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and every addition to the family cuts
deeper Into this item"
The family's outlay for rent varies
of course, according to the locality
The lowest income group questioned
In Fall River paid $105 year; the
highest income group In this city
turned 1855 year over to the land
lord. A typical family with an in.
come of $3.50 year pays about $500
rent The American worker is not Sc
crowded In his living place as the
British workman. What 1t costs to
light, heat and furnish the American
home 10 not stated, but Mr.. MEEKEH
believes that enough fuel is used SO
that the living room can be lived in
during the winter and that the light
Ing is probably sufficient"
In the outlay for care of health,
Insurance. and amusement the diver
gence Is wide, but a general average
OF the family doctor and medicine bill
Is $50 year, while about $40 goes
for Insurance. Families In various
conditions of prosperity were ques-
toned as to their contribution to the
treasury Of the moving picture barons.
Families in Philadelphia with an In
come Of 5000 year spent 3S cents
at the movies; those with $500 a
year spent 1922. The average was
$12.40 family In Philadelphia and
1928 In Boston. This proves, we sup
pose, the economy of literary culture.
Mr.. MEEKER's conclusion is that the
satisfaction Of believing that the
American standard Of living. is the
highest In the world is not enough.
Let us make the minimum living
standard in America" he says, zone
that win support life In decency and
health" Well, there appear to be
nine and forty theoretical ways of
attaining this ideal condition, but the
Government has not yet found the
courage to make a beginning by
knocking the artificial prop from be-
meath living costs by putting wheat
on the market at the price it will
naturally bring.
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RepatriatIng the German Prisoners
Of War.

Repatriation Of the German prison
ers Of war now held in captivity,
which has been decided on b. the in
ternational military authorities In
Paris, without regard to the ratifica-
tion Of the peace treaty, is the most
sensible thing which could be done
with them. The 5000 prisoners held
by the American army are in France /;
consequently we do not feel the desira-
bility Of getting rid Of them as we
should II they were In this country.
But civilians and military men alike
In France and Great Britain are anx-
ious to clear out the prison camps and
get rid Of the burden imposed by their
maintenance, and the taxpayers Of this
country are paying large sums to keep
our prisoners
The labor Of the prisoners, while It
was useful during the war, is not the
kind of labor that is now needed. The
cost Of feeding. quartering and guard
Ing them is high. Their presence
disturbs the course of life in the dis
tricts where they are confined and
renders the reestablishment of nor
NAL relations more difficult than it
would be were they sent home.
These men are needed in Germany,
and the longer they are held as prison
ers the less easy 1t will be for them
to take up the new parts they must
play in the future. Their labor Is
needed for the upbuilding Of the Ger
man republic, needed by the Allied
and Associated Powers, which expect
the Germans to pay great sums In
Preparations, needed by the world,
which requires that every man capable
of productive labor shall get to work
as soon a. he can.
AS the army commanders indorse
the plan for the immediate restorat ton
of German prisoners of war to their
homes nobody need worry about the
military phase Of their release. They
can safely be repatriated, and the
sooner they get home the better 1t
will be for everybody.
The sun., 1919-08-31

With fresh list issued every day
Of the "fair" prices for meat and gro
ceries the business Of shopping be-
comes more interesting even IL 1t is
more complicated.
Eventually shall we not see the VA
rious controllers Of food prices install
In retail stores throughout the city
modern quotation machinery such as
lie employed in the larger but no more
important stock market7
Let there be comfortable chairs,
such as brokers' Offices have, for the
housewife. and ticker tape bringing
In the very latest quotations.
Chuck roast of an eighth Pork
chops an Canned tomatoes No. 2,
121sl Eggs sol Lima beans 11%f'
The ladies In haste to go to the NATL
nee might be tempted to wait g while
for a drop in commodities
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No sooner had Representative CAMP
BELL Of Pennsylvania made the sug-
gestion that both parties in next years
national conventions nominate Gen
eral PERsHiNG for President than
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN appeared in
Washington with startling suddenness
looking for reporters, an interview on
labor in one glad hand, on the peace
treaty in the other. The rumor that
Colonel BRYAN is getting old is ridicu-
lous. 1t is as impossible for the i'm
petuous young fellow to grow out Of
youth as TO grow out OF a laundering
to occupy a handsome residence sur
rounded by a lovely park in the Dis
trict of Columbia
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WORKERS IN BRITAIN
MOVE TO SPEED UP
Labor Leaders Urge Increased
Production to Bring Lower
Living Costs.
By The Associnted P,ess.

