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whole year Of 1918. with the world
begging for wheat. is figured at only
500. 600, 900 bushels.
Our estimated crop for 1919, with
our carryover, is 100000, 900 bush
els; our home consumption. even at
normal prices, could scarcely exceed
600. 200, 900 bushels. This would leave
an export and carryover surplus In
this country alone of $4,000, 900 bush.
els, as against the 1918 export OF
360,000,000 bushels by all the coun-
tries we have mentioned.
We cannot consume by more than
half a billion bushels our estimated
crop Of 1919. There is little chance
that we can export our estimated sur.
plus by several hundred millions Of
bushels. Shall the American people,
nevertheless, be forced by the Grain
Administration to eat their bread at
famine prices7
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PURE WINE OF APPLES.
A Recipe That Discloses the Arts Of
Our GRANDMOTHER.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-SE: De-
spite the insiAious nature OF the contri-
buttons OF Deacon Asa q. Cumber Of
Vermont. Mr.. woodruff Of New Jersey
and Mr.. Tate OF New York concerning
the peculiar actions Of apple Juice and
apple pie under certain conditions. your
valuable paper Is rendering a great ser
vice in publishing the facts. The Demon
Rum. routed by modern sewing circles.
Is sure to Turk under camoufiage IN every
corner Of our sanctifed republic, II be-
hooves us, therefore. in order that we
may by solemn warnings lessen the
Dangers to ourselves and to the many
friends and acquaintance whose private
affairs we are so capable OF directing. 10
disseminate information regarding the
Ubiquitous practices OF our forefathers
and our foremothera
May I not emphasize the fac. that our
foremothers in the sewing circles OF sixty
years ago and more used to stimulate
their clacking tongues with a ripsnortin
beverage that got in It's nne work with
out the aid OF buckwheat cakes and
sassidges?
To be PR else. quote a recipe or ''re-
ce!pt" from Godeys Ladys Boob and
Maoastne for June. 1857. page 666
column 2:
ITO Make Puro Wine OF Apples-Takt
pure cider made from sound ripe apples
as 1t runs from the press: put sixty
pounds Of common brown sugar into flf'
teen gallons Of the cider, and let It dis
solve; then put the mixture into a clear
barrel, 'and I'LL the barrel up 10 within
two gallons OF being full with clear
cider put the cask in a cool place. leav
ing the bung out for forty-eight hours
then put in the bung. with a sms>
until fermentation wholly ceases, and
bung up tight; aud in one year the win'
will be At for use. This wine reQuirei
no racking the longer It stands upon thu
lees the better"
GuIpo I. DB BuxB-
YoNKERs, February IL
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BELGIAN PLANTS BARRED.
Gardeners Affected by q Ruling Of the
Federal horticultural Board.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir:
should like to call your attention to an
other embargo made by the Federal
horticultural Board OF this Government
that will affect thousands of nursery
men and florists and gardeners through
out America and last but not least the
Belgians, who are growers Of the plants
IN question.
Many OF the beautiful Towering
shrubs seen at the large spring flower
shows will be stopped from being
brought into this country, such as
asaleas, rhododepdrons, spireas and
new roses Of European introduction
Among the dubious flowers affected are
such things rs dahlias, besonias,
gloxineas. Spanish iris, snowdrops and
scillas.
After VI Rave helped to feed and
ciothe the people OF Belgium, and our
soldiers have fought and bled and died
to help them regain their freedom, now
when they are getting ready to read
Just themselves to their work and grow
those things again which they did be-
fore tho war-the majority of which
we cannot procure elsewhere and can
not produce ourselves-we have to tell
them we cannot purchase their prod
ucts. because we fear there might be
a bug or insect hiding under a leaf.
ready to rush out and devour the
country. A GARDENER
PORT CHESTER, February 10.
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It Is humorously told OF LINCOLN
that when several OF his townsmen
learned that a special committee was
coming from the National Conven-
ton at Chicago to Springfield to in
form Mr. LINCOLN personally Of his
nomination, they called upon the lat
ter to advise him as to the reception
due the delegation. With good in
tentions tne offered 10 provide the
necessary liquors; and this evoked a
characteristic Lincoln reply: Gentle
men. l thank you for your kind in
tentions. but most respectfully decline
your offer. l have no liquors in my
house, and have never been in the
habit Of entertaining my friends in
that way. cannot permit my friends
to do for me what I will not myself
do. / shall provide cold water
nothing else" This Is submitted on
the birthday Of the great man as one
Of the most homely. and at present
most timely. Of his teachings.
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A Matter OF Latitude.

