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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27
September. the balance OF trade was
down to s158,000,000.

September. the balance OF trade was
down to s15s.00o,000.
And this $15S,00o,oo0 is not
merely lower by tens and tens Of Mill
ions Of dollars than any other month
Of the present year has shown; 1t Ii
lower by $130,00o 1000 than septem-
Der of 1918, 1t is lower by nearly
5000, 100000 than In 1919
Only by a beggarly $12,000,000 IN
1t better than our September balance
Of trade in 1915--the early part Of
the war, when not only the belliger-
ents but all peoples were crying
out for our supplies Of war and our
supplies of peace, and in the utter de-
moralization Of industry everywhere
else had little or nothing Of their
own to send US back.
Just when we are facing the de-
mands Of the soft coal miners that
they work only twenty-five or thirty
hours a week and get so per cent.
more pay for 1t comes word to US
from Germany Of the workers in the
coal mines there putting in ten hours
Of real work every daylight hours
for the industry, two hours for the
Fatherland." 1t is the slogan Of cap
ital and labor alike everywhere In
Germany.
Just when labor unions here are
meeting to see what they can do to
close up the steel industry. after the
first steel strike has failed, and to
shut down general industry comes
word from across the seas that Brit
I ish and other steel makers are now
taking orders in Europe, Asia and
Africa-even in South America
which the United States can no
longer fill.
Just when we are told by some of
our railway workers that they want
more pay and are going to get it,
a threat which means n strike IL It
means anytning-comes the news
from the Mediterranean that Italy
needs more than 100,o0o.o00 bush
els Of wheat, and Australia, with q
reserve supply Of 137.000.000 bush.
els. Is the most likely seller to get the
business.
The Industrial tieups that are now
in effect and that are now threatened
In the United States can give away tc
foreign competitors almost overnight
every market abroad now belonging
to us except. such as are absolutely
dependent upon certain of our sup
plies of food and other necessaries
Worse than that, these American tie
ups almost overnight can throw oul
own home markets into the laps Of
foreign producers.
1t never will be possible to tie NJ
the industry of the whole country
Always there will be millions Of
Americans ready to work and deter
mined to work, strike committees OF
no strike committees. Always Their
will be hands to load and UNLOAD
trains and ships when 1t Is n case O.
backs to the wall. But as the nation
comes to such extremes We shall di
minish in the markets Of foreigners
foreigners will grow mighty in on
, own markets.
What it has taken us generation
to gain we can lose in months. Ant
when we lose it-when we retire from
the field abroad for lack Of our pro
duction to supply 1t, when the f. reigl
, producer is sitting on our own mar
> ket here at home for the same rea
son-we shall not gain 1t back, If w
ever gain it back, for years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27
A Tax on Candy to Cure the Sugar
ShOrtagef

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: With
respect to the letter of Mr.. Prellwitz,
why not have tax OF 81 a pound
on store" candy and an equal amount
on each quart Of ice cream-no tax
on home products for home consump-
ton? Then, I dare say. we should have
sufficient sugar for our coffee and cereal.
The candy stores all seem well stocked.
Never time during the war was a
candy card necessary, and now we can
buy as many pounds as We wish but
our grocer doles out only one-half pound
of sugar, and last week mad not even
that allowance. The tax would be no
more ridiculous than that placed on beer,
nor would it result in throwing as many
people out of work.
w. II. VAN VLIET.
NEW YORK, October 25
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27
Truth Shines the Brighter Clad II
Verse"
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The county records of Barren county,
Kentucky. kept in Glasgow. KY. contain
the following item:
Taken M for legal bounty.
on BOYD 5 Creek. In Barren county,
BY our good neighbor. Daniel snoody,
barrow hog with spotted body:
Which. though once pig is now. I'm told,
About eighteen months or two years old;
Marked In his right ear with a slit.
And botn his ears with an underbit;
Appraised by mon OF honest dealings
To the enormous sum of Fifteen shillings. -
III. f. Greenwood. ]. p.
W. F. DooAS, Clerk.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT

Steering the Human Mach'ne' ..,sd
Everett 5 EIv God, p. $. 40, l'o'A s"''
and St Nicholas avenue. Ill, u
Guam and Its People by Em.,y .,th
Suydam. Z. S. SO, 2-N East F'''S
street. ,--lour.
Life With the United states Asr''Os
turists" by Francis W2r'.eh I'd
los, 225 West 10sth street ,.lr'r.urn
NAPLES, Mount NcslNiHs. HtJ1'tg "a "a.
and PompclI," by Flay.rs Rro.,t ;, 80. SJ
lumba Han. 3iS West rNeA''-Ai." '''''
Illustrated. nd tho
1.-THE Boy. the Young, Nan an i.
p, 5. i6. 10th street near Briggs avenue
Illustrated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27
Our Foreign Markets and Our Home
Market at Stake.

