especially of the
illegal sale OF whiskey, and during hts
lsmpaigu to declared that !: elected re
would enieayor 70 SOP "the wholesalers,''
even though ho mIga. dni y iapGasiulo o
prevent the retail tran, in ntoxiraa's
He now says he has given fronclsd in
structions to all his deputies, and that he
will Immediately discharge any Of them
should they TALL 10 obey orders to the
lsttsA
The sun., 1919-02-25
BAY STATE EDITOR ARRESTED
Radical Accused of Incitins hi0'
In Lawrence,

BOSTON, Feb 24.-Lonis { ~
the Roxbury district, editor az 'N' 49,
rutiondr4. Age, was arrested here '.' ~,
for the lawrence police on " eh".s 20
melting n riot.
The charge is based On h7 '7e''
a mass meeting OF tsNr,a strikers
Lawrence ON February a. 49,. "A
followed by a clash between sttH 80, .,s
police. Fraina was released oA '-N
bond ana WILL have = hearing IL
IesnoA ts-naorIoWL
The sun., 1919-02-25
Limited Prohibition.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
his book "Undercurrents In American
Politics." page rs. Dr. Arthur Twining
Hsdley president OF Yale University,
tells OF a man who, when asked for his
views on prohibition, said that he was
in favor OF the law and against It's
This seems to be the case
with many Of our legislators at the pres
ent tina. SUBSTANCE
NuK Yong. TsbSuaxx Il
The sun., 1919-02-25
Protection by Purchase.

Should Congress feel that the inter
ests of the Government require further
protection in the shape OF the minimum
price" the plan says, I'VE suggest that
any such authorization should be about
as follows:
should commercial values of the
guaranteed grade OF wheat decline rs
cents or more below the guarantee fig
ure in any Presidential market the Gov
eminent agency may at its discretion
protect the price by purchases of termi-
nal receipts for the guaranteed grade
IN that market
In letter to each Senator, accom-
panying a copy OF the plan. Edward
Flash, Jr., president OF the exchange,
said
I'VE believe Il would be for the best
interests Of the people 30 our country
to have the 1919 wheat crop marketed
through the usual commercial channels.
as before the war, so that world pi ices
may be regulated by the law OF supply
and demand
I'VE Of course DO not oppose the grant
ing OF the appropriation for the purpose
OF protecting the Governments guaran-
tee to the wheat grower. and we fur
Their recognize that In view OF the Gov
ernment's financial interest In the out
come OF the handling OF this crop they
shculd exercise proper contro. over the
facilities for marketing and retain some
measure OF control over tho prices
I'VE ask your support in our effort
tc restore the grain trade to its natural
channels as far as Is practicable at this
time"
The sun., 1919-02-25
The German Ship Argument.

The most curious disagreement
growing out of victory is over the Ger.
man warshlps. The obsesslon, Seen
long ago among American and British
naval officers, that the captured feet
should he sunk in deep water has not
disappeared. Sentiment has some.
thing to do with this view, and there
Is also the navy's proverbial disregard
u mere money values. A third poin,
The sun., 1919-02-25

Why should the title OF the police
inspectors be changed to major" as
a bill at Albany proposes? Inspector
describes the duties of the officer far
better than the military word II is
distinctive too. Would Major BYRNEs
or Major ALEcK WILLIAMS have been
remembered?
The sun., 1919-02-25
Blanket Authority Provided.

The wheat guarantee bill authorizes
the President to use existing agencies
or create new ones to buy wheat OF the
1915 and 1919 crops at the Govern
ment's guaranteed price and dispose OF
IL at market prices. Blanket authority
Is given the President to provide the
machinery for the handling OF wheat
from the time It is bought from tina
farmer until IL reaches the-~ ume-
with control OF all intermediate agencies
through whose hands wheat passes
1T has been suggested, and perha rs
even urged. by those in high authority
in the present Food Administration"
tho exchanges plan sets forth, that
the Government control OF wheat should
he renewed for another year and a half
from June 80, but they are no longer
able TO appeal 10 the high and altruistic
motives to which our country responded
so readily year and a half ago
"By the suggestors of this legislation
Congress has been asked to grant the
absolute power OF embargo. control over
wheat and wheat products. elevators and
storage facilities In order, as stated, that
everything may be subordinated to the
one affair OF trying TO market crop Of
wheat at home and abroad for more
than 1t will naturally bring. In other
words, Congress Is asked to legalize the
history for the same purpose that most
corners have occurred That Is, 70
create an artificial and unnatural price
because the commercial value promi ses
to be disappointing and satisfactory
10 the manipulation. This operation TO
make our workers and the needy peoples
OF the world pay a manipulated price for
food next year Is certainly a far cry
from the functions OF the United States
FOOD control as we have hitherto under
stood them.
rs Is not wiser to let food control
lapse with the need which created Il
and Is 1t not rather advisable that. this
Government contract guarantee FOR .hs
1919 crop OF wheat be honorably and
equitably settled as a difference 10 be
arrived at and raid TO the grower lust
as the Government has endeavored TO
honorably and equitably settle other war
contracts whose continuance the sudden
coming OF pssSs Ass TsadsTsd tnaiy.s-
AhiAfA
The sun., 1919-02-25

The midnight ride of PAUL REVERE
in point OF speed and attending excite
ment Is mild in comparison to the
hurried trip the President made from
Boston to Washington.
The sun., 1919-02-25

When a Grand Jury has spent some
time in taking testimony In the case
Of a man accused of crime and then
learns that the man has been dead
for four days, none can blame the
jurymen for exhibiting surprise or
even annoyance. When they are also
informed that the accused has killed
himself with a pistol in prison. the
jury will also be excused for having
an acute curiosity as to the manner
in which the prisoner obtained the
weapon. II it Is beyond the power OF
district Attorney SWAMI TO guard the
lives of criminals awaiting trial, could
he not at least arrange some checking
system by which it would be made
certain at the time OF presenting the
case to the Grand Jury that the sub
ject OF accusation still remained be-
meath the finger OF the law?
The sun., 1919-02-25
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.
MINIATURE ALMANAC

Standard Time
Sun rises. ....6:3s A NJ Sun sets ,5u u ~
Moon rises. A. NJ
For eastern New York, fair TODAY,
Tomorrow unsettled, probably rain,
moderate variable winds. becoming sou,A.
west.
For New Jersey, fair To-day; ursettl.d
and slightly warmer In Interior to.norros
moderate Winds, becoming southwest
For New England, fair to-day, to.no,.
row increasing cloudlness. moderate va,
and northwest winds. becoming variabIA
For western New York, Increasing cIousi
ness to-day, followed by rain or SNOW a.
night; Tomorrow rain or snow; colder
Observations at United States Weather Bur.,,
stations taken at 9 p. II. yesterday, seyept,.
hfth meridian time:
The sun., 1919-02-25

The League OF Nations will be a
wabhly guest OF honor at the White
House banquet II II gets many more
wallops before the President comes to
its rescue
The sun., 1919-02-25

London once, 40-43 Fleet street
Paris ofice. 8 Rue de la Michodlere, on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington once, Munsey Building.
Brooklyn office, Room 202. Eagle Build
ing. 900 Washington street.