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departure from the conventional they
will have the bills to pay.
Our Heroes with Pistols.

Among the Americans who are re-
turning from European service in the
army and navy there are hundreds.
probably thousands, who bring with
them as souvenirs OF their overseas
excursion German pistols, trench clubs
Of various designs and similar weap-
ona These relics of the brave days
of 1917 and 1918 they treasure above
all other possessions; but they have
got to be careful, or the priced me
mentoes Of the battlefield will get
them into trouble with the civil au-
thorities here.
New York State has stringent
law under which the unlicensed pos
SCISSOR of pistol, sung shot or other
concealable weapon is liable to fine
and Imprisonment. Already n num-
Der of men back from France have
been arrested for carrying such SOU
venlrs on their persons, and while the
City Magistrates have shown good
sense and judgment in disposing of
the cases that have come before them,
the mere fact that such arralgnments
have been made reveals the danger
into which innocence and the desire
to retain hard won weapons may be-
tray many worthy citizens.
1t seems ridiculous that man who
has taken revolver from German
officer should be liable to arrest be-
cause he keeps it in his house to re-
mind him of his army life and to
refresh his memories of the days and
nights he spent in khaki; yet the man
who does so in this State without n
license Is liable TO be hailed before
Judge. Whether hand grenades fall
into the prohibited classification has
not yet been judicially determined.
we believe, but there are a good many
of these effective pieces of armament
kicking about New York. and we may
soon have n ruling on this point.
When the Twenty-seventh and Sew
cnty-seventh Divisions return to their
homes the number of weapons in New
York possession of which falls under
the condemnation of the law will be
suddenly and greatly increased. Some
legislation should he taken to save
those whom we shall greet as heroes
from being catalogued as lawbreak-
ers when they quit their services and
lug their souvenirs home.
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TRADE BRIEFS.

