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Canada... 1.60 other countries... .w ordere, AO., to be All eheek. money made payable to Tit 8cw. Publtahed dally, Including Sunday. ft.- Bun Minting and I\in fcA;?,W05 lBONaaeau it., Borough Preeldeot. Frank A. Muneey, 160 N\JJ Vlce.rneldent. Krvln Wardman; R. llXTltherlntton: Trea.. Wm. T. Dewart. II oMBO Xaaaau itreet. lndcm office. 4S Fleet etreet Parla office, 4 Hue de la Mlehodlere, on Hue du Quatre Beptembre. Waehlnrton offioe, Muneey Building. Brooklyn office. Room SOS. Eafle Build- ing, Soa Washington atreet. our friend, who lavor si wit A ! crYt end lltvttrattont or pMlcaUon MjeA to kav rtlteltd orlieles r.tvrnli tUt in all cote, tend stamps for that pvrpot. TELEPHONE. BEBKMAN 2200. Mr. Gompera's Bolt. On the face of It, Samuel Goaf-mch- s, with the bolting of himself and of his delegates from the National Conference, has put himself and them in opposition to the public Whether some of us favor labor unions or whether some of us oppose labor unions, It is undeniable by any- body that the Conference was not called by the President and that the Conference did not assemble to be- come an agency only of unionism. It Is undcnlaljlo by anybody that tho Conference was called nnd that the Conference assembled to bring all labor union labor and non-unio- n la- borInto better relations with all em- ployers union employers and non- union employers In the common cause of tho whole public, which In- cludes, of course, not only union labor and union employers but non-unio- n labor and non-unio- n employers. So far as the record which Is sonde public shows there was no objection In the Conference to the principle of collective bargaining by the repre-.'eentatlv- of the public. There was no objection to the principle of collec tive bargaining by the representatives of the employers. There does appear, however, to have been an objection by Mr. Gomfebs and hit delegates to any resolution on collective bargain- ing, to any principle of collective bar gaining, that should specifically state or should specifically be understood to mean collective bargaining by and through any labor organization, any labor association, any labor group, union or non-unio- desiring so to do collective bargaining. So far as the record shows Mr. Gomfxbs and his delegates refused to nccept, to vote upon or to have any- thing to do with any resolution that recognised collective bargaining for union labor, for non-unio- n labor for nil labor. If the record as it thus comes, to the public Is correct If It Is the fact that Mr. Gomfsbs and his delegates bolted because they would not ap- prove, .would not recognize the right of all labor to ao collective Dargain lng, then for the breakdown of the Industrial Conference Mr. Gompess and his delegates have to answer not merely to the majority membership from which they bolted, not merely to the President of the United States, who called them all together, but to the American people. Though they have gone from the Conference, though they may never return to It, It Is now up to Mr. Gom febs and his bolting delegates to state clearlyt explicitly and finally to the American public whether they do or do not recognlzo the fundamental right of everybody, If It Is the right of anybody, to collective bargaining; whether they insist that collective bar gaining shall be tho exclusive right of labor unions and of nobody else. The Unsatisfactory Pieman. To the public at large It\ makes precious little difference who among Tammany ban vlvants gets the pie. or whether any Individual's slice Is broad at the base and fat or narrow and thin. When the pie enters Tarn' many the publlo knows It has disap peared forever, calls for tho bill and goes on trying to earn enough money to pay it Inside Tammany Hall the case Is different. There everybody is hun- gry. Everybody wants the biggest slice of pie. Everybody watches the pieman greedily while he slices the nutritious viand. A successful pieman cuts fairly distributes uniformly. Of course hu cannot hope to fill every mouth, 'or even any mouth; no cannot aspire to appease the unappeasable. But he gives to each clamorous appetite enough to overcome Its acutest pangs, sufficient to maintain its possessor in a, state approaching comfort. The rage of Tammany is stirred by the charge that Its present pieman Is not that kind of a pieman. When the officiating pieman wields the knlf the dlssatlHfled adherents of Tammany say, some get big pieces of pie, some must go wunout any pie. A eood deal ot pie goes to those back of the conn-- ter behind which the platan to perform his duties. Sometimes a whole pie disappears as If by magic; even Its aroma, rich and tempting, Is not con ferred on tho eager throng. As It a giant had swallowed It, It Is not. But always when such an Incident occurs It Is observed that one of the gentlemen behind the pie counter seems to grow a bit plumper, n little more rosy of countenance, and pats approrlngly the protuberant site of a psrfcct digestion. Tho pieman himself Is plump and rosy, overflowing with good spirits, full of tlvaclty, eloquent of tho joy of living. But as a distributer of pie the: pieman docs not win the ? proval of the faithful braves of Tam- many's tribe. Strike Cross Currents. Whatever tho merits of the case Itself, the new demands of railway workers might seem, on tho ono hand, to be In danger of going under the steam roller of the soft coal miners. If the soft coal miners are able to tic up the mines next week, as they threaten to do, the railway workers for the most part will quit work any- how