LONDON, Aug. 30.-Hopeful auEurieB
OF increased production by British indus
tries and the return of more normal
conditions of labor are based on certain
recent happenings here. Ono of these
is in the nature of letter written by
Chairman Brownlee of the executive
council Of the Amalgamated Engineer
TO Charles w. Bowerman, secretary o.
the parliamentary committee Of the
Trades Union Congress, emphasizing the
gravity OF the present economic situs
ton and urging the committee as the
most representative and responsible
body of trades unionists in the couu-
try to take action to alleviate the SIT
uation.
Mr.. Brownlee cited Herbert HooveTs
warning Of political. economic and mora
chaos in Europe unless productivity II
increased. and added his own argu1nens
in support of this.
Mr.. BowerInan, who Is Labor nneruosr
Of Parliament for Deptford, received the
letter sympathetcall and expressed he
hope that the congress. which will meet
in Glasgow on September s, will forTnn-
late a definite proposal. The letter has
attracted wide attention by the press
and public. 1t was Endorsed by seyers.
prominent labor leaders.
AnOIncT &c 1Aio w.
sion of the Amalgamated Engineers and
allied unions to defer their demand fo-
a forty-four hour week. pending the re
suit Of joint investigation with the am
ployers into the relation between pro
duction and the hours OF work here and
elsewhere.
Interest is further attracted by
magazine article, in which William
Brace. Labor member of Parliament for
the Abertillery division of Monmouth
shire and leader Of the Welsh miners.
pleads for the resumption of piecework.
instead of day wages
A section of the press comments 20
day with satisfaction on such events az
the oregoing and regards them as signs
of better outlook, the Daily Chronicle
heading its editorial Returning Sp-
premacy of Common Sense"
The Daily Mail and other newspapers
believe that the trades unionists viii re-
spond readily to vigorous lead, If given
by their responsible chiefs, and base
strong hopes on the forthcoming Trade
Union Congress-
Additional activity in recent ship
building is noted. The output OF th'
Clyde alone in August was about 10000
tons, nearly double the output for July
The need OF such increased activity Is
emphasized by labor writers in view or
the fact that American yards In me
last six months have turned out 1000
900 tons, against 100000 by the British.
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1.-THE Rank Is But the Guinea's
Stamp"

He thrust his head from the bed
clothes and then seated himself ON
the bed. His nightgown was of mauve
and heavily embroidered. FERDINAND
wore gold bracelets on his arm, and
rings, with rubies and other precious
stones, on every finger"
Thus FERDINAND of Bulgaria. the
fallen Fox Of the Balkans, received
the order to quit his refuge in one of
his castles In Austria, issued by
CHARLES, himself now a refugee. The
Bulgarian Gar, so self-styled, cried
out for his son to bear witness he
was not traitor. ''KIKI," he pleaded,
swear that your father was never a
traitor". XXI, bemused with sleep,
found no ready answer. His father
was Infatuated. ''KIKI," he shouted,
''get out! You're only an idiot p A
Bulgarian General in attendance on
FERDINAND was called. Count Won
BEKcHToLD, formerly the Austrian
Foreign Minister, repeated the order
of expulsion and explained the ne
cessity for immediate flight. FERDI.
NAND, with his son KIKI-formally
CYRnLE-and the faithful Bulgaria
General, departed in a motor car, car
rylng with them the money FERpr.
NAND had taken from Bulgaria.
A Car In neelieee. with hracalats
on his arm, rings on his fingers, fright.
ened by his plight, furious at his son.
makes grotesque figure not without
Its appeal to sympathy. But sympa-
thy cannot run far with fleeing mon
The sun., 1919-08-31

side world the first satisfactory state
ment Of the actual conditions in Ger
many preceding the armistice and II
clears away many OF the false i'm
pressions regarding the powers and
the influences that brought about the
overthrow Of the Hohenzollern re
gime. 1t shows that the Wanted
strength Of the German army had
been tested to its utmost, that the
Kaiser's military forces had been
overcome and that the Allies and the
United States had won a military
victory In the war.
The sun., 1919-08-31
The. Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York and Nav
sey-Probably showers to-day; to-ro..
row partly cloudy; moderate ,or,h
For New England--Shoyers to-a
morrow probably fadr; not much y, 70.
IN temperature; moderate to freash ...te
snliting to west winds soutn
for western New York-Shower, .o-,.
somorrow fair; not much change in tsrnl
PeIeture; moderate to fresh west 10 ro S-St
WASHINGTON. Aug. so.-p-.. 4.
Isw over Ontario and the lower isI.
ions and high over the north ~ r.,
states and on the Atlantic coast rSeana
nv last twsnty-four hours shov.r.
S1 nusI storms have occurred in ths ,sa"s
Suit states and from the Mlsris,,nn, Vel ss,t
~ eastwerd to the Atlantic coast p,sI
Mnere throughout the country the v..,Se
pcIow normal In the Atlantic sfstass are are
,nne region. In the upper Mississlun3 ~ ~
gPper Missouri Valley and in ths 3. ~ w
ctetos Elsewhere throughout The oorStt
tempeIatures are above the normsJ -
peciaiiy In the north Rocky MountsJr -
piateau regions. Tho outlook Ia for S INC
sestleo weather, with showers and tSunSn.
AfIan,, sunday In the middle and nortN
Hunnuc states. and Sunday and Monds
u, IN the east Gulf and south Atlantic st,,sg
Eisewhere throughout the country a.,
tne Mississippi River the weather vii S
generally fair. Temperature chsn4ss III
be unimportant. VIII
observations at United States ws.yh..
rctu stations taken at 9 p. M yesterday ~.
enV-nfth meridian time WV
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St. 1ouis and kansas ctty have each