No political revolution, no social
revolution will be required to bring
about the REIMBURSEMENT which is ahead
of this country, the way it is now 60
ing, just as surely as the rising Of the
sun is ahead of us tomorrow. If
there is such a thing as physical blood
letting, there is such thing as eco
ionic blood letting. We are going to
get ours-the economic blood letting.
Unless we soon return to productive
normality we are going to get it with
a vengeance.
Our foreign trade figures for Sep
TENDER and for several months have
been marking in bigger and bigger let
tiers the handwriting which is on the
wall for American workers who will
not work, for American producers who
will not produce, for American wage
earners who are possessed Of
suicidal mania to destroy the industry
and business of the nation.
The warning is not. as some seem to
think, in the tendency of our exports
to collapse anyhow. There Is no i'm
mediate chance, If there are ships to
carry the cargoes and men to load the
ships, that we shall cease for some
time to send many and heavy cargoes
abroad. AS long as the Old World
needs certain of our food the Old
World will buy it from us, adverse ex-
change rates or favorable exchange
rates. AS long as the Old World must
have certain of our machinery to CON-
plete It's own Industrial reconstruction
the Old World will buy 1t from us
whether European Governments be
solvent or bankrupt.
So 1t is not the export record which
points our danger. The import rec
ord does.
In September. for example, our ex-
ports at 100000 fell by only
$50, 100000 from August. They
were higher by s23.000,00O than in
July. They were higher by $4,000,
600 than in September Of 1913; higher
by $140,O0O,OO0 than in September OF
1917. These figures clearly show
that for the time being the foreign
demand for imperative necessaries, to
be obtained as yet only in our mar
kets, is still undated.
But every month and every weel
and every day the foreigners thai
have never stopped producing and tn;
foreigners that have resumed produc
ing, while our production is stacking
or quitting, find our American markets
an easier task to take away from oul
own producers as they more ant
more lie down on their jobs.
Since the first of the year our i'm
ports have climbed by tens of millions
month until the January figures o
$213, 100000 had grown in Septem
} Der to 100000. In previous
: months of this year not merely be
: cause of our great exports but be
cause the outside world was only he
ginning to break into our own hom
| market we have had favorable bal
| ance of trade as high, in June, O
$625, 900.
3 With the $5a3, 100000 of export
r and the s435,00O.oOo of imports l.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27
"HeaIth Flat" Opened To-day,

Wives of dockmen and of factory
workmen will have a chance to learn
how to cook properly, how to care for
the sick and how to keep a home prop
erly in the health fiat" which will I've
opened to-day in AIS West Twenty-eighth
street by the Red Cross. There will be
morning. afternoon and evening courses,
with free instruction, throughout the fall
the winter. The undertaking is a de-
tail of the public health and social SER
vice work, into which the Red Cross Ia
entering more and more actively
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27

IT am as innocent as a child OF the
charge OF stealing that there hog, Gan"
protested an acquaintance.
well" replied Gap johnson OF Rum
pus Ridge, Ark, "as I've got fourteen
children ara am tollably well educated
in the possibilities and probabilities Of
the little cusses, I'll Just say that your
denial don't fetch you nuth'n' with me"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27
MORE NAVY FOOD TO
ENTER PRICE BATTLE
Stores Will Go to Schools One
More Week, Then to
New Stations.
LEAGUE CALLS A BOYCOTT
Housewives Urged Not to Buy
Butter, Eggs and Coffee
Storage Visits To-day.