There was a notable growth in the
trade of Venezuela with the United STATE.
during the years OF tho war. While the
total annual values OF Venezuelan innports
have changed little in tho last six years
the share OF the United States in this
trade has moro than doubled
The annual production of white ,pSar
in Guatemala is unoficially placed Mt 40
cocoon pounds. and of brown sugar a,
100, 600 900 pounds.
Exports invoiced at the consulate n,
Madrid. Spain. for the United state, wsra
valued at only s1o6,o73 in 1918, az com
pared with s5s7,1ss in tho preceding year.
Leather ia in great demand in the Swiss
markets chiefly uppers No less thnn
twenty-o shoe factories are established
In switzerland, and the annual imports OF
leather are valued at about 81, 600 600 hal,
OF which come from the United States
Exports invoiced at the consulate n.
Hamilton Bermuda, for the United s-atAp
totalled s455.4s6 IN 1918. a dscreas. ~
s323.1se as compared with 1917, when the
value was sT7s,8T2. Potatoes. OF which
there we're 17s,O30 bushels, valued at s4s4
0l2 shipped In 1917. and 1e5. a7s bushels
valued at S31o,330, shipped In 1918. wera
the cht~! nr':c!S5 OK porcs -~Sss
Petroleum and petroleum products r0,L
rext In Importance after rice in burma
India, and are annually exported TO IN.
other provinces Of India ard to foreign
countries to the value of 500 OOO, 900
Slams budget estimates for the nscs'
year ending March 81, 1919. provides Ia
an expenditure OF 1882 gas for further
work on the construction Of the Southern
Railway main line and 500, 200 on bronch
lines, while for the Northern Railway tina
sum OF Ss42.605 Is allotted The continued
extension OF the irrigation project calls for
an outlay of Sl.l0s.335 during the year.
Tho Portuguese Government has decided
n close to navigation all tha ports on tho
northern coast of Portugal between Ca
mlnha and Avciro, both Inclusive, because
OF the disturbed conditions Of that Soc
ton OF the country. Vessels In port at tho
present time will be allowed TO leave FOR
their destinations. but must submit to he
searched by Portuguese war vessels.
The state Brick Works. owned and ON
Grated by the Government of Now Sau,h
Wales under the Department Of Public
Works, had an output of bricks during the
year 1857 OF 20.T2O 800.
Thore has been notable growth +, tn,
trade " Ncnc2uc'a with the United Sfutos
during the war years. More than half .r
tho total exports OF Venezuela now arc
destined 20 the THi.'l States. THIS trad.
having increased steadily s.ucc 1914
Paris is the chief co1tr, ot the l'rrr.6
~.cn '"oa3 ."' ,, ."' a,,. prGsr".'
toward expanding this Industry. ON %,
tho largest toy concerns la Franc. d., rn.
Sarlcte francnise dos Hrb,s .JumeauN. CAP,
UailEed at SSaG 100.
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The average weekly wage of the
employees in the factories of New
York was about $3.50 in June, 1914,
the last month of peace. In Decem-
Der, 1913, four and half years
later, this average was $2211. The
war caused rise of nearly $40
week In the pay of the average I'M
skilled or semi-skillcd man or woman
at work In factory. shop or Office
In the clothing industry the in
crease was smaller than In some other
lines. The lowest type Of factory
labor Is miscellaneous sewing" an
industry which employs about 100000
persons in New York. These machine
operators received an average Of $S23
"A week before the war. In December
last their pay was $1273. Their in
crease of S4.5O week, taken in bulk,
amounts to about $20,OOO,O0O n year
which has to he added to the price Of
clothing. And the more skilled Cd
eratives on wOmen's clothing now av-
erage $20.16 week, $7.15 more than
they received in 1914.
Have wages kept pace with the liv-
ing costs that forced them upward?
The State Department OF Labor,
which compiled the figures we have
quoted, also prints compa rison OF
weekly earnings and food prices.
From th.a bpoinniny ~ th, ,,,ar ,,p,II
November, 1916, food and wages trav-
elled upward almost side by side. AZ
ter that. until last May. the cost of
food went forward far more rapidly
than wages did. In the last ten
months, however, the income and the
output have gone fairly well together.
and always upward.
Except for the period between No
vember. 1916, and May, 1913, the fac
tory worker cannot have done badly.
When wages kept pace with grocery
bills there was saving to be found
in other items which did not increase
In the same ratio rs food-clothlng
and rent, perhaps, and life insurance
and the movies. The factory hand
probably WAS able to save more than
he saved before the war. The great
thing about saving n dollar in time of
high costs Is that the dollar is being
kept for a future time when II will
cease to be fifty cent dollar and be-
come dollar dollar.
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Three Parties in Debate on the
League Of Nations.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: 1t
is with a great deal OF pleasure that
wish to congratulate THE SuN on its
editorial policy as regards the League
OF Nations.
Whether or not such league would
prevent war il put to the test is at least
debatable, and IL so. should we sign
away American independence for It?
1t would seem to me that the best
way to handle the question IL by public
debate. The proof OF the wisdom OF the
league Is up to its advocates. as It
means n change of our Constitution.
AS you say. there are three classes
OF people In this country. those who
believe everything Wilson does is all
right, those who believe everything he
does is all wrong. and those who hold
the balance of power. those with an
open mind. To such an Intelligent ap-
peal will he fruitful C. NJ THALIMxR.
NEW YORK, February ~.
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Not Lack OF Work hut Lack OF
Labor Faces the United States.

One of the subjects which the Gov
errors and representatives of Cover
nors who gather in Washington on
Monday to discuss employment prob
lens should consider is the actual and
probable state Of labor supply In the
United States.
In the fiscal year 1928 the total
number of immigrants coming to the
United States from all countries was
1877 ,S92. In the following twelve
months their number reached 1915.
$50. The next fiscal year, 1914-15,
covered the first ten months of the
war in Europe, and in il 32670O I'M
migrants arrived. In 19l5-lj the
number was S,S26, in 1867 1t fell
to 295, 403. and In the year ended
June 80. 1913, the total reached was
only 11061S.
In 1913 and most of 1914 there was
n surplus of labor In the United
States. Our domestic situation was
difficult, and there was much hard
ship throughout the country. The
lack OF employment was seized upon
by ngitators TO stir up unrest, and in
this city crowds demanded admittance
10 churches y "hoboeS'" hotel v-or
opened In the winter, and there was
talk OF opening soup kitchens. In the
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"STUPID DESTRUCTION"
Household Economics Applied to the
German Warships.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: I
WAS delighted to see that the French
call the proposed sinking Of the German
warships stupid destruction" 1t de-
fines II exactly,
There must be much in those vessels
Of great value in reconstruction work,
and l fail to see why each allied nation
could not pay FOR as many vessels as Ia
feasible and rSaw:he money ts.es raist.S-
to feed and clothe the sufferers from
this frightful war,
We are asked TO give and give and
give again, until most OF us have moth
ing left to give. The money derived
from tho salo OF the ships would be OF
inestimable assistance. Their wasteful
destruction is monstrous.
We housekeepers have been urged not
10 waste anything and have cheertully
complied. and then this wanton destruc
ton Ii Haunted in our faces.
Brooklyn, February %. p. A.
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Senator Cummins Exposes the Pro-
posed League OF Nations.

