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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
what Follows wheat.

Our neighbor the World Is the au
thor Of the celebrated political saw
Must a Boss Be an Assn For year,
the World has chanted this, its owl
saw, to good effect.
From an editorial article in ths
World of yesterday we quote thu
following:
"other prices are not following the
wheat price In the United States but
are widely divergent as a rule. wheat
being held down and other food COM
modes having no top"
And from the news columns Of tn,
same issue Of our nelghbor the Worle
we also reprint the following Chicag,
despatch:
CHICAGO, August 6.-An instanta-
neous upward jump Of four and half
cents to nine and a half cents a
bushel was the response OF the corn
market to-day to the announcement
that the Government would maintain
the guaranteed s226 price Of wheat.
The biggest rise OF the corn market
was In the principal trading deiiv-
cry. December. which scared at once
to s1.b2.
"oats also quickly shot skyward
two cents to five and a quarter cents,
lard 65 cents a hundredweight and
pork $3.50 a barrel.
"one Of the freakish developments
was that dealers for the most part
regarded the cut Of 81 in -four prices
as bullish instead Of bearish. For the
moment the view was generally ac-
cepted that such q small cut where
much larger one had been looked for
would tend to lift the market for all
commodities rather than to relieve
the situation"
Must an organ be an Asst
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
ARGUMENT BEGUN
IN FORD LIBEL SUIT
Charge Of PrO-Germanim
Again Raised by Counsel
for Manufacturer.
Special DespatcA to TIE Sos.

MOUNT CLEMENS. Mich, Aug. f.-Cost
less. in a sticky atmosphere. the tuy.
men in the $1,000, 900 libel suit Of Henry
Ford against the Chicago Tribune start
ed to-day on the last lap of their three
months labors when they listened TO tne
first address in the summing UP OF he
case. To-day's arguments were between
William Lucking, Junior member OF ths
firm representing Mr.. Ford, and "ey-
mouth Kirkland of Chicago. represents
tive OF the TribHre's counsel
Mr.. Lucking consumed eighty minutes
of the eight hours allotted his side be
asserted the Tribunes utterance char
acterizing Mr.. Ford as an anarchist was
malicious, false and defamatory and was
scared In the minds OF more than
million persons.
Mr.. Lucking said the Tribune wished
intervention in Mexico In 1915. party
from sordid motives. among which No
enumerated friendship for big hnanoA'
interests in Mexico and a leaning 10
ward the German Government, winch
according to the Ford theory, wanteo
the United States busy in Mexico 70
keep II out of the European strusss
on the side of the Entente Allies.
Because Mr.. Ford was the create"
opponent OF this programme said M
Lucking, "the Tribune wanted to crusn
him SO as to render him powerless !"
continue his campaign OF instructor
and so It sought 10 fasten TO him tm
worst possible stigma"
Mr.. Kirkland, for the Tribune, oTu.
liant and in fne voice, opened Tor NV
defence. He characterized as aslnlns
the charge that the Tribune had oeen
mt fad
said the newspapers Mexican and Euro
pean policy always had been for Amer
lea first. last and at all times, whethu
that policy brought the United states
into opposition with Germany or MeA''
or France or Great Britain.
There are only two libels hat Cav
be applied" said Mr.. Kirkland ~ .
first. that Henry Ford is an isnofaIE
idealist. which is proved by his psau,
ship, by his remarks on the sinking "
the Lusitania, approving an imasinh'
vote OF five small boys that the pas
sengers had no business on the SHIP st any,
BY Mr.. Fords own testimony on ~.
witness stand The second IS tha' ~
was an anarchist in 1916, and we sue.
be able 10 show you where the e'4ue"''
can prove il. h..
"A man who attempts 10 !nie 'e, ~
with the efforts of the Goyerrmeh. - y.
putting down anarchy is an ana!v'' y.
Ford was in that class in ivy
was educating the people and pFeac''. ~,
to them that war Is murder, ma
American nag would be hauled -
from his factory, that the "ord ~
derer' should be embroidered on
breast of every sailor and soldier NJ
many young men resisted the dram "
cause OF reading those remarks
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
Protecting the City's Parks.

