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tnbcrcuiar diseases were the cause Of
nearly 80 per cont Of the deaths. and
an additional ~ per cent were at
trfbuted to respiratory diseases, as
compared with an average OF % per
cent Of deaths from tubercular dis
eases and lad per cent from respira-
tory diseases in scventy-nine selected
occupations The author Of the con.
ference boards report IL inclined to
attribute the trouble In part to condi-
lions In the industry itsslf which have
not been identified. Tho same condi-
tion has been found In the silk indus.
try in ITALY. In other respects the
health Of silk workers. compares IA
vorabiy with that Of workers In other
factory industries.
Should tho fortysfour hour week
bring about q decrease IN tubercuiar
and respiratory diseases among silk
workers II would Of course b q gain
which would moro than offset any
possible dimfnution Of output.
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In RoBERr STERLINa YARp's Book
Of the National Parks" he says of
Professor MATTHEs's conclusion as to
the making Of the Yosemite Valley
that the California geologist In at
tributing the magnificent chasm to
erosion caused by the MERGED River
has furnished the final solution" Of
the subject.
We have no wish to be unduly criti-
cal of Mr.. YARD's lntest work II is a
fine contribution to general knowledge
of the nations great Fairgrounds and
will, we hope, send to their majestic
mountains and pleasant valleys count
less American tourists stout enough
of morals to resist the temptation to
sail overseas In search of the liquid
sting Of the serpent. Yet duty COM
pels us to point out with what luxu-
rious ease Mr.. YARD jumps to his con-
clusion that Professor MArTHEs has
settled this Yosemite problem. The
professor, he says, had but two points
to consider: Was the floor of the
lovely valley lowered by water ero-
sion or glacial action7 The professor
chose one Of only two theories and
therefore at best could be credited
with only flfty-fifty chance Of being
right.
But what are the pertinent facts
which q writer SO learned and we'll
trained should have known? There
are four cause theories advanced and
advocated with high spirit and abun-
dant evidence Of equal weight which
are considered in mountains of books
as (a) seismal disturbance, (b)
water erosion, (c) subsistence and
td) glacial grinding. So the. profes-
sor had only one chance In four OF
arriving at a correct conclusion.
In his next book on the subject our
writer must include the story told
about an informal convention of geol-
ogists In that little hotel In the Yo-
semitic kept. before the nation became
q landlord, by q Frenchman who
alone Of all the hosts In the valley
knew that the beauties of nature
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Students of political temperament
must give a thought to the distressing
treatment of the Volstead prohibition
enforcement bill since It was sent over
to the Senate. Twice a Senate judi
ciary subcommittee. has been called to
consider the bill and twice failed Of a
quorum. This cannot be due. as has
been meanly suggested. to any subsi-
dence OF the fever OF despatch which
has heretofore marked all Senate &C
ton on every phase of prohibition
legislation. We prefer TO think that
gentlemen Of the committee are as hot
upon the trail Of the Demon as ever,
but that they are taking time, and
properly so, to engsge in home corre-
spondence with a view to learning to
what extent the last minute failure of
the House to permit farmers to make
cider whose alcohol coVtent might
grow to more than one-half Of one
per cent. has annoyed agriculturists.
There are uneasy rumors in Washing
ton that in the wheat and corn belts
opinion is forming that you cannot let
10y be unconfned without enough
alcohol in the cider barrel beverage to
keep It from turning into vinegar.
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Failure Of the Washington Police to
Protect Negroes.

10 THE EDITOR OF FHs suN--sfr;f iAs
an eyewitness OF part of the resent
race riot In this city Deg the honor to
congratulate THE Sun on the noble and
fearless stand II has taken In this I'M
fortunate anair, which has left an eter-
nal stigma OF shame and Disgrace upon
the capital OF a great nation. Your
remarkable editorial article was sought
ana read with greater eagernee8 In this
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THE GLASSES OF WISDOM.
Tortoise Shell Spectacles Comfortable
II Bad for the Eyes.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sr: Those
who, have become accustomed to wear
ing tortoise shell trimmed glasses or horn
trimmed spectacles. as some persons call
them. will be saddened by the announce
ment that the American Medical Asso-
citation has turned against them, the
reason being that the lenses frequently
turn In their frames and increase the
eye strain.