Senator GUINNESS attack on the
proposed constitution for League Of
Nations. delivered in the Senate on
Wednesday. has peculiar force because
Its author Is one of those Americans
who believe It is possible to establish
Il world union from which all the peo-
pies Of the earth might derive benefit
Sharing the desire of all of Us to do
everything that can be done to save
humanity from the horrors of war,
he does not look with disfavor on the
general suggestion Of union Of the
Powers TO protect peace. But even
this favorable predisposition to the
general Idea OF international cooper
alton could not make acceptable to
him the document for which our ad-
herence Is now demanded.
In the compact we are asked to sign
Senator CUMMINs could see some
good" but this good in his friendly
opinion was far outweighed by the
bad. OF the provisions he disapproyed
he said:
There are parts which, in my judg-
meht, not only neutralize all the bene-
Ats OF a peaceful settlement of disputes
between nations, but which affirmatively
destroy the national structure and which
commit the United States to a course
which must end in humiliation and
disaster"
Submitting the proposed consttu-
ton to analysis. Senator CUMMISs di-
rected particular attention to Article
", which would lock any people up
forever in It's present miseries, and
which he characterized as 'the most
destructive. unjust and reactionary
proposal which was ever submitted
to n patriotic and intelligent people"
This language is not too strong. 1t
Is that which any patriot would Use
the instant he comprchended the sig
nificance Of the pledge we are asked
to sign.
1t was fortunate for Senator Cum
MINIS that the proposed constitution
of the League of Nations had de-
fender whose words could he com
pared with his. Senator OWEN Of
Oklahoma endeavored 10 break the
force of the Iowa Senator's words by
speaking on the same day. He did his
best, II may be assumed, but against
the Irresistible array of facts Senator
CUMMINs marshalled Senator Owen
could oppose nothing except the gen
eralities in which those who favor this
scheme seem 10 deal exclusively. In
deed, It has been conspicuous cir
cumstance of the debate on this sub
ject up to the present time that his
tory, experience and facts have been
with the defenders OF American indie
pendence, and notably absent from the
arguments of those who would have
us surrender our sovereignty to a
supernation.
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Shall America Be Europe's Arsenal
and Cash Register?

To THE EDITOR or THE suN-Sir' From
the speech OF President Wilson at
Boston Men have testified to me in
Europe that our men were possessed
by something that they could only call
a religious fervor They were not like
any of the other soldiers. They had a
vision. they had dream. and they
were fighting in the dream. And night
ing in the dream they turned the whole
tide of battle and 1t never came back"
OF all the cities to select Boston in
which to spring this Laura Jean Libbey
stun!
To come to sidewalk English. this Is
the question: IL the United States 20 be
converted into nm arsenal and cash
register for the benefit OF Europe?
1t Is up to the American people. and
not up TO the speaker who used the per.
sonal pronoun seventy mine times in
addressing the citizens OF Boston.
JAMAICA. February 81. NJ. d.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

Annual entertainment and RECEPTION. Of
he Ciyil EmP.pyees Council! NO l'l0'
Lecture for the beneat OF suffering chii-
dren in France by Miss Kathleen Burke.
Colony Club. r N. -, w., Watt.
Greenwich village Old Home lRr'y'
second annual convention OF The W.,
mans Internationai League Chn'ifs' Wee.
National Association Women Pa nte-'
ana Sculptors, debate. should the Pres
ent Tendencies in Art be Encouraged
MID winter dinner of Williams College
Alumni. Waldorf Astoria. T. NJ
Evolution Of the crowd Leader. from Hero
symbol 20 Administrative Trustee" Cooper
Union. p. NJ.
programme at speclai meeting Of tn
TIE (chers Union, Washington Irving HIS"
School, =. NJ.
Dr Stephen T. DuFgan will spesk ~
The Next step in tho League ~ Nations
Or. II. H. Harris Mi spoit on SON.
Temple Israel Of Harlem p NJ
Mass meeting under the auspices OF to
New York State department Narcotic pE"E
Contro., Hotel Aston. 50 7. NJ
Reconsideration Commission OF tho state
Of New York. 1890 A. NJ. and 80 y ,.
Board OF Aldermen's Chamber. C!ty H''.
Twelfth annual banquet OF the Erprsr
scrtativcs Club, Hotel Bitmore, y. "
illustrated lecture by DR.. Fey-C"or-r
COIe on the Ancient ana Monern .
Dwellers" Lecture Hail, !. NJ: recit.
by Miss Lucy Gates, Music Hall, SIS i NJ.
Brooklyn Institute
Miss Mabel Harrison Duncan, Lecture.
waidorf- Astoria. IL A. NJ.
Equitable Life Assurance Society dance,
Waldorf-Astoria, 2. NJ.
Good Roads convention, all day. Hotel
McAlpin,
Post Parliament meeting, Ho;e Meal
pin. II a. NJ.
Children's Museum, lecture by NJ y l'o
on THE Grand Canyon of the Colorado
p Nj
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SAN JUAN HILL.
Jacob A. Rlis's Part in Giving the
District It's Name