Nine persons who were detected
scattering papers on the lawns and
drives of Central Park have been ar
rested by the police and fined by a
City Magistrate, and Captain BRowN,
who commands at the Arsenal station,
has promised the public that In future
all such offenders shall be vigorously
pursued. Every citizen who visits the
parks will hope for the fulfilment OF
this pledge, for the untidy men and
women who deface these Fairgrounds
commit a most annoying nuisance.
Many Of the conditions which pre-
vent the parks from serving their
whole purpose are directly attrlbu.
table to the carelessness or malice OF
few disorderly individuals who, hay-
ing no sense Of the common obliga-
ton to protect public property. abuse
1t In a manner which decreases Its
value for all. Such persons are en-
titled TO no ienity. If they are tx.
pomnt, the enforcement of the law
against them will instruct them in
good manners and good behavior; If
they are malicious, the penalties pre-.
scribed In the law are too mild for
them.
Parks are not only public property
they are also a public care, and the
punishment Of those who abuse them
is necessary for the protection OF
those who use them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
Pocket Pistols.

The lone attendant at the bar of q
fashionable hotel says that he now
serves only charged waters to patrons,
who, thus provided, produce TASKS OF
firewater from their left hand hip
pockets and therefrom obtain a de-
sired kick. Whatever interest this
may have as to the efficiency of moral
reform by legislation nay safely be
left for discussion between ANpHEw
J. VoLsTEAD of Granite, MINI, and
JAMES A. GALLIvAN from the Ninth
and other wards of Boston.
What We want to call attention to
here is the explanation Of a mystery
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
Mr.. Lansing's Heart II Safe.

One detail of Secretary LANSING e
testimony before the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations concerning
the proposed constitution of league
Of nations should particularly interest
all those citizens who have been i'm
pressed with President WILSON'S dec
laration that 1t will break the hear
Of the world II the United States de
clines to sacrifice its sovereignty and
surrender it's independence by accept
ing the covenant Mr.. WILSON has In
terwoven with the peace treaty.
Secretary LANSING was asked By
Senator LODGE II he knew whether
there was in existence a copy of q
plan for a league of nations formu
lated or put forward by Americans
He answered that he did not. He die
not know who drafted this American
plan: he did not know whether q cop,
of the draft was practically unob
tainable." Senator BoRAH then ques
toned the Secretary:
Senator BoRAH-Mr. Secretary.
could you tell us the difference be-
tween the plan which the Americans
presented and the ono which was
finally adopted?
Secretary LANsISc-No. I do not
think 1 could, because they were
along the same general line.
Senator BoRAH-Do you remem-
Der any distinguishing features be-
tween them?
Secretary LANsING-No, I cannot
recall now. 1t was very early In the
proceedings and the American plan
was not pressed"
In this testimony the American
Secretary Of State, giving official evi
dence as one Of the delegates to thu
Paris conference, frankly, though per
haps Internationally. discloses tn,
fact that he took so little interest Ii
the scheme of world federation hi
chief loudly proclaims essential to hu
man happiness that he cannot nov
recall any difference between It ant
the plan devised by a citizen Of an
other nation.
After reading Secretary LANsIrG'i
testimony we are justified in believing
that II the covenant Of the League o.
Nations is rejected by the Senate. NJ
matter what happens to the heart O
the world the cardiac processes o.
ROBERT LANSING will remain unim
paired.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
The Soldier.

When last In the Arsonns with death on
my trail,
And snlpers all round u.s. and bullets like
hail,
l thought Of Q robin far over the sea
That built in the top OF white lilac tree
The tall lilac tree that grew close to the
door
OF the home that thought would never
see more.
Now l sit on the porch with the sun In
the west.
And the robin is trillins his song by his
nest
In the green lilac boughs. but the world
has gone dead
For the music OF bullets that sang over
head,
And the eomrade who fell where the red
rivers ran,
And taught me the measure God used for
sss~HA IxvSa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
Must an organ be an Ass?
Horse Sense Railroading Versus Hot
Air Politics.

