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Published dally, including Sunday, by the Run Printing and Publishing Association, 880 Broadway, Borough of Manhattan, N. Y. President. Frank A. Munaey. 280 Broadway; Ervln Ward, man; Secretary, n. H. Tltherlngton: Treas- urer, Wm. T, Dewart. all of 280 Broadway. office, 40-4- 3 Fleet street. Paris offlce, 0 Rue de la Mlchodlere, oft Rue du Quatre Septembre. Waahlngton office, Munsey Building. Chicago offlce, 108 South La Salle street. Brooklyn offlce, Room 202, Eagle Bulid-In- 303 Washington street. our friends who favor us tcflft manu- scripts and illustrations for publication wlsfi to have refected article! returned they mutt In all cases said stamps for that purpose, TELEPHONE, WORTH 10000. Can It Bo True? What Is this we hear a compro- mise suggestion on the League Cove- nant from Senator Hitchcock, and Senator Hitchcock the spokesman o Mr. Wilson In tho Senate? We had thought the author ot the Covenant was made of firmer stuff. Tho Republican Club Invites the Candidates to Show Themselves. The Republican Club of this city lias done a service to the Republican party and to tho nation In arranging a series of luncheons at which Repub- licans who aspire to be the nominee of their party for President are to appear and discuss In their capacity of avowed candidates the Issues be- fore the country. Already It is announced Major-Gen-er- Lko.vabd Wood, Governor Calvin Coolidcc of Massachusetts, Governor Frank 0. Lowden of Illinois and Sen- ator Wabp.en CHaedino of Ohio ore expected to address the club mem- bers, probably In January. The list Is not closed. The Intention of the club Is to have all the candidates pass In review before Its members, each conscious that he Is being examined as a possible standard bearer In tho national campaign of 1020 and nware of the fact that although he speaks only to ti handful of.Vmcn In person his words will be reported for the In- struction and enlightenment of mill- ions of Americans who will approach the choice of a Republican candidate for President next summer gravely, with full recognition of the supreme Importance of selecting a properly equipped man to undertake a- - task of tremendous magnitude. This is.a contribution of high worth to publicity In making the nomina- tion. The Republican nomination In 3020 must not be handed to any In- dividual without complete disclosure and thorough discussion of his quali- fications. Such public appearances as those contemplated by the Republican Club should be arranged In all parts of the country, that the act of tho nominating convention may be the act ot a body wholly Informed and fully familiar with the man to whom the honor of nomination eventually goes. Lieutenant-Command- er Read's TJso less Maps. Lieutenant-Commande- r Read of the nvy nnd the NC-- tho seaplane In which he made the pioneer passage to Europe through the air, were lost to Ids superior officers and the public for twenty-fou- r hours last week while on a recruiting lllght along the Gulf coast. The fliers encountered fog nnd were forced to make a landing. After studying their maps they decided to descend on Grund Isle, fifty miles south of New Orleans : \Commander Read and his crew se- lected Grand Isla as a place to spend tho night because their maps showed a town there. \The place) was destroyed by a tidal wave In 1833, nothing- - now remaining except n fishing camp and a light- house, whero tho NC-4'- 6 party spent the nlcht.\ If Lieutenant-Commande- r Read were taking the NC-- 4 Into a little known country on a hasty trip ren dered necessary by an emergency there would bo some excuse for sup- plying antiquated, nnd consequently useless, maps to him. But he Is mak ing a carefully planned recruiting trip, to preparo for which there was ample time, over populous and thor ougbly explored sectia&a of tho coun to. Tho fact that tho map ho had showed a town which existed a quar- ter of a century ago is sufficient ovl- - denca mat ho was not misled because cartographers have not had time to chart the land; and It Is also evidence that In this particular' at least his equipment was nltogether Inadequate and dangerous. In this case the men Imperilled by n map which had not been corrected In twenty-si- x years suffered only In convenience. In another Instance in which dependence was put on such n jniip tho men might lose their lives. Jn war the loss of their lives might julanscr an army or a fleet In any case tho fliers must depend on tho maps which are furnished to them, and blamo for a misadventure caused by Incorrect charts must rest on tho shoulders of tho officials who arc re- sponsible for tho Incorrect maps. Hetrcnchmont In State Expenses. Speaker Thaddeus 0. Sweet of tho Assembly reports an encouraging sen- - tlment for retrenchment In State ex penses unions the up-Sta- legislators. They look with favor on tho sugges tion that tho State shall adopt' the plan of financing public Improvements. They .want expendi tures reduced to tho lowest possible amount which Is consistent with eff- icient administration. Tho city of New York was com pelled to accept the plan by the Investors to whom It offered Its bonds for