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: The
names OF districts like San Juan Hill.
Heu's Kitchen and the Tenderloin are
created by police court reporters.
Jacob A. Riis, who was n great friend
OF Booker 7. Washington and Theodore
Roosevelt, as you know. was always in
search OF news. l had Thompson street
for a post in 1880. when the Italians
drove the negroes out While the
negroes were there Thompson street was
much OF razor country. and that
meant much going TO court. In the
sos when l was in the detective bureau
used to met Fiis quite often and one
day he said:
Hello, Evanhoe. where do you hunt
your negroes now"
l replied, Above Fifty-ninth street
on the Yves: Side. where that big hill is"
He remarked, "Oh, yes, San Juan
Hill"
After that noticed In THE Sun an
occasional police court case from there.
FRANK n. EvANHoE,
Retired Police Detective.
CENTRE MoRIcHEs. L. l.. February q.
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North Dakota Goes Into Business.

North Dakota, under the leadership
Of the Non-Partisan League, has en-
parked on programme of State own
ership and control OF industry the
like OF which none Of her sisters in
the Union has ever attempted. Popu-
ism struggled to attain some of the
objects provided for in the bills Gov
ernor FRAZIER signed on Wednesday.
but the Peoples party never reached
the point OF actual accomplishment
the Non-Partisan League has attained
in its endenyors.
The new North Dakota laws provide
for State Bank of North Dakota,
State owned and operated grain ele-
vators and -four mills, aud 4 State
Home Builders Association TO help
men own their own homes, and Il
State Industrial Commission to man
nge these enterprises and any others
that may be undertaken, This extern
sion Of State activities has been made
legally possible by amendments to the
Constitution approved by the voters
last fall. and those amendments were
the result OF the campaign carried on
for three years by the Non-Partisnn
League, political association run on
strictly business principles.
The State where these experiments
are being tried has an area Of 7O,S37
square miles, and according to the
latest available statistics had bud.
get OF S4,123.S5+. debt OF $4,000.
and real and personal property as
sessed at 1894, 723 ,30s. 1t stood thIr-
ty-seventh In inhabitants among the
States In 1910, and its estimated nopu-
latlon in 1918 was 791 437. The prin-
cipcl, practically the only industry
within Its limits is farming If thA
ambitious Slate Is successful in its
ventures, to It's people will go the
credit, and If failure results from its
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Why Farmers object to Daylight Saw
Ing and Union Rules.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. The
objections made by farmers to daylight
saving are based upon economic reasons.
Governments may issue DEGREES, but ma
ture ignores them.
For two hours or more after the ris-
Ing OF the sun the refreshing dews Of
the night hang upon the cherries on the
trees, the strawberries on the plants
and the grapes upon the vines. which
cannot be picked and packed for ship
ment TO market until they are dry.
Neither can farmers send their moving
machines and reapers into fields of hay
and grain wet with dew without damage
to crops. Sun TO sun work upon the
farm. which required men to be in the
field with the rising OF the sun. swing
ing scythes through wet grass, is of the
past
For several months, from December
to March. excepting upon large dairy
farms. work hours are shorter than in
any other industry.
Labor union leaders who are seeking
to unionize farm labor evidently are
grNssly ignorant OF agricultural labor
requirements. Their demands for a FIVE
day work period with six days pay OF
war wages and cheap food are an eco
nomic impossibil!ty.
Such leaders do not realize that in
the enforcement OF such arbitrary policy
they are putting moose about the
necks of industrial workers in cities
that will lead them to certain hunger
and suffering. for farmers, while patrl-
otic and willing to Go their part to the
fullest extent for our countrys best
interests, will not long continue to pro-
duce surplus food at loss. any more
than manufacturers will produce cloth
ing. shoes and other necessities at loss.
With the existing antagonism on the
part of some city officials and many
mislnformed city consumers It is OF the
most vital Importance to the future
peace and prosperity of all classes that
there be a better understanding and a
