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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
A FARMER ON MILK.
He Tries to Justify, by Illustration,
the Demand for s4.Of.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Sr:
have read the editorial article in THE
Sun Of January 4 entitled MILK" and
while your suggestion for your city to
make the most OF It's present supply Is
very good one, | am surprised at
your attitude toward us farmers, for !
have felt that you are very fair and
your logic very good in your editorials.
During the past year | received notice
from your office that when my sub
scription ran out ! would have to pay
IS IA year for the daily Sun instead of
50, owing to increase in cost OF paper.
] did not accuse you OF any unjust act,
but took 1t for granted that you knew
what you could furnish your paper for.
and sent you the So. ] presume that
when you bought your paper and ink
and other supplies you were willing
that the parties you dealt with should
have the right to price their goods, for
that is business among business men.
Last fail put 400 bushels OF potatoes
IN my cellar and whenever I find par
" who Is willing to pay S1.7j bushel
ne gets the potatoes, and while some
people offer me less they do not accuse
me OF trying to starve them. have
two fat cows in my stable that l ask
800 each for and a dealer who ships
TO your city offered me on last Friday
S95 each. still have the cows, but l
do not see as l am trying TO starve any
of your poor people.
have i've forty quart cans of milk
each day. which with the best figuring
we have yet found Is worth $i.0l per
100 pounds at the Sheffield plant at
blooming Grove. They have offered me
$3.50. ! have the milk. but | do not
see that am trying TO starve any Of
your poor people.
To 30 little further. suppose those
( poor people YOU are so solictous about
were not sepa by distance and the
! Sheffield company, how long do you
think I would keep that milk?
! H. Il. YoUNGs.
{ BLOOMING GROVE. January !.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
Justice Con and the CataIpa.

FROM tho Ncin BEDFORD Mercury.
Tho New York Sun Ia mixed in its
history In n sketch OF Justice John
W. Gon, who retired from the bench
Of the New York Supreme Court yes
terday. having passed tho age limit of
seventy. TIE Sun says;
Always an enthusiastic Irishmou. he
took a deep interest In tho fate of those
suffering for political offences in ireland,
and he Vas one OF committee which
sought to effect tho escape or Jonn Boyle
O'Reluy, who had been transported to
Australia by the English Government
The whaling bark Catdlpa was chartered
and sent to Australia. O'Reilly's escape
was accomplished ana he was brought to
this city
Justice Con- was one OF the pro-
moters Of the Catalpa expedition. but
John Boyle O'Reilly was not rescued
by the CatAlpa, O'Rcilly made his
escape from Australia years earlier on
the whaling bark Gazclc OF New Bed
ford, This inspired the fitting OF the
Catalpa, which sailed from this port
on an ostensiblc whaling voyage un-
der command OF Captain George :,
Anthony. The purpose OF the expc-
dition was 70 release group of Irish
political prisoners who were serving
terms in an Australian prison, Justice
Con- was one OF the hackers of the under
taking. which was carried out success
fully in 1876, OReilly was editing q
newspaper in Boston at the time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
The German Austrians.

