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were neglected the insulation may
have gone wrong. In that case the
blame rests with the men charged
with upkeep OF the plant.
The fact is the charge that faulty
insulation is responsible for fires IS
convenient way of hiding ignorance.
Nobody IS likely to come to tho de-
fence of the wiring. Far fewer iires
than are generally supposed originate
in electric apparatus, and such APP
paratus Is as safe as any human de-
vice can be when 1t is properly in
stalled and treated.
1t was once popular to attribute
all fires OF mysterious origin TO the
act of GoD. Later spontaneous com
bustion came into Official favor as a
cause Of fires, but when 1t was real
lied that this commonly meant gross
earelessness in handling wastes 1t
lost some of its popularity. Now
incendiarism and faulty insulation
are the refugees of those who make
official guesses to explain conhagra'
tions. As soon as 1t is generally un.
derstood that faulty insulation spells
culpabls neglect it is to be expected
this phrase will be laid aside.
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Faulty Insulation.

Immediately after the great fire on
the army piers In Hoboken the other
night II was grayely announced that
the cause OF the flames was supposed
to he faulty insulation" OF electric
conductors. Indeed, whenever the
authorities don't know how a fire
started they attribute it to faulty
Insulation or incendiarism or, more
rarely. to spontaneous combustion.
1t Is Of course possible that the
North River pier fire was due to
faulty insulation. II II was the on
GERS responsible for the upkecp or
the property are responsible for the
faulty insulation. II the wiring Oh
the piers was done Is it should have
been in the beginning and was kept
under intelligent inspection there
was no chance for faulty insulation.
II the work was not done well origi.
nally or IL inspection and repairs
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The Old Stone Wall.

Have you not seen, by moss o'ergrown,
A long ana l!chened wall of stone
Firm-fashioncd In tho elder years
BY hardy handed pioneers
Through labor honorod though un-
known!
The cattle nigh II browse and case
Across the peaceful pasture ways,
And round the neishboring farrnstead
ohvce
The swallows gossip and the leaves
Whisper their low and loving lays.
Ii secs along the roadside pass
The eager lad, the modest lass;
It lists the rapture OF tho birds.
The cricicts eharp staccato words.
The shy. sweet fnurmurs OF the grass.
The boughs above Il bend and brood.
And shelter II IN tender mood:
Springs glamour girdles II, and when
Dies the last lyric of the wren
Comes auturn's gold beatitude
Time touches II with soft increase
or beauty. bringing II release
From fading mortal fate, and so
II stands amid life's cbb and flow
type Of the infnitude OF peace
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
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The Uncle Joe Amendment.

There ought to be a Twentieth
Amendment Of the Constitution. so
changing the language Of Section 3,
Article L., as to except the Eighteenth
district OF Illinois from the electoral
requirements obtaining elsewhere.
The amendment should provide
that in the five counties composing
the Illinois Eighteenth there shall be
nc new election of Representative as
long as the Hon. JOSEPH GURNEY
CANNON is willing to serve. Uncle
JOE would thus be automatically re-
turned every two years during an
indefinite future, and much election
money expense would be saved in
Ford, Livingston, Logan, Mclean and
Woodford. And the whole country
would be sure OF the continued sat.
isfaction Of knowing that this es-
teemed and venerable statesman was
rot yet in the past pluperfect.
We are impelled to these remarks
by the fortunately false report that
Mr.. CANNON would not be candi-
date next year for a twenty-fourth
term. Happily the depressing mis-
intelligence was contradicted before
it had gained wide currency.
Nevertheless. THE New YORK IIER.
AID proposes and herewith submits
such an amendment as is broadly
indicated above.
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The Mexican Oil Decision.