without striking. There being no coal to drive the locomotives, the railroads could not operate; and If they could operate, there being no coal for Industry, there would be no traffic for them to haul. If the soft coal miners can put the railway workers out of their Jobs and nro going to put them out of their jobs almost immediately, what would be tho use of tho railway workers going to tho trouble and expense of doing to themselves with their own strike what the coal miners propose to do to them with their strike T On the other hand, there may be more than a gambler's chance that In view of the threatened tleup of the country' transportation, whether by mine workers or rait 'workers, the Government might not turn the roads back to their owners by or before the end of the year. The Government might announce that it would keep the roads operating If to do so it had to hang on to them till Gadbiel blew his trumpet. If the Government did hang on to the roads so as to keep them operating, strike or no strike by railway workers or by soft coal workers, It would have to get the coal to operate them. If the Government took the mines In charge so as to have coal for tho roads It would not be long before the coal strike was ended. If the Gov eminent kept the roads In charge there would not be much moro to the rail strike In th9 United States than there was to the recent rail strike In Great Britain. , Is It Impossible that the railway workers are coming forward with their demands at this time with tho very purpose of continuing Govern' ment operation of the roads Into the new year, at the same time, of course, assuring the necessary operation of the coal mines without which the roads could not operate? These are what might be called not merely cross currents In strlkedom, but strike gas- sing In the strike trenches. In these days of strike complexities, strike puzzle and strike mysteries some things may not be probable, but nothtng Is Impossible. Propaganda That Trie to Deceive Newspaper Headers. The Sun has had forced upon it recently a number of unsolicited gifts from the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy, 280 Broadway, In the form of handsomely printed articles which we are Invited to use In our columns without price and without credit The articles are frankly propaganda In behalf of trade union ism, and as such The Sun does not object to them. The manner in which It Is suggested that they be used, however, Is unethical, and In our opin- ion any newspaper which adopted it would be fairly chargeable with de- liberate fraud on its readers. To exhibit this suggested fraud we quote the ready made headlines and the opening paragraphs of three of the articles submitted to The Sun, and, we assume, to other newspapers, by, the American Alliance for Labor j and Democracy: \iiirumi in roue asour rionr UFLOYxas in capital OBOOF IN WASHINGTON MBXTINa. It facial Comepowetewe fa (Tome \Washington D. C, Oct. 00. In the National Industrial Conference In eulon hero there ara three group, labor, employers and the public.\ \atoitTs or woRXDts nsvcr uoai BLOQUENTLY CHAMPIONED DUR- ING DEBATE ON XETSTONC Or ARCH or LABOR OEUANDB. \By Staff Corrttvonitnt. 'Waihinoton, Oct. 00. Never have Labor's rights been more ably championed than in the National In- dustrial Conference called to meet here by President Wilson,\ \t.ABoa editors or ohio endorse a. r. or u, v. .,' AND AMERICAN ALLIANCE ; RECOMMEND ITS SERVICE. 'Bercial lo Wom4 Poptr). \ZAKESVILLE Ohio, Oct 00, A pledge of renewed loyalty to Ameri- can Ideals of orderly covernment, to the American Federation of Labor, and an endorsement to the American , Alliance for Labor and Democracy bave been made here at a convention of tho Labor Press Association of Ohio, consisting- of the editors of labor papers In the State.\ The truth Is that none of these Ar ticles, and none of the articles pre pared by the propaganda bureau of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy at 280 Broadway, or in Washington, or anywhere else, Is a \gpeclol\ to any newspaper, or the product of a \special correspond!? of any newspaper, or by a \staff correspondent\ within the meaning of those familiar terms as they are un derstood by the public and by work ere In tho newspaper profession. Each of these phrases Indicate to the reader, nnd Is Intended to Indicate to the reader, that tho article published under it was prepared for publication by a person especially commissioned by the newspaper printing It, either directly or In cooperation with other newspapers, or through a syndicate engaged Jn the collection of news and opinions as a business, and not as an adjunct or ancillary to any political or social movement. For any news paper to use any of these phrases, or another of similar Import, over mat ter not so prepared would amount to a flagrant abuse of the confidence of Its readers. This propaganda enterprise strikes Tbi Sun as being peculiarly Impu dent, even among propaganda enter prises. We have no objection to tho orderly exposition of any side of a question of public Interest by those Interested In It. But the deceit sug- gested by the American Alliance for Labor nnd Democracy Is open and shameless, nnd throws suspicion on every statement uttered under the aus- pices of the concern. Our Back Against the Wall. The American consular agent at Puebla, Mexico, has been kidnapped and Is held for ransom In the sum of $160,000. The State Department has been roused to the point of making \urgent representations\ to the Carranta Gov- ernment concerning this outrage against the American nation. The