In declaring that France would not
tolerate the union between German
Austria ana Germany. Foreign Min
lister STEPHEN PICHoN very likely de-
Scrlheh the position upon this ques-
ton which will be taken by the other
allied nations. There has been so far
apparently nO authoritative statement
from either Italy or Great Britain,
but the unofficial utterances from Lon
don and Rome have been to much the
same effect as the announcement by
NJ. PICHoN. The new German Foreign
Minister, Count Won BRocKDoRFF-
RANTzAr, takes strong exception to
tho attitude of VI. PICHoN. declaring
that If the Entente really wants a
lasting peace ut would be unable to
oppose the fratcrnal union OF Ger
many and German Austria"
Count Won BRoCKDoRFF, RANTzAU
gives as one Of his reasons for oppos-
ing the stand taken by VI. PrcHoN the
fact that the German speaking people
would have no place In the new world
IN the upbullding OF which "they
would like to collaborate." What IA
evidently meant by German Austria
is, roughly outlined, the territory Dor
dering on southern Bavaria and the
province Of Lower Austria. In which
Vienna is situated. The German
speaking population Of Austria. ac-
corllng to the last census. was Q 800
600. or onc-thlrd of the total pOpula-
tiOn. or these. however, fully $500
600 will be included in the new
Czccho-S lovak State. Austria will
also lose n considerable German
speaking population If Gallcla be,
comes part of Poland. Besides this
loss in German speaking people Aus
tria will lose by this REIMBURSEMENT n
| large part Of her rich agricultural
land and much OF the resources IN
coal and minerals which formerly
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
THE TRANSIT MIDDLE.
Public Help, Not Hlndrance, Needed
for Public UtIlltles.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--Sr: II
the Public. Service Commission and
others who have charge OF the subways
in New York and Brooklyn had any
business sense. they would have known
that with the Increase In cost of labor.
coal and rails and everything incidental
TO the running OF railroads. they must
have n slight increase in the fares In
order to make up this increase in ex-
penses.
The higher cost OF the things mem
toned. such as coal. wages and every
thing incidental to doing business. has
affected every manufacturing business In
the United states due to the war. and
those who have conducted their bust
ness properly have advanced the prices
of their commodities, at least tenn
porarily while these conditions last. The
railroads must have a right to do the
same, otherwise they will go broke.
An increase of one cent would have
answered the purpose II made when the
advance took place, but at this time be-
cause OF the loss sustained by not in
, creaslng fares when they should have
done 50 they will have to have an
eight cent fare.
Almost ali large cities in the United
States have used very much better
Judgment. They have Increased fares and
/ their roads are in fairly good condition.
The Public Service Commission seems
roads what they are really entitled to-
and they think they are pleasing the
public by doing this.
! The fact Is that all honest and fair
minded people would rather pay II
slightly increased fare for their com
/ fort and safety. The loss OF life that
occurred in tho recent accident in
Brooklyn can never be compensated FOR
! II the Public Service Commission was
made up of business men who pos
sessed common sense and wanted to
deal fairly with those who have these
, lines in charge, there would DC very
/ d'ff ut story to tell. 1t is a business
| i, opos..."n pure and simple.
Whenever there is an increased cost
for doing business, greater price
| must be charged in proportion: ant
, likewise when expenses are decreased
prices for commodities and railroad
fares should be reduced.
The sooner We get practical men &c
/ serve on this commission the better /
will be for the whole community ant
for the railroads
/ think the officials who have handl
capped the transportation facilities II
New York BY putting them in th'
hands of receivers should be punished
as criminals: the sooner the better.
There has been much talk of over
capitalization. 1t is too late to tall
about this now. The officials who were
in office when these roads were organ
lied should have seen 10 Il that the.
were not overCapitaiized.
Railroads IN civilized country /
properly guarded by public service com
missions and fairly dealt With SHOULD
rever be in default or go into the hand
Of receivers !: is all due 70 unfai
dealings and htd managemeut.
BoSpHorpER SToCKHoIpER.
NEW Y'aN. January :.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
DON'T CHEAPEN THE FLAG.
Bunting Held 20 Be Better Than Old
Glory for Decorative Use.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
my communication Of December lG last
! stated that there was no prescribed
rule or regulation concerning the posi-
ton OF the nag when used for decora-
tive purposes further than that L he
kept right side UP. My statements hav-
ing been challenged Gy two OF your cor
respondents | deemed It best to submit
the question 20 tho War Department.
The circular which re .cived IN reply
10 my inquiry confirms all | stated in
my letter, and negatives many so-callcd
rules for the display Of the flag.
For example, one correspondent says
Tho field should always be in the upper
left hand corner when the flag is hor-
zontal and In the right hand corner
when vertical Another prescriheS that
It should be hung right side" out, and
says that Is the side on which in
scriptions or letterings" are always
placed There is no right or left side
TO the nag, both sides are finished
alike; and the placing OF inscriptions
or lettering Of any kind on il is a gross
violation OF decorum TO Old Glory.
The suggestion OF the AdJutaut-Gen-
eral that for decorative purposes the
national Colors should be arranged in
the form of bunting and not used in the
form Of tho flag is most timely, and
confirms my suggestion against the pro-
pricty Of using the flag for decorative
purposes. 70 which exception was taken
ny Mr.. Nettleton. The reason IL mani
fest. The tendency OF such use IS to
cheaper the flag That Is why most
States have passed laws forbiddirg the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
Making Up Family budget.

