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Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

The lot Of the late Sir WnFRrp
LAURrR happened to be cast in
Canada but he would have made his
mark anywhere. In London at the
Queens jubilee he was a conspicuous
figure among the British statesmen
gathered from all parts Of the empire,
and his ability made him stand out
in his meetings with public men Of the
United States and France.
His public life Of nearly half a GEN.
fury covers the development OF Can
ada from a colony into something
very like an independent nation. The
fifteen years in which he served as
Premier saw the greatest growth Of
the Dominion in railroads, trade and
agriculture Of any period in Its
marvellous history.
1t has often been the subject Of
comment that Sir WILrRIp. being
French by race and Catholic by relig.
ion, should have been able to remain
so long the dominant figure in Cana
dian politics; but his qualities ena.
bled him at all times to rise superior
to matters Of personal preference. He
sought constantly to cultivate friendly
relations with the United States, and
it was his advocacy OF the reciproc
ity treaty that led to the defeat Of
his party in 1911 and to the end OF
his term as Premier.
During the war Sir wILrMD did
much to spur French Canada on to
do its share; yet he opposed conscrip
ton in Canada. and in consequence
offered to resign the leadership Of the
Liberal party, which he had held
since 1887. II was evidence of tn,
high regard in which he was held
that this offer of resignation was re
fused even when the war spirit wa.
most ardent In Canada.
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The New Congress to the Treas
ury,s Rescue.

Within a few weeks there will begin
to pour into the Treasury in taxes an
estimated six billions Of dollars. With
in few months Secretary GLASS ex-
poets to have in hand from the sale
Of Victory bonds some five billions Of
dollars All these prodigious moneys,
however, will be used up at once In
the wiping out efsold bills, bills In
Cured in the war proper.
Then there will be all the bills that
have come due since the fighting
stopped and all that are still to come
due on account of the war. Besides
those huge amounts there are the gro
tesquely swollen expenses Of the Gov
eminent, with the billions to go into
ships, into railroads, into wheat, into
Old World relief, into soldiers insur-
ance and pensions, into unemployment
funds and the various Visionary
schemes offered to solve every manner
Of present and pressing problems.
With Secretary GLASS; expected
ten or eleven billions already spent,
where Is the Treasury going to get
the funds to cover all that Is still
being spent and will be spent? Not
from the new revenue measure, which
provides for an estimated $4,000, 00O.-
600 for 1919, but which, from all
signs, isn't going to produce anything
like the estimated four billions
No longer are there war profits to
be taxed. Worse than that, billions
Of ordinary profits which were taxed
to yield vast revenues last year have
vanished or are vanishing. Billions
Of income not taxed as war profits.
not taxed rs ordinary profits. but
taxed as straight business income,
either are diminishing or are gone
altogether.
The great steel industry Is no
longer making hundreds Of millions
Of taxes for the Treasury. The COP
per industry, which has poured great
sums into the Treasury, isn't making
taxes for It now. The textile indus.
try isn't. None of 1t is now operat-
ing at much II any profit Some OF
it is shut down. There will be no
profits taxes Of any consequence to
pay by any part of the industry.
There will he little or no income taxes
to pay by the general industry.
The same thing Is true Of other
manufacturing fields which until now
have been returning to the Treasury
not only income taxes but profit:
taxes. Because they quit earning
money they quit paying taxes.
With the Government on the road
to the poorhouse, there doesn't seen
TO be wide room for speculation as t.
when the new Congress will be sum
moned. It looks as II the clock would
no sooner strike the hour Of noon or
March 4 than the Executive branch
of the Government would begin call
ing to its financial rescue the new
' Congress, the Republican Congress
which a wise and determined Amer
lean people chose in the place Of thu
1Kitchins
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18

The special committee OF the Repub-
lican County Committee which has
been studying the nominating system
in this State will present majority and
minority reports this week. the major
ity favoring return to the convention
system, the minority the plan under
which candidates would be named by
party committees and the enrolled
voters would have opportunity to re-
ject them. Without entering into a
discussion OF the merits OF either plan.
1t is singularly significant that nobody
wants to retain tho direct nomination
has been tried and convicted, and should
be sentenced to abolition before an
other election day comes around.
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THE wooDcHUcK rs WISE.
II His weather Forecasts Fan the
Fault Is Not His Alone.