nttltude of the State Depart- ment will be strongly upheld by all Americans. It would be upheld It It were n good deal more emphatic Shall we never get our back against the wall with Mexican bandits? Put a Healthy Minority In the Board of Estimate! It has been an unfortunate thing for the city of New York that In the last two years there nan been no minority In the Board of Estimate. Tho finan cial affairs of a corporation which spends about $300,000,000 a year have been entirely In the hands of officials of one political party, and that party centred, in great measure. In Tam- many Hall. v As the Board of Estimate Is at present constituted Democrats cast all of the sixteen votes. What 1 worse, there has been no Fusion or, Republl can voice to raise Itself in behalf of economy. The good which an active and Intelligent minority somotlmes can accomplish In a political body has been denied to the city In the case of the present Board of Estimate. \Through the elevation of Auted E. Smith to the Governorship and the death of Fbank L. Dowxiso It hap- pens that on November 4, two years before the general election of city offl cers, New Tork will fill the unexpired terms of Mr. Smith and Mr. Dow-un- o as President of the Board of Aldermen and President of the Bor ough of Manhattan respectively. Every student of government knows that, regardless of partisanship, It would be a good thing for the city If these two offices, whose Incumbents cast between them five of the sixteen votes In the Board of Estimate, were to be held by officials opposed to Tammany Hall and lte allied borough machines. As It happens, the Repub llcan party has nominated for these places two men noted for their grusp of government, their activity In civic affairs and their excellent and fa miliar public record. Every citizen, no matter what his politics, would do himself a favor by helping to elect Fioaxxxo H. La Guab-oi- a President of the Board of Alder men and Hxrby B. Cubban President of the Borough of Manhattan. They would be a minority In the Board of Estimate, but a minority for the ma Jorlty to fear I The Last of ike Military Premiers of Japan. Ever since that pivotal day in Asiatic history, April 8, 1868, when. In .the sacred hall and In the presence of all the gods and the assembled court and territorial nobles of Jnpan, the Mikado took oath to decide all things according to public opinion there has been an Internal struggle in Japan greater even than the external struggle In the wars with China and Russia nnd Germany. The Mikado's oath was to form representative government, to abolish the uncivilized customs of former ages, to make access to the throne and the Imperial person easy, and to substitute the reign of reason for that of force. Tho soldiers and the military party, entrenched in power, said this was impossible. \Not yet,\ or \To-mo- r row\ (mlyonlchl), was their word. The men of light and leading said \Let us begin at once and educate our people In Hence the struggle which is already a half century old. , Tet what men who start revolu tions can control the forces that are latent In them? Once released, these forces usually bowl over their orig- inal engineers; or, what is much tho same, the power holding starters themselves, In face of opposition, harden into reactionaries. When, In 1877, Saioo, who had been \the sword of the revolution\ of 1808, rose against the new democracy then beclnnlng, In the nrmed Satsuma re- bellion, though nominally against \the bad counsellors of the Emperor,\ nnd wns suppr'essod only after the loss ot seven months time, 60,000 lives and $100,000,000, the young captain, Seiei TKRAueni, halted the march of Saigo's .THE ;SUNf RIDA.Y, battalions over a critical mountain sap, Well named the Hara-kir- i Pass because of the narrow margin of pos sibility of successful defence. Never- theless, Saioo was driven back. Be- cause of a bullet then received In his right arm Tebauciu, when in high rank, was the only subject In the em- pire permitted to use his left digits to shako hands with the Son of Heaven. In later years came the unconscious transformation of Tkbauchi, who hall In 1877 opposed with life and limb the militarism of Saioo. Ho became one of the most strenuous opponents of the men of civilian Ideas, who believe much In moral Influence and In a minimum of force in government of the State. ' Of TKBAuem's military record Asia and Europe know. He spent three years In Parts, was chief of staff In the war with China and superin tended the home operations In tho war with Russia. Then when Corea was annexed nnd all Japan was hot with wrath because a Corean patriot as sassin had ehot Iro, the civilian and Japan's greatest modern statesman, the powers In Toklo made Tebauchi Governor-Gener- of Corea. From the viewpoint of reason, of statesman- ship or of success, this was a blun- der. The soldier In civil office failed. In the trumped up .chargo of n gen eral Corean plot against Tebauciii's llfu the Japanese name and fame for justico got Its blackest mark.- - No alien can be accused of harsh criticism of the actions of Japan in Corea, since the Japanese themselves have so Intensively rebuked militar- ism. For, Just when In 1010 German Ideas prevailed, and Germany's tri- umph seemed assured, the military party In Japan, flushed with the Shan tung success, made Tebauchi Pre mier. Tet aftor only a few months of an almost autocratic rule and the Premier's high handed dissolution of the Diet, because of the opposition of outraged public opinion, Tebahi was driven from office. Then, after fifty years of struggle, the men who believe In the moral more than the physical forces for .government came Into power. Arduous Is their task, but \with tlmo and patience even the mulberry leaf becomes satin.