Mr.. WARREN 8. STONE, chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
speaks frank American Language when
he says that threats to tie up the
American railway system are the
sheerest nonsense. Mr.. STONE speaks
honest American language when he
says that organized railway labor will
strive to achieve Government owner
ship of the roads by winning over pub
lie opinion to that programme. Mr..
STONE speaks frank and honest Amer
lean language when he says that or
ganized railway labor will 90 to the
ballot box with that issue.
It is not merely the right of all
Americans to go to the ballot box
with any Issue they wish to lay before
the 100000 people of this coun-
try II they think that issue is for the
best interest Of the ITO, 100000 people
in the country, 1t is, in truth, their
duty to take 1t to the ballot box.
But Mr.. STONE is not so frank with
Congress and he is not so honest with
the American people when he talks of
gaining stupendous benefits for the
railway workers and for the public by
squeezing all the water out Of the
railroad stock and by transferring the
plumber profits of few railway own
ers TO the railway workers and to the
public. Mr.. STONE Is not SO frank
with Congress and he is not so honest
with the public when he does this, be-
cause he Is railroad man of long
experience, OF deep information and
Of high intelligence.
Mr.. STONE cannot be ignorant of
the fact-Mr. STONE knows to dead
certainty-that the owners OF the
American railways are not few in
numbers. He knows to dead GER
tainty that there are more railroad
owners, many times over, than there
are railroad workers. Mr.. STONE
knows, for example, that the single
Pennsylvania Railroad has more than
10000 direct shareholders. Mr..
STONE knows that the bond holdings
Of the single Pennsylvania Railroad
are owned directly by tens of thou
sands Of individuals and indirectly
by hundreds OF thousands of policy
holders In American insurance com.
panles and depositors In American
savings banks.
Mr.. STONE knows that the open rec.
ords of railway securities show that
the direct and individual security
holders number upward of 100000
Mr.. STONE knows that there are TO-.
000,000 savings bank depositors in the
United States. Mr.. STONE knows that
there are 100000 life insurance pol.
Icy holders In the United States. Mr.
STONE knows that the ownership
not the minority ownership, but the
majority ownership, In fact virtually
the whole ownership-of all the Amer,
lean railways. good, bad and indiffer
emit. lies not In the banks not In the
hands of millionaires, but in the hands
Of those 10000, 900 direct shareholders
direct bondholders. indirect savings
bank deposltors and Indirect insur
ance policy holders.
Because he knows all about the
railroads Mr.. STONE also knows to q
dead certainty that his talk about
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
THE WRONG MAN IN CHARGE
A Cleveland or a Roosevelt Needed
to Help the Railroads.

To THE EDrroR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
railroad act said the roads were e be
taken over for the duration OF the war.
The war is over and therefore the roads
should he turned back-that lie. what
.s left of them. II we should turn them
over to the BolshevilSi OF America we
know by Russian example Just what
would happen TO them in about one
month.
Oh. for a Cleveland or a Roosevelt
Instead We have a doctor OF philosophy
the patient Is slowly being bled to death
and the next prescription will read
"R-One more million dollars from the
American people and hand over to the
brotherhoods. Repeat as often as de-
mands are made"
Captain NED CUTIE.
NEW York, August Z.
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ALTRUISTIc AMERICA.
Must She Pay High Prices Beside,
Foregoing q War Indemnify

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
statement issued by the National Boot
and Shoe Manufacturers Association is
generally correct In its analysis of the
high cost of shoes but fails altogether
in offering any solution.
Why not an immediate embargo on all
shoe and leather shipments. at least to
our late enemies and also TO all neu-
trails In the late war;
President Wilson has decided. SO It
seems against the views OF the major
ity Of Americans, that we are not to be
Unidentified for our part IN the war.
Not only" as the Worthy One says.
arc we to receive no indemnity. but the
burden of high prices due to restocking
the countries OF our late enemies Is also
to be laid on our backs.
Did we win the war or did we lose
IL? TRUE BLUE.
PEARL RIVER, August 7.
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As the second Division Passes.

New York has paid Its tribute to
the men Of the National Guard and to
the men Of the National Army, and to-
day it will salute the men of the Reg
ular Army. Soldiers in a common
cause, Americans all. the military
forces of the nation In the great war
were of necessity divided in the public
mind into these three classifications.
and 1t is fitting that to representative
units of each class should be given
the applause all have earned.
The National Guardsmen have not
been overpraised. The National Army
men have not been overpraised. But
the Regular Army has been under
praised. This regrettable fact is the
result of no conscious discrimination.
1t does not spring from conspiracy
to bellttle or an inclination to disre-
gard the achievements Of the Regu-
lar Army. II is the inevitable conse-
quence Of the circumstances which
surround the volunteering and service
of the men In the Regular Army, cut
ting them of from that local senti.
ment and the immediate political en-,
Tironment which surround the M,
tional Guardsmen and the National
Army men.
The Regular Is the victim, in this
respect, OF unavoidable conditions
He volunteers to serve his country in
the army, and from the moment he
dons his uniform his home town asso
Citations cease except for his family
and his most intimate friends. He
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
Pledges Must Be Kept.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: The
great argument put forth by the sup
porters OF the League Of Nations is that.
regardless OF our solemn agreement to
do certain things. we are not bound to
fulni the agreement. Congress, they
lain. has the right to decide whether
or not We shall carry out our pledge.
Among reputable people he who re-
fuses to fulhl his obligations is deemed
dishonest. The attorney who enables
him to escape his obligations is called
a shyster. The analogy is not pleasant.
JOHN S. MONTGOMERY.
New YORK, August 7.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08

DIR. FREDERICK W. ROMAN, author
of Nicotine Next" and leader of the
hunt against the Minor Demon. to-
bacco. is quoted as saying that none
hut pretty girls are employed in hotel
cigar stands and that they suffer from
ogling by addicts OF the weed, whereas
mattresses in eating houses escape this
torment, being selected for strength
rather than beauty. Be that as 1t
may, a beautiful woman Is Joy for
ever, ana while the beauty at the cigar
stand can make a sale in a second.
as we contend. the equal beauty in
the dining room can take forever to
serve from oysrers to black coffee and
never hear complaint. The doc
tors logic is as faulty as his vision.
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what squeezing out the water would
do is just as much nonsense rs the
talk which he repudiated Of tying up
the railroads as tight as drum. Mr..
STONE knows that big railroad like
the Pennsyivania, or lesser railroad
like the Laclcawanna, honestly, ably
and successfully managed for its own
ers-the public-hasn't got a drop of
water In It. Mr.. STONE knows that,
on the contrary, a road like the Penn
sylvanla has got ploughed into its prop
erty hundreds Of millions of dollars
more than It's capitalization. Mr..
STONE knows that the same thing is
true Of the other greater and better
railroad properties, whether measured
by trackage, business or wealth.
Mr.. STONE knows that the total
stock capitalization of all the rail-
roads in the United States-the rich
and powerful roads, the weak and
impoverished roads, the good roads,
the bad roads and the Indifferent
roads--is about $4,000. 100000. Mr..
STONE knows that in spite Of the rail.
way ruins that undoubtedly are scat
tered around the country more capital
because of roads which instead of
pouring In water have ploughed in bill
dons and billions OF dollars-more
actual capital is lodged in the coun-
try's railroads as whole than is ex-
pressed by all their stock issues.
Because he knows all about the rail-
roads, Mr.. STONE also knows that II
half the total American railway stock
capitalization, water or not, were
squeezed out at the expense Of the
owners-the public-the diverted divi-
dends thus represented would not be
drop In the national bucket Of the
100000 American people.
Mr.. STONE knows that the Ameri-
can railways, as a whole, don't
average to earn under private man.
agement per cent. on their capt.
talization, Just as he knows that his
great Government railroading-GoD
save the mark isn't now earning a
half Of 1 per cent. on the value of the
roads, although It has piled two bill
ions Of dollars year more railroad
traffic and tax charges on the backs
Of the American people.
| Mr.. STONE knows, therefore. that II
$4,000. 100000 Of stock. averaging to
pay under private management per
cent. dividends, were begged, Dor.
rowed or stolen away from the own.
ers-the public-it would mean Just
$16o,OO0,OO0 a year dividends taken
away from those owners-the public.
And $1e0.000,000 a year divided
among $500, 900 railway workers would
amount to $64 year each. This would
be trifie more than IS a month And
in the last year and half the rail.
way workers haven't been asking for
So a month more. They haven't been
asking for IS q week more. They
have been demanding. many of them
and getting nearer IS a day more
And just ut the present moment they
ask the United States Treasury-for
there is nowhere else whence the
moneys can come-to give them still
another 5000 100000 to $1,000. 10000
a year!
Mr.. STONE, then. may be fairly
credited with knowing horse sense
raIlroading but squarely charged with
playing hot Dir politics.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
SIXTY SENATE PATRIOTS.
A Ringing Truth Told 10 the President
~, By Senator Fernald.

To THE Enron M TIE sJN--sir. The
report NJ IN. ,ntsryieu betveen Senator
Fcrn.la NJ Mama ana the President
sbouId s,,enc. Tor ali time the false
and oonstantlv rensated g,be as 10 par-
tisan onnosition ~. vita, Feature, of the
p.nd,ng neac. treaty ana IN. interviewer
Ieague ~ Nat,ons an the mart Of the
Irn,t.d sat-. s.ra..
M.,nt. mir. rarf.c, .or,,.vv toward
On. CHIEF Ecr.c,,,,va ,ho .,.r,,nv Aner-
,can Senator ,ror, The fur,best north
NJ orr .nI.na,d ,,n,on ~ states made
cIe,r x1thout rn,rc,rg ,yoraa the atti-
tuda NJ NAM a, ~. co,,.. g,,.. ana him
,e,s tou,.r, ,h. 80, n,,. -, America
.ov.ro,gn,v h.- rr,nc,n,.. ~ act,on and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
Jersey shopm.n Ready to Omit.

ELIZABETH, Aug. AT a meeting OF
the 100 employees OF the Central Rail
road OF New Jersey at its shops here last
night the vote was unanimous In favor
of answering the strike call in the event
that the demands of the railroad work
ers are not complied with. The meet
ing embraced the machinlsts, car shop
workers and repairmsn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08

Moon, sets ......e :5S AN
For Eastern New York-Gens,,r-
fair to-day and tomorrow; moders,.,y,
fresh west winds.
For New Jersey-Partiy cloudy ,o-..
tomorrow, fair; not much change IN ,yi
perature; moderate to fresh southwss,s 1 ,.
For New Engisnd-showers And ,,..
derstorms to-day, cooler In interior y,
morrow. fair; moderate 20 fresh southrs.,,, a.,
For Western New York-Geu.r.l,v .,
to-day and Tomorrow: not much eh,n.I
IN temperature.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7.-Pressur. I, o.,
ing In the Atlantic states and low pr.,'
sure area Of moderate intensity is csp,sr
over the st. Lawrence Valley, Prcs,ns
has risen decidedly over the Upner f.Ls
Region attending the eastward adyanes :.
Of which In over Manitoba. Dnrins ~
last twenty-four hours showers ana thn w
der storms have occurred In the AtI.s,,.
states aione the East Gulf Coast ana !,
the Lower Missouri Valley and nor,i..a
OF the Upper Lake region and in N. c.s
trail and Southern Rocky Mountain r.sta.
Elsewhere throughout the country ~.
weather has been generally fair. Temper.
atures have risen In the Atlantic stst,.
ana have fallen over the Upper Missi,,ns,
Valley, the Northern Upper Lake rsslpn
and the Southern Plains States. They ~.
generally above normal. however, exoen,,,.
the Northern Upper Lake region ana ~.
extreme Upper Mississippi Valley. The on,'
look II for generally fair weather FrIa..
and Saturday east OF the Mississippi R,v,.
except that showers and thunder sto,w,
are probable Friday in New England ~
the South Atlantic and East Gulf s,st..
and on Saturday along the East Gulf 49,
South Atlantic Coasts II will be San rao
what cooler Saturday in the Lower fsI,
region and the North Atlantic s,s,,,,
otherwise the temperature changes viii IA,
be marked. " NV
observations NJ United States weatb., N.
reau stations taken at P. NJ YESTERDAY Az.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Open air concert by New York Militsry
Band, Columbia University, S:l5 p. NJ.
society Circus" Camp Upton.
Parade, Second Division A. Z. r.
Roman Pageant. Quogue Field cluA
Quogue, L. /.
Address by Miss Margaret Bondhsh,
delegate from the British Trade Union
Congress to the American Federation Of
Labor, Hotel Aston, 1870 p. n.
Inauguration concert and ball. Mexican
Union and American Friendship Club. Hotel
Pennsylvania, 8 p. NJ.
Entertainment for officers and men o,
Second Division A. z. F.. Cardinal Farley
Soldiers and Sailors Club, Is East Thif-
tieth street, 1880 p. NJ.
Exhibition Of war relics, trophies. post
ers, &c, auspices Staten Island lnsttut,
of Arts and Sciences. Wall and Stuyvesspt
place, St George. all day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
Jitneys Follow Up Strikers


Jitney drivers have been following UP
all the cities where street car strikes have
been disrupting the passenger trafnc
throughout Ontario the last month. After
the Toronto strike was settled they went
to london, and thea FASTENED to Ottawa
md finally to Windsor, and from there "a
the next strike community. TITS n pay
ing business" says one driver. II DOM
care how long the strikes last"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08

What thrift the Red in power exer-
cises! BELA KUN got away from
Hungary with 100000. He was
separated from his savings in Vienna:
possibly by some visiting American
sternly determined to have the price
O. a pound OF good coffee even II he
had to despoil despoiler to fill his
treasury.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08

Apparently the only page of the
treaty the four other American dele
gates TO the conference saw was the
one on which they signed their names.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08

Can any mathematician. wet or
dry, calculate the amount of money
war time prohibition has saved resi-
dents of Brooklyn since the strike
on the b. r. T. began?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08

Highest temperature, 81, at $50 P. N
Lowest temperature, IS, at 6:3o A. "
Average temperature. rs