When one considers the popularity at
tanned by this style of glasses since their
introduction to the public sorne years
ago the true import of the warning is
sued by the association can be realised
It means that thousands of persons who
have adopted the tortoise shells because
they are the most convenient and COM
Portable style of eyeglasses to be had
to-day will turn TO some other style
rather than run the risk OF having their
eyestrain increased instead Of decreased
For after all there is no sense in wear
ing glasses for the effect they have or
your appearance, although some persons
have been accused Of wearing tortoise
shells for Just this reason. Art students
Greenwich Village poets and students are
often referred to when this, accusation
Is made. ...... o.,
have worn tortoise shells for three
years and 1t would be hard matter fol
me to adopt any other style. They
haven't cut me behind the ears, nor have
they cut q groove in the top Of my nose
az. gold and steel framed glasses are
bound to do when first worn. About the
only objection I have found to them Ia
the fact that most persons call them
ugly, but as am no beauty the add.
tional ugliness of tortoise shells doesn',
make any difference.
There is one thing about tortoise
shells, however. that the general public
does not know. and that Ia that they
are susceptible to changes in weather
This applies particularly to the winter
season For instance. IL a man wear
ing tortoise shells gees from a warm
temperature to cold one the frames OF
the glasses will crack. This is because
the cold contracts the frames and as the
glass won't give to allow for the con-
traction the frames must Then the
lenses will turn and destroy the focus
NEW YORK, July 20. L. w.
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would most uplift one who had dined
well. The assembled scientists sent
for an aged hermit who lived In a hut
In the upper end Of the valley and
who had been heard solemnly to as
sert that he knew who knew how the
valley was made. The good and wise
old man appeared and admitted that
he knew who knew.
"Whoi" came the brenthiess ques-
ton from dozen PROFESSIONAL throats.
"GoD knows" the old hermit re-
piled piously.
And truthfully he indicated the only
source from which the final solution
can be learned. Let Mr.. Secretary
LANE direct his literary aid to turn
his thoughts in the right direction.
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DO STRAW HATS GO wRoNc1
The Glory Of Mans Summer Headgesl
/. Quick TO Fade.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN---SF: !
notice that this season mems straw
hats dirty and become discoiored much
quicker than straw hats generally do.
No doubt other straw hat wearers have
experienced the same thing. 10 It q
cheaper quality Of straw that IL being
used now or do our straw hat manufac-
turers apply chemicals to aid in the
quick colorins of the straw?
In order to keep in style or make Q
good appearance this year straw hat
wearer must buy his second hat now.
Surely ut the prices charged for straw
hats now a customer should receive one
that 10 not doped with chemicals to In
sure a quick fading.
b notice that women's white straw hats
retain their Wilderness alwaya The sun
never fades a woman's hat How Is
that3 Haven't our manufacturers adopted
that system of doping q woman's straw
hatf Or can the women let US In on
their secret Of the trick. q. J. O.
BaooKLYN. July 20
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Special Reasons why New York
should Honor the Regulars.

I. To THE EprroH or THE suN--sir' In
reference to the reception TO be rendered
to the Second Division wish to say
that for one feel that We cannot do
enough for those men. Being Regular
Army outfit. we should give them well
come never to be forgotten.
As rule the Regulars do not par
ticipate in very many parades here
this In time when we can make up for
our neglect OF the past and give the
Regular Army q little sendoff.
consider the Second Division the
greatest ever, and, as q previous cor
respondent stated, the old Fighting
Ninth and Twenty-third Infantry are
closely identified with New York State. So
let the Empire City show its apprecia-
tion of the grand work this division
performed DANIEL r. CouoHLAf'.
NEw York, July 20.
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working Hours in SIX Mills.

The forty,four hour week is to 20
into effect In the Paterson silk mills
next October, according to an agree
ment reached on Sunday between the
manufacturers and the United Tex
tile Workers Of America, and an ef-
fort WIN be made to extend the same
schedule OF working hours to all the
silk mills in the United States. OF
special interest, therefore, are the con-
illusions on the relation between out
put and hours Of work given In re-
port Of the National Industrial Con-
ference Board last spring.
Investigation had shown that In the
Northern cotton industry reductions
Of working hours to less than fifty.
six hours a week involved general
loss In output In more than 90 per
cent. Of the establishments, and in q
majority Of cases the loss was ap-
proximately proportional to the reduc-
ton In time. In the wool industry a
reduction to fifty.four hour weekly
schedule also resulted in a general
loss In output, though It was some
what less than In the cotton industry.