For family budgets in which the pro-
portion of expenditure allotted TO the
separate items differed somewhat from
this table. as was the case In various
sections of the country. the indicated in
crease was found to vary from 50 to 20
per cent For families just at or below
the minimum of subsistence level, the
National Industrial Conference Board re-
ports the increase was probably nearer
the higher figure.
Information secured from Il2 retail
stores In forty-six cities throughout the
country Indicated that average prices OF
common articles Of wearing apparel had
advanced s!nCc July, 1914, all the way
from 81 per cent. in the cas- Of women's
bouses to 1887 per Cent. IN the case of
mems overalls.
Mems and women's coats selling for
SO to 1914 cost from $40 to $50 in No
vember. 1918. and suits retailing at SIS
in 1914 showed an increase of about 80
per cent. Prices Of knit underwear ad-
vanced nearly 100 ger cont, while
hosiery was 90 per cent. to % per cent.
higher than in 1914 Mems shoes quoted
at $3.50 in 1914 were frequently selling
Tor 50 in November. 1915 and ~vnens
IS shoes brought about 500.
For food, figures collected by the
United states Bureau Of Labor Statistics
were relied on entirely, since they are
representative and the most complete
available covering over 1000 stores in
forty-fve cities. The advance OF SO
per cent IN the cost Of food reported by
the United States Bureau Of Labor
Statistics IL based on average prices for
the year 1918. which have been taken
as a sfa'lory pte-WIr standard.
| Tho greatest increases in ~" i've year
| interval from November. 1919. to No
vcnlber. 1918, We're in the prices of lard,
bacon, Corumeal. four, sugar and pork
chops. each of winch advanced 100 per
| cent or moro. No article OF food fo-
which prices were collected showed AN
| increase OF less than 80 per cent. for the
| Ave year period.
Prices OF coal secured from eighty
dealers in thirty eight cities and from
the United states Fuel Administrations
| IN twenty-one States indicated that the
average price of anthracite when bought
! in ton lots for household use had risen
, about 45 per cent between July, 1914
and November. 1918. The price of btu.
miuous coal for household u~e advanced
somewhat more and the range OF In
| crease was wider the indicated average
increase for the country as whole wa:
| so per cent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
VIRGINIA IN OKLAHOMA.
4 Tribute tn the Child Who Wrote
the Santa Claus Letter.

Little Virginia O'Hanlo1 of New York,
wNo was years old in 1897, IS Little
Virginia no longer, but her name and
fame are twin immortalties in the realm
Of childhood. Elsewhere in this paper
10 reproduced the famous editorial from
THE Sun OF that far gone year. which
answered NirG!nia's question as to
whether there Is santa Claus. This
is one Of the supreme classics OF Christ
mas literature. Thousands of newspa-
pe-s have reproduced Il from year %
year. Thousands of scraphooks have
cmbalmed II 20 imperishable memory.
The editorial deserves It's evergreens and
immortel'es.
We are glad, Virginia O'1farlon, that
your Christian name is or was Virgil Il
and not Lijth, nor Gertrude, nor Maud.
nor even the ever blessed Mary: for The
rHm" virginia ITS nur fame, having "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08

tcrest and the total dividends paid to
stockholders and bondholders by all
the railroads of the United States
on more than twenty billions Of dol
lars of invested capital have never ex-
ceeded billion dollars q year. Too
often, too dlsastrously often, they have
been tens and hundreds of millions
below that figure. But the pay rolls
can shoot up the better part Of n
billion overnight.
What Senator CUMMISs wants to
safeguard the public against is the
enormous cost, the frightful waste,
the paralyzlng inelliclcncy Of opera
ton by Federal bureaucrats and by
Government employees, who never
have the interest or the satisfaction
in a public Job that other men have
In their private jobs. lie knows that
1t takes three men on Government
job to do the work Of one man. He
knows that even then the work isn't
done right. as 1t can be done by the
man who is working for himself or
working for an employer who feels
and shows an intimate personal In
tcrest in the way the employee does
his work.
Senator CuMMINs will make no
mistake If he sticks to his resolve
thar, until there is at least some
promise that public place-holders can
he reborn in the flesh and In the spirit.
the Government must be kept out
of operation, though necessity might
drive it into ownership of the railway
system OF America.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