sale after It had run a long course of extravagance. Tho plan has never had a fair trial hero because It was necessary to modify It in certain details to meet tho abnormal condi- tions caused by our participation in tho war. Its object. Is to render Im possible wastefulness such as that to which this town became accustomed when long term bonds flowed from the city treasury as water flows over a mill dam after tho spring rains. Any- thing that will prevent waste In gov- ernment expenditures will have the approval of the taxpayers. But we should not build too much on Speaker Sweet's words of cheer. Perhaps the legislators whose pro- posed economies he speaks of are not unlike thoso lawmakers with whom all are familiar, to whom cutting down the other fellow's appropria tion Is statesmanship of a high order, but taking a penny off their own little bills Is a crime against civilization. Capturing; tho Foreign Trade. It may bo a shock to some of tho loose thinkers who are projecting their noisy opinions Into the International trade and exchange situation, but It Is n cold economic fact that n nation faced with an adverse trade balance as concerns some other nation may best solve that particular Interna tional problem sometimes, not by buy ing less from such quarter but by buy ing more. A torpedoed and sinking exchange market may thus be sal vaged by the very thing, which the Ignoramus believes would complete the wreck. It all depends upon the articles bought by the debtor nation, how Its Industrial efficiency works with them and what It does with them. Take as an example of country Great Brit- ain and as an example of article cot ton. Great Britain Is Importing our cotton more heavily In values than ever before, exactly as Great Britain Is Importing various commodities from various countries more heavily than ever before. Yet Great Britain will not thereby run more deeply Into debt Great Britain will dig herself out of debt, for she has leen Importing the Increased and Increasing cotton to manufacture It nnd sell It again. Since the cotton season began In August Great Britain has taken from us, with what Is afloat, probably a full 1,500,000 hales. With cotton at 10 cents to 12 cents before the war this would amount to something be- tween $75,000,000 and $90,000,000. But with cotton not far now from 40 cents It amounts to something near the gigantic figures of $300,000,000. But these costly cotton cargoes now dotting the seas between ports of the United States and ports of the United Kingdom are going to sell again as the finished product nt correspond- ingly higher prices and richer profits. Heavier ocean freight and Insurance charges are going to bo collected both on the voyages In with the raw mate- rial and afterward on the voyages out again with the manufactured goods sold the world over. Assume, If you will, that 1,500,000 bales of 12 cent cotton before the war, with the purchase price, the handling, freight, Insurance and other charges, went Into Great Britain at 15 cents, or $75 a bale, or some $110,000,000. Assume, If you will, that manufacture nnd other handling of the product turned It out ready as new goods for new markets at $150 a bale. Assume that of the 1,500,000 bales a million bales were sold the world over as ex- port goods. That would give $150,-000,0- of trade going out of Great Britain ns against the $110,000,000 which went in. Now similarly assume that the pres- ent 1,500,000 bales of 40 cent cotton, with the shipping costs and other ad- ditions, go Into Great Britain at 45 cents, or $225 a bale about $335,-000.00- 0. Assume that the same rela- tive additions go Into the manufac- ture and other costs of the finished product. Thls'would mean that the bale going to tho factory at $225 would come forth as the finished goods nt $150. Assume again that of the 1,500,-00- 0 bales a million, now made Into goods for export, are sold abroad. This would glvo $450,000,000 going out In goods, as against the $335,000,000 which went In as total cotton. Aside and apart from all profits made In tho various Industrial and commercial transactions, In the trans- portation, 4c., tho same trade of ac- tual cotton, in and out, which before had given Great Britain a favorablo International balanco of $40,000,000 would now be giving Great Britain a favorable International balance of $115,000,000. What is true ot Great Britain Is true of any other Industrial nation Importing cotton to reexport the greater part of It as finished product. And what Is true of any nation as re- gards cotton Is true of It as regards steel, copper, hides, wool, rubber and the thousand and one natural products which arc both the requisites of varied d national Industry yielding surplus products and wealth and tho back- bone of a country's International trade and world power. Great Britain, In particular, as eho Is buying from all quarters of tho globo y buying prodigiously, buying Incessantly, buying desperately that she may soil to all quarters of the globo In tremendously greater val- ues than sho buys, will not long know n depressed rnto of sterling exchango with this country or with any other. Great Britain, on the contrary, soon will have