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airplane. new types Of ships. new meth
DDS Of warfare. new ways to spend
Sunday. 1t has been q revolutionary
force in the grain field and 1t has put
money In the pocket of the roadhouse
keeper. Sometimes it has gushed 80
plenifully that 1t made itself cheap at
times when men did not know the
many ways In which 1t could be used.
In 1850, when the yield in Pennsyl-
vania was half q million barrels, the
price was as high as $40 barrel; In
1851, when the yield was quadrupled,
the price fell to 40 cents a barrel on
the average, and there were days
when the price was 10 cents.
If DRAKE were alive to-day he
would be an astonished centenarian,
for the oil fury now Is even greater
than that which followed his strike at
Tltusvllle-and his days were those
when men left their old Jobs and
staked everything on hitting n gusher
or free pumping well. He would be
surprised to see how small his old
field is now as compared with the
production in the West and Southwest.
And he, as a practical man who knew
that the sure way to wealth in oil
was to take the mineral from the
ground and sell 1t, would shudder at
the folly of the millions who, without
ever having seen a well, are pouring
their hard earned money into COM
panles which drill nothing but the
investors pocket.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
TRADE BRIEFS.

central importing agency has been es-
tabllshed by the British Board OF Trade
through which In future all imports OF
dyestufs into England must be made.
This agency will buy the dyestufrs abroad
on a commission OF per cent.
There are eight textile mills IN Ecuador,
one of which IL woollen mill and seven
cotton. In the Province, OF Pinchincha
there are four factories. in the Province
OF lmbsbura two. in the Province OF Tun-
gurahua one and IN the Proy!ace OF CHIN.
borazo one.
A proclamation of June % prohibits the
importation Into England of the following
articles: Chemicals of all descriptions
electrical goods and apparatus, Including
electrical plar. and machinery of all kinds,
and insulating materials OF all descrip-
lions; scientific, mathematical and optical
Instruments, and tungsten powder and
ferro tungsten.
Foreseeing a scarcity OF jam because of
the high price Of preservable fruit. the
Weekly Bulletin of the Canadian Depart
ment OF Trade and Commerce suggests
that jam makers would not be III advised
TO manufacture as much Jam as possible
for export TO England next winter. with
the probable exception OF apple Jam and
jolly, which are not popular with con-
sumers."
Porto Rico's buying power depends
largely on its exports Of sugar. which in
1918 were valued a: SAL. 100000. The re-
naming exports last year were cigars
valued at S7l00.0O0. coffee $5,500.0O0 and
fruits 81, coo 900, the last item being COM
posed chiefly of oranges and grapefruit
cocoAnuts and fresh and canned pineap-
pies. Small amounts of hides and honey
are also exported, The total value OF the
shipments in 1918 was STA. 200. 900. while In
1917 It was $50. 900. 600
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
RUNYoN NOT TO ISSUE CALL.
Sees Nothing Demanding Session
of New Jersc?' Legislature,
SDecLdI DssB1frA In TuV srx

SEA GRIT. Aug 27.--Gov. Runyon will
not call special session OF the New
Jersey Legislature. Mono of the mat
tiers for which he has been urged 10
convene the STATE lawmakers in extraor-
binary session are OF sufficient impor-
lance TO require such session. no
thinks In a statement he issued here
to-day he says that to convene the
Legislature would only be to open the
way "for the introduction of every con-
ceivable sort OF legislation" and the
creation of "factional strife"
From many prominent people in this
State in recent weeks have come de-
nsnds that the Legislature be called
Nest important among the causes
enumerated We're the necessity for maxi
ing the veterans preferment act more
binding. the ratification OF the surfra ge
amendment and Changes in the housing
situation.
In his statement the Governor ex-
plains his views on these three impor-
tant subjects and declares that with all
of sNem he is heartily in accord He
also says that, as a candidate for Office.
he Is averse TO using his Official position
TO make any moves which might be
construed as an attempt To strengthen
his own campaign.
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To Toronto.

On Roosevelt Field still shoue the dew
When from the hangers up We dew.
Propellers whirred and motors purred.
Each plane was like giant bird.
with Mineola far behind,
The earth a eheckerboard defined
In squares of red and green and gray
Beneath US strangely silent lay.
Our thunder hlled the azure dome,
Tho clouds below us led like foam.
We felt the eTultation vast
OF gods astride the roaring blast.
We marked the Hudson's silver thread
That ever TO the northward sped,
Then northern waters in their sweep
To Join the forces of the deep.
Tipped with the suns eternal hres
Arose Toronto's flashing spires,
our aerial racers coasted down
To rest within the stately town.
The night was done, the goal was won,
We proved the planes dominion.
All hail! the steeds beyond compare,
The peerless cOursers OF the air.
NINA huNa.
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THE DEPRECATED MARK.
What Would German Wages Mean in
American Goodsi

To THp EDITOR OF THE SuN-ST: When
they talk about butter at $50 a pound
or bread at $40 o. loaf in Russia at
what level does productive labor draw
wages relatively to this?
The German mark is now under five
cents, compared with normal value of
about "a cents. On the face of It a
German workman would have to work
FIVE days TO get the same quantity of
American goods as he could have got for
a single days work before the war. To
what extent is this basis of exchange
merely apparent and not real?
II the value OF the mark has fallen,
haven't wages risen In some fair pro-
portion there? What is at the present
time the actual level at which German
labor will exchange for American goods ?
II must be higher than a five cent valua-
ton of the mark. ]. +. NJ
NEW York, August 26.
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Is natural. Germany's debt Is stu
pendous, and the reparation the ma
ton must make to her wronged neigh
bors will call for years Of heavy toll
by all Its citizens. To escape this
burden many will seek to leave. The
new order of affairs will be CALLING
to thousands Of adherents of the en-
pire who imagine, probably without
justification in fact, that their disap-
pointment win be easier to bear in
strange surroundings. German mill
tary officers have sought service IN
the armies of the United States; a
considerable exodus Of men Of this
profession Is to be expected.
We hear nothing now from Ameri-
cans Of German antecedents who four
years ago said they were going to
leave America for Germany as soon
as the war was over. The war did
not end that way.
II would be easy to attach too much
Importance to these emigration move
ments. but 1t Is clear that they may
have a serious effect on the CONNER
cial and political future of the world.
At present the United States is at
tracing few immigrants; the flow is
outward from our shores. But Of
those who go now many viii return
with curiosity satisfied or hopes
dashed, and it is not improbable that
Ellis Island will be restored to activ-
ity of the kind to which it has been
accustomed sooner than now seems
probable to most of us.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
The Reported Decline and Fall Og
of the Second Colonel.

The strange reports Of a break in
the personal relations between Presi-
dent WILSON and Colonel EDWARD NJ.
HOUSE will attract general attention
and occasion universal regret. Partic-
ularly will they interest that earlier
Colonel, Colonel GEORGE HARVEY, both
in his capacity of eX-confdant and
original promoter of Mr.. WILSON'S
political fortunes and in his present
and more important role of philo-
sophical observer and impartial, I'M
terrified historian.
"In future" wrote Mr.. WILSON long
ago-we think 1t was during the Pc
ricd when he owed all to Colonel
HARVEY and had not yet repudiated
the obllgation-'in future those brains
will count most and will be remu-
nerated best which have the niceties
Of detail mastered"
Now, it was on this assurance that
Colonel HOUSE undertook to be of ser
vice to his eminent friend by master
ing the nlceties of detail concerning
geographical, chronological, racial, in
dustrial and political conditions
throughout the civilized and unclvil-
lied world. In such service, he be-
lieved with Mr.. WILSON, his brains
would count most he asked no re-
muneration except gratitude for duty
done, loyal confidence In his dlsin-
terested judgment, and, on his own
side, perhaps, the proud privilege of
being known to statesmen and poten-
tates everywhere as the intimate ad-
wiser and trusted representative of
the President of the United States.
He has sustained this part with con-
spicuous though transformations sue
cess for length of time which must
astonish Colonel HARVEY, If the earlier
Colonel ever takes the trouble to
count the months snd years of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
Sixty Years OF Oil.

Everybody who Is interested in oil,
whether as the driver of motor car
or as the promoter of stock in the
Bunco Bonanza Dry Well, should take
a moment to-day to breathe word Of
gratitude TO the memories of GEORGE
ii. BIssELL, Professor BENJAMIN Sill
LYMAN, Jr., of Yale, and EDWIN L.
DRAKE, for this is the siXtieth ami
versary of the beginning of the Age
of Oil. and these men were responsible
for that beginning.
Theirs was not a discovery but a
great advance. Petroleum had been
known to the world since the days of
Babylon and Nineveh. The Romans
burned it in lamps. America had
known it since the Franciscan mis-
sionary D'ALLIoN saw 1t floating on
springs in Pennsylvania, nearly three
centuries ago. 1t had set the Cum
berland River afire thirty years before
BIssEIL's time. Men had tried to
burn the crude stuff, skinned from
water. as an illuminant, and while
they failed in this they found the oil
useful as q lubricant. Others gath
cred it and sold it as medicine that
would cure all ills.
1t was BIssELL who first saw the
commercial possibilities of petroleum
obtained in huge quantities. AS the
head of the Pennsylvania Rock OIL
Company he leased lands near Titus
Vile, where oil &as seen in springs
and then he sent sample of the oil
10 Professor SILLISIAN for analysis
The distinguished Yale chemist did
everything with the sample that the
science of that day could apply, and
his report so convinced BIssELL of the
usefulness of refined petroleum that
nothing remained, in BIssELL's Opin-
ion, but to find out whether the earth
hid the huge quantities that he sus-
pected lay below the surface.
Then came the triumph Of DRAKE, a
man of 40, who had been clerk, ex-
press agent and railroad conductor.
BIssELL and his associates sent him
10 Titusville in the spring of 1858 to
drill well. DRAKE was not a great
man, but he was persistent. and 1t was
fortunate for the oil BIZ hess that
this was so. There were no drillers
and no tools at TitusvIlle, which was
forty miles. from the nearest railroad.
1t took him months to get men and
equipment, for he had to drive a hun
bred miles, after the snow Of his first
winter had left the roads, to find a
driller. Months later, after expert
ments and accidents, ON August %,
1859 DRAKE struck oil.
The sixty years of oil history since
BRAKES Folly turned out to be Ameri-
cas- fortune have been strange
period Of business and madness. of
honest speculation and plain swim
ding, Of high prices and low, and of
great scientific advance. Oil has
made huge fortunes for the few and
has given wonderful comfort to the
millions. 1t has made possible the
automobile, the submarine and the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
Only Two A. Il. +. Soldiers Missing
in Action.


OF the 100000 American soldiers
who went to France only two are
now unaccounted for, according to the
casualty list issued by the War De-
partment on Tuesday. The list given
out on August 20 carried four men
as missing in action. On January 10
The Sun printed a casualty list re-
cording 1888 men missing in action,
Including prisoners. The reduction In
this classification has been due to the
return of prisoners, the discovery of
wounded men, the restoration of strag-
glers to their commands and the gath
ering of evidence Of casualties sus-
tanned by soldiers in action.
The practical elimination from the
casualty list Of men missing in &C.
ton reflects the greatest credit on the
army system of investigation and
Identification, 1t being assumed that
the result has not been accomplished
by merely arbitrary transfer of miss
ing men to other categories. The pub
lie knows that errors occurred in the
cases of men reported killed in action.
Several soldiers whose families were
officially notified that they had suf-
fered death have turned up alive and
well to discredit the army reports.
Such mistakes are bound to happen
in an army as large al was sent to
France, and that only two men are
now unaccounted for is amazing.
There must have been men in the
army who wanted to disappear and
deliberately made every effort so to
do. There must have been others who
in the shock of battle or during
dreary hours of waiting gave way
mentally under the strain and be-
came lost. Every marching column
has its stragglers, and that ALI OF
these should have been found Is a
triumph Of system.
BY virtually wiping out the list of
missing in action" the army has de-
prived writer's of fiction of an oppor.
tunity they would not have over
looked. A thousand unaccounted for
American soldiers at the disposal of
an imaginative author would be price
less. They might be transported
through innumerable adventures to
the most remote parts of the earth.
They might found model democracy
in the Businesses of Africa. They
might enter the service of a modern
Robin Hood. The possibilities are as
numerous as the roster Of authors,
and everybody writes stories.
The elimination of the missing IN
action list means that in thousands
Of homes hope for the return Of a
father or son has been dashed. In
other thousands of homes optimism
has been rewarded by the receipt of
good news. 1t is record as crafty
Ing as 1t is extraordinary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
The Way to Save Is to save.

LLOYD GEORGE took the short way
and the straight way with his Minis
tiers when his judgment told him the
time had come to make drastic re-
duction in the British Government
expenses. He talked the situation
over with his colleagues, and then he
sent each of them letter in which
he wrote:
THE time has come when each
Minister ought to make clear to those
under his control that II they can
not reduce expenditures they must
make room for somebody who can.
That is the public temper, and
1t is right
The way to resume is to resume.
The way to economic is to ecouomize
If the men ON the job won't save
others will be found who will save,
To stop waste, stop 1t.
The short way Is the best way for
Great Britain, for the United States,
for New York State, for New York
city, for every government and for
every Individual. The man or woman
who is extravagant in domestic and
personal expenditures may not be able
~ make room for somebody else at
the head OF the private treasury, but
the present incumbent can reform.
shutting the pocketbook will.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
New Version of Famous Phrase.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: In
reference TO the ransom OF two United
States Army officers from Mexican ban
dts and of the present Administration
promise that contributors to the ransom
fund will be reimbursed by the United
States Government wouldn't 1t be we'll
TO recall to your readers the days of
Mr. Rooseveit's "Perdicaris alive or
Raisuli dead?
We appear to have revised a once
famous saying, Millions for defence
and all we can raise for ransom!
REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFMAN.
NEW York, August 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
Reforms In Dancing.

The dancing masters of the nation
now in annual convention In this city
have announced a vigorous campaign
extending over the entire terpslcho-
rean area of the country for a reform
in dancing and the abolition of pub
lie vulgarlty disguised as ballroom
etiquette"
This national association, 1t should
be observed, is of the masters of
dancing" Professor" has been
dropped, since the title has slid down
the scale; to refer to the dancing pro-
lessor would be as bad in form as
to say Excuse muh" instead of "Oh,
l beg pardon" on stepping on the
train of lady In the ballroom. The
association stands for dignity, culture
and grace, and 1t tells the devotees Of
dancing what this means so far as it
applies to the masters art. One thing
the president, Mr.. FENToN BoTr, as
sures the world is that the waltz is
coming back and that there will be
no new dances, only a few modifica-
tons of the old ones. He says:
Ladies are not to be pushed back
so much. Hitherto they've been
backed along altogether too much.
and henceforth they're TO go for
ward. ffty-nfty. don't you know
From which 1t would appear that the
association is not only polite but
diplomatic. This is not the time that
the ladies should be pushed back and
with the increasing gain in the ma
tional woman suffrage movement 1t is
an opportune moment for the gra-
cious recognition of the principle of
fifty-tifty in dancing.
But the shafts of the association as
well as its stares of disapproval are
to be directed against that contor-
ton commonly called the 'shimmy.'"
There Is nothing too bad that can be
said which Is not said against this
product of the negro dance halls In
Chicago" The head Of the committee,
Mr.. MOSES CHRISTENSEN, goes as far
nc his art permits:
Jazz music invites immoral steps.
BY jazz I mean that medley of cow
bells, dish pans and what not. You
cant really dance to such tunes as
they play nowadays. and the result is
the adoption of numerous half steps,
dips and half nelson holds"
Mr.. CHRISTENSEN suggests that
appropriations should be replaced
with tempos." Mr.. Bort, however,
believes that "the arid era Is n great
boon to those who are correcting the
Maynard tendencies of the dance
muse" Cleared of It's technicalities
Mr.. BERT WILLIAMS expressed the
same thought in his dictum regard
ing the imposslbility of dancing the
Skinny" on cup of tea.
The National Association of Dane
ing Masters, may it be said to its
credit, has consistently opposed objec-
tionable dances. 1t was bitter op-
ponent Of the turkey trot," the Tame
duck" the grizzly bear" the bunny
hug" and the members assert that
they drove the whole geological tribe
from public and private dancing
places. At least, II the dancing mas
tiers did not who did?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28

THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Fa,r :.
south, showers In north portion to,a.m
tomorrow fair; moderate no-tb~.s.,
winds. II" 'hWest
ror New JerseN--Generaitv fall
~. 70 morrow; not much change I'm Wuv
pep For moderate northwest Winds .' 'en'
to-day; probably fair to-f,orr"y nu- shower
change in tempe nature! tnod"r,,,not much
west TO west WINDS 'a'e south.
c,d For Southern New Englsnd-p.,
to fresh west v, ialr tomorrow, moderate
TOT western New York-Par.v Al,
IN .a; ialr Tomorrow; not much Jh,osdy
to nortbwest re-, moderate to fresh wss,
~, MASHINGTON, Aug 27.--prss.,,..
low over the st. Lawrence v,ii,essure IL
g. re tniuaIe and north Atlantic Statss aa N
p ys,as states and the upper he north
During the last twenty. four bon-.
the north Atlantic states. tho oLgurred in
resloh' Florida and in portions ase
sspppsr iake region and the middle Al me
middle s Rooky Mohnd points in 'p y,
plateau region. Elsewhere ,S ru southsrn
Sountry the weather has been g nUuI tns
portbs,n emdlp pss are. below normal a'y X
.nVt,.neIn districts east Of the Rock, VI h
elsewhere. "' vi above normal
Inc outlook is for showers and tbr,,..
ststes ,h TN In the north Atlan,I,
anu on Friday in the east Gulf ana o r
lions or the south Atlantic States S"u por'
notta perature changes will be- ur,u
observations at United States v.,,h
r re stations taken at 5 p. NJ ys.,s,d su
seVenty-nfth meridian time: 'e''eruay'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
A Chorus Girl Marvels at This Sud
den SOllcitude.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: When
the Actors Equity Association was Or
gnnized chorus girl couldn't join 1t.
She was never thought OF until after
the strike began and they wanted to
close the musical shows. Then they
made great hue and cry about our
suNerngs. They talk as IL the strike
was for us. They say, We big people
don't need anything. We're doing it for
the chorus girls. i suppose II helps
them get public sympathy, but it's funny
when you think 1t over CHORUS GIRL
New YORK, August %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
POSTAL EMPLOYEES
TO GET $3.50 BONUS
Measure Agreed Upon by the
House Committee and Will
Be Rushed.
Special Despatch 10 TnE srN.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27--A high cost
of living bonus of $3.50 year lo- wiz
tually all employees of the postal ser.
vice was agreed upon to-day by the
House Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads.
The action. which means an add
tonal expenditure of S40,O00,OO0 an.
nually, was taken over the protest Of
the Post Office Department, which as
serted that the increased salaries would
impose an unnecessary burden upon the
public, About 225,O00 employees will
be affected
The bonus will be paid In monthly
instruments under the bill reported 10
the House by Chairman Stevenson
(Minn), and was made retroactive TO
July of this year. Higher wages also
were allowed for temporary employees
by increasing the minimum wage for
this work from 40 to 60 cents an hour,
The only limitations of the bonus are
that the salaries of third class post
masters shall not be increased to more
than $4,000 a year and fourth class
postmasters to more than $1,000,
Yelled Threats Ignored.
Members OF the committee denied mat
the yelled threats of strikes by leaders
OF the employees caused the increases
but said the extra pay was necessary
because Postmaster-General Bureson
had refused to allow increases that
would meet the Increased cost of lyi7s.
The bill Is considered only a tempo
rary measure TO bridge over the present
period OF high prices until definite legis-
lation can be framed TO meet the needs
of postal employees after conditions
again become somewhere ncar norma.
Postal conditions are being iuyos gated
by the House Committee or ENpend-
lures In the Post Office Department
with the view OF refxing wage STANDARDS
OF the employees,
The employees have demanded IN
creases OF from IS per cent TO 40 per
cent in their testimony before various
Congressional committees, but q blanket
proposal TO increase an wages IN INC
service S5 per cent was voted down D.,
the committee to-day II WAS sHhm.uea
by Representative Goldf'glc On. lJ'
Democrat.
The bill reported to the House '''isy
was the composite plan OF erN. '.sa''
ures submitted for Iu.r0Ns..- Wages
although II was baSad lars E 900 inc
suggestions OF Representative. A'o''"
Om).
Madden Explains NH
'The bonus." he said. "ls ..'a.,ary
because the few increases allowed pE
the Postmaster-Ceneral hJr. r..n en-,
tirely inadequate to meet the u reaseI
cost of living. I believe n Is tue th"'
the service has been seriously "'So,-
ganized by the loss of r
liable employees through H.. s" '"'
aries maid Hundreds are .".' .Hr 't.''
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: The
PASSING Of the old Stevens House. now
In progress of demolition, on lower
Broadway brings to mind the follow
ing lines from 'Tom Browns Day in
Gotham" by the immortal John God
frey Sake:
And he stopped at an inn that is
known very well.
"Delmonicos" once - now Stevens
Hotel:
And, to venture a pun which 1 think
rather witty,
There's no better inn in that inn-fa-
nous city.
ASTORIA, August 81. W. NJ s.