The Hon. IRVINE l.. LESRoor. Sena-
tor from Wisconsin, Ave times elected
to the Legislature Of his State, twice
elected Speaker Of it's Assembly, four
times elected Representative In Con-
gress, once Senator. IN not unaccus-
toned tG speak In public places. nor.
it seems, afraid to say frankly what
Is In his mind when he does speak.
AS an example of his frankness ::
Speaking of the certainty of bond
issue In 1920 to cover deficit in the
Treasury in that year, as he foresees
1t, caused by the wild expenditures
authorized by the present Congress,
Mr.. LENRooT said:
Let mo say in this connection, Mr.
President, that complaint Is very o.:en
publicans because they have sometimes
called attention to what they term \
sectional Issue in this Government II
Is true that the Republicans have called
attention to the control Of legislation by
Southern States; but by the action OF
Southern States. as represented in both
houses OF Congress. they are continually
demonstrating that from that section
there 10 very little responsibility from
q national standpoint concerning expen-
ditures, provided only the sppropria-
lions shall be expended in their own
States"
Whereupon, one after the other
Senators from the South said very
bitter things about the Senator from
Wisconsin. and sharply denied that
they were ever moved by feelings OF
sectionalism in casting their votes
Then they promptly proceeded to vote
down Senator SMooT's amendmen,
to strike $75,OO0OOO from the Pos
Office bill appropriation for good
roads; the effect Of their vote beine
to leave intact the appropriation OF
$500, 100000, very large part OF
which will be spent in the South
Then with equal promptness they
voted down n proposed amendment
to aid with 100000 the construc
ton of a tunnel for interstate train,
under the Hudson River. Moved BY
ATTITUDES, not sectlonallsm.
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ENTERTAINMENTS FOR MEN
IN UNIFORM,

Lincoin's birthday dinnsr, u to p NJ.
(2Sc): special moviss, $50 p NJ; after.
noon tea, 4 TO $40 p NJ. ballad singing
by Miss Hornby and !ight retreshments
p. NJ, Grace Church Unit CIV, {. q s
Unit No ls). eS Fourth avenue
Musical comedy, rendered by pSr.binr
Theatre at Volunteers Of America SaryIce
Clab wv. G. c. s, Unit No. :9l, $40 Ssventh
avenue (3sth ST., $50 p. NJ. refreshments
served by Girls National Honor League
Luncheon Complimentary, ST. Joseph',
Council Service Club TX. OF c., ss7 Nest
l23d street, TO =, NJ
Dances Vacation Association Club wv.
c c. $. Unit No, bp. IS West ssth street
p. ID, sailors and Soldiers Club ~ g,
c. s. Unit No. 49,, 225 w Nincty.rinth
street, y. NJ; W. C. c, 6. Unit No. 2 70
Manhattan street Intersection Amsterds m
'"cnue and west 126th street, & T. NJ.
Temple Mt Zion 81 West 18th stree"
4. NJ. refreshments smokes. entertain.
ment partners provided by Temple Mi
Zion; w c. c g. Unit No s. sixty. fourth
street and Central Park West. r. NJ
Vaudeville entertainment tprnfessional
talert, volunteers Of America Service rluh
Nv, g. C. s Unit No, ?gb, $50 seventh hvr-
nue. t5sth strreN, $50 l.. ",
Recreation, music Central Branch Y w
e. \. 40 Lexington Avenue ,5sI street,
: To 10 T.. NJ.
Globe, concert, Dewi't clinton High
school Fifty ninth street and TeAth ave
nue.. silI Il. VI.
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~NrNN1 - NA" -SNf'
NoNTcLAIR, February II.