all tho world, with tho pos- sible exception of tho United States, paying her tribute as of old In trade profits, Interest, dividends, freight bills, Jnsuranco charges and gold. Meanwhile wo shall' bo dreaming, to be sure, those fascinating tirade dreams which nlways enrapture tho Imagination, though somebody else brings home the bacon. Where Rests. Governor Frank O. Lowden o Illi- nois talked good sense and good poli- tics In tho highest signification of that word at tho dinner of tho New Eng- land Society when he said: \The primary duty of every po- litical division, no matter how small, Is to keep Its own house in order. Men are too prone, In these days, when disorder threatens, to call or soldiers. Soldiers will 'always ba needed and must bo used, It they are the only means to maintain the law. For, at whatever cost, the law must remain supreme. \In every nation, theromust be some one or some thing supreme, to whom or to which all must yield obedience. In an empire, It Is em- peror. In a kingdom, It Is king. In a republic, the. only majesty is the majesty of the law. \Whoever does violence to the law Is laying profane hands upon the sov- ereignty of the people. Let It be re- membered, however, that every time outside force, In any community, la empl\yed it is a confession of weak- ness in the foundations, In fact, ot our institutions. Tho municipality must learn to govern Itself when law- lessness appears. Its chamber of commerce and other civic organiza- tions, instead ot meeting to pass resolutions calling for troops, should organize themselves Into defensive forces and offer their services to the peace officers of their city to uphold the law.\ It Is Governor Lowde.Vs opinion lhat the capacity of the village, the town, the city to maintain domestic peace Is not ns great now ns It has been In the past, nnd that law abjdlng citizens nnd public officials arc now more easily led Into calling for out side help to preserve order than their predecessors were. It would require a close examination of the records covering a long period to substantiate this belief or to refute It satlsfnc-- , torlly. But one thing Is true In the knowledge of all men. It Is that weak local officials shirking their public du- ties and leaving them for authorities In larger Jurisdictions to do invite the destruction of local powers. If the village constables will not malntnln order some dny the country or tho State will, and when tills happens the vlllage.nuthorlsf will be permanently crippled. The villagers will come to look to the State, nnd not to them selves, for protection, and In so doing they will forfeit n fraction ot their Independence nnd power. A course ot relaxing energy on one side and con- stant nggrandlzement of power on the other must Inevitably prove fatal to the American theory and prnctlce of This constitutes a possible Impair- ment of the American system against which it Is tho duty of every Ameri can to be constantly on guard. now Comes a Scot So? Through what process docs a Scotch' man becomo bolshevik? The question would not bo pertinent but for the fact that Representative Joiinson tells of a Scot who Is nmong the most vlo lent of tho I. W. W. Otherwise peo pie hearing tho phrase \bolshevik Scotchman\ would think of puny black lights, horizontal alti- tudes, bookless libraries and triangu- lar circles. It may be that Mr. Jon.NSox's Scot lu a throwback of some wild PIct fam- ily and Is violent for the sake of vio- lence. Or perhaps he Is n Scot who has never felt the national thrill. An Interesting experiment would be to take him aside, put a bag of shillings In his hand3 nnd say \This Is yours to do as you please with; of course you will dlvldo It with your fellow communists.\ Tho Man Who Wouldn't. A new and astonishing reason for a divorce suit comes from California. A woman fell heir to an income of $12,000 or more a year. Her hus- band, she complains, failed to expand socially to the extent which sho be- lieved should accompany the new for- tunes. He kept on playing poker In tho basement. He would shed his coat at dinner. He did not regard tho toothpick as nn Invisible servant. The late David Gbaitaii Pnniirs could havo done Justice to such a case, and he would not have neglected tho hus- band's side of the story. Maybe the man persisted In the old ways to aggravate his wife Into quit- ting him. It Is so easy to live up to $12,000 or $12,000,000 n year I A good tutor, or even a correspondence school, could teach a fellow In ten days to bo comfortable at dinner In a dinner cont, to look upon toothpicks as se- cret sins and to play five dollar limit In anybody's club or library. To say \lounge suit,\ \perfectly corking\ nnd \old fellow\ ; to avoid saying \pants\ THE SUN, TUESDAY, nnd \elegant meal\ ; to stop tho wear- ing of suspenders nnd tho chewing of tobacco this IS about all that a climber wife should require of a will- ing husband. Living up to an enlarged income Is ns catvy as casting a shadow., Living down to a shrunken income Is tho real test of human greatness. Tender Hearts Raise Taxes. There are employed In tbo various departments In Washington about 110,000 clerks, which Is 80,000 moro than were