st. Louis and Kansas City have each
hall in which national conventions
have been held. 1t may be that in
neither city could President WILSON
or Senator REED fill the big hall. but
IL there is local pride to be satisfied
the matter of gratifying it is easy.
Both gentlemen are to speak in both
cities and their itineraries take them
there on different dates not far apart.
Let 1t be arranged for them to hold
joint debates, and both Of Missouri's
big cities can ever boast that neither
hall could hold the multitudes seek
ing admission.
The sun., 1919-08-31
POEMS WORTH READING.


When the tide runs out
Strange things como into view:
The fiotsam and the jetsam of the sea-
Drift timber riven from long lost shir
And rootless blooms that gained their
growth
In far Sargasso.
The prickly urchins and the dumb mol
luscs
Amid the pebbles and the pearly sands
wrinkled to at the waves,
Lie waiting for the turn.
While now and then,
Contemptuoua.
The vast breaker
losses TO the shore
A sodden, shspeless something
That was once
A mani
The sun., 1919-08-31

The fair city of Detroit for a long
time had q run Of good luck as strong
as the current Of tho river which sep
arates it from Canada But now,
soon after that six cents verdict, comes
the news that JACK DEMPSEY has Sc
lected that city for his home and flu
ture battling ground; that CRAvArH is
lot footing after CoBB's batting aver
agc. and nothing in which sorrow can
be drowned can now be run in across
the Ohio line,
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The Humble Homecoming.

Homel Homei Sweet. sweet home!
Be It ever go humble.
There's no place like home.
It has an humble ice box
That Is full OF humble chser,s
II has an humble armchair.
And some humble couches near.
There's an humble mattress waiting
on an humble little bed
Where, an humble evening over,
I may rest my humble head.
There Is humble running water
For my humble morning lave;
And there's water. hot. IN plenty
For my humble morning shave.
There is humble electricity.
And also humble gas;
push an humble button,
And I light 'em as pass.
The country Is charming place
To wander wild and free,
But when Il comes to humbleness,
- humble home for me.
The sun., 1919-08-31

Prom the Edison MontAlv.
When Volta chased the Northern Lights
And captured them from Arctic Nights,
Then Watt and Ampere both agreed
To try his captives out for speed
They had sense that II was time
To save this Earth from smoke and
CRIME. ...'...
And then. and only then. was zpun
The web by which this World is run.
and asT yeI wsnSer -he-e Ecu nag
No matter how remote the spot,
They're at your call. per kilowatt
....... ..... A. L. BOLTON,
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What Justice Newburger Means to
New York.