To THE EDITOR OF THE suH-sT:
was very much disappointed TO find
insinuations rejecting on the woodchuck
In THE Sur. do not know that people
who live in subways and such like
places have a right to pick on wood
chucks just because woodchucks are
intelligent.
When It was my seventh birthday my
father as a birthday present showed
me an old shotgun and a horn OF powder
and some bird shot and a piece of news
paper and how to load that gun, and
went few blocks from Delhi into
the dark woods OF Mount Coquaga. and
there was a woodchuck asleep in front
of his house. aimed the gun over a
rock, and some of the shot must have
hit him. Judging from the dents al
around, but he woke UP and went away
while laid myself down and cried.
have studied him ever since.
You can SEQ where he lives on the
side hill miles away because of tho
big pile of dirt that he has dug out
After he has eaten enough of thu
farmers crops he lies down on this dirt
and sleeps and grows fat in the sun
and the farmer does not like him but
can never catch him. He Is as big a,
two fat cats and Is round and very fai
himself.
When It comes winter ne goes tc
sleep. and when II comes February
he comes out to sec how much longel
he ought to sleep. for he has no winter
store except his own fat. and II HI
should get thin in bad weather he woult
die Then all those woodchuck hater:
, and amateur sportsmen and boys CONT
focking out with guns, and when h
goes to calculate the sun they IRE abou
nifty guns at him, and II would be q
pleasure to sec an editor calculating
weather probabilities under these cir
cumstances
II Is no more wonderful that HI
| should como out and act as he doe,
than those bugs that Fabre has writ
ten about act as they do; 1t is unfor
tunate that that wonderful observer die
not live in Delhi and have an oppor
| tunity to study tho remarkable mixtur,
OF inherited wisdom and care defyint
| and overcoming intelligence presented
by this lazy and sagacious animal. 'Gt
to the slugEard. thou ant, and consider
| his ways and be wise J. 3. @.
DELHI, February 1e.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18

An attempted trolley car holdup on
tho Bergen Hackensack line at I rs
o clock this morning was frustrated when
six soldier passengers dashed from the
car to attack two armed men who had
threatened the car crew with their guns
The nstDs Of yesterday.
These were real soldiers, behaving
as real soldiers would. Let their
conduct be remembered when a lot OF
thugs dress in uniforms to commit
crime, hoping their clothing win throw
their pursuers or their track.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18
Only q Constitutional Treaty Can
Become tho Supreme Law OF
the Land.

This letter comes from a lawyer
who Is the general counsel Of one Of
the great insurance companies II
merits special attention because II
seems to proceed from a mistaken
idea quite prevalent at this time
among other and less educated inter
prefers Of the Constitution:
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. J
have read your editorial article in this
mornings edition. Saturday. February
is, relating to tho Constitution OF the
League OF Peace.
IT would question whether the point
or points which you make with regard
10 me unconstitutionslity OF the Con-
rtftutaon OF the League of Peace are well
Gle VI. Section 2. treaties are made the
supreme law OF the land.
GEORGE W. HUBsxLI-
INV York, February 15."
The mistaken idea to which we
refer is that because the United
States Constitution, in the section in
question, speaks Of treaties as "the
supreme law of the land" treaty
iif6ds Sy the Presideat~.xttn tho adj
vice and consent of the Senate is su.
perior authority to the Constitution
itself, and can therefore override OF
modify or nullify restrictions or pro,
visions previously operative in the
Constitution
That is to say. in order to amend
the Constitution of the United States
in any particular, 1t would not be
necessary, under this view of the
treaty's supremacy, to resort to the
tedious process Of submitting the pro
posal to the States and ratifying II
by three fourths of them. To effect
the desired amendment of the funda
mental law, 1t would merely be neces
gary TO incorporate the proposal II
some international compact or con
tract The States need not be con
suited. The House Of Representative,
need have nothing to say. The Presl
dent and two-thirds OF our Senate
with the kind cooperation of som,
friendly foreign Government, big o.
little. could do the whole Job.
We can scarcely believe Mr.. HuBBE1.
means to inform us that a treat,
traversing the Constitution acquire
an authority superior to that of tn
Ssnstitution; supremacy enablIn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sun rises. SOS A NJ Sun sets .Ss Pm
Moon rises. '.s;St p NJ
For eastern New York--snow IN north
snow or rain In south portion TODAY
slightly warmer tomorrow probably
fair; moderate shifting winds
For New Jersey-Rain or snow in ror,t
rain in south portion to-day: enchtit
warmer: tomorrow fair and somewhat
ing northwest tonight.
For northern New Engisnd--snow and
slightly warmer today IN New Hampshire
morrow generally fair and somewhS,
colder: moderate north winds
For southsrn New Ensland-snow or
row fair; colder; moderate shifting winds
For western New Yorw-Snow In north
ton to-day: to-morrow generally fair. '0''
WASHINGTON, Feb. ia modsra,.
disturbance from the Northwest Is central
southeastwsrd movement. and light SNOW,
upper Ohio valley. There Is another dis
southern Utah. with high pressure to The IN.
have fallen In Nevada, Idaho. Iwashins.
There was no other precipitation Of con.
sequence, except some rains in southern
Texas Louisiana. extreme southern Mis-
sissippi and southeast Alabama Tempera-
lures are Gsberslly higher. except In the
west Gulf States. the extreme Northwe.,
tains There will be local SHOWS Tuesdav
in the lowss lake region and the upper
Ohio Valley. rains or SHOWS In the middle
rains near the east Gulf coast with
these exceptions fair weather will prevail
Tuesday and Wednesday east of tho Mis-.
sissippf River.
There will be no extensive tenpers-ur.
changes.
TT,ss~,6 STATE. thar
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHATT AZ

Social Fsyeholosy tho. Grow! =,
School. llSth street west Of Seventh 49,.
nue.
n, "G.llowstoSDo Park" BY Ms. En- .,
OF First avenue. stereopticon views
The Maryels OF india" b.
sducat "a" by the Brshmins, !. $ So. 'rs
ty-eighth street east OF First aNr1I-.
Stereopticon Views
by Louis U Wilkinson, LIT. p. q ,.,.no:
bridge University. p. $. 30. lt7th s'e''
west OF seventh avenue,
Labor and Capital After the War
p. s. la2. ls2d street and WaAs "''n
avenue. .,.
Metropolitan Temple. Seventh ayorle aai
BRONX.
"Music in Italy To-day" nv GwsTg.
A. Randegger, l.. S. IS. ls9th s'rset H1'
ns%sG s Sy ana hSa'a
Edmond Rostand," by Prot. J. q ~
ter Troop, formerly Of Chicago univer'
p. s. 81, lbsth street ana jackson ''
The congo and It's reap By ~,
among the natives in the CONG FIRE Sta
p S 30, eo7th street and Hun avenue
,Mounta ineering In No.'h Am,cg,co :
LEROY Neftrrs 7. Il : Nc"
Ca'h.l!, protcctory Van N@'' store
UP 'romsr to Govern pe-irsa '-2,r
People" cone OF a course oU 'AW'f"a
tho American PeopIs'. s. Aeon ''
Tin-nn avsnuc. near ljt'h strr'i
'Agricu'turo in ne uui,su >ta'"ss
Morris A. l.unn. Jewish We fave y
Pelham BAY Park, Ns'ai S'"'''H.
ton pictures
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18
The Black ReEimenA

Clear IN the ebon sky
wonders are shown to IA
Great cancellations CLEAN
Day left unknown TO ua
Comets and planets wheel
Ever victorious.
In the black ornament
Stars shine most glorious
Clear has the ebon man
Marvels revealed to IN.
Vslor and sacrifice
Has he unseaied to u.s.
star march and comet rush.
Ever victorious,
in the Black Regiment
Mars shinep most glorious.
McLAsDBIB5E WILSON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18

Highest temperature, Al. at $3.50 P. N
Lowest temperature, rs. at $50 A. VI.
Average temperature. ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18

In the matter OF distinctive feminine
suffixes for masculine nouns the point
at issue is whether a distinctive form
is necessary. "Yeomanette' has been
tabooed by Rear Admiral VICTOR BLUE
and all the other "ettes" come into the
light OF popular discussion. Where
woman is able to do mans work why
shouldn't she have mans title?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18
A real estate dealer prophes,es th,

A real estate dealer prophesies that
the development of air travel will in
fiuence home site and real estate val
ues. and that locations especially con-
mute by airplane every morning will
command high prices. We can almost
see real estate advertisements reading:
Fine country house. Special airplane
roof. Three minutes to Park Row and
thirty minutes to Philadelphia"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18
Introducing the Now MsrshAI.

FROM The WdInsf Ridge Bidde.
Bud Oldham OF Black Rock Is the new
u,afshaL Boys. look out for Bud. He Is
all right. but will stand for no infractions
Of the law,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18
Tho Distinguishing Marx Of an ozark
HillmAn.

Prom tie Boo~s Cou1fv HeadIl0M.
Henry wAilner of white Oak was In
this community last week. He didn't
look natural al this season OF the year
without q skunk hide tied to his saddle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18
Hurry CAN for Manhattan Historian,

you or one OF your readers explain how
the term San Juan HIP came to be
applied to West Sixty-nrst street,
NEW YORK, February II. x.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18
Movi. Government own.rsh,p wond~..

FROM FhotopIut hd0dstHs.
The little burg into which Marquette
Clark falls from 'Out of a Clear SKY 10.
or was supposed TO be In Tennessee. Yet.
in spite of this observe on the tender
of the engine shown tho initials of the
New York. New Haven a Hartford
IN, T.. N. Fl. a H. Railway. Has Gov
eminent control of railroads reached such
q stage that New England trains are re-
quirsd to travel way way down thsshf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18

Trade Opportunities On the Pacific Coast.
Advertisement IN Portfand 0re0onian.
washing machine or choice nower bowl
20 exchange for whseibarrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18
LOCAL. WEATHER RECORDS.

The temperature in this city yesterday
recorded BY the oflcial Thermometer. IL
shown In the annexed table.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18

A solution to the difficulty OF having
structural undertakings remain idle
while thousands of men went unem-
ployed, was suggested by Mr.. Hutcheson
who told newspaper men that II all con-
struction Jobs on which the carpenters
painters, bricklayers. plumbers. hosting
engineers, stone masons and other basic
trades were walking out, would be
turned over TO reputable contracting
firms independent of the Building Trades
Employers Association. the strikers
would return to work.
IAN contractors of the Building En-
ployers Association are on our Don't
Work list" said Mr.. Hutchinson, land
until they treat US fairly, they shall so
remain"
An outgrowth of tho strike is likely
20 affect New Workers. in an unsuspect-
| ing spot II elevators happen to go wrong
In the skyscrapers ~ the city the el.va-
| tor constructors and maintenance men,
the latter Of whom aroI ,resHonsible.sor
the repairing Of Elevator machinery, hay
ing Joined the strike with their brother
| unions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Time.
Sun rises. .6:ts AN Sun sets.5:ss N
Moon rises. .....s:3t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
JUDGE WHEELER RESIGNS;
JOB IS "TOO EXPENSIVE
Municipal Magistrate Who Is linden Indictment Charge o.
Embcsslen,cnt Also Declares York Has Long Been
DsfasfefuI ia Him

continued ~ have felt that the work
was distastefup to me. The salary,
which, compared with the responsibility.
ties borne by a Judge, and with the re-
turns which are realized from similar
toll in the private practice Of law, is by
no means attractive.
Then there are burdensome expenses
which a judge has to shoulder and which
render hts remuneration. not generous
at the best still less capable OF pro-
vlding properly for his family and at
taining competence. When to these
facts Ia added the withdrawal Of free
dom. which any lawyer in private prac-
tice enjoys, II cannot be a matter of
surprise to those who Know me that !
wished to make change"
Two Vacancies Now
Judge wheelers resignation leaves
two vacancies on the Municipal Court
bench to be filed by Governor Sproul
and 1t was declared today that one of
them will go to Thomas +. McNichol. who
Ia backed by the Wares, and that a
Penrose man will get the other. In this
connection the name Of George w. Coles
chairman of the Town Meeting party Is
mentioned. Others who have been sug.
gested for the vacancies arc John r.
Umsted. of Germantown. and John i.
Walsh, of the Twentieth Ward. Mr.
Walsh Is backed by David II. Lane.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
ENTIRE LOCAL BOARD
IS CAUGHT IN DRAFT
Members of District No. ~
Receive Summons to Taste
Of Service

\ draft board has been drafted. Its
members Will got in action tonight,
despite the fact that the armistlcc has
been signed.
The men summoned arc attached to
Local Board No. -
The sudden draft of these mon took
them by surprise. Today thoy are ar
ranging their business affairs and a
number Of personal details so that they
can report at the Manufacturers club
by o'clock tonight
There is plenty of action ahead of
them They will 60 all the way from
soup 70 nuts and stop at turkey on
the way in the course of Il Compli-
mentary dinner which will be rendered
TO them by William NJ. Knatz, 73s South
Twentieth street.
The host also declares they will get
their just deserts These men will have
a taste of service, he says. and see what
it means to tear men from their homes
and send them to the front.
The guests will be Lawrence Farrell,
president of Board No - William =.
Tinney, secretary, Dr John W Dick and
Ir Alfred Marshall members.
with the draft notification sent 20
each Of the guests the host sent the
following
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
LEGISLATURE MAY ACT
TO HALT PROFITEERING
State Representative Glass
Will Offer Bill for Price
Commission

To protect housewives from prof.
tcers the Legislature may take a hand
in tho food situation and create "a COM
mission for the regulation Of food and
fuel prices.
\ bill that would make such a COM
mission possible will be introduced this
week by Representative Leopold Glass,
of Philadelphia. The bill provides fer
tho appointment of a commission Of
nine members, including two members
from the House and two from the Sem
ate, with five others tn he appointed by
tho Governor. Tho bill would give the
'' omission broad powers to investigate
food conditions and adjust prices.
Il feel" said Mr.. Glass, that the
prices of foodstuffs in many cases are
far in excess of what ought to bc charg-
cd; but at present there is no way Of
getting at tho true facts and forcing
food merchants to lower prices. \ law
covering the situati,n u is needed"
Although prices generally continue to
remain high there has been "A decline
in the prices of butter and eggs, and
consumers are clingiug TO the hope that
there may he "A fan in prices of other
catables.
In the chain stores the best butter is
selling for s!Xty-hvc cents, as against
seventy-scvon cents last Monday. Fresh
eggs are selling at siNty-tivc cents to-
day--hvc cents below last Monda VS.
prices. Th" decline in eggs and butter
is general and due to the slump in the
wholesale market
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
LEGISLATURE TO GET
DOWN TO BUSINESS
Prohibition Amendment and
Other Bills Go to
Committee


Harrisburg, Jan. 27.--Bills will be re-
ferred to committees when the Senate
and House of the State Legislature re-
sumo their sessions here tonight.
Official announcement will be made in
the House that the joint resolution rati-
flying the prohibition amendment to the
Federal Constitution has been referred
TO the Committee on Law and Order.
Bills will be presented and organiza.
tion OF committees will be the program
in both branches of the Assembly this
week. which starts the real busincss of
the 1919 session
A number OF bills recommended by
commissions are due to appear during
the week.
The House has on its calendar the
special deficiency bill which Is being nut
into shape by the Appropriations Com
mittee, TO provide funds to meet deficits
and eNtraord nary expenses. This will
be the first bill to reach the Governor
in all probability.
The resolution urging three months
pay to soldiers, sailors and marines
when mustered out is also pending
Third-class cities are going to vie
with first and second class municipal,-
tes for the attention of the Legislature
Representatives and Senators from bor-
oughs will aid thSse from the smal,
cities. Two constitutional amendment
and a dozen bills to modify the Clark
commission form OF government under
which third-class cities operate viii be
brought before the Legislators.