\ Tet the record of a brave soldier, a jallant gentleman, a patriot who, according to his light, was sincere, Is unsullied and sure. The fame of Tebauchi the Field Marshal will live. A Great Evader of the Law. Those who have admiration for the successful crook will view almost with regret the passing from the scene of the notorious Axonso J. Wiiitivian. forger. He was to the law what Raffles was to the police. It was a poor city that did not have its record of his crime, hts arrest and his es cape. We doubt that any other crim- inal had such a fine score: forty-seve- n arrests and only two convictions. This paragon of refined thievery started hts maturity under the most promising circumstances. He had a college education and a million dol- lars. Ho lost the money but not the learning, and he applied his Intelli- gence, which might have won him a fortune honestly; to tho task of get- ting what he wanted by swindling banks and business houses. All the address, the persuasiveness, the cun- ning which he doubtless could have turned Into cumulative business cap- ital was used In single and dangerous adventures through which he got something dishonestly for nothing. What his victims and his tempo- rary, captors best remember him for Is not that he got the money, not that he was usually caught; his real ge nius was In going free. Once he Jumped from n train, but that was an exception to the rule, for his method was to consider the lnw before com mitting the forgery and to find a hole through which he later could escape. Well dressed, perfect In deportment. and as flnent as he was In the days when he was In the Minnesota Sen ate, he west Into court as counsellor to his own counsel. Thai little tech- nicalities and tricks with which he had circumvented the law before the fact of the crime would make en In- teresting and instructive book for law yen or scoundrels. Men who knew Whitxman In his youth and who watched his evil prog ress used to aay that ho would have been worth $50,000 a year to a slip- pery corporation, guiding It past nny lecal Scylla and Chnrybdls. But Whitsman travelled alone, and It was down to Gehenna. His two terms In prison, brief though they were, broke his health and probably his spirit and now we find him back homo in Dans-vlll- e, where he was born sixty years ago, asking the town authorities to send him to the poorhouse. The re turn of the native I The young man who threw Ave eggs at the German opera, singers without scoring a hit cannot hop to make a name for himself In baseball. Mr. Poclet, who is flying from Paris to Australia, must be of the game breed. ' Two more days of daylight saving. Lay In your winter stock of long twi- lights now. Has anybody ever been accused of hoarding tapioca or dried apricots? These murder mysteries are inter- esting, but It would be well If the police varied the news by catching a mur- derer. Yesterday was the centenary of the first trip of a boat on the Erie Canal. Speaking ot that dear old ditch, what Is tho Government, which took It over In 1918, going to do with It? A ropnlar Deftnltloa. From tU Moeon RtpulUcan. Legislation with a great, many people la almpty the art ot settlor through a kill to ralae eemebojr'a pay. bCTjOBEft 24, .ffitt. NAVY PAY. If We BeaHy Want Proteetloa on ike Sea We Must Pay for It To the Editor or Tits Sun Sir: Rear Admiral Samuel McOowan, chief of the Bureau ot Supplies and Accounts ot the navy, has told a House committee that the officers and men of that branch .of the service need an Increase In pay. Admiral McOowan Is not the only one who has presented these facts, to various Conareeelonal committees, and it Is about time that Washington considered this matter In a serious light and did something quickly. The United States Atlantlo fleet Is said to be seriously crippled for lack of of- ficers and men, whether the .poople In general realise It or not. Why? Beoause wages are so attractive on the outside that no one excepting a' real patriot or a natural bom aatlorman will accept the sea as his profession on the wages that Uncle Sam pays his men who wear the blue. Probably no business men In the coun- try ever rise to control and be responsible for the same vast amounts of money, property and lives at the same salaries paid to officers of the army and navy, During the late war a temporary full Ad- miral was In command ot the Atlantic fleet The battleships alone under his com mand can be estimated to cost not one cent less than $400,000,009 and It re- quired about 27,000 men to man them. This does not include the destroyers, supply ships and other craft which were attached to his fleet, and which, if added n, would,cause the above figures to mount higher and higher. For this \slight\ the gentleman who wore four stars on his collar and protected the American coast from Eastport to Key West received about the same salary as the president of a medium slsed city bank. A short time ago It Is reported a Rear Admiral was forced to reduce his life Insurance to meet the high cost of liv- ing. A Junior officer with the rank of Ensign or Lieutenant, junior grade, Is completely \out of luck\ If he happens to be married. Then where does the bluejacket come in the man who feeds the coal and oil, washes down decks, keeps the bright work polished, paints and red leads the ship to keep its sides and body from deteriorating, mans the guns, search-Ilgh- ta and wheel? The \gob\ had better stay