The experience In the silk industry
as a whole indicates that the point
Of maximum production lies some
where between fifty hours a week and
fifty-four, and that 1t Is nearer fifty
hours than fifty-four.
The greater amount Of hand work
required In silk manufacturing is
thought to explain the difference in
results In this trade and In the cot
ton and the wool industry. The
strain on the silk worker being
greater. the period In which he can
operate with full efficiency Is neces-
sariiy shorter. Another consideration
Is that much of the work is piece
work. and with shorter hours the OPP
erative has an incentive to Increase
the rate Of production.
The Paterson manufacturers express
the opinion that the demand for q
forty-four hour week Is In accordance
with the trend OF the times" In the
report Of the National Industrial Con-
ference Board reference Is made to
another aspect Of the situation be-
sides the question OF output: this is
the health Of silk workers. ~
Factory dust and tuberculosis are
rather commonly associated as cause
and effect. SILK mills are as a rule
exceptionally free from dust, well ven
tilated and well lighted; the value
and the delicacy Of the product make
this almost imperative. Yet It has
been found that ION the whole the
tuberculosis death rate among silk
mill operatives is rather higher than
that for workers In cotton and wool
mills. where dust Is characteristic Of
certain processes"
In one group of male silk workers
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Where Once the Crystal Waters
Played.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Very
calamity did one Of your readers rally
to the defence of the old fountain in City
Hail Park. calling particular attention
to the kids who used to disport them
selves in It's waters to the amusement
of the onlookers." Possibly In the past
this was very inspiring sight. but now
the basin seems to servo the purpose
OF a receptacle for homeless newspapers
and fruit skins w. j. f.
BROOKLYN, July 90
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PICNIC FOR 800 WOUNDED.
to Co by Bus' ana
Ferry to Palisades.

Three hundred and ten convalescent
soldiers from Ave army hospitals will be
the guests of the New York War Camp
Community Service this afternoon at tho
first of series OF picnics which have
been arranged for the wounded men,
Buses will drop the picnickers at the
Dyckman street ferry at O'Clock. A
special boat will take the men over to
the Palisades for an old fashioned picnic.
Partners for the men will come from
the volunteer corps OF 1000 dancing
partners selected by Mrs. James Madi-
son Bass, social director Of the w. c. c.
s. These girls will furnish the lunches
for the men and win preside over ths
cooking OF the bacon and coffee at the
picnic grounds.
The War Camp Community Service
has completed arrangements for enter
tanning every man In a military hospital
here at q picnic party before fali.
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by Allen r. Burns Horace Mann Audi
Open air concert. New York Military
Band, Columbia University, Sl5 p. NJ.
Concert by the orchestra Of the Beetho-
ven Musical Society. The Mall, Central
Park. 5 p. NJ. ..-
nue. and Fifty ninth street, { p. N.
Semi annual underwear and corset style
show. auspices international Buyers Club.
.1S0 West Forty-seccnd street, S:1b p. NJ.
Dance, Barbara Frietchie Post, American
Legion. Hotel Pennsylvania.
Mass meeting. Greater New York Tenants
League, Loudon's Casino. 1915 Third ave-
rue, in protest against rent profiteering.
Auction Of textiles by the War Depart
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As an example Of tho clear thought
Of which the human brain Is still ca
pable after It's owner has lived twenty
years longer than the span allotted
By the Psalmist, we quote an opinion
Of. the covenant uttered BY JoHr r.
voosHIs Of this city on his niDetietf
birthday:
"rm opposed to the whole darned
business. think we ought to mind
our own business. I want 10 see my
country stand alone as It has always
done and 60 to the help OF other
countries when Il feels II ought to.
I do not want to zee my country
forced into partnership with nations
that don't see things as We do.
want Il to be ready to help IN time
of trouble but not be obligated to do
Il. No. sir. let the Unitsd States re-
main the United States ana keep out
Of the supsrstate."
Mr.. voonn1s is q Democratic ONCE
holder, holding the presidency Of the
Board Of Elections, and he is also
Grand Sachem Of Tammany Hall but
Il is evident that no policy which
touches Americanism can be a parti
san matter with him. What he say,
about the covenant is what rs thought
by thousands. probably millions, Of
other Democrats; and nothing hal
been said by Mr.. WILSON or his
spokesman which Offsets a word OF
this veterans good sense.