Plans of the Department Of Public
Markets call this week for the replenish-
Ing Of stocks of navy foodstuffs In ffty-
four school stores. Deliveries to these
stores will continue until next week
when the number prbably will be cut
down one.half. By that time 1t Is ex-
pected the department will have estab-
lished It's big stations for sales Of food
stuffs which eventually will take over
the functions Of the school stores.
A lighter with cargo Of surplus food
from navy warehouses will be unloaded
to-day. The Rev. DR.. Jonathan c. Day,
Commissioner of Markets, has just placed
another order with the navy. 1t includes
lot of prunes, which are in demand
by housewives for breakfast. All the
army prunes taken over by the city have
been sold.
The Department of Markets has turned
back to the navy at the latter's request
80 900 pounds of the 100000 pounds OF
brown sugar which the navy permitted
the city to have to aid in relieving the
acute sugar shortage.
Asks Boycott to Cut Prices.
The executive committee Of the Ma
tional Housewives League has adopted
resolutions declaring the present prices
of butter and eggs to be "intolerable TO
the consumer and calling upon all
| housewives to refrain from the purchase
of either commodity except for consump-
| ton by children and invalids. The COM
mittee also characterized the present
price of coffee as abnormal and eXtor-
| tionate," and urged consumers to ABSTAIN
entirely from its use.
| Mrs. Julian Heath, president of the
| league, sent a copy Of the resolutions TO
Attorney-G General Palmer. Mrs. Heath
said that If housewives will stand TO-
gether in a boycott against butter, eggs
and coffee the law of supply and demand
will see to it that the prices of all three
will drop to a reasonable figure.
| A delegation of women members OF
| community councils, headed by Mrs
| Charles C. Rumsey, will make tour of
| inspection of the city's cold storage
plants to-day. Two cold storage in
spectors of the State Department OF
Markets will act as guides.
| Lectures at the Plants.
There will be lectures at the various
plants by William Fellowes Morgan
Frank A. Horne, who was head of the colo
storage division of the United States
Food Administration, and Herschel Jones
director of the New York Division of the
State Department OF Foods and Markets
Those who have promised to veal
winter clothing and summer furs on thu
inspection trip are:
Mrs Bernard f. Pollak, Mrs. Nanny
Strauss, Mrs. C. c. Rumsey, Mrs Harrio
s. Blatch, Mrs. Willard Straight. Mrs
May Van Arsdale, Miss Isabelle Lord
Miss Sadie American, Mrs. Helen Hart
ley Jenkins, Mrs. Ella O'Gorman Stan
ton, Mrs William G.. Wilcox, VIII
lam Fellowes Morgan. Jr. Hersche
Jones, Miss Anna Hickey, Mrs. T. Shor
tell. Mrs. ]. Gilmore Drayton. Mrs
Charles F.. Simonson, Ernest Lee. Mis-
Mildred Taylor, Miss Jane Pincus, Mis-
Harriet B. LowensJein and Mrs. Jame
Fitzsimmons.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27
FOR MEN IN UNIFORM

Afternoon Homeumc, W c. C. 81 l v..
No 49, Ninety-sevcnth street ""' ''
side Drive, 3-6 2. VI. ,.r p.
Dancing Class-Natiou1l Emo. gen mar
lief Society, 2SS Madison nue.
Thirty eighth street,, rs J. VI a, oil
Chestnut roast and h'W. .', r" New
Y9rK Ey V' So Toun1 w ar-ns s sl.
and roasting ches,uuts, popp.E corn com
ing fish stories Rcfr's rr- ' We.
paniouship. Hall 81 S.t..-. g. N.
Tyyenty-6fth street Fires .l.s, ~ - 90
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27

General PERsHING has just spent
month hunting in the forests OF the
Adirondacks, an occupation more d.
verting and less arduous than the
hunting he was doing year ago in
the Argonne.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27

The National Committee on Prisons
and Prison Labor has awarded several
gold medals to prison reformers. Is
it not human injustice that the re-
formed, who likewise deserve the dis
tinctions, should go without such for
NAL reward?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27
In Dry Ohio.

Prom the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The musical programme in the Piqua
Presbyterian Church last Sunday was ad-
vertised as follows: I'm the morning the
choir will sing no. Every One That
Thirsteth, and the mixed quartet will
sing Quit You Like Men,"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27

MADRID. oct 26.-Thc spanish GOV GOV,
eminent has fixed the price I'D. ,,r
at 20 pesetas per hundred XII ',,,
normal exchange Sloa pr p'.',g.s
There is great shortage oh l, IN
in this country, which has '''"'''N
high prices.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27

To many there will be no more
sting in the abolition OF 2.75 per cent
beer than there was in the beverage
itself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27

London office, 40-43 Fleet street.
Paris once, Rue de la Nichediere' on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington ONCE, Munsey Building.
Brooklyn office, Room 202. Eagle Build
ing. 903 Washington street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27
PERU-CHILE CLASH
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Rumor Taken as Cloak to
Hide Lima ReUOIf.