The Supreme Court Of Mexico
handed down a decision Tuesday
enjoining the Mexican Executive De-
partment from enforcing the confis-
catory Article 81 Of the Constitution
Of 1917. The decision came as an
agreeable surprise. There are $50
suits TO establish oil land titles be-
fore the Mexican Supreme Court, all
OF them said to be based on grounds
similar to those which underlie the
one in which the decision was rem
dered. 1t is now asserted that the
decision OF this suit, which was
brought many months ago by the
Texas Company. an American corpo-
ration, makes it practically certain
that the other ITO actions will end
10 the same manner. Should that be
the case the long drawn out contro
versy over the confiscation OF Next.
can oil properties and their nation
alization under the Constitution OF
1917 would end.
But there is still the dispute over
the % per cent. export tax on oil,
which went into effect July ] and
which caused the American oil COM
panies to cease operations in Mexico.
A number of representatives Of
American oil companies are now In
Mexico to discuss the tax with the
Mexican Government. Relieved at
this opportune moment OF the com.
nlications over the Mexican Consti.
tuition, President. Dungeon may, IL he
chooses, find an easy and dignifled
way out Of the tax dispute.
Oil exports from Mexico in July
fell to 100000 barrels, or about one.
third the average monthly shipments
for the FIRST half Of this year and a
decrease OF 100000 barrels com.
pared with oil exports for June, ac.
cording to the report OF the Ameri.
can Consul az Tampico. The decrease
was the immediate result of the shut
down Of American owned wells and
loading stations on July as a pro.
test against the new export tax. The
Consul reports the shipments Of
eleven companies, ten OF which are
American and one British.
Tho British company Increased its
shipments in July to 2,319,000. com
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Those bold Western reporters have
a way of asking questions which
their Eastern brothers are too diff
dent to put.
How is your first name pro-
nounced" said a reporter in Gin
cinnati to ELIHU RooT. Mr.. RooT
was more patient with the reporter
than the ancient ELIHU was with
.IoE. He said:
IN our family II always has been
the custom to call 1t 'El-a-hew,'
with the accent on the first syllable.
suppose. according to the best Bib
Heal authorities, 1t should have the
accent on the second syllable. but
always have followed our family
custom in pronouncing It,"
ELIHU spake, moreover, and said
that the last syllable should never
be pronounced hoo" This agrees
with the authorities on Scriptural
pronunciation.
So you may call the. name as the
ancients did or as most modern folk
do and be right either way. But In
some other noted Biblical names
still worn by distinguished men there
has been no change through the ages
In "Gamaliel'' the accent is on the
second syllable, as OF yore.
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crNcINNArI. Aug. si.--Briton ant
America Joined tonight In expressions
OF fr.erdliness and brotherhood betwecf
the bar Of the mother country and ina
Of tho United States when Sir John A
simon, president Of tho British Bar AS
sociation. and John W. Davis, former
Ambassador to Great Britain. spoke pc
fore the American Bar Association IL
annual convention here.
Love of liberty. a Joint literature, th'
same language and the common Law
were declared BY Sir John to be the fcul
evangellsts of the gospel OF Anglo
American frisndship. Law. the hand
maid OF order, the instrument OF justice
the arbiter of dispute. Is the cement
which binds together the fabric OF hui
man institutions Sir John declared ir
urging pride in tho profession and be-
lief In Its contribution 10 the future al
vancement Of the world.
Theories OF political philosophy now
advanced by those who either violate
lew or syynpatfize with law violators
IN industrial conflicts. agitation to up
set American forms Of government, and
against enforcement of prohibition stat
utes are the greatest forces at work 1T
the United States 20 undermine respect
FOR the law. Attorney-Genera Daugh'
erty declared in an address.
The Acknowledgement In his address,
which was his hrst since assuming OF
fee. suggested a method OF Informing
public opinion BY se;ni-governmentai
means to o5viate Industrial conflicts
but advocated complete disregard Tor the
theories advanced In the two other
fields. He declared the demand for
personal liberty IN prohibition enforce
n,ent had been advanced In the past
by every champion OF iawlessness who
has sought excuse for unlawful con-
duct" He said:
II know II Is often said that this IS
the wealthiest and at the san1e time the
most materiaiistic age In the world.
That Is true in certain sense. but 1t
IL also true that tho common wealth,
OF the age as well as the sum total OF
individual wealth furnishes the oppor-
tunity for the achievements that have
been accomplished. Our schools and
colleges, our libraries, our homes OF
comfort, our means Of transportation
and communication and all our means
Of enjoyment In life are physical con-
ditions necessary for spiritual as con-
trasted with material upbuilding.
THE r!gn. Of property on the one
hand, Of life. of liberty, OF the pursuit
Of happiness on the other, are not
sntagonistic and hostile. to be set OIL
in tsrns OF opposition. Material wealth
Is the handmade Of spiritual achieve
ment--that ia, Of intellectual. social
ard moral achievement. All progress is
conditioned on the principle OF conserve
ton. Conservation, or preservation as
II Is usually termed. Of the wealth o:
the world. whether It be In the realm OF
the material or spiritual. is conditioned
on the supremacy OF the law. IT there
Is one fact that history teaches above
another /: Is that the rights incident
10 wealth and the rights furnishing the
opportunity to enjoy spiritual. intel,
lecturai, moral and social things are
conditioned upon the supremacy Of the
Law.
THE supremacy OF the law, though
challenged. is not undermined by the
ordinary criminal who commits n,urd err.
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Canada's Coat of Arms.
On New One Britain and France Are
REPRESENTED.
F-ow the Oucbec Chronicle