Ny ohildhoods home $40 again
Ana atm az memory 20, yds nv brain.
There, pIsasur. in Il 60.
o Memory thou midway world
'Twixt earth and paradise,
In dreamy shadovs riss;
And. freed from all that's earthly vile,
Seem hallowsd. pure and BRIGHT
All bathed in LIQUID light
AZ dusky mountains please the vs
when twilight chases day;
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MR.. WILSON'S PRESENTS.
The Consent Of Congress Is Necessary
n He IL to Accept Thorn.

To THE EDrroR OF The suN--Str. The
evening newspapers Of Friday, February
I. contained cable message from which
I quote as follows:
PARIS. Feb. 7.-Thsy we're already pack.
ing up at the Murat Palace to-day. While
President Wilson u not scheduled TO sail
before next Thursday. his and Mrs. VII
sons gifts and souvenirs were being boxed
preparatory ~ shipment. The pounding
OF hammers echoed nnerrity through the
ancient house as rare paintings, books.
statues. 3ewelry and cigarette eases were
slowed in wooden cases. They weigh hun.
dreds II pounds avoirdupois. and are worth
hundreds Of pounds sterling.
Although not specially mentioned, Il
Is fairly to DO presumed that these gifts
and souvenirs' include tho valuable pres
ents which have been bestowed upon
President Wilson by different rulers and
governments during his triumphal Jour
ney round Europe.
Article l.. Section Q, Paragraph 3, OF
the Constitution Of the United States,
reads:
No title OF nobility shan be granted BY
the United States; and no person holding
any ONCE OF PROFIT or trust under them
shall. without the consent OF the Congress-,
accept OF any present. emo!ument. otncs
or title of any kind whatever. from any
king. prince or foreign state.
Former occupants Of tho high ONCE OF
President OF the United States have very
scrupulously observed this article Of the
Constitution. President Roosevelt, II
remember rightly, having gone so far
| as TO refuse to permit his daughter &c
| receive wedding Gift sent to her or
| behalf OF tho head OF one OF the foreign
| nations
1t may be possible that Congress has
by vote. authorized the President to &C.
ccpt tho gifts so generously bestowed
upon him, but II 30 have failed to SCI
any account Of such action.
Yet after all. What 10 q little mat
tor Ike the Constitution among friends p
| AN OLD FASHIONED AMnroAN.
| ELIZABETH. y. j.. February II.
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Let's Make EN- All Angry, Says
the House.