VALPARAISO. Chile, Oct. 26.-Rumors
which are circulating in Lima, according
to Information from the Peruvian cap
ital received here. that a Chilean ag-
gressive movement against Peru is oon-
templated, are without foundation, it is
declared here. These rumors are re-
garded here as n pretext to distract the
attention OF the Peruvians, who are
thought to be on the eve OF an attempt
t. overthrow the administration of
President Leguia.
The Chilean Government has ordered
cruisers 70 proceed to africa, In northern
Chile, to prevent possible disturbances
on the northern frontier.
Recent dispatches from Lima make
no mention of these rumors. Consider
able popular apprehension of trouble be-
tween Chile and Peru was aroused last
December. when anti-PeruVian demon
STATIONS broke out In Santiago, Valpa-
raise, Iquique and Antafogasta, Chile,
on account of rumOr that a Chilean
consul in Peru had been killed. Troops
had to be sent to Antafogasta to quell
rioting and several thousand Peruvian
residents of Chile fled to Peru.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27

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President, Frank A. Munsey, $50 Nassau 81. !;
Vice President, Erwin wardman; Secretary
X. h Titherington; Treas. VIM. T. Dewart'
all OF $50 Nassau street.
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All checks, money orders. &C.. TO be
made payable to THE Sun.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27

Administration decides to take definite
steps to curb Bolshevism.-
heodIine.
Better late than never
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27

TELEPHONE. BEEKMAN 1900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-27
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Lowest temperature, SO. at 2:45
Average temperature, IS.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-01
ISLANDS ARE PEAKS
OF SUNKEN CONTINENT

Honolulu, T. H,A July In
search OF foundation for his theory
that a great continent once existed
in the Pacific ocean. that the Ha-
waiian islands were its northermost
part and that Hawaii's lofty and rug
ged mountains are the tombstones
of an atlantis of the Pacific" Pro-
fessor William A. Bryan of the Col
lege OF Hawaii has departed for ex-
plorations OF the Western South
American coast and of the South Sea
islands. He expects to be absent for
several years, working under the
auspices OF the Carnegie Institute
and the College OF Hawaii.
Professor Bryan's theory is based
on researches which he has already
made in Hawaii and on some Of the
South Sea islands and which have
convinced him that once these
islands were the highest peaks of a
continent which later sank into the
ocean.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-01
.IAPS FIND OUT TRUTH !
ABOUT THE AMERICANS

Toxic, July I'M. Zumoto, a
prominent Japanese Journalist, who
has just returned from Siberia, has
declared in a speech here that not
one OF the various alarmist reports
concerning American activities in
Siberia was we'll founded.
On the contrary, he said, the ac-
tivities of Americans in Siberia are
all unselfish and dedicated to the
welfare and advancement OF the peo-
pie OF Russia. He especially praised
the work of the American Red Cross
and the American Young Mems
Christian Association. It was strik-
ing thing, he said. to notice that the
men who direct the american activ-
tiles We're those who had lived in
Japan and were friendly to the Jap
anese people.
Mr.. Zumoto added that he had de-
livered number OF speeches to the
Japanese people concerning the re-
suits Of his "trip in an effort to Grad.
icate any misunderstanding. He
looked forward to active cooperation
between Japan and the United States
in the future development Of Siberia
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-01
DELG|AN-|NDUSTRY
GETTING NEW START

Brussels, July 1.-The number OF
unemployed in Belgium is 500, 900,
according to the minister for food
but Is diminishing from day to day,
Only two blast furnaces are work.
ing out of so which before the war
existed In Belgium. or these so all
but four have been completely. OF
to a very large extent destroyed by
the Germans.
The steel and iron production,
which. in 1913 attained 2.224,0OO
tons is nil since 1917. or $4,000
metal workers in 1918 only about
200 are working.
II is hoped that by the end of this
year, at least 25 blast furnaces will
be producing and that A per cent OF
the pre-war production will be OBJ.
tained.
Six thousand operatives have re-
sumed work In the linen industry
The English week OF 54 hours has
been agreed to.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-01
PREDICTED DISTURBANCE FOL-
LOWING SIGNING OF TREATY
ABOUT TO MATERIALIzE
DUTCH QUEEN MAKES PLEA
Anti-Bolsheyiki Forces South Of Mos.
COW Trying 10 Find Way TO Enter
The Reds Capital