omployed before the war. Congress has been unable yet to agree upon means of taking off tho payrolls tho names of tho 40,000 clerks not needed even under readjustment con- ditions. It has offered to pay trans-portntlo- n expenses to clerks who sep- arate themselves from public service In the capital and go to their homes, but there havo been no notlceablo sep- arations resulting from this friendly offer of asslstnncc. It Is a problem Congress seemingly cannot or will not solve, although tho separation of tho 40,000 surplus employees would snvo taxes amount- ing to tho not negligible sum of moro than $4,000,000 a month. The trouble comes of course through Congres- sional tender hearts. Thousands of the unnecessary employees are popu- lar In their homo district, and lhat their appeals to their Representatives and Senntors not to be separated from Undo Sam's payroll havo been suc- cessful Is not cause for wonderment. Representative Madden said re- cently that In \the busiest hours In tho day\ ho saw \groups of stenographers, anywhere from five to ten In a group, with ns many machines ns stenogra- phers, but not a mnchino nt work, not n stenographer doing anything.\ This Is bad for tho taxpayers, but members of Congress have an acute realization of what those now Idle stenographers and clerks might do In primaries and conventions If they left Washington In bad humor, and Con- gressmen want to hold their own jobs If they can. Crooks' Tours, Uncle Sam manager very romantic sealed destinations no return expense one voyage enough escape this moist weather. Apply Ridred Line, Ellis Island. A pound of sugar to every attendant (Ills Hlble class. Headline. Something Is sweeter than sin. Christmas comes but once a year, but this one comes without Its beer. It Is well understood among Christ- mas shoppers that cocktail shakers will not be exchanged after the 16th of next month. An American ship sailing for Ger- many with passengers and cargo pre- sents nn awkward fact for those who assert we cannot trade with Germans until the peace treaty Is ratified. There still remain some doubt re- garding the strange creature reported to havo been seen by a hunter of big game In the Interior of tropical Afrlcn, a creature with a horn on its snout, n hump on Its back and a knngaroo-llk- e tall. This description would recm to indicate that It might be a survivor of the prehistoric brontosaurus. Scien- tists, however, appear slow to accept this theory, doubting the survival of a creature of such a remote ngc. A French traveller and big game hunter Implies that a man cannot always be- lieve his eyes In Interior Africa, lie mentions a king of a numerous ami warlike tribe, who gave his soldiers a strong native drink beforo sending them Into battle. Explaining the na- ture of this drink ho said that accom- panying this king on an elephant hunt he remarked to his royal guide that n party of his men were not fighting an elephant hut a rhinoceros. The genial potentate rubbed his sides and grinned, \They don't know the difference; give them another cask of drink and they wouldn't know If It was a lion, a giraffe or a springbok.\ There Is noth- ing to Indlcato that this native beverage has fallen before the international cru- sade against the Demon Rum. If It survives, the existence of this strange creature may not bo purely a question of science. Professor Taussig, who Instructs the young Idea how to shoot at political economy on the left bank of the Charles, advised against the purchase by the Government ot tho 1919 Cuban sugar crop and his advlco was fol- lowed. This fact being related In the Senate debate on sugar price equali- zation, Senator Pomoienb arose with his mental arithmetic working on high and disclosed tho interesting result that the professorial advice will cost sugar consumers of this sweet toothed land the tidy sum of $404,800,000. This was enough to startlo anybody, but as It left his hearers cold the bold Buckeye statesman, abandoning all re- serve, determined that once In his career he would fire tho Senato out of Its frosty numbness, dared to utter these appalling words : \Well the facts Indicate that If some of these pro- fessional economists would take a short course of study at tho primary school of common, practical business sense they would not make so many business mistakes.\ Toun Hat and Go Chanlr. Youn Hal and Go Chanlr, Corean dele- gates to the Peace Conference, have Just arrived In Paris. Having no money they were compelled to hike all the way from Corea. .Vetrj item. Hip, hip, hurrah I A hearty cheer For Youa Hal and do Chanlrl The spirit we call nsver die Nerved Go Chanlr and Toun Hal. Their pockets bare, their staffs they twirled And started In to walk the world. The wilds of Asia, steppe by steppe. They conquered, to starvation hep. The vastness of the northern snows They tracked, although they almost froze. The deeds of daring they achieved No doubt would never be believed. And yet, alas! the tricks of fate. They got to Paris too, too late. But pause before you drop a tear For Toun Hal and Go Chanlr. Perhaps their lucky stars attended: When they arrived, tha thing had ended. luetics Moms. DECEMBER 23, 1919. THE 