Eastern New York, rain or SNOW ,,
the coast, snow In the interior TODAY.
.o-norrow fair with lower Temperature
fresh south and southwest winds,
For New Jersey, unsettled, with nroa.
a a rain or snow to-day. partly cIous,
ana somewhat colder to-morrow. uoi..D.'
SCUM shifting to west wluds "''
ror northern New England. prohat.,.
s snfM today warmer in Maine: lair anG
southerly winds '''"''a'e
FOR southern New England. snow or pei,
Today; fair and probably colder ~, w. I'.n
row fresh southeriy winds 'o-'"9F-
oo ror western New York snow nnrrles m,
'o'ueF To-Day probably fair tomorrow
WAsniNGroN. Jan. IA belt q, lou o.o.-
cure extends from the region OF tho rs
a-'hes southward to the Gu!f Of New
1restne pressure Is low in The NorthWr.,
In inc far West and Southwest. Thcr,'' - a.. !
M iuins ~ me last twenty four hours j.,
SHOWS W." in ;nhiss,SsippI Valley and Texas an
Iavs ~ ne ONO, upper Mississippi Vn,
tess anu he region of the Greaf Isks.
~ Ut weather prevailed in all other pSrt,
, me temperature has riSon genorailv mn.
oS ve,oe ny cast OF the Mississippi River ani
considnr9s h i'r northwest and # has fallen
~ dD,y IN the upper Mlssisslpul Va
,ey. Headings continue near or bela, a
uns ,t"i IA mWearN all parts Of the count.
or rain in t the miSgg,.,' IN probably snow
england States and with rain in ~ 80
f,i"a,,iTI S,ates ana on the east Gulf con.I
day in these districts ""'"'' A"ufs
= snow hurrics are also probable Wedn,,.
gay ana Thursday In Il. Zion ~
Great Lakes "''" u t"'
ny temperature Will De over We1nr,
10y ~ me region Of the Great Lake. srI
- nv pnlo ana lower MISSisslppl yn'lrv.
~, 40 extremely cold weather. howeyc, /,
prop5hle over the eastern half Of ina co,,,
~ "''hih the next two or three days
ousefV atoms at United states Weather p,-
..au stations taken at l. M ,eS,,rd,r
seventy fifth meridian time. ''''''uA''
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
65 PER CENT. JUMP
IN COST OF LIVING
Increases Since 1914 Shown
in Report of National In
dustrial Board.
CLOTHES VALUE DOU BLES
Food Tp 83 Points: Shelter
20: Fuel and Light So;
Sundrics SIS.

During the war the cost of living TOT
wage earners in the United States IN
creased 65 to 20 per cent. This Is the
estimate made public yesterday by the
National Industrial Conference Board
based on figures compiled in representa-
tive Industrial communities in this coun-
try
This report, which will he issued IN
complete form in n few weeks, supple
ments n study made last year. Inc aV-
erage increase in the cost OF living
among different items making up the
usual household budget is 65.s per cent
The item that experienced the largest
jump was clothing, which went up %
per cont. The various increases In cost
between July. 1914. and November. 1918,
among tho separate items in the family
expenses were as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
Our Loans TO the Allies.

We.copy this SINGULAR passage from
an essay on the problem of indem-
mites printed IN the Nation of Lon
Con and reproduced in the Lirin9 ige
Of January 4:
certainly hard times are ahead and
they will be especially hard If the United
states claims back the loans with which
/. has helped to finance and feed the
armies Of the European allies. So | ask
myself: Can either France or Great
Britain count on any help from the
United States? There is some hope, II
we keep on good and friendly terms
with our American associates, that
Americas advances 10 the Allies (who,
after all. have done most OF the fight
ing) will be treated not as loans but as
subsidies There il good precedent
for tais for the advances which Great
Britain made 20 her allies In the Ma
poieohio wars were never reclaimed, al
heaviest in Europe
iris we call singular because, so
far as THE SUN has observed, it Is
the first suggestion OF the sort from
any source on the other side Of the
Atlantic; and the proposal that the
eight or nine billions already adj
ytnced shall bc considered not as
loaps but rs gifts from the pockets
OF American taxpayers and bond buy
ers certainly does not accord with
the idens of financial independence
inyeterately characteristic of British
sentiment This Is all the more true
when such proposal Is coupled with
the suggestion that the process OF
putting an cleemosynary color on
these vast transactions might be IA
cilitated by keeping ION good and
friendly terms with our American as
sociates."
It would be difficult to imagine any
thing less British In conception ant
tone. Indeed, 1t is impossible to be
lieve that the project thus outlined
in the Nation Is entertained or ever
dreamed OF in any responsible quar-
ter in England,
It will he noted, further, that thu
advances by Great Britain herself Il
her war allies in the form of loan
amount to huge sum, although no
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
Miserable Failure OF All the weather
Prophets.