Tammany Hall has issued a state
ment assailing Justice NEwBuRGER
Of the Supreme Court on his official
record. thus attempting to square it.
self with the thousands of voters, in
dependents, Democrats and Republl-
cans, whose wrath it aroused by re-
fusing to renominate this satisfactory
judicial officer.
The Tammany assault on Justice
NEwBUReEB will not convince the
public. New York does not 60 10
Tammany Hail for scientific, disin-
terested analyses of the records Of its
Judges. Tammany eolicitude for the
efficiency Of Judges is too young and
tender a plant to inspire confidence.
Tammany statistics of reversals will
not be accepted as final. Indeed, in
the case Of Justice NEwBURsER Tam
many statistics will be rejected ex-
cept in so far as they reveal Tam
many fright caused by the storm of
popular disapproval created by It's at
tempt to unseat a Judge who merits
,, reelection.
AS to Justice NEwBURGER's record
on the bench we have the testimony
Of four bar associations that 1t is
good. We have the testimony of men
who have sat long with him as Judges
that it Is good. This is expert tes-
timony. Sntalnted by partisanship. 1t
is the testimony of the legal profess
sion, not the testimony of politicians.
1t is given disinterestedly, not ex-
torted by fear of defeat at the polls.
The Tammany attack on Justice NEW
BURGER is the vituperative outbreak
of scared politicians. The indorse-
ment of Justice NEwBURGER by the
legal profession is the deliberate trib-
ute of informed and experienced ex-
perts to a worthy Judge.
The issue in Justice NEwBURGERs
case far transcends his personal for
tunes. 1t Is not merely whether one
individual or another shall hold judi
cial Office. 1t Is whether judicial Of
ficers shall be at the mercy Of Tam
many Hall, or shall be responsible
only to the people. The decision is
Of more consequence to the public
than 1t is to Justice NEwBURGER. Were
he retired to private life to-day he
would survive the change in his oc-
cupation. But if Tammany gains
control of the bench every citizen
will suffer because of the transfer of
judicial power from the public court
houses to the Tammany Wigwam in
Fourteenth street.
The sun., 1919-08-31
NEW PLOT IN COSTA RIGA.
Ex-PrOvisionaI President said 20
Have Keen I'm Danger.

SAN SALVADOR. Aug. 30.-Discoyery NJ
plot to assassinate Julia Acosta fo--
mer provisional President Of Costa laeh
and Gen. Chao. chief OF the revolutionary
forces which carried out a successtg. r..
volt In that country recently. is repo-lt"
in dispatches here from Managus.
Followers of Federico A. T'noCo, Toy
mer President. who fed from Costa R'cs
when the revolution was successful are
said to have been interested in the plot
The sun., 1919-08-31
Churches in Colonel InEersoIl's Town.
From the 81. Louis Republic.

Marion. ILL.,. where Robert c. InEersoIl.
famous atheist. once lived. Is fast becoming
a city OF churches The various branches
OF the Baptist denomination now have four
churches in Marion and work has started
upon the Nth Baptist church. Contracts
were also let recently for a Christian Sci
ence church.. This will make fourteen
churches In Marion.
The sun., 1919-08-31
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Baseball professionally, New York Giants
against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbet-
Field. p. NJ; New York Yankees'against
Philadelphia, Polo Grounds. p. NJ
Open air concert by National League for
Woman's Service and Police Band, at the
Mall, Central Park, $3.50 p. NJ.
Exhibition of exotic fishes by Aquarium
Society. Museum OF Natural History. all
day.
The sun., 1919-08-31

Just how far CARTER GLAss's plea
for economy. even unto patched trou-
sers, may lead us will probably not be
realized until we are well in the politi-
cal campaign OF 1920. Must we look
forward TO a canvass in which no can
didate will amount to shucks unless he
can exhibit several bona fide patches?
The sun., 1919-08-31

General PERsHINo has accepted
Father Knickerbocker's invitation to
be his guest. and Father Knicker-
booker is wondering whether he will
be allowed to open a bottle of some
thing stronger than spring water in
honor Of the event.
The sun., 1919-08-31
Change.

Change.
His step was young az In the last decade
He never thought that he was getting
old
Until he felt his heart war sore afraid
At some new problem which half slipped
his hold.
II came like that strange. sudden sheck
OF grief
That quivers through ones pulses on the
day
One wakes to realize. though years seemed
brief,
The hair OF some loved woman has
turned gray,
CHARLorTB BpcKrn.
The sun., 1919-08-31

BosroN. Aug. 3o.-A Bruce BIslas"
OF New York. former chief Of the Bu-
roau OF Investigation of the Department
OF Justice, was elected president ~ the
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity az rs ma
tional convention to-day.
The sun., 1919-08-31
Why Germany Gave Up.

The revelations Of the German
White Book, from the first copy Of
which, to reach this country The
SUN publishes to-day In another sec
ton of this newspaper the most sig
niticant and important parts, show
that the real attitude Of the German
Government to the power welded BY
the United States in the war was
widely at variance with the public
utterances Of many German officials
and military commanders.
The fact that America was able to
transport each month to the western
front a force almost twice as large
as Germany could at the same time
put into the field and that this Amer
lean force was soon to grow into an
army Of more than 100000 became
finally the determining factor at the
two memorable conferences held In
Berlin on October IL and early in No
vember of 1913, when the decision
was made for the acceptance Of Pres
ident WILSON'S terms for the cessa-
ton of hostilities.
The conference at Berlin in Octo-
Der was between the civil authorities
and the German General STAFF as rep
resented by General LuDENDoRFT, Cen
eral HoFrMANS and Colonel HEYE.
The Imperial Chancellor, referring to
a new note which contained Increased
demands and which must be definitely
ansu-orod said.
The sun., 1919-08-31

Timely Reform Of Kansas Grapevine,
Poplar Blur correspondence Ransas City Star.
On the farm OF +. M. Mcneil a wild
grapevine growing around a hickory tree
has produced hickory nuts in the place OF
grapes for two consecutive years. II is
not alleged that the vine grows the nuts
in clusters like grapes.
The sun., 1919-08-31
Reward OF BIoominE.