'TEST OF MOONSHINE. North Mecls South In (ho Days of Dry Tribulation. Tho tales of moonshlnlng which are being told In ever Increasing number lncludo among them many which cast deep and dark suspicion on the qual- ity of hard liquor said to bo distilled In the light of tho moon, but more likely produced by tho light of a care fully shaded candlo burning near a kitchen or laundry stove. Ono rpadhouso proprietor Is reported lo havo said that ho would buy from bootleggers anything which ho could drink If forced to It nnd which his hostler could not be forced not to drink. Senator McKcllar of Tennessee .tells a story which shows that this Is a recognized quality In tho old or Southern moonshine districts. \Jake ho says, \was an old darky who certainly did like his dram. Ills old' friend and employer, who was sup- posed to be a very closeflsted man, called him In one mornlncr and said, 'Jake, would you like to havo a drink?' Jako eald ho would, and his employer poured out some liquor In a tumbler and gave It to him, and Jako drank It with a good deal of satisfaction. \When ho got through his employer said, 'Jake, did you llko that Hquor7' 'Yes, sah: jes' right jes'' right Jea' right.\ 'Why do you coll It Just right?' The darky said, 'Well, If It had been any wuss I couldn't have drunk it and If It had been any bet- ter you wouldn't have glvo It to rne, ' and so it's Jes' right.'\ NO SOCIALIZED STATE! Comment on the Plan for Compnliory Insurance and Inspection. To ran Editor or Tim Sun Sir; How I wished I Had a few hundred thousand dollars to spire as I read your editorial article entitled \Do You Wish to De Inspected Frequently and Thoroughly?\ for I would invest It ay. In Suns and mall them to every adult man and woman in Now York State. No, most decidedly no, we do hot \want to be In- spected frequently and thoroughly\ by order of tha titate. We think we have enough lntclltr;m:a, In tlia first place, to go to a doctor when It Is necessary; and In the second place, we want no Prus-aianls- m getting a hold in this freest and mo3t beautiful country In the world Wo have been free too long to suffer such indignities to be attempted on us. As you say, \if we are to have com- pulsory insurance why not compulsory woollen underwear or compulsory walk- ing?\ We don't want '.o be and we won't be tho victims of continual snoop- ing and coddling, as they are in Ger- many, wo don't \want our lives charted for us in prophylactic and dietetic com- pleteness.\ nnd we don't wnnf and won't be \reduced to decimal points on Index cards,\ and any political party that tr'es to put through a public nuisance ana a public insult like that will be commit- ting suicide. Consider alto the heavily increased taxes to bo Ir.tlicted on an already over- burdened State to pay toe the thousands of official positions that would have to be created to carry on this Prussian legislation. We hae more than suffi- cient taxes at present and more than sufficient public officials in the State without making laws to Increase in stu- pendous numbers both taxes and public officials.. N. ItonsRTS. New York, December 22. SIXTEEN YEARS AFTER. A Traveller Revisits New York and Find! Men and Women Changed. To the EmTor. or The Sun Sir: Six- teen years ago the stranger visiting New York would see as attractive a lot of men and women as could bo found in a year's travel. Not so Where has the old typo of New Yorker flown, or Is his breed extinct? Tho men and women I saw in the streets of New York during my recent visit were so different from the type which once adorned your streets that it fairly amazed me. Gone were the pretty, wholesome girls who once were a con- spicuous part of your teeming life, and In their places appeared women, young and old, whoso faces seemed to lack the femininity ono associates with true womanhood. Gone wcro the stalwart men who onco wcro the equal In physical appearance of the best that the West could produce, and In their places wero men who, however well dressed and well groomed they might be, wero cer- tainly physically Inferior to those who can be found in any of the other sections of our great country. Gono were the fresh faced and vigorous boys of college and high school age, and less conspicu- ous, were the llttlo ladles of early adolescence whoso\beauty once adorned your streets. And gone too was a certain spirit which New York at ono time so abun- dantly I possessed, the spirit of good natured camaraderie, tho give and take spirit which alone makes llfo in a large city bearable. Once the New York New Year's eve crowd was the best natured to be found anywhere. I wonder whether It will be this year ! There seems to bo almost no cama- raderie between the sexes. Women and men seem to be two distinct species, each moro or less antagonistic to the other. Tho Independent \bachelor girl\ seems to be queen ot the day, and her world for the most part seems to be a manless world. Perhaps that Is why the faces of New York women seem so hard and unfemlnlne; perhaps that Is why New York has lost the friendly touch and strong appeal. C. H. Nevins. Battix Creek, Mich., December 19. Snow Shoes for Horses. To-tu- Editor op The Sun Sir; One aces