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It Is Hard Coal That Is Hard to Get.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sa: You
recently published letter from E. r.
Minis of Bedford Hills, N. Y, who COM
planned Of not receiving car Of anthra-
cite coal ordered during May. The
author OF this letter quotes the National
Coal Association advertisement which
has been running in various papers for
the past few months. This advertise
ment. as you no doubt know. has
no bearing whatever on the anthracite
situation, as the National Coal Associa-
ton is made up entirely Of bituminous
operators. GEoRoH +. TAYLOR
ALBANY, July 20.
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New Cotton Lands.

The recent introduction In the
House Of Commons Of q Government
bill for the purpose Of aiding the
Anglo Egyptian Sudan to raise q loan
Of $50, 00o, 900 has an interest to Amer
lea In that one OF the purposes Of the
loan Is the development OF the, upper
Nile region as cotton producing
land The special area considered Is
the fertile tract between the Blue and
the White Nile, where for several
years extensive experiments In cotton
growing have been made under gov
ernmental supervision.
This region, lying south of Khartum
and near the western Abyssinian Dor
der, Is subject to much the same
climatic conditions as the remainder
OF the Nile valley. That the expert
ments have proved the ACCESSIBILITY of
its development would indicate that
the growth Of cotton here will justify
the great expenditure necessary to
Install an elaborate and costly irriga-
ton system. This would seem to be
at variance with the report made in
1906 by Lord CRoAfER to the effect that
the future Of Sudan agriculture ap-
pears to lie moro Gin the cultivation
Of wheat and other cereals than in
the cultivation Of cotton"
In the year before the war there
were about 100000 acres of irri-
gated land in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan !;
the addition to be made TO this area
by the passage Of the British Govern
ment bill will be about 300, 1000 acres.
How much Of the irrigated land of
Sudan was given over to the cultiva-
ton Of cotton does not appear In re-
cent available reports; but the export
vnlue Of Sudan cotton in 1915 Is
placed at about $1.11S.0Oo. Even
with these data 1t would be difficult
to arrive at an estimate Of the posi-
Bile increase In production.
The suggestion made In the des-
patch from London Is that cotton cul-
tivation in the Sudan may make "Lap-
cashire less dependent on the United
States for cotton" In this connection
lit may be remembered that the
United States Is also an importer
Of Egyptian cotton. as about so per
cent. Of all foreign cotton that reaches
this country comes from the Nile re-
gion. The interest In cotton produc-'
ton is quite as marked in other coun-
tries as 1t is In the Sudan; 1t Is an
interest which has come with the re-
vival after the war of, textile indus
tries This interest has been dis
played In, the effort to arrive at the
production Of two other great cotton
producing lands, India and China !;
Tor, despite all Of the reports that
have been given out, the actual pro-
duction of these countries and their
possibilities for Increasing their cotton
crops and improving the quality are
to-day practically unknown. The cot
ton grower of not only America but
of most of the remainder of the world
Is likely TO have for the present at
least less trouble in finding a market
for his product than in producing n
quantity that win meet the worlds
demand.
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Germany Tries to Escape Blame for
the Armenian Massacres.

A despatch from Berlin says that
the German Foreign Once commits
stoned JOHANN LEPsrus to make a
report based upon diplomatic docu-
nlents to prove the innocence Of Ger
many Of any part In the Armenian
massacres. 80
Herr LEpsrUs lays the entire blame
upon the Committee Of Union and
Progress and declares that the mas
sasres and deportations were decided
on as a means of realizing a national
ideal That much the world alrea<ly
knew, as II also knew the frightful
effectiveness Of the means employed.
But there were Representatives of for
eign Powers in Constantinople at the
time these horrors were enacted who
do not agree with the statement made
by Herr LEpsIUs that Germany was
unable to stop or to prevent these
crimes. In fact II Germany was so
powerless 1t seems to have been the
one instance where she lacked con-
troll over the corrupt and wicked clique
that was in complete charge of affairs
at Constantlnople.