The War Department having made
mess of service chevrons, Congress
Is going to try Its. hand, and there
Is promise that an Irritating situation
may soon be made worse.
1t was a mistake to Impose two
kinds Of service stripes on the Army,
one for men who got oversee and an
other for men who didn't. The silver
stripers naturally felt hurt, particu-
larly rs gold stripes went to A great
many men who were not In the com
bat divisions. 1t was also an error
to award stars to men who happened
to be In the first 100000 or the first
$4,000, or whatever the number was,
who got across. What virtue was 1t
In a man that put him on one trans
port instead of another and made
him number 10000 or 90, 800 to land,
instead of 60,OOl or 1OO,OO17
Concedlng that service chevrons
were desirable, oil should have been
alike, and for the men who served
in the expedltionary forces another
badge should have been devised. No
distinction should have been made
between the men who crossed the
ocean. But the damage was done,
and the method proposed In the army
appropriation bill to undo 1t will SIM
ply make more trouble.
This method Is to prohibit any diff
ference In the chevrons worn BY men
who got to England, France, Italy or
Russia and those who didn't That is,
having conferred a special distinction
on the Expeditionary Forces, 1t Is now
planned to deprive them Of 1t, the idea
being apparently that as some OF the
men In the army are peevish the
thing to do IL to make all Of them
peevish. The philosophy behind this
must DO that II everybody cannot be
pleased everybody should be dis
pleased. AS might be expected, the
men now entitled to gold cheyrons are
all angry now, from beyond CoblenS
| to the Golden Gate.
In any event, such details ought NOT
to be the subject Of acts Of Congress
The row that has been kicked up In
terests Congressman because they are
stirred up over the soldier vote. But
even an anxious Representative ought
to see that the stripes on army and
navy uniforms are not worth The
time Of Congress. The War Depart
ment got itself into the mess; let I,
straighten things out.
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STOP THE WASTEi
The war Being Over, Reckless Ex'
nenditnra Should Cease.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--str: How
long are we as a nation going to comply
with the demands Of the leeches that are
sucking the life blood Of our national
finances?
When we engaged in the world war
We entered as tho individual does who
engages In a life and death struggle, our
only aim and thought being to win, re-
CARELESS of monetary considerations tho
scrap now being over. It Is high time TO
count the cost, stop all further unneces-
sary outlay, and return to normal condi-
tions at the earliest possible moment.
During the war we delegated to vari-
Gus commissions autocratic power. ask
ing only results in food, fuel, ships.
transportation. &C. It would seem that
the bust for power still ol!ngs TO some
of those boards.>which are continuing to
pile up their expenditures regardless OF
changed conditions
Why build ships that We cannot use
in competition with foreign countries
Was It practical politics " practical
business acumen to build ships in In
land waters cut them An two, float them
to the coast, put them together and SEQ
them founder under the i1rst stress Of
weather? To spend hundreds Of mill
ions OF the taxpayers money to build
jtney boats that never materiahsed?
This same board wants to continue TO
build merchantmen at rulnous rates and
run them in competition with foreign
cheap labor and low cost bottoms and as
starter would charge of one billion
dollars loss What wall the end be7
There is a limit to almost everything
except the rapactty Of q certain GLASS
that annex themselves to the Govern
ment feeding trough. TAXPAYER.
HoLroKE, Mass. February 10.
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Wheat for All the World, but Fam
Inc Prices Here.

If Mr.. WILSON'S Grain Admins
tration sticks to Its plan 1t can force
some Of our wheat crop down the
threats Of the American people at a
farm basis Of S2.26 bushel. When
there will be more wheat in the United
States than can possibly be disposed
Of, when the people of other wheat
growing countries will be eating cheap
bread, when even the people Of wheat
importing countries will be eating
cheap bread Mr.. WILSON'S Grain Ad-
minlstratlon can make the American
consumers eat their bread at nine or
ten cents loaf when, by tho true
economic standard Of supply and de-
mand, it will be worth Ave or six
cents a loaf
But Mr.. WILSON'S Grain Admins
tration cannot make American con-
sumers take all the wheat supply of
the United States on any such basis.
1t cannot make them take perhaps half
Of 1t. When the world in general and
this country in particular are over.
flowing with surplus wheat the public
is not going to use 1t at famine prices
as 1t could be used and would be used
at normal prices.
Last week wheat n Australia was
being sold by the tens Of thousands OF
tons at tho export price OF $1.31 Il
bushel. The Australian export price
means free on board ship at the port
of sailing. An export price Is Away
| higher, in some cases much higher
than the farm price. To compare our
farm basis price OF 1925 a bushe
with the Australian price, one mus
add to ours at least Is cents a bushe
to cover the export differential. The
comparison then becomes something
like sal in the United States and
$131 in Australia.
Why is Australia taking wheat from
the farm and putting 1t into shiI
for export at $1.31 bushel as agalns
our farm basis price OF SEQ? Be
cause there is too much wheat.
All Europe and parts of the rest o.
the world wanted wheat and wanted
1t desperately last year. Next L
carrying troops and munitions tn,
merchant fleets Of civilization wcr,
devoted above everything else Il
carrying wheat. Yet In the exportin,
countries of the United States, Can
ada, Australia and Argentina tn,
surplus left on hand at the end o
the year was actually greater thar
all the exports Of those countrie
throughout the year
The United States carryover iron
1918 Is estimated at 100000 900 bush
els; Canada mt 129,0O0,OO0 bushels
Australia, 1.5,0OO,OO0 bushels; Ar
gcntina, 26,OO0,00O bushels. Alto
gethcr those carryovsrs make tota
OF 10000 900 bushels when the tota
: exports Of all those countries In tn
The sun., 1919-02-12