horses slide and fall on tho snowy streets when ten cents worth of burlap on their front feet would save them. For less than a dollar a pair of strong overshoes can be made for any horse, with extra soles of carpet or several thicknesses of burlap. Tho Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals should compel their uso. JosErit D. Holmes. New York, December 22. Worth and Worthy. To tub Editor or The Sun Sir; I see that The Sun's new call Is Worth 10000. Huh I The Sun's news columns are worth twice that. G. Etmet. Sinoac, N. J., December 22. A Hawaiian Brand. From tie Ptciflc Commercial Advertiser. We have nuts In Honolulu who propose to reduce tho high cost ot living by living faster, like the chap who hurried on s painting lob so as to gst through before his paint gave out. OUT WITH AMERICA'S FOES I Prompt Deportation of Revolutionary Agitators Demanded. To tub Editor op Tub Sun Sir; Tho vory life blood of this country courses through the utterance of President Gar- field: \God reigns and tho Government still lives,\ a Government that Is \of the people, for tho peoplo and by tho people,\ as recently exemplified, thank God, by the United States Senate. \With the red flag of radicalism, syn- dicalism, Bolshevism and open sedition being openly flaunted over tho Stars and Stripes by alien agitators scattered throughout' tho country, and tho venom of a foreign propaganda hostile to Amorlcanl6m poisoning and Infecting the working proletariat, tho coming year brlrgs to this country of ours a menace that should command the Immediate and undivided attention of every loyal, and red blooded American. Tho United States stands y prac- tically tho only safe and sane country on earth, In contrast to tho war torn and soviet Infested countries of Europe. Its pure atmosphere of liberty Is still In great moasure free .from tho poison gas that seeks to stifle and destroy its purity, but In Seattle, Gary and Boston tha first deadly menace lias already ap peared, and though locally mastered by the loyal courago of Hanson, Leonard Wcod and Governor Coolldge tho insidi- ous fumes are still being directed by alien traitors against the Government and all that It represents. The danger U plainly evident. It Is full of peril and should be promptly met. How? Immediately laws prohibiting Immigra- tion from abroad especially from Ger- many and Russia should bo passed by Congress. These prohibitory laws should cover many years, and exceptional cases should be marked by closest scrutiny and ultrasafo conditions. Deportation of agitators, whether allon foes or naturalized traitors, should bo prompt ond effective. Tho present delays, evasions and Inaction in such cases should glvo place to quick and drastic action, and men who are loyal and fearless to execute a sworn duty should replace Inefficient or sympathetic officials. Law and order should be the Amer- ican synonym for the American flag, and an Administration that Is both able and willing to deal In forcible American fashion with the I. W. W. and Bolshevik agitators now seeking to undermine American Ideals and the Government it- self fchould take the place of the present feeble nnd apparently Incapable execu- tives at Washington. The dangerous hiss of the serpent should bo followed by the Immediate stamping out of the reptile Itself. The red rag of sedition should bo torn down wherever raised and Its followers swept from our shores. This country Is not for them. Their rresence Is pollution, whatever the nationality. In tho Immor- tal words of Roosevelt : \One flag, one country, one language no hyphens or divided loyalty we aro( cither Amer- icans or we are not.\ Truly \God relgn and the Govern- ment still lives,\ but It must bo a Gov- ernment administered by followers of Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt of, for and by an American peoplo standing shoulder to shoulder, watchful of Its sovereign powers ar.rt ready to act against the alien menace. Instant and wholesale deportation of agitators Is the simple and wholesome cure for this deadly disease. It should be voiced in a national demand that will bring prompt and obedient response from the most supine and somnolent Administration that ever graced or otherwise the Gov- ernment upheld and passed on to us by George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, tho grandest nnd most honored figures In American history. Geouoe W. Hills. New York, December 22. THE EGG CURE FOR COLIC. Frustration of an Ancient Folk Treat- ment for Babies In Pennsylvania, From the Lancaster, Fa., Daily Ktaminer. Columbia, Dec, 16. A few days ago a woman whose Identity Is unknown was seen by several men employed on tho new filter plant of the Columbia Water Company to walk to the Walnut street wharf. Sho carried a basket. She stopped at the river's edge nnd looked Intently at tho flowing water. It ap- peared as though she was unablo to de-ci- whether to leap In or not. Tho men were suspicious ot the woman's ac- tion. They knew the ferryboat was not running, and her presence there. led them to believe It was to be a case of suicide. Presently the woman placed the bas- ket on the wharf, then removed its covering. From the basket