single. We clamor for protection when our coasts are threatened, we demand that the lives of our citlsens be safeguarded on the high aoaa. we clench our flits and grow red hot when postage stamp na- tions. Insult our flag and permit bandits to slaughter our citlsens, but when all la quiet and serene we don't worry about our men In tho sorvlce and how much we pay them. What about It Congress haven't these men a right to live? PATCH OOUB, October IS. J. J. T., Jr. YOUTH'S EDUCATION. A Contention That Many College Stud ies Are of No Practical Valoe. To the Editor or Twa Son flir; I have read the editorial article entitled \Is It Worth a Young Man's While to Oo to School T\ In my, opinion the young man la right There are thousands ot lawyers and doctors who do not earn tl.OOOie year. A areat deal ot the edu cation received In colleges la of no prac tical value to men In after life. The time devoted to many of the subjects Is absolutely wasted. Such was the opinion of Henry Adams expressed In that very interesting book entitled \The Education of Henry Adams.\ The trifling Vnowledge of languages acquired In schools and colleges has no practical value. I used to hear It said that the study of the I higher mathematics and other subjects taught In high schools and colleges disciplines the mind, but It seems to me that Is a fallacy. In the city of New Tork we are spending a great deal ot money for. education most of which will be utterly useless to those who ac quire It I do not think the city of New Tork ehould be called upon to maintain a free college. Let those who want a college education pay for It The following was recently told to me about a man who died a short time ago and who for many years ranked among the leading business men of the United States. He was, when a very young man, desirous of obtaining a college education, but on the outbreak of the dvll war he enlisted In the North- ern army, and at the close ot the war, being 'still deilroua of obtaining a col- lege education, he visited the president of one of our great colleges and asked hts advice. After talking with him the president advised him to give up the Idea of a college education. He did so and became, as I have said, one of the leading business men ot the United States. It takes a long time to get a high school or a college education, especially when. In connection with It one prepares himself or herself for a profession. The time thus employed Is In the majority of cases wasted. The education so received frequently unfits young men and young women for the ordinary vocations of life. New York, October 23. Observer. What's Wanted. To the Editor or Thb Sun air: What thu American people now demand from the striker Is mediation and cooperation, not arbitration and repudiation. Merle Middlston. New Tork, Ootober It. ' Another One Man's War. from Ma London Chronfcli. D'Annunilo re not the nrat Individual who has weced war entirely oft hla own bat. Ha has a alxteenth oenturr rlral, a bankrupt German trocar, who deBed a whole kingdom. Th Elector of Baaony had helpM htmaelf to two of the hore of liana Kohlhaae baoauae they had atrayad Into hla territory from Brandenburg-- , where Kohlhaae realdad. All avenue ot redreaa htTtnr failed, Han declared war. II burned farma on the Elector1 territory, and, ratting more darlnr. burned whole vlllacee. II ateurad plunder, hired mer cenirle with the procaeda, and for alx year kept up a conetant guerrilla warfare, It waa left to Luther to brlnr peace. But Hans waa later betrayed to the Bleotor, and althourh I should not Ilk to frlihten D'Annunalo, I muet' stat the fact that hla rtvnt waa broken on the wheel. On the Trail In Weateheater. From tn Ktvxxutlt Svn. Robert Havlland Qutnby la still on the lookout for the crew of for!rnr who a week to two aro deprived him of several bars of choice hand picked applr. That he or the offloera will get them ultimately (ota without aaylnr. Their number la now known. , A Matter for Arbitration. from th DaStet h'ncn. Aa a ganeral thing, when a young man ha a good deal of dancing to do at night he la hard to satisfy with hi working conditions nazt day. ASSXHT VOTING. Mleklgaa and Ohio Are Reported to Have Found It Satisfactory. To the Editor or The SoN-pf- lir: Com- mercial travellers are the llfo blood of American business. Over 1(0,000 of them cover every hamlet, village, town and city in the United Btates, Its Terri- tories and dependencies. Naturally a very large percentage, estimated at 80 per cent, or over 110,000, are absent from their homes or voting places on election day. Thus we lose In the elec- torate the judgment of the best posted business men and practise a great In- justice to this enterprising army of workers. Amendment No. s to the New Tork State Constitution, which will be voted upon oh November 4, empowers the Legislature to enact laws providing a method of \absent voting\ which should bo supported by all political parties, and I trust will receive very few negative votes. This Is not a new proposition. The State of Michigan In Ita original Consti- tution, adopted in 1838, provided for \ab- sent voting.\ About ten years ago tho State ot Ohio adopted \absent voting.