The ARM and Macy Register re-
ports the extremely gratifying re-
suits OF the use OF the X-ray in the
army and gives description OF a new
maci&7e that IS m American inven-
ton and has been entirely developed
by Americans. At Camp Lewis no less
than 10000 exposures were made: "all
previous records were broken in the
number az we'll as in the promptness
OF examination to detect not only the
presence OF disease but OF foreign
bodies ard broken parts" And could
Dir. WILHELM KoNRAD R0NTdEN ever
have dreamed that this remarkable
American development of his dscov-
cry would be brought about by a war
with Germany?
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.

Lincoln by DR. John II. Randall, p.
S. loi, lilth street west Of Lexington ave-
nue..
Lincoln, the Man for His Age" by WILL
liam Elliot Grifhs. l.. II. d. p T. 49,
117th street near Audubon avenue; stere-
opticon views.
"Lincoln. the Saviour of tho Union. by
Thomas McTiernan, Phi d. OF Dewitt Gin.
ton II s. Contra! Jewish Institute, 1875
East Eighty-hfth street.
Abraham Lincoln" by Or. Jacob
Price, PIN, Cooper Institute, Eighth
street and Fourth avenue.
Lincoln. 10y Judge James c. Jenkins,
Hawthorne School. Hawthorne, N Y
'Constant!nople and tho Dardaneiles"
~ Harry C. Ostrander, Hunter College.
sixty-eighth street and Lexington avenue;
stereopticon views.
The Yellow Peril Zone OF n course on
The Life OF Asiatic Nauors") by sidney
Melville Cssher. who lived In the Orient
for three years, Hamilton Grange, bO5
West lsth street; steropticon views
Lincoln by Gen. George y. Loud, Com
mander @. A. II. state and City or New
York, seamens Oh. Institute. rs South
Abraham Lincoln" by Garrett p. Ser
viss, 7. N. c. A., Hsrism, West l2bth
street
The sun., 1919-02-12
THE MILITARY SALUTE.
Problem Of the Respectful Soldier in
Citizens Dress

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: &C.
NJ. F.'s" letter should attract attention. I
have many times wondered why enlisted
men. in meeting superior officers. should
deliberately look away and not salute as
their duty requires. Should an officer
reprimand a subordinate for this breach
of etiquette and duty he IL doing no more
than his duty; he is not doing 30 because
= D." feel sore" at being slighted-it
ISN'T the man that Is being sighted. 1t
Is the Office
But will &c NJ F." or some other army
man who knows please tell whether an
officer should return the salute OF q man
in citizens attire? The man may be an
OK army man and Is showing his respect
for the superior officer. The officer should
recognize the salute OF an army man by
the manner in which 1t is rendered, and
| do not think he could mistake 1t.
r. D. p.
JERSEY CITY, n. T., February II.
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To have asked a person several
years ago to imagine taking up a
telephone receiver in New York and
hearing the beat OF tomtoms in New
Zealand would have been an excessive
draft on that persons Imaginative
powers, besides shocking him with its
element Of weirdness. But II Is very
calmly announced that within tho
present year the radio phone may
carry the human voice in an audible
pitch 1900 miles half way around
the globe. 1t has been a practical
method OF teaching comparative
geographical locations TO tell a child
that a hole bored at New York
through the centre Of the earth for a
distance of 5000 miles would cause
n terrestrial eruption in the neighbor-
hood of Kerguelen Land. But this
fantasy no longer need be resorted to.
Children can now better compute dis
tances and ascertain locations by at
tempting to estimate where they will
be able to telephone when this new
continuance comes into practical use.
The sun., 1919-02-12
LINCOLN DAY. 1879
Lincoln.