she took a package and deposited it In the water. After watching It float away the woman picked up tho basket and walked to- ward Front street. The men ran to the stream and lo- cated the package lodged against the bank In the rear of the pumping station extending beyond the wharf. They fished it from the water, but there was not one who had the courago to open It to learn the contents. Finally August C. Nolte, chief engineer at the pumping station, removed the covering nnd found a small sack of white linen In which was enclosed a round, hard article. On cut- ting open tho sack it was found to con- tain an egg. It was hard boiled. None of the men could solve the pur- pose of tho woman In placing such an article- - In the river, but they learned tho next day when one of their number re- turned to work. Ho had gone home and told his aged mother of tho occurrence. She laughed heartily, then told her eon of a superstition that prevailed among some people. If a baby suffers from colic an egg should bo placed against Its stomach, after which It is hard boiled, sewn In a sack and then thrown Into a stream to bo carried away, after which the child's trouble disappears. As the egg did not float away, was re- covered and destroyed, It Is presumed that the baby is still a sufferer from \tummy\ ache. Poor child! ' Canada Reverts to a Past Practice. From the Montreal Oatette. Wood Is being employed In substitution for soft coal In the railway shop at Brockvllle. A quarter of a century ago there was more wood than coal burned In this country, and the sawyer with his saw, sawhorse and piece of fat pork was a com- mon sight on the streets ot Montreal and other cities. His pay was H a day and the hard maple ami birch he cil and aometlmes split wai 16 or J7 n cord, which niled two wood carts of a type never seen now. High Cost of Winter Peril. From the Do Moines Heol'ter, With eggs soiling ot SI n dozens In Chi- cago, an :cy sidewalk Is at times a greater peril than ever. A Double Blessing. From the Kama City Star. The best Ukcd man on our car line Is one who gets oft at Twenty-eight- h street. When he leavei the car two straphangers get seats. ' sm I I .1 1.1 I I LINERARRIVESMTHiTheSunCalenda, 25,000 BBLS. SUGAR rurclinscd in Cuba nt nn Aver-- ' ngo of 14 Cents n round. WOULD SELL AT 20 CENTS Food Administrator Cnlls Pro- posed Itctail Price \Out- rageous.\ A vcrltnble treasure ship from tho Spanish Main, tho steamer Matanzas ot tho Ward Line, reached New York Har- bor yesterday carrying the first consign- ment of the new Cuban raw sugar crop to reach the American market. In the hold of tho Christmas sugar ship, which sallod on December 14 from Manzan-lll- o, Cuba, was 25,000 barrels, or a total of nearly 8,000,009 pounds, of sugar, for which the consignee, tho Czarnlkow-Rlond- a Refining Company of 112 Wall street Is taid to have paid an average of H cents a pound to tho growers. Within a short time after the steamship reached port Emanuel Illonda, a member of tho importing firm, wan In communi- cation with Arthur Williams, Federal Food Administrator, and officers of the Sugar Equalization Iloartl, with a re- quest that a retail selling prlco of 191-- j to 20 cents a pound be authorized. He said that this figure, almost double the prlco maintained during 1019 by the Government on Cuban sugar, was the lowest at which the present shipment could bo placed on tho market so that a fair margin of proat would be realized. Rlonda explained that tho cargo is bonus sugar. Special Inducements were held out to growers to hasten tho grind- ing of their crops so that tho unprece- dented shortage on tho American 'mar- ket, which loft consumers open to whole-sal- o profiteering by foreign dealers In Java sugar, could In a meas- ure bo relieved. Transportation, duty nnd refining charges, Rlonda said, would bring tho price of tho sugar to 18 cents a pound wholesale. To this tho Jobber is entitled to add half a cent and the er an additional cent as allowed by tho Government. Mr. Williams instruct- ed Rlonda to submit his costs to tho Equalization Board for further consid- eration. The consent of this body is re- quired before sales may be made at tho price suggested. \Twenty cents a pound for this sugar Is an outrageous price, the more so be- cause every cent above what the con- sumer had to pay last year will go out cf tho country and Into the pockets of Cuban planters,\ remarked Mr. Williams estcrday. \There Is no possible way for the Sugar Equalization Board or my- self to force the refiners to sell sugar at a loss. Their estimates shoW that re- fining, transportation and other charges In this country have not Increased and tho whole fault of the big price lies In Cuba.