more general knowledge Of the intrica-
cies, conditions and costs that enter into
the production of the worlds first and
greatest need, food.
GEORGE T. POWELL.
GHENr, " Y. February 81.
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QUESTIONS FOR AMERICANS.
Thoughts Suggested by President VIII
sons Boston Speech.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: An
ordinary American citizen would like
to know why It 10 that all Of the be-
levers in a league of nations and IN
intetnationalism versus nationallsm In
variably abuse those who do not think
as they do. For instance. Mr.. Taft says
in effect that he would not trust the
Constitution Of the United states over
night with men who were opposed to
him in his ideas.
President Wilson in his latest speech
in Boston says: ANY man who resists
the present tides that run in the world
will find himself thrown upon n shore
80 high and barren that It will seem
he has been separated from his h''ruar,-
kind forever" Why use threats Of that
nature? What Is the purpose of It all?
Why Is It necessary for us to tie up
with n so-called worldwide movement
instead of exercising as In the past our
worldwide influence. which has made
this country a leader among all peoples
and nations? In other words, why
should we give up something which has
been the leavening factor throughout
the world at the very time when our
system OF government has been demon
strated grand success?
Does not statesmanship entail great
responsibility and II there is a world
Wide movement for something Intangible,
why do not the leaders stand UP for a
model government In good old demo-
cratic fashion at home and advocate re-
publics for self-government all over the
world?
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REPUBLICANS WILL
NOT HALT NEW LOAN
Leaders Decide to Make No
Effort to Prevent Ac-
ton by Senate.
BILL ALREADY REPORTED
Time So Short That Even If 1t
Passes Other Measures
Must Give Way.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-Republicans
have decided to make no effort to block
the bill to authorize the issuance Of
$1,000. 100000 in notes as a means 20
force an extra session OF the new Con-
sress. This threat has been made
quietly for the last two or three days.
but q truer realization of the situation
came to them to-day when they
learned finally and fatty that the Presi-
dent would refuse to call q special SEES
sion until his return from his second
trip TO Paris.
The situation pointed out by some
OF the cooler heads among the Re-
publican Senators In that n the event
of refusal to pass the note authorization
the Administration would be left with
authority to issue some $4,000, 100000
In bonds because OF existing law. How
ever, these bonds could be Issued only
under the same conditions, in the same
denominations and at the same interest
rate as the last Issue
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EXEMPT CONTRIBUTIONS.
II You Had Only Made Memoranda Of
These GiftsI

. To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: let
me add a few thoughts to those you
expressed in your editorial article on
the taxation of Smith and baby.
one of the income tax exemptions Ia
contributions" The weary worker
over his tax return blank rejoices.
Finei The little old dollars poured out
for Red Cross. Y. NJ. c. A. and X. OF G.
are not TO be taxed. Hurrahl Nice
chap. that Claude Kitchin. after all.
Now, let's see. How much of n claim
for that exemption will be fair? Well.
I must have slipped the collectors. all
together. 500 or $3.50 Call 1t 500.
But-"Enter name and address of
each. organization to which you made
contributions and amount paid to each"
Try to check them back: The or
ganization girl in the red hat In the
automobile set me back couple of
Iron men for the Red Cross. l remem-
Der the short organized brunette who
won me for at least three or four
simoleons on her line OF Y NJ. C. A.
talk. But memory dwells most CRATE
fully on the tall blonde with blue eyes,
collecting for the X. OF c.. whose per-
suasive blarney took $40 out OF my
kick. OF course l did not have the
nerve to ask her address. as the tax
man requires. but got her name. 1
asked her that and she replied, I'm
Mary, Queen OF Scotland"
Visions OF troops OF pretty girls ana
women who nicked me with smiles, but
not the name and address OF single
one. SO ] add 80 to Item p TAX due
Is per cent? on amount of Item o."
and swear to remember this year to
get the name and address OF every col
lector who tackles me.
FORM 1904.
NEW YOnK Fehrunry 81