F~or. the Quebec Chronicte.
From Ottawa advices It Is learned
that the Kings Printer a few days ago
commenced to use new royal coat OF
arms for Canada, although no great pub
ilcity hes been given to that fact. The
new coat Is the result OF the labors OF
a committee appointed In March. 1919,
by order In council for the purpose Of
induiring into and reporting upon the
Availability OF requesting his Majesty
tho King for a grant Of armorial bear
ings for Canada" The committee pre-.
sented a report which was approved in
July. 1920, but the Garter King of
Arms raised certain heraldic objections
OF technical nature and suggested
alterations In the emblazonment that
were adopted by council in April last.
The new coat OF arms as described
In the official heraidic terms, which win
perhaps have little meaning for some
OF our readers. is likely to be of inter-
est 70 others, and Is as follows:
Arms-Quartcrly /. England; 9. Scot
land; 9. Ireland; 4. Azure three fieurs-
de-lis or. on a base argent three maple
leaves slipped vert.
Crcst-on wreath argent and gules
a lion statant-guardant or, crowned
proper, with a maple leaf gulcs In the
dexter paw. and unsigned by the irnpe-
rial crown.
Supportcrs--Dexter, lion or, sup
porting a banner. the Union device
| sinister, a unicorn argent. armed
egrined and unsuied. or, and gorged
with coronct composed of crosses pates
| and neurs-de-lis, a chain affixed thereto
rehexed over the back OF the last, sup
porting the banner OF the ancient king
dom Of France.
Motto--A mari usque ad mare.
The motto means From sea to sea-
and Il will be noticed that the two "old
countries" Britain and France. from
which Canada sprang. are appropriately
represented.
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Attorney General Holds Law Supreme
Shows Value Of Property Rights, Suggests Remedies
for Disputes and Publicity for Changes.

, robbery, larceny. &c. To the contrary,
! every occurrence OF crimes Of this sort
tends to impress upon society the pro-
| found Importance of the supremacy OF
the law and It's vigorous enforcement.
The supremacy OF the law Is and has
been challenged mainly In that class OF
legislation where theirs exists differ
ence Of opinion ms to governmental pol
10y in cnacting tao legislation in Ques-
ton.
"Dis,aspect for law has manifested IT.
self in the past mainly by large cor
porations or aggregations OF wealth.
| commonly known as big business, and
by labor organisations IN relation to
such business. I am not much in favor
of now nostrunis and panaccas TO cure
the Ills OF the body polite. but ! yen-
ture TO make the following suggestions:
First, 1t Is an undisputed fact that
the public have right to know what
the quarrel is about In every actual or
threatened strike or lockout. and similar
controversies.
Second. there should be some definite
agencies IN government for ascertaining
these facts fully and making an I'M
partial finding by those specially quail
fed both by temperament and training
10 do this particular kind of work. and
such finding should be reported so thai
II will be q reliable source OF knowledge
TO which students and publicistS and
statesmen can resort.
Third. compulsory jurisdiction over
these two factors to compel them to sub
nit to an inquiry OF this sort is not
only desirable. hut just.
'Fourth. at present our study OF this
question has not been sufficiently thor
ough to warrant legislation compelling
the acceptance OF such findings by the
parties thereto. Therefore. the juris-
diction OF the proper agency should be
obligatory upon the parties to submit to
the investigation: tho acceptance of the
finding by the parties should be volun-
tary
Fifth, the experience OF the past
shows that in most cases full. accurate,
reliable publicity has been sufficient to
compel an adjustment OF these cases.
Public sentiment Is controlling fac
tor. and It is important, In justice to
both Of the parties. that It should de-
pend upon something more accurate
than successful propaganda.
Sixth. in the course OF time. knowI-
edge OF tho nature and causes Of these
controversies derived in this way may
crystalline public sentiment to the ex-
tent that laws can be enacted making
such controversies impossible"
Elihu Root was reelected chairman OF
the legal education section OF the Bar
Association to-day. john w. Davis Of
Charleston. w. Va, was chosen vice.
chairman and John i. SANFORD, Madi-
son, WIS.,, secretary-trcasurer.
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A Post Office Birthday.