The Last Rose OF summer-A poem of
praise is all very WELL but I'd rathE get
SAGE,
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brief,
The hair Of some loved woman has
turned gray.
cHAnIorrB BpcKu.
The Rural Fair.
The ROSTERS all are boosters
For the good old county fair.
whers the chickens raise the dickens
With the babies who are there
The candy maker fal<ir
swats the hies in his glucose
While the "Dekin" takes n peek in
At The Beauty in Repose.
Sissy Morgan plays the organ
In the prohibition tent.
And Bill snider peddies cider
Alcoholic ten per cent
william Higgins courts Miss Spriggins
In the shadow OF q booth;
Mrs. slocum shows Ma Hocum
Armintina's maiden tooth.
Ginger cakeists from the baheiets
OF the Jolly ovens whore
Rosy Lotties' and gay Totties
Heapcd UP eatlets for the fair.
Hearts are dancing. bright eyes Elancing
From the corners for q beau;
Each young farmer hooks q chasmsr
And the fiddler Tets her CO."
Same old freedom. ayeI and gleedom
For the folks who gather there
At the yearly. loved and dearly
Hoeus pocus Jokus fair.
HORACE SEYMOUR KMLER-
Tho Cannot.
A nest Of seaweed on the lonely rocks
Upon a headiand far above the sea-
There wildly dash the waves in wrath
or glee,
A pale blue egg its secret here unloclxs.
And to the stormy elements sets free
A ball of fluffy down. too weak to nee
The fury of the joyous surf that knocks
Upon the threshold Of that lofty homs.
At length when yearlins bird of black
and gray
Has learned to buffet we'll both wind
and wave.
He defYs dark garb for plumsge white as
spray,
Like white robed victor saint no longer
BLANCHE EIIzABrrH WADE.
de Bigges' Pile"
From Bops Life
kin OBJ boy ,yo' Eittin, ter be. =.
stan'in. thar, nk 70 Sr,,n no nm, ter do but
goin' ter split eursers terdsy. Jus
IL
"Oh! Yer has done a lot, but 1t seems as
tho de res keeps piiin' mo an mo-,
An yer reckon. eff dey gwlne hathaway ter
shO, ats kase mostly all de while. yo' JUS
keep watchin' de wrong heap. chile
Turn 'roun', an look at de Is done
pile.
''Ain' All tole yer time n asen. at when
yer grows an gifts 'mong men.
De' A d. but d ssr fA sho VIVA wan sr know
what's been done by you
An de mo- is dones yer has ter show. de
mo- dey's gwino ter respo' yer so,
an point yer out where'er yo' go.
"Fo' de man what shirks hts wuk ter fret
bout bis job wha' Amt done yet.
Jus as she's yer a foot high. SON.. is de
An nonn' done means nofin' ter eat, an
mostly holes in yer trousers seat,
an yer rated No Count by ali
yo meet.
''So-wheneber yo' has a task ter do, 1us'
member what Aim tellin' you,
In odah tor 'complish de things yer should.
yer mus do Tx yos chopin at
wood
DON fret bout what Amt done, chile. keep
pluggin' away an In n while, De one
what's Done Ia dc 'Bigses' Pile"
CLARENcn ELMER.
Morning.
From the VHldoer.
The sun smashed through wall OF clouds,
The willows Jumped. flower said TO
the stream.
ITS very rude OF him to come like that!
He walked me suddenly and spoiled a
dream"
The stream laughed. "Oh, it's late
enough" she said,
THE clouds were trying to hold morning
back.
You've missed veery who came tumoling
down
Scattering star dust in . shining track"
The PersplrinE Poet.
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From the kaasss CITY Star.
How can a poet climb the heiKhA
And twang his rhythmic Tyre,
With mercury one hundred plus,
And each day going higher?
TENNIsoS j. DAFT.
The sun., 1919-08-31

Highest temperature, n. at 4 P. N.
Lowest temperature. IS, at 2:?O A. ".
Average Temperature, II.
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS

The temperature in this city yesterday
a. recorded by the official therufometer
ID shown in the annexed table: