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TRADE BRIEFS,

Coffee OF all kinds may hereafter be ex-
| ported freely. according to an announce
| ment by the War Trade Board.
Consul r. y. Nasnith OF Belgium sen.
here information that 81. Is no longer nscs
| essary 10 have import licenses for any
articles except IN ease OF the following
| All cereals from which bread is made in
| Guiding harley and oats, potato -four.
sugar. raw and manufactured tobacco.
wines. spirits, malt and coal. All other
|! commodities may be freely imported Into
! Belgium.
onc!ai statistics give the production OF
olive oil in Portugal during the last three
| years as follows: 1856. 81, oG6O76 uters.
| 1s16-lT. e7.2S5.o14 liteTs; 1ol7-ls, 3s64o.-
oo6 liters Tho expectation OF olive oil in
| 1915 was 20. $50. TOO iiters. valued at s5s7..
945.
| Tho declared exports TO the United States
! from Prescott, Ontario, amounting 10
soo5.+o5 in 1918 show an increas. OF s72,-
SS0 over the preceding year, when the
! amour. was $3.50
In 1914 Germany was a very close ,.c-
ond to the United States in the shoe and
leather trade: together they held practi
caly half OF tho worlds business Ger
many. however, was dependent upon for
| eisn markets for a great percentage o,
the raw stocks used.
falling on during 1917 and 1918 IN
| god production In South Africa, Australia
and other British gold producing districts
has attracted serious attention IN those
territories and In the United Kingdom.
where there Is need for larger gold re-.
serves to support tho great imitation of
currency and bank deposits created by war
financing,
cor-u!-G-r-rsl csrl p..-~ Hgr-. -2s,.v
from Barcelona that royal order removes
tho prohibition against the expectation of
, fresh olives from Spain.
amsterdam and several other cl.!es In
Holland are reducing the working day Of
municipal employees from nine hours 10
eight hours.
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Black Jim Crow,

| The farmer who has been using
with little or no success, scarecrows
to protect his freshly planted corn
fields from sable mauuders, and who
has suffered particularly when the
grain is "in the roasting ear" has
been invited to make 1919 national
crow shoot year. AS pilferer OF
sprouting corn there is no bird like
the crow. Swatting the crow will also
be popular in the Southern States
where watermelon patches are al
times considerably damaged by him
He is n thoroughly bad fellow.
Frightening devices TO keep crows
away from newly planted corn havs
been in use since the earliest agri
culturists learned Of the depredations
Of crows. These devices have In
cluded the straw stuffed human effigy
shining tin moving in the wind, glass
bottles, newspapers laid on the
ground. windmills that make strange
noises, Irvine stretched on poles across
fields, and dead crows hung in con
spicuous places.
Legislation has been enacted to de.
| crease the. number of crows, but
strange to say, ten Western States
where the bird Is too scarce to be
Of great economic Importance, have
given it protection. Bounty laws for
the reduction of crows, on the other
hand, have been In vogue since the
time Of the colonial governments
They have been followed since by
counties, townships. communities OF
farmers and sportsmen's associations.
In spite Of the bounty system and the
payment under ii Of large sums yearly
there has been little evidence Of de.
crease in the number Of crows.
Little has been said in favor Of the
crow. +. II. KALMBAcH, assistant bi.
ologist of the Biological Survey, made
n study of the Grow and its relation
to man several years ago, and came
to this conclusion: When feeding on
injurious insects, crustaceans, rodents
and carrion, and when dispensing
seeds Of beneficial plants, the crow is
working largely for the best interests
Of man; when destroying small rep
tiles, amphibians. wild birds, poultry,
corn and some other crops. when mo-
Testing live stock and distributing
their diseases. and when spreading
seeds Of noxious plants. the bird Is
one of the farmers enemies; when
destroying spiders and mollusks. how
ever, its work appears in the main to
have neutral effect. The misdeeds
Of which the crow has been convicted
greatly outnumber its virtues, and re-
duction in Black Jim's numbers is
desirable in areas where there is an
abundance of the birds.
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GRAY Hills.

The gray hills loom before her eyes
with such a granite touch
That Life turns paler than the skies
And does not matter much.
Time was the hills wers burning green,
But that was long ago
When hearts were hot and winds wer,
keen
To fan two souls aglow.
Tho dark seas toss between her heart
And one that lies at rest:
Tho wooden cross that marks his part
IA buried In her breast.
Sh. does not stir to meet the sprinT,
But with the pal!id day
She breads to see that broodinE ring
OF watching hills In gray.
HEHBEnr S. GoaMAN.
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The people who live in Santa Es
Curse the cathedral bells
Because they ring at break OF day
When there L nothing else
To shatter the blessed silsness
That steal down in the night
To comfort that ancient little town
With dreams of long past night.
I heard them ring in Santa rs--
From the old De Vargas there
Like bursting bubbles OF music gay
In the thin. smoke-scsntsd afr.
They seemed to pause and SVEN ana break
with the breaking of the day,
And I. for one. was glad TO wake
And listen in Santa Re.
Pinon smoke and the sound Of bsns,
And nashIng keen new day! -,
When you cannot md me anywhere else,
Go look in Santa Fs.
PAUL LIE ELLnll.
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Premier Paderewski's Handicap.

If when IGNACE PApEREwsRr first
came to the United States as an
artist he had patronized the hotel
barber on his arrival. and subse.
quently kept his hair cut short I'm
the fashion affected by most Amer.
leans. we should not hear now 80
many explanations Of surprise over
his development in craftsmanship.
The fact that he was an unapproach-
able master OF the pianoforte would
not have dislocated the popular bump
Of understanding; that musician
may be versed in politics is not hidden
even from the lowbrowS
But PADEREwsKI's flaming halo
marked him for exploitation, not as a
musicai geniuS.-but as-~nian bizarre
merely in his personal appearance.
He was easy to caricature, easy to
make the butt Of good natured II fire.
quently pointless witticisms. So nc
became known to millions as a strange,
rather freakish individual first, as a
pianist afterward; and the enthua-
asm his performances aroused added
TO his unwelcome fame. PADEREwsKI
was mobbed; women stormed the
stage at his recitals; a glimpse of him
on his way from the hall was account
ed high distinction; his devotees
lined his path, intercepted him in his
hurried exit. Tales of overweight
maids and matrons endeavorlng TO
kiss him-and sometimes succeeding
were not wanting.
- All of this was distasteful TO
PADEREwsKI-the man who is now
guiding Poland in it's rehabilitation is
not different from the man we knew
aquarter of a century ago as pianist.
Then, as now, he was n genius of in
dustry, level headed business man, a
patriot longing for freedom for the
Poles. The extravagances of his au-
dltors aroused inAhim no feeling of
conceit or gratitude. Rather they
repealed him and wounded him. That
his art should merit and receive the
plaudits of the Informed and discrimi-
mating naturally satisfied and en-.
Outraged him that the box Office tax
ings Of his recitals were large was,
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He May BE Cheap at the Price.

ChicaSo's Board of Education has
elected CHARLES S. CHADsEY of De
troit superintendent of Schools, and
proposes to pay him $4,000 a year.
This is-a higher salary than any edu.
Gator draws now; it Is $4,000 more
than Illinois pays its Governor more
than a member of the Cabinet, or a
Senator or Representative in Con
gress, or the Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court is paid.
Business pass srS~ salaries to D.
many men as 1t can find who are
worth them; they are not over nu-
merous; but the public seldom re.
wards Its workers as literally as Mr.
CHAnsEY is to be rewarded.
But nobody will complain because
schoolmaster Of schoolmasters is
going to get good pay II he puts the
Chicago public schools on the plane
Of excellence every American wants
TO see the public schools In all parts
of the country occupy. If Mr.. CHAD.
sEY can do this, if he can make the
public schools in Chicago do what
public schools everywhere should do,
he will be the most valuable employee
Chicago ever had. r. Mr.. CHADsEY
can prove he is worth $4,000 a year
to Chicago, he is not likely to be left
there. Some far sighted State will
draft him to train other superinten'
dents in his methods, and thus make
them worth more to the taxpayers
| The increased cost of school superin.
tcndents will be gladly paid.
Mr.. CHADsEY appears to be thor.
oughly American product. He was
born in Nebraska, educated In leland
Stanford. Jr.. and Columbia Univer.
stiles. lie wears no foreign orders
he sports no foreign degrees. We
hope he will live up to his salary in
Chicago, and be so valuable the city
will double it. There are $4,000, OOO
children Of school age in the United
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U. S. NITROGEN BOARD NAMED
Plans Completed to Take over and
Operate Plants.

WAsHINGroN, March REORGANIZATION
or the United States Fixed Nitrogen
Administration to take over and operate
an pants nun to furnish nitroson and
similar military necessities was an.
nounced by Assistant Secretary Cropeil
to day Arthur G. Glasgow has beon
offered the pos!tiqp of administrator.
the organization Will be cntirsIv
civilian and will he under collective CON.
troll of the Secretaries of War Navy
Interior and Agriculture. In time All
nitrate plants and other interests now
under the ordnance department OF thu
istration.
The sun., 1919-03-09
COAL MINING MADE SAFER.
Reports Show a Decrease in Fatalities,
Explosions and Fires.
From Safety Engineering.

Complete fatality reports for Ameri-
can coal mining received from the State
coal mine inspectors by the Bureau OF
Mines, Department of the Interior. for
the year just closed show a reduction
of 40 per cent. as compared with 1917.
The total number killed was 2.575 in
1918, and 2,696 In 1917. reduction OF
1et. The fatality rate in 1918 was $40
per 1000 men employed. as compared
with $50 in 1917.
In 1918 there were only three mine
explosions and one mine fire. in each of
which more than five men were killed,
representing total of ffty-four fatali-
ties as compared with eight similar dis
asters in 1917 resulting in 25s fatalities,
thus indicating a considerable advance
III the use OF safety devices and ap-
planes for the prevention of mine ex-
plosions.
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DISBANDING THEiARMY.
Hardships for Some in the Process
Of Demoblligation.

To THE ENRON or TIE SUs--Sir: I
would like to find out what method OF
selection is cmployed by the War De-
partment in the rehabilitation of the
drafted army.
A perfectly reasonable programme
looking to that end was outlined at the
cessation of hostiiities: married men
with dependents. those who would re-
sumo former positions, and limited SER
vice men would be given preference, and
yet a fair review OF the results as we
see them on every hand seems TO indi-
cate n very marked divergence from the
plan TO an extent, in fact. that Il Is be-
ing administered in the reverse order.
MANY OF the men who can return to
remunerntiye employment in civil life
and who never reached the overseas
stage Of the big game are held to unim-
portant duty. and those who have no
Immediate prospects are released TO shift
as they may.
Men who have wives. some with chill
are undertaking to enter business life to
make ends meet and are gradually break
ing under the double strain-are kent in
service. while those with none to care
for but themselves are promptly dis
charged.
We have seen with pride the work.
ing OF the draft law. the great leyeller
OF classes, and watched the contipgents
as they Jared forth, composed as they
were of those in all walks of life. the
public official. the man of responsible
position. the clerk. the Iaborer. the boot
black or newsboy. but could we follow
the unit as II disintegrates into the vari-
our branches Of the service and follow
each Individual to the rehabilitation
point a disillusioning picture would be
presented.
We would see the man OF affairs re-
tanned in some instances despite his
claims for release Justly presented. but
without political influence. As against
this we would see the claims Of no par
ticular merit readily recognized.
We would see the man with depend
ents eating his heart out in mental ser
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

United states Senator Borah will adj
dress a meeting to celebrate tho birthday
na-gasl of Long Island. Academy of Musis.
Brooklyn, . p. NJ.
Paris Conferences" before tho public forum
OF the Episcopal Church of the Ascension.
Fifth avenue and Tenth STREET P NJ
s.1s sSaTs mnte RSs By H1s
Ninth and stuyvesant streets. 8 p. NJ.
Memorial service In honor of the mon of
Division, U. S. A.. who died In tho scr
20 West Thirty-ninth street. p. NJ.
'.plstonic Love-Is 1t a Normal Rotation"
Marcy and Division avenues, Brooklyn.
Congressman Isaac siegel will speak on
The ClouinE Hours OF the Sixty-ifth Con-
gress," Institutional Synagogue, l0:t5 A. N.
West side Branch Y. w. g. A.. Fittie th
street at Tenth avenue, special vssper ser
Bronx Branch Y. W. c. A. s,s Es,,
problems, Dr. A. a. Pfanstlehl. 4;so PSk
Studio Club, Y. W. c. A, So East SID
second street. the Rev. John W. Darr.
stuart Walker will speak in 81. Marks
Church, Tenth street near Second avenus,
on Tho Book of Job and tho Theatre
DR. Everett Dean Martin will speak on
democracy and It's Critics." Morris High
"vsronica's Vsir' (Amer,oa's Fa,s,sn
R Pi1y}: 81; pJSWseph'' Auditorium. We"
Don Justo de Lemas will talk on De
vslopmsnt OF Plants" Bronx Cultural Club.
Southern Boulevard and 1854 street, 8 p, NJ.
ism DR. s pGaHk Crsns VII, speak on "soslsl-
p. S. 50, Glenmore and Stone avenues
Brooklyn. p. NJ.
John spargo will speak on Social Re-
construction in Europe" Cooper Union.
Dr. william Dprant will speak on will
Metropolitan Museum OF Art. lecture By
Rlchsrd +, Bach on "skyscrapers in New
Amy Grants studio. $3.50 r. NJ
Tenth annual meeting OF the Hebrew
sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society Of
Amsrica. Carnegie Hall. s p. NJ
-, thirty second annual entertainment OF
Opera House. =. NJ.
New York Consumptive Relief I.eoEus
meeting. Hotel McAlpln, 2:3o p. NJ
sisms Omega Psi. meeting. Hotel Nc
The Rev. Or, william 7. Sullivan will
talk on "Boisheyil< Socialism. American
ism and the Moral Law" All Souls Church
Fourth avenue and Twentieth street. ii
Address Nv william II. Anderson On
Tho Cold Water cure for Political Irc.n-
diaries" West Side Y. NJ C. A. y NJ
Lecture on The Hungarian Revolution e
ny Harry S!pos Of the Hungarian Socialist
FFeta,ssstion. Peoples House Forum. East
Character dancing by Henri IN the audi
torium OF the Peoples House, East F1f-
tenth street. Sis p. NJ
Metropolitan Museum OF Art: Lectures
2;So-4; 40 p. NJ: STORY Hour" by Anna C.
Chandler, p. NJ -
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very Ark Of the Covenant against all
war for all the days OF man?
The time Is here for the making OF
the treaty OF peace with the Central
Powers-the treaty of peace for which
the Allies fought above and beyond
any particular league or anything else.
Thenceforth let us 20 to the making
Of the end of war forever, IL that be
possible-pray COP It may be!
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THE WEATHER.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

standard Time.
Sun rises. .s:i9 A NJ Sun set.:: ..-.sNf1
Moon sets......1 B A M
For eastern New York-Rain In south,
rain or snow IN north portion to-day;
tomorrow fair; not much change In
temperature: easterly gales.
For New Jersey--Rsin to-day; toner.
rev fair; not much change in temperature;
strong easteriy winds shifting to southwest
For northern New Ensiand--snow to-
day; tomorrow clearing; not much chenge
In temperature; strong easterly winds
'' For .oUthern s New New Ensi.nd-R.,n or
change In temperature: strong sssteriy
Por P.ss New pSse or rain
day; tomorrow CLEARING. NOT much
change In temperature, strons eapteriy
WASHINGTON, March e.-Th. dis.
o @ VALLEY .dyanesd rsRidiy nsrth:s.t.
day night It's centre was over Kentucky.
This disturbance has been attended BY
ana nsn' ou sr' s.ass ss SSss 40
Ohio Valley. Arkansas and oklshome ard
sS oa tss sr s ths ssath n ri
and Missouri. There were heavy rain.
fall. in It, the Gull States Tsnnss:ss Ar r.
parts Of Missouri i" ana Illinois Thers O wsrs
Tennessee and Arkansas. Rains have aise
fallen on the north Pacific coast and local
SHOWS in the north Rocky Mountain re-
zion. The Temperature has risen sons
what In the lower lake region and the
the Gulf States and the central Mississippi
Valley. Temperatures, however. are nesr
the normal n All parts of the county
lower Ohio Valley will advance northeast.
ward and be attended by rain Sunday
Ohio Valley and snow and rain in t4s
region of the great lakes II will be fol-
lowed by generally fair weather Monday
over practically all districts cast OF the
Mississippi River. The temperature WI!
be lower Sunday in Tennessee. the east
Gulf and south Atlantic States.
Observations token at United States wsssnss
Rureaus NJ yaaterday. aayRutY-0ftn
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LIFE IN THE ICE BELT.
Experiences Of a Radio Operator Far
North in Alaska.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: For
tunately for the denizens Of the Land
Of the Midnight Sun copies OF THE New
York SUN frequently arrive here and
enlighten us as TO what goes on south
of the ice belt. Despite the fact that
an armistice now is In force some Of
the fercest battles ever fought are
staged over the possession of THE Sun
when it reaches this place.
arrived at Eagle August rs. 1918.
being detailed here as a radio opera tor
in the service OF Uncle Sam. and I
have just discovered that l was pro-
noted last August to be first ella IS
private. My pay is s11.20 month.
but I have plenty to eat and more
clothes than know what TO do with.
Uncle Sam Is generous in the matter
OF clothes, but when I am fully attired
have no place to go.
Daylight saving is the hardest task
have at present The first peep OF
daylight comes about o'clock in the
morning, but it at once gets dusk and
remains that way till l 80 p. NJ. when
darkness again sets IN. There is Moth
Ing but darkness till 3 o'clock the next
morning.
The weather here Is acrobatic. Day
before yesterday the Thermometer regis
tered ~ degrees below zero and to-day
II is degrees above. Yet tho tenn
perature is so frequently below zero that
a warm wave occasions as much aston
ishment here as a snowstorm at Palm
Beach.
nly l.
shoeing through the timber in search
OF fox and ermine tracks, and Dan
Boone never worked harder. My expe-
rience. impels me to the belief that
snowshoeing is a joyously celebrating
sport on a moving picture screen but
decidedly hard work in the Yukon
region.
so far as the radio work is concerned
have no basis for complaint. Nearly
all the people in this part OF the country
have left for other parts. and as the
messages do not average more than six
day I am having a complete rest
There IS a radis-K n named ChriS.y at
Nome. 1900 miles west OF Eagle, and
he Is an expert. II Is relief TO hear
from him. as his stun Comes through
like large print. lie has the reputation
OF being the best radio operator that
ever came to this country.
The way in which l retired from the
trapping business was not without in
terest. ! had twelve traps and set them
up for foxes, and in a day or two some
thing came along and took away two
OF the traps. A week later about a
thousand caribou came along and es-
corted my other traps away. SO I nat
urally resigned the position OF trapper.
The caribou wander past our door by
the thousand, but bringing them down
is like shooting your neighbor's cows.
I have been ambitious TO get moose
but the tracks that followed turned
out to be those OF rabbit. I have yet
to snare a moose, although I have eaten
moose steak. and II is fit for the table
OF any Fifth avenue restaurant, 1t is
feast for an epicure.
Eagle in the early days OF tho gold
excitement was fourishing town. but
the yellow metal has been all PANIED
out and all that is left here are a few
log timbers and some OF the old timers
who can't leave because of the high cost
OF travelling. For myself would pre-
fer to be in New York working on a
wire. j. B. 8. (.
EAGLE, Alaska, January Is.
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States. Their proper education is the
most important thing this country has
to attend to. If 1t is we'll done the
nation will endure and prosper; IL II
Is badly done, no prophecy of our fu-
ture can be too gloomy.
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Tho Hour.

From he Atlantic KorshIy.
BY my window, on my knees.
watched the planets turning;
! could feel tho upward yearninE
or tho little cedar trees
In the silence OF the dim
Twilight before dawn,
When the night was almost gone,
Like drowsy cherubim
Clouds hoated UP and sailed
Tho blushinE sky. and smiled
All rosy like q child;
Than drew away. apd paled.
So passed the holy hour
Wh"n Sdawn.h h. darkness voiced,
AZ heavens poftal stood,
And morning came to lower.
AMoRr Haze
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A Fact Briefly Stated in a Poem.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: !
respectfully submit the following as hav-
ing some bearing on the approaching
arid crisis:
Some thirst
July FIRST.
Can the situation be described more
briefly? c. NJ. MILLER.
HIGHLAND FALLS. March s.