This is a birthday for the City
Hall post Office. 1t was opened for
business on September l, 1875, after
three days of inspection by the
public.
Painful as 1t is to admit, most
New Workers Of forty-six years ago
admired their new post Office. The
New York HERALD man who wrote
it up may have explained the public
liking when he said that In the new
building everything Yves new, shiny
and beautifully clean" And, rapidly
passing a crowd OF Westerners on
the ground floor" he heard one OF
them say: Damn that MULLErT!
Why didn't he give us building
like this?" The speaker, the reporter
Of that distant day thought, must
have come from Chicago"
Forty-six years ago is long time
back. New Workers were then dis
eussing the Charley Ross case. the
nomination Of Archbishop McCLcs.
KEY to be Cardinal, the British
Coz ernment's polar expedition, the
great trotting of Goldsmith Maid
and the rowing matches between
CHARLEY COURTNEY and JIM RILEY.
The post Office that was new, shiny
and beautifully clean" is old, grimy
and dark. 1t lacks even that human
touch, the pie stand in the lobby that
made happy the newsboys Of 1875;
boys who may now BIO gray and rich
golfers. They liked the post office
when It was new, just as they ad-
rhired the new residences that had
cupolas, rninarets and miles Of fret
work. In a period when the passing
fancy was for the hideous, whether
in Government building or gilded
rolling pin, perhaps the City Hall
post once did not look so bad.
Il think" said Postmaster JAMES
when the post Office went into COM
mission in 1875, that our present &C.
commodations will suffice for thirty
years to come" Like most prophets
OF the time he went too low on the
growth. CT the city: but at any rate
the thirty years was up In 1906.
There is only one way to make the
post Office beautiful again: and that
is to change it into a memory.
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pared with a.o7c.ooo In June. One
American company showed . small
increase. but all the rest showed de-
creases. while three Of the largest
shippers, the Texas Company Of
Mexico, the Cortez Oil Corporation
and the International Petroleum
Company, all American owned, ex-
ported no oil during July. The Trans
continental Petroleum Company,
which exported 3,s7s.s55 barrels in
June, shipped out only 23,1os barrels
In July.
Despite this decrease in shipments
the 100000 barrels of oil exported
In July yielded the Mexican Govern
ment rs per cent. as much revenue
in export taxes az did the 10000. 900
barrels exported in Juno before the
new tax went into effect. and this not
considering that even without the
export embargo the tax revenue
would likely have been smaller in
July in view of the depressed state
of the oil market.
II President OBREGoN wants to
change. hts position on the export
tax in difference to the request of the
American oil delegation he can do SO
without having 1t charged that an oil
embargo by the foreign companies
cut of the Governments revenue and
forced 1t to abandon the tax.
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The Bahamas Not All Given Up to
BOotlegging Activities.

To THE NEW York HEnALn: With
reference to the admirable series Of artl-
cles on the rum running activities at
Nassau which have recently appeared in
your paper may ! as an admirer OF
Nassau correct an impression which
am afraid that these articles may give.
namely. that rum running Is the sole
industry OF the Bahamas, and that Mas
sau is a Wild town, given up to the
orgies OF a modern gang OF bootleggcrs
and whiskey dealers?
Nothing could be further from the
truth. Nassau Is quiet, quaint. old
fashioned city, we'll governed and we'll
poiiced During the winter months ii
or wealthy Americans. who go there to
rccrperatc in It's marvellous climate and
amid It's unrivahed scenery.
Isolated scenes OF lawlessness may
take place on the remote out ISLANDS.
but similar acts occur in the sparcely
populated districts in this country. The
British authorities are keenly anxious
they realize bring discred.t on the COL
ony. In Nassau itself such scenes are
unknown.
In regard to the so-called hootleggers
ball your correspondent might have
pointed out that this took place in a
small hotel in q Nassau side street. The
whole affair was Insignificant and It
would be just as unfair to describe an
orgy In a tenth rate downtown dive and
suggest that II was a true picture OF
New York night life as to single out
this one episode as typical Of an eve
ming In Nassau.
Americans may visit Nassau in the
certain assurance that they will not be
annoyed by orgies such as tho boot
ieggers ball nor troubled by scenes Of
rowdytsrn or drunkenness on It's quaint
ard picturesque streets.
CHARLES ALISON.
NEW YORK, August 81.
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AMERICANS IN PARIS.

Special Correspondence to THx NEW YcEx
HLaALD.
PARIS, Aug. 1.-THE following Amer
leans have registered at the Office OF Tho
Nsto York Herald Of Parts:
From New York: Mr. and hrs. Edgar
Julian williams. Mrs B. X Fitzgerald.
tho Rev. and Mrs. William n. Matthews.
D. j. Miskey. Miss Josettc Frank. Misses
Laura and NJ. A. Charlton, Mrs. Char
lotte wigaud. Miss T. wigaud. Miss T.
o. Donohue. Miss L. A. O'Connor. Do
Witt B. p. Strucise, Miss L. v. O'Be!rne.
Mrs. Adam Weber, Misses Lima, Ma
thilde and Frances Weber, Mrs. Sam
uel d. Brewster. Warren d. Brewster.
A. r. Canziani. Jules Daiber. William
T. Bridgitt, r. Randolph Ball. Fred
erick w. Sage. Paul r. Kammere, Jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mouritz F. Westergren.
Miss Monte A. Moore. Mrs. G. w. Law
son Atcht and Mr.. and Mrs. Irving II.
jackson.
From other places: Van Horn Ely.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.. Dougnerty. Miss
Julia p. Ash and Miss Rachael NJ. Ash,
Philadelphia; Miss Arsie Ashbrook.
Lexington. KY. Miss Kathleen Collier.
Miss Lucille Simmons. Mrs. Il. II. Sim
mons, Pine Bluff. Ark; the Rev. and
Mrs. F. A. Hosmer. Greenwich. Conn. |:
Leo q. Sachs. Laurence. L. L.: w. n.
Pfeil. East Chicago. Ind: J. p. Eichleay.
]. w. Eichleay. Mr.. and Mrs L. @. Grad
wohl. Pittsburgh.
W. Z. GUNNER and family. Howard
r. Hasfuhlin, Jacksonville. Fla: DR..
and Mrs. C. F. Godfrey. Jr.. Boston !;
Mr. and Mrs. Redmond S. Brennan,
Redmond S. Brennan. Jr., Miss Regina
A. Brennan. Kansas City: Mr. and Mrs.
S. Q. Johnson, San Francisco: Theo
Hemmelmann. Jr. George A. Meyer
Carl G. Meyer st. Louis; L. W. Mar
ston. Chicago; D. Y. Austin. Ia Grange.
Ga; f. r. Morgan. New Rochelle. N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Wilkins. Miss
Ethel y. Mckinney. the Rev. and Mrs.
Harry u. Mitchell. Mrs. w. G. Blundon.
Washington Eua Jarnazin. Mamie
Bright. Margaret McCailie. Chatta-
nooga George Young. Don Wcstbrook.
Eugene Rosch. Sherwood Hill, Liberty.
y. y: Mr.. and Mrs. q. NJ. Well. Mr..
James We'll. Mr.. Richard Well Roches-
ter, N. r.. william T. Black. Princeton.
n. j.: A. S. Goodrich. Saratoga: Ever.
ard Homer. Livingston Manor. N. II:
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter NJ. Parker. Man.
chester, ". Fl.
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War and Public Schools.
History Lessons o. Another Kind
One Road TO World Peace.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Without
. doubt one Of the greatest factors that
could be used to reduce ornaments and
prevent the tendency TO make war is
found In the public schools of every
civilized nation.
Well do remember thirty-eight years
back the lessons that were crammed
into our brains when was boy in
Norway. The glorious deeds OF my an
cestors the Observation-Disclosures scraps
between the two Scandinavian nations,
all the grudges Of our nation werc care
fully seeded. cultivated and earnestly
implanted in our young minds until
looked upon every Swede as an enemy
to be hated forever.