\ A year ago the Equalization Board, acting for the Government and the Brit- ish Royal Commission, purchased tho Cuban crop for slightly more than 5 cents a pound. Several months ago It was recommended to tho President that the 1919 crop be purchased under similar conditions at a prlco which was then about 6',i cents. No action was taken, however, to prolong the life of tho Equalization Board and authorize the sugar purchase. Foreign buyers and American refiners then entered the mar- ket and their competitive bidding sent the price soaring. As a result ot the Administration's delay In accepting tho proposal the public will pay more than $500,000 additional for the sugar which arrived yesterday In the Matanzas s holds. After January 1, when the bulk of the Cuban crop Is placed on the market, will get It at prices considerably lower than those now prevailing in Cuba. Prices to the consumer will then li. further, hilt It was stated yesterday that it Is doubtful it the price during the year win oe mucn unuer 10 cents a pound. Although the world's trrentest nrodueer. Cuba, has felt the shortago and sugar Is said to be retail ing at IS cents a pound on the Island. LongBhoremen loading sugar on boats bound for Great Britain from this port will take up at a meeting on Saturday the advisability of refusing to cargo these ships In tho hope that tho sugar may be diverted for home consumption. William F. Roff, secretary of Local 923, denied yesterday that the men contem- plated an authorized strike. He said tho men are working at all piers where ex- port sugar Is being loaded. (leorgo H. Cohen, District Attorney of Hartford, Conn., has asked the Depart- ment of Justice to Investigate the sale by a New York firm of a large consign- ment of sugar to a Hartford retailer for 15 cents a pound. It was stated that the New York dealer would be prose- cuted If there was evidence of profiteer- ing as suspected. BATTLE'S REPORT TO FARM COUNCIL Politicians Look for Refusal to Dismiss Officials. Special Despatch to Tub Siv. Albany, Dec 22. Gov. Smith sub- mitted to-d- to the Farms and Mar- kets Council the report of George Gor- don Battle, Ills special commissioner, In which tho immediate dismissal of tho two commissioners, Eugene H. Porter and Charles S. Wilson, Is recommended, togotlicr with the disruption ot the council organization, the recreation of the Stato Department of Agriculture nnd tho Department ot Weights and Measures, and the formation of a State Milk Commission with power to regu- late milk prices and profits. Mr. Battle in nn earlier report asked tho Governor to bring nbout the dismis- sal of Commissioner Porter. When this action was suggested to the Farms nnd Markets Council hy Gov. Smith, tin? Council nnswered that It would take no action until Mr. Battle completed his Investigation and submitted the final re- port, which was sent them The council docs not meet again until Janu- ary 6. Thero Is a general Idea ainor Re- publicans here that the Battle report will bo treated, as political and that the council will dismiss neither Commis- sioner Porter nor Commissioner Wilson. It Is nlso asserted that the Legislature Is unlikely to permit the disintegration of tho council. A Hepubllcnn statemont attacking the Battle report Is expected In some quarters. The Governor will deal with the situation In his forthcom- ing annual message LIEUT.-C0- SMITH A. SUICIDE. .Vrrrnus Aliment Hail Brought HI 111 li Fort SliiTlclnii Hiiltnl. Ciiicaoo. Dec. 22. Lleut.-Co- l. Andrew W. Smith. U. S. Regular Army, shot and killed himself nt Fort Sheridan Hospital He had been 111 for keveral months and entered the hospital suffering from nervous ailments and In- somnia. To-da- y wbllc on a wallc with a mili- tary police the officer reached over, snatched tha plstoj from tho soldier's holster and shot himself, A THE WEATHEK. For eastern New York nnd New Pp. land-Pa- rtly cloudy y ably moderato tempera?, moderato vnrlable winds J For New Jersey Plr . row cloudy; moderate limn...!. \\ erata variable winds ri\vuii ' rn.i svtn Kor western New York Cloud, id not much change7 1, ,s.t' craiure .uueraio soutawnit InJl. ami v, WASHINGTON, De7 H.-r-- r,,.,,. low off the south Atlsntle cai H tho north bonier from uy. \\I westward to the rRl-l- cai d & other parts of the Unliej high and rising over the ,,,,' 'r'''4 (llan jirovlncta. Teniper.iture iv- .V\ over the ml.KIIu Atlantic an,\ x,w r!? lord Mates unu In tho wn oulf a. reading, aro now abovo norma :?' the. Mississippi ltlvcr and 01 lake region and below normal V'S? Ohio and central .Mississippi va iei. .\'! tho Southeast States. During til. f twenty-fou- r hours there were ralni i\; the south Atlantic and e, .10t' and In California. Wa.huigt.on .nd'o'.1 gon. Oenerally fair wceather preval-..- ' In other regions. The outlook generally fair weather Tuesday Wdhesday In the Statee ,,'., Mlssl.slppl Illver. but with consider,,' cloudiness and fog In tho region of S great lakes, tho Ohio Valley and T..' nes.ee. No Important tsmperatSE changes nro Indicated for the Btatei SX' of the Mlss s.lppl nuer during !S fort) -- eight hours. Observations taken nt United states wuv Ilureau stations at S I'. SI. yesterday, fifth meridian time: mtm rtalnlall Temperalure.Ilarom. last ;i Matlon. High. Low. pier. his. Wphi,.. bil.Tio cs 3i.14 Clear Albany 31 16 30.26 I'lcar Atlnntlo City. 38 32 30.23 Cloudy Italtlniore 3S m.: Clear Hitman k .... M.W I'lear Huston \r 30 2 Clear Ilitflalo 34 30.22 . Cloudy ( harlrston ... 30 02 Cloudy Chicago 35 30.22 Know Cincinnati ... 1A 30 20 I'lcar Cleveland .... 2U 30.21 Cloudy Denver 60 311.12 Cloudy Detroit !S 30 22 . Cloudy Galreston .... 62 so.: i . Clar