Gentle and yet innexioie was he
Ons purpose Dominating mind ana soul,
Tho right Of all to fullest liberty.
4 nation not in part but free IN whole
Who like his country's Father turned to
God
In days disastrous and in nights Of need
Bending beneath Jehovah's ohAs.eninG rod.
As one who for his peoples sins did
bleed.
And now doth glow and svsrnors shall
shine
Through ali the fatsfui years his iustrous
name;
He knew the glory OF the rule divine
And died for others unto deathiess fame.
PHiLrr BrllouoHs sraorN
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Days of Grace for the Smoker.

From Syracuse comes rather
cheering piece Of news for the smok-
ers. 1t Is to the effect that Professor
FREDERICK w. RoMAN, described as an
'arch enemy Of tobacco" has revised
his plans and will probably not at.
tempt to force, at least at present, the
passage of legislation prohibiting the
use and production Of tobacco.
The nerves of the extremely ner-
vous, condition which the foes of to-
The sun., 1919-02-12

This was the spring from which he drank
The water bubbles up
Like liquid diamonds to All
The rude and rocky cup
For him no Drown October an"
nor wine Ok ruby hue,
He from the primal drink OF man
His inspiration drew.
The granite of It's rusgsd rim
Became Of him . part.
II gave Its clearness to his brain.
Its sweetness to his heart
II We would be a. wise and strong
A rs. OF let Us ming
Our bottled brew away and drink
Like Lincoln from q spring.
NINA rxvINo.
The sun., 1919-02-12

For eastern New York--1ncrs.,,,,
cloudiness and warmer with probabi'
light snow or rain to-day to.morrov
cloudy with moderate Temperature.
moderate southerly winds.
For New Jsrsey-cloudy and w.tmw
to-day. probably preceded by light rain a,
snow; tomorrow partly cloudy with mild
temperature: gentle to moderate sou,heriy
winds
For northern New England-clouay ana
warmer to-day, probably followed by lisht
snow; tomorrow unsettled, probably iisht
rain or snow; moderate variable winds Be-.
FOR southern New pnsland-Iner..,n,
oloudiness and warmer with probably NsSt
shG@ moderate mo dGs1d,
For western New York--snow nurr...
and warmer to-day; tomorrow cloudy
wAsHINoToN. Feb; iio.Air .grssM. y
sippi Valley and all districts west thereof
with the centre of greatest d epression ovsr
wyoming, where the barometer stand. :,
Ish in " the Atlantic gtstss and I. i !. t,nrr
rapidly in the far Northwest. Tho distvtS.
ina nss;
rains In the Pacific States and rains and
SHOWS In the elevated regions west Of n,
have also fallen in the region of the Grsss
Lakes, the Ohio valley. fenneesss and II,
east Gulf and interior OF the south Atlantic
States. Tho sky Is overcast over ths East.
ern States. except New England ana tn,
far West There has been general and
decided rise IN temperature throughout the
central valleys and the region Of The GrsA
lakes and a fall In temperature over
the Western plateau. Temperature a.,
below the normal IN the Eastern statss
ana on the Pacific coast and decide dly above
normal in all interior districts IN the Nsv
England and middle Atlantic States, the
upper Ohio Valley and the lower lake ~,
gon the weather will be unsettled ,nd
warmer, with probably light rain or erow
on Wednesday and cl"pdy with moder..
| temperature on THURSDAY. In tho lover
Ohio Valley. Tennessee and the Guh and
south Atlantic States tho weather will D.
generally fair and warmer "Wednesday and
partly cloudy with mild Temperature on
Thursday. In thu upper lake region me
weather will be unsettled wednesday and
Thursday. with probably snow or rain and
moderate temperature
Observations at United States weather Burps1
stations taken at p. N. yesterday, seventy.
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