We demur In part to this one-mnn
Indictment of the local forecaster:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--Sir: Some
one has said that only doctors and
weather prognosticators get paid FOR
guessing \ short time ago when We
were enjoying a whole week OF the incest
kind OF weather. the forecast from day
to day for the whole week was rain to-
morrow The only way that I can see
for Mr.. Weather Man TO square himself
will be to say that Tomorrow never
comes.
"a few days ago we were told In the
morning papers that we we're to have a
decided drop IN the temperature and a
cold wave.
Il know some old rubes with straws
sticking out OF the corners OF their
mouths here on Long Island that can
forecast the weather all around your
New York man. JOHN Brown.
GREAT NECK, January g.
Brother SCARF is not entirely 10
blame for the local representations.
The business of forctelllng to-mor-
rows weather was federalized long
ago. Each section of the country
sends to Washington Il statement of
its pressures. humidity and other
weather symptoms. These are mnbil-
lied measured, charted and then the
resultant wisdom is distributed
throughout the land. Great Neck gets
, the benefit of tho observations at
, Medicine Hat.
Mr.. Browns criticism of The
weather peoples failure in respect of
, rain is true. They fell down m ser
Hbly; but it must be remembered thai
the records Of all meteorology-
I perhaps that plIctised by the straw
! chcwcrS OF Nassau County-show thai
the foretclling of rain is the most
difficult of the prophets jobs. Almost
( invariably they are right about frosts
I Last winter they were horribly right
| about cold waves and shiverlng ma
! ton muttercd then ut the weather
man for being right. just as Mr.
Brown now scold.S him for beint
so pleasantly wrong.
Yes. the professional forecastcr!
have studied their toes badly in tn,
! last few weeks. but are they rca l.,
worse than the amnteursf Our Va luer
! friends and nrOgnO~ti"ntorS, ProfeSsoI
\. l.. SNYDER Of Georgia and II. \. y
GROVER of Kansas City, told us las
fall that this would be n fierce win
ter. The gooseb0ne students Of sew
eral northern States agreed will
these authorities.
1t may be that American weathe
has grown beyond the power OF
Washington bureau. Perhaps it ough
to he supervised and foretold by ;
League Of Nations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
Japan's Tribute to Roosevelt.

Among the words of praise and adj
miration of THEODORE ROOSEVELT that
are pouring in from many quarters
of the globe there Is n significance in
the utterance of Baron MAKING. The
head of the Japanese Peace Commits
sion that leaves for Paris to-day,
speaking at a banquet given in his
honor on Monday evening by promi-
nent japanese residents of New York,
eloQuently said:
II embrace this opportunity TO pay a
tribute to the immortal ROOSEVELT,
whose eudden death is sad calamity
He was a superb American, also great
worlds citizen. His services were not
confined to America. but extended TO the
Orient. Especially are We grateful TO
him for the following reasons:
First. for his noble services In bring
ing to a success sful conclusion the Russo
Japanese war The japanese public and
the rest Of the world did not comprehend
at that time how sturdy were his efforts
to attain the result: hut We who knew
the inside facts regarding the war stu
alton In Manchuria felt that our good
friend ROOSEVELT secured just peace
fair 20 both parties.
Secondly, we are thankful for his
extraordinary success in settling the
friction between the United states and
Japan over the San Francisco schoo! In
cident In 1906. Most unusual was 1t FOR
a President of the United states to say
that he would use every power within
his control 10 secure a right settlement
The 'Gentlemen's Agreement was the
result.
Thirdly, we are deeply appreciat!ve
likewise OF the fair appraisal he made
OF Japan's part In the world war. Fe"
Americans are apprised as to the extent
OF Japans participation in the war. Bat
this remarkable man fully com2rehended
and in many published articles gave full
credit to the stanch. honest cooperation
japan gave to her allies and 20 the
United States
TIE heart If al the world beats
the same for the true, the good AMI
the patriotic; and one of the most
welcome Illustrations Of this unlvcr'
sal fact IS found in Baron MAKGNo :
graceful expression Of the feeling oi
the Japanese people.