London. July i.--Gerpan counter
revolutionists have a motor launch
ready to rescue the former German
crown prince. wishing him to appear
10 head the forces In Germany, ac-
cording to Rotterdam dispatch to
the Daily Mail. The Dutch queen.
the dispatch adds. has sent a con-
sort to persuade the former prince
that II would be detrimental to Hol-
land which granted him hospitality
II he participated in the revolt in
Germeny.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-01
gen. PERSH|NG WINS
HEARTS OF ENGLISH

London. June ga high tribute
to General Pershing was paid by the
Morning Post yesterday, says the
New York World.
I'VE believe II to be correct" says
an editorial in that newspaper. that
on no single occasion did President
Wilson and his advisers transmit to
General Pershing any plans of cam
paign. suggestions or criticism. and
we can almost say that this consti-
tutes record and that no comman-
der in the field was ever left so free
a hand.
General Pershing merited the
great and sustained confidence that
was reposed In him. We honor Cen
eral Pershing because he looked to
the end. and aimed at 1t success
fully In the midst of frightful diff
culties. His competence and his
character have stood the test Of
trial in the seven-times- heated fur
mace OF war. and he richly deserves
all the honors that can be bestowed
upon him.
NFor all time to come we shall
remember those American troops
who fought so valiantly, shoulder to
shoulder with US. on the British
front and stood ready in the rear to
support us in case of need. These
things go very deep into hearts of
nations. and General IPershing will
always personify for us the fine spir-
1t OF soldierly comradeship in which
Americans fought the great war in
France
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-01
CAPTAINS Of INDUSTRY
TAKING HUGE ESTATES

London. July 1.-4Gradually Eng
tand's captains OF industry are az
curing the huge estates OF the aris.
tocrats Lord Leverhulme, a soap
manufacturer, who recently purchas-
cd the Island OF Lewis, is now under
stood to have bought also the Island
OF Harris, in the lHebrides. Togeth-
er the islands cover $50. 900 acres.
The only larger estate in the king.
dom Is that OF the Duke of Suther-
land who, despite recent sales still
owns 100000 acres.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-01
DUST OF CENTURIES BEING RE
MOVED AND FALSE GODS FAD
ING INTO OBLIVION
DAUGHTERS NO LONGER BURDEN
Women, Once "Pitiablc Creatures y
Coming Into Their Own; Can SIT
AZ Same Table With Hubby

Perking. June 30.--China Is being
turned upside down. The dust OF
centuries Ia being removed. The
heritage OF dead civilizations is being
discarded. Men are raising their
eyes to the dawn OF new things.
Women are drinking deep from the
chalico OF equality. Old gods are be-
ing confoundcd. Old superstltions
are falling away. The false Is fad
ing into oblivion before the true.
Two incidents alone need be set
forth to show how deep an impress
sion the church has made on the
minds OF the people.
The governor OF a certain province
had been shot by an assassin. In
stanuly the street was In u turmoil.
Men ran here and there In confusion.
One alone acted and he, a horseman,
gailoped through the streets to the
Episcopal mission hospital. In the
hour of need there thoughts turned
% the church.
Again. when the revolution carried
all before Il n certain other governor
fled for protection. not 20 the power
behind his office. not TO the bayonets
OF foreign powers but TO the house
OF an Episcopal missionary. In the
hour OF need his thought turned 10
the church. And he was saved when
the missionary let him down from
the city wall by a rope.
II Is among the women of China
that the most striking work has been
done. Before, they were down trod-
don slatterns. Today they are OF an
equality with men.
Under the old conditions woman
was pitiabie creature In degraded
position. Confucius said: Women
are human being but they are OF a
lower state than men and can never
attain to an equality with men," But
the false is falling into oblivion be-
fore the true.
To-day In the homes OF Chinese
Christians one finds the wife at the
table with her husband and her
daughters there also. for daughters
no longer are regarded as burdens
but are sent to school and cared for
equally with boys. Nor may man
keep concubines and divorce his wife
at will. All that is past and forbid
den and cast down. The false Is fall.
Ing into oblivion before the true.
In Just such ways Is China being
turned upside down. BY education
is the dust OF centuries being re-
moved, BY inspiration men and
women are raising their eyes to the
! dawn OF new things. Through the
ambassadors OF the church is the
false fading into oblivion before the
true. -