That Germany or any other nation
should wish to remove the stigma Of
such an offence against humanity
from her name Is natural; even the
present Government Of Turkey has
been disclaiming with all its might
It's responsibility. In the interest of
western civilization It is to be hoped
that Germany may clear herself Of
any participation in the most revolt
ing crime of modern times.
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A Tennessee Dissenter.
~. a.. doI.m.kl. HILL

There are. the President will ind.
large number Of genuine Americans. his
political friends and supporters. havins
no sort OF sympathy with the efforts Of
partisan opponents 20 embarrass him for
purely political purposes. who are goins
to ask what It has prontsd America II as
. result OF the war she has surrendered
the ideals. the institutions and the iiber-
ties which in the past she has prised above
life itself7
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THE WEATHER.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Time.
Nam "a. Z y pun tSi = II go

Standard Time.
Sun rise. ....5:D A N sun scts,...s; IL r n
Moon sets.g.....s6ip
Eastern New York and New England,
fair to-day and tomorrow moderate
temperature moderate northwest winds.
New Jersey, fair to-day and tomorrow;
not much change In TEMPERATURE moderate
north winds.
Western New York. fair to-day and to-
morrow; not much change In tempcraturei
moderate west winds
WASHINGTON, July 2s.--Low pressure
prevails on tho Atlantic coast and over
the Rocky Mountains and western plateau
rsgions and the barometer In relatively
high over the Mississippi Valley and Gulf
States and along the north border from
the great lakes westward to the Pacino
coast. The weather was cooler Tuesday
throughout the middle Atlantic and New
England States, the Ohio Valley, the region
OF the great lakes and the Northwest
States. Temperatures are now generally
near the normal over the United states
and warm weather Is confined TO the Cen
plains States During the hast twenty-four
hours there were widely scattered showers
In the Southern States, the Mississippi Vat
ley. the Rocky N ,untain region and north
ern New England. The outlook Tor Wsdnee-
day and THURSDAY In for generally fair
weather and normal temperature In the
States east OF the Mississippi River.
Observations at United States weather Blu
reau stations taken at r. n. yesterday. esv-
enty-hfth meridian time: 49, 49,
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for Frances asssilant. Mr.. wusor's
utterances yesterday on the subject
OF our duty to France DO NOT secm 10
ring quite true. t
8. The third flaw or defect IN the
Presidents brief message relates to
facts Of record. Mr.. WILSON tells the
Senate that "two Governments who
wish to be members Of the League
ask leave Of the Council Of the League
to be permitted TO 90 to the assist
nnce OF friend whose situation has
been found to Be one Of peculiar perm
without awaiting the advice Of tina
League to act" The United States
Government has yet expressed no
wish to be a member Of the League.
Ask leave Of the Council Of the
League to 60 to the assistance OF q
friend In perili How does that as
pect Of the matter strike ths Ameri-
can mind habituatsd to the fdea Of
American independence Passing By
this unqualified admission Of proposed
subservience to an alien super-sover-
eighty. we come to q direct misstate-
ment. The two Governments referred
to as wishing to be members Of the
League are Great Britain and the
United States. The President tells
the Senate that Great Britain "voiun-
teers the same PROMISE" that Is, to
60 Immediately" to the assistance Of
France in case Of unprovoked attack
by Germany. This does not accu-
rately state the fact As made public
by the French Foreign ofice. the en-
gagement In the two treaties is not
identical. Mr.. WILSON'S treaty
Pledge the United States to immedi-
ate military action; Great Britain
merely consents" to assist France.
The marked difference In terms has
yet to be explained.
Apart from the foregoing considera-
tons there Is one outstanding fact
about this product Of secret diplomacy
during the process of barter and sur
render for the cake Of obtaining from
our European associates their consent
to tho League which we are now told
1t win break the heart Of the world
to lose. The League, with the impos-
sible super-sovereignty Of Article x.
Of the covenant, has been artfuliy In
terwoven with the Franco-American
treaty, just as It was interviewer with
the general treaty Of peace with Ger
many. The result Is the same In the
one case as in the other. Whatever
might be the merits or desirabllity or
acceptability Of straight treaty Of
defensive alliance with France, to
ratify this treaty In It's present form
and unamended would be to accept
and ratify Article X.
For that reason, II for no other, Its
sophisticated provisions require the
same close, scrutiny and deliberate at.
tention which the Senate is bestowing
upon the treaty of peace. "a =.