\ No unfavorable conditions have arisen regarding the absent voting plan In these two States or In other States where It has been adopted. W. F. Waxeman. New Tork, October it. A FARMERS UNION? We May Be Driven to It by Organized Labor, Says One Fanner. To ma Editor or Thb Sun Sir: Mr. Quackenbush's tetter relative to returns on farm products states a typical case to any one familiar with the facta of food production and Its financial returns. Moreover, providing food for a forty-tw- o hour man by working eighty-fou- r hours oneself Invites speculation on the right- eous advisability of an organisation for farmers similar to the A. F. of L. It Is quite Interesting to think of the possibilities ot such an organization (a farmers' national union) under the eff- icient leadership ot a man of Mr. Com- pere's calibre, and I know of no reason under our present conditions why such an organisation could not or should not con- trol the production of food. If tho dis- tribution of food Is on a certain basis, surely Its production should be the same. Unless' It la on the same basis we have an Injustice wrought by' one class on an- other, and that Is certainly abhorrent to American Ideals. If the consumer and all concerned with the handling of hla food are to lire by working forty-tw- o hours a week, by what sophistry can the producer ot that food be compelled to work eighty-fou- r hours a week! Considering Just one phase of farm-ln- ?. dairying-- , your average man would sAy offhand that a \six-ho- day,\ seven days a week, la Impracticable. It la not, and for the simple reason that the whole country knows it can't exist on forty-tw- o hours of work a week. Men In the trades dont strike for six-ho- days for the sake of the six hours them- selves. They strike to make their high wages possible, either through decreased production and thus Increased value ot the product or else through double pay for overtime. They don't give a pica- yune for the six hours; they ore after the Increase In wages that a six-ho- basis will bring them. They want a six-ho- ur basis net a six-ho- day. To express it correctly then. If It Is Just for the slX;hour basis to apply to the man who drinks the milk It Is also Just for him who produces 1L Therefore the labor return to a dairyman may be Just- ly figured on a six-ho- basts a living wage for six hours and double that .for overtime. And It Is Just for the Dairy- men's League to figure the fair price for milk on such a basis and to obtain that price by using the same tactics which the \rule or ruin\ policy of American labor uses to gain Its ends. It you will multiply the suffering that this one application of a six-ho- basis would cause by the number of phases of farming you will get some idea of the chaos which may poestbly come to pass within the next decade unless our labor unions reifrn to a common sense pro- gramme. William II. Wooobott. Chester, N. J., October 13. A Conneetlent Fanner's Idess on Price Fixing. To the Editor or Tub Sun Sir; Tour editorial article \What la sauce for the goS. Ac.,\ is excellent There Is more irutn man nction in it. That Is Just what the fanners will do when food con sumption exceeds production. Consumption Is Increasing much more rapidly than production. At the present rate of progress It will not be long be fore consumption overtakes production. Then the farmers will fix their own prices and get them too. The question will then be not how will consumers like It but what will they do about lt7 Is there any way they can compel the farmers to raise food for them except slavery? Can they make staves of five or ten millions of fanners? We can shoot as well ea they. What will they do about It? O. F. Shepabd. Stafford Sprinqs, Conn., October 23. Credit to Tlungry Joe for an Old Saying. To the Editor or Tub SnN Sir; I am getting tired of hearing the oft quoted phrase \There Is a sucker born every minute\ attributed to the late P. T. Bamum. The phrase originated In Thb Sun stories of \Hungry Joe,\ which were published three or more decades ago. If my memory serves me right Among this famous confidence man's victims waa the late Charles Francis Adams. Vetbran. New Tork, October 33, Six Canals One, Balxcd to the K(h Power of Seriousness. To the Editor of Tub Bun Bir; Tour correspondent James V. Hayes aays that multiplication Is nothing more than continued addition. We concur with him In that but he should not confuse the simple multiplication with the theory of exponents. He cites the example of tx\ Plus 2 plus 1 plus 1 Granted. Then, to be logical, he should go on and show that 1x6- -1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1, or 8. IXlX'XlXl Xl Is merely 1 raised to the sixth power (1) and not the same as 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1. F. W. 0,and a J, H. New Tork, October 28. T Sweeten Florida. front I A Florida Timet-Vnl- It I apparent that Ih growlnr of sugar can U going to develop Into on ot th great Industrie ot Florida and w)ll take Ita place with th citrus fruit crop, )v stock and general farming, the phosphate Induetry, naval etoree. lumber and nahlng. It will alao aweeten th bank depoalts and add another dynamo of tnergy to th gen- eral development ot th Stat. WORLD GETS RADIDM SDPPLY FROM D. S. Production of Annual Spoon- ful Worth $8,500,000 Pusses From Europe. DEMAND IS INCREASING Fcrmanont Headquarters In Solcoted and Officer! Arc Named by Surgeons. Since the beginning of the war leader- ship In the use and production of radium has been transferred from Europe to the United Btates, it was revealed yesterday at the congress of the American College of Surgeons. This country now Is pro- ducing almost all of the world output which omounts to an oUnoo, or about one tablespoonful annually, and has a selling vatuo of 82,800,000. The American production Is adequate to the Increasing demand In surgery, ac- cording to Joseph M, Flannery, president of the Standard Chemical Company of Pittsburg, which has a. radium exhibit at the surgeons congress. \If the small amount of production Is surprising to those not familiar wfth radium,\ said Mr. Flannery, the amount ot ore necessary to produce that output likely will be more surprising. The production of the world's annual once of radium Involves the .use of not less than 1,400 carloads of raw material, of which about 500 tons Is camotlte ore, the basic ore, found In Colorado. World'n Supply Aasnred. \Fortunately radium Is virtually In- destructible and The de- terioration of radium Is about 1.25 of X per cent, a year, therefore, all produc- tion adds permanently to the worlds supply. There are at present about three or four ounces oi rauium \- - - stock. Utmost precaution Is taken to . , ..Aim It la about one hundred times more valuable than the highest quality diamonds and 200,000 times more vaiuaoie inmi yu.o The surgeons, at their afternoon tet- - . .v.. TivUnrf. AatnrlH- - decided to make the permanent headquarters of the congress in aniens u uu - - dence at Cass and Brie streets fbr the permanent administration ou\dlnVtf structure ana grounus men and surgeons ot Chicago. The following officers were elected, to take office a year hence: t. i j . t. nrr. e. Armstrong. first nt Dr. ku- - Montreal; . . \ ri.lMa ssavfinn Vl(ft dolpn Aiaiaa, now ufi \ - - president Dr. Horace Packard, Boston. surgery at McQlll University Medical School, haa the aegreen j \ M. D C M- - C M, Q., I I D'..,nil.tt S. C. He was a Colonel in tne Ca . nadian overseas meaicai lorcea uim chief surgeon of the Royal Victoria Hos- pital and consulting surgeon of other leading Montreal hospitals. graduated from McQlll University Medi- cal School In 187T. noapttal Meet Standards. I J.. I. r UnnrahHil at ChlCagO. i iMana.,M nf th hoDltal stand ardlaatlon committee ot the College of Burgeons, announcea urn iuv.-o- f more than 100 beds In the United States and seven In Canada have meas- ured up to the requirements of the col- - lego, a weniy-si- x oi u m..- - , v-.- i. . TvVifrh hfli the hlzheet in now \ average, have been approved by the sur geons, ana are as iohow; Bellevue. New Tork; Beth Israel, New Tork; Brooklyn iioipii-w- , Buffalo Homoeopathic, Buffalo ; Ellis Hos- pital. Schenectady ; Erie County Hospital, Buffalo ; rianneraann xnjjiui, ww.-- -. , , h. nnn,l Hhcnherd. Syra- - cuse ; Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn ; Leba non Hospital, new lernj u.rr,it.t Ttrnoklvn: Mount Slnal Hospital, New Tork ; Mount Vernon Hos- - Mmtni vat-nn- : new lura istD aiiu Ear Infirmary, New Tork; New Tork Hospital. New Tork; New lork Hos- - ui fnr Women and Children, New \ . AL...,l. T T ... I Tork; New lora. uruiop v. . Vnrlr fViHM V for Re- - lief of Ruptured and Crippled, New Tork; Oneida County Hospital, Rome; Presbyterian Hospital, new Rochester General Hospital. Rochester; a. Tv.n'.. uivar.n HoanltBj. Tohkers : St. Luke's Hospital. New Tork ; Wyckoft Heights Hospital, Brooklyn. , ... V. rt- - . BtanAarrllaatlnn AIlO Wine du,,. v. of hospitals for the protection of patients will be aiscusaea ai a m,iv. \HONEY FITZ\ LOSES SEAT IN CONGRESS HouMe Election Committee Gives Place to l ague. Special DevpofeA lo Tan 8 dr. Wabhinqton, Oct 23. The House re moved y from Its membership Rep resentative John F. Fltxgerald, former Boston mayor, on the ground tnat fraud- ulent votes were responsible for his election, and by the eame resolution gave Ws seat to Peter F. Tague, one of his opponent in the election last rail, Mr. Toa-u- was sworn in Immediately aftor the House action waa taken. Op ponents of Mr. Fltxgerald had euch a Urge majority that they were able to prevent a roll-m- il on the question and likewise defeati:,' proposal ot Repre- sentative Luce (Mas'.), to declare the eeat vacant until after a new election. Beth are former House members and Democrats, Mr. Tague having made the race on an independent ticket after btlnir defeated In the primary. The charges of fraud In Mr. Fitzger- ald's election were mado In the report of House Elections Committee Numbei 2, which, summarized by the chairman, Representative uoodall (Me.), follow: The testimony gave overwhelming evidence, of the Illegal registration ot voters In Ward C In Boston. Tho con-test- Introduced no evidence to refute thes6 charges. It in the opinion of seven out ot the nine members of the com nilttee that In order to punish the porpe tratore of theno frauds, Mr, Fltsgerald should be unseated,\ Both Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Tague defended themselves on the floor of the House and practically the entire mem-beTrh- lp sat during a five hour debate expecting some \fireworks\ which failed to develop. R0ZALES FOR PRESIDENCY. Membrero'a Follower Aalc Hint to Ran In Honduras, San Salvador, Republic of Salvador, Oct. 22. Q en. Maximo B. Rozales has been asked by followers ot Alberto Mem-brer- o, nt ot Honduras, to become a candidate for the Presidency of that country. Gen. Lopez Qutlerrex having refused to make the canvass. It la understood that the various Ocnerals In the forces lad by nt Mem-brer- o have been in sharp disagreement with the followers of Gen. Gutierrez and havo left Tegucigalpa In a mysterious manner. Among those who have de- parted from the llonduran capital Is Gen. Carlos, who has 1,500 men at hla disposal. The Sun Calend? THE WEATHER. For Eastern New Tork , and Southern New EngiaSJ with rain y wSetS' row: not much change In tiZJ0\'-fres- h east winds: 1,mPraujr,, da?ute Sfxsttw ... arat varlabl wind n. For wtatarn and probably ,,, WASHINGTON. hlrh over the .w KnlVn7PSr,,.'?,,r \ along th. northern border twi'VM Superior wetward to tn taV,iVm U' pr.aaur. dl.Trlbutlon 1. ttlZ&Vi. Ih\ OUW Stat., and Ih. ewK.i'u, '\ p7.'i iiasra tf'vss Ph'T.rM look la for elo7dehweri weaiV\ S1\ in th. r'Sloo of 'th, Or.a7 VvmM,V\ material 'change elMwh.reJ \ SSllTJi\??. A nnltedBtte. wM,w snty-axt- li meridian times Wlsy, art. Tjtare. nu-- u Aoume .ti' Albany .. M 40 10.12 Atlantlo City, .. to M W.ll BalUmore ,., .. M 61 SO.ll lUla Blamarck ... .. U 0 . IUl Boaton .a Run ...... .. M 41 .oo Buffalo .. anty .. (0 41 M.1I marieaton . .. tl : S0CJ rt-aj- f Chicago ... S4 M .0 .. ri.a, Cincinnati ., .. M II 30.01 .. .. Clew!, i.irrviaoa .. M 44 SUM Cloedr 71 41 Oontf an Datrolt II!!'.!!! - SMf SI 41 M.M uaireaton ... M II Oeity a.74 Helena .. II 11 .ll .10 - ft. CM, Jacksonville .. IS 71 toes Kanaaa .. Clear Qlty... TJ 60 !4 Lo AiixeW, ... St 0) 1S.M Qoa HUwanie .... t 41 SJ.OO .. New Orleaoj. , II 74 2S.M Clear Oklahoma H Clevl, City, II 4 aa.Tl .. Clear M 11 to. II .19 Rale Flttebsrg ..... 10 u S0.II .. PbrtlftnA t Clear 41 40 to.u Char Port! Bait iua, ur.., 50 44 a.n . . Onir niy,, ei CO ZV.Il San It C14 Antonio.... ts 74 ISM .. Rm dear ejirtoo. . so S4 28.11 San Pt.Clt C 1S.N .. Clear 8t .. U 14 10.00 Bali Washington .. tl II W.ll .. . Itain LOCAL WDATOER RECORDS. Barometer .... ....10.11 I A. II. P. II. Nil Humidity WLnAw1tM.,l .... 71 It Wind velocity .... 10 niiuw ...... . . .Cloudjr. Rlh. Precipitation .. ...none. .tl r.:.sr5t.uJ? ty yssurdsr. I A. 11... 81 1 P. M...47 P. M...4I AMU. 1 P. M...I7 7 P.M... II 10 A.M. ..(4 11 A. M . 11 JP.M. 4PM ,.IJ II I P. II... II i2 i? .7.\ ii P.M... II I P.M.. ! 10 P. M...II iii. mi. nil. t A M 1 I, mi. J M II H p:i:::u I P. M...II 19 :: nicnest temperature, II, at 1:10 p u ' lAwet temperature, IJ, at 7 P. ii Average temperature, 6 J. EVENTS TO-DA- Meatlnv of fh t.t Boolal Hygiene Aesoolatlon, with addremi p7P ' ' ror-fur- th atraet. I t.'J.Jw \ Waahlnfton IUlthtt MM? !\. M\ Weat lillk H2tlo\o''jLMn\ B,ltr1 ' E,,lm,LU' a\ niP\ a\ 'V I\ Thee Dayef wt-1.0- .? ? D\onal efficiency clan. . u. a., a:ia . . p. . . m, . . KM t n In Man TV rt n n - , . ,v -- D unit nirer p Prk and Wnety-aevent- h etrett, I Unit, W. C. C &. Nlnety-elght- h etreet inl Fourth avenue, I P. 11. Meetlnar h ml An Tm,,, it..,. . -- , A?\' WpmMn'\ r,emocrat,e atue. Me. uinner, ciaa ot 'II Amherat Collefa, IF. II. Anslo-Amerlc- Tr&rfltinn-- . nf t.ik.,, Conference, McAlpln. 1 p. M. Meetlntr of th Rmitln-l- n. T,in elation, Hotel Aator. 10 A. M. Meetlnr,t Daughter of the Revolution Ator. 1 P. M. .Agricultural society of America, meetlof, Hotel Aator, l:lo A. M. I p\m\'1 UurDrn,B'' Uo(l Aitor, 1 and M'eeting, Nw York City Federation et Women' Clube, Hotel Aetor, 1 P. M. Meeting of low New Torkera. Hoti Aator. 2 P. M. Addreee by Representative F. H La OuardU, Republican candidate for Prni dent of the Board of Aldermen, Commcrci Club. Brooklyn. 11:30 P. M. Convention of the Clinical Conir-- n c' the American Collera ef SuriMtii. wald-t- f all day. International Conference of Women Pa iciana. Waldorf, all day. ueneareai lorK supnony I P. SI. Rehearetl National Opera Club, Waldo:' 10 A. M. Meeting and luncheon of the Cour.cl' t' Alumnae of Dartmouth Cllce, W.liorl all day. e Meeting of Sterling Silverware Slanc.'tc tnren, Waldorf, 1 P. It. Meetlnr of the Century Theatre Out Hotel Commodore, 1 P. M. CTnnVAnllnn mil lunehwnn. American If, and Steel Institute. Hotel Commodore, 13.1) P. M. HnnvanllAn ml Innnh.nn. AmrlraD IfOA nl Steel Inatltute, Hotel Commodore, II:!) P. M, Reception and review, SeentyB\ Regiment, New Tork Guard, Armory, Fark avenue and Thirty-fourt- h atreet. Illuatrated lecture, \Satan'e Seat and H Bulldera,\ by Dr. Clinton L. Babcoc. Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia UnlveriU lilt P. M. Smoker, Dartmouth Alumni, Hon. Ptnnaylranla. 1:10 P. M. \How l.awa Are Made In Albany, lecture by Jamea A. Foley. Tammany caadljaie for Surrogate, New Kra Club. 174 Broadway, 7:10 P. M. . \The Wonderful Work of Watrr\ will the aubject of an Illuatrated lecture br ' Sherwood at tho Museum of Natural Hi torr at 1:10 P. M. Th Rellsioue Leader' 6ectlon ot f. American Social Hyzlene Aeeoclat on JW meet at the Union Theoloilcal Se\1'\\ '! I'.IO P. M.. and the LeI Seetlaa will meal at th Bar Awoclatlon Ilulldins at I P PUBLIC LECTURES T \Th Woman Voter,\ by William Compton. Wadlelrh lilr frhoo'. \ atreet and Seventh avenue. \Dreame and Dreamera, ''\W'JS.'j Prof. Samuel C. Schmucker. JcSjei p,.h,v..uhth .tr.t near Flret ChSpIn\ 1y O. A KanJegiei Pu School 111, ll!d atreet and Weaawaru \Jim.. Ruaeell ?S?.VmI by J. Q. Carter Troop, HnbU Anthony and Tremont avenuee CONCRETE SHIPS MAKE GOOD. Cheaper to Ilepexlr and Have Ote Advantage\. Concrete ships of 3,500 tons have b proved a success but larger onM u to still an experiment, findings of a technical romrr, toe of v American Bureau of Shipping public at India Houw yeaterili) Capt. a A. McAllleter , \The concrete ship Is heavier than steel vessel but lighter than a wccM one.\ said ho. \It is cheaper to re' than either. It costs about $1 ' the labor of anyone who ran P\\ hole full of mud, to repa r ne -- Blzed hole In a concrete veosci tn to repair r either would cost H.800 ateel or wooden craft. Ileum \ and other advantages. It ma saieijr said that the .concrete sh.p ha ! stay for craft operated in home Steel ships will continue to t, prefer\-fo- r ocean traffic, however\ Pour Dead tn Army I.l Washington, Oct. 23.An army ualty list Issued to-d-ay thowa the lowing killed In action L'cUi\7 nobert B. Gtlbreath. Columbia TJ' Privates James Alfred Hots, U0!1,\ Mo.: James T. Witt, Stella . f Michael E. Zaferellls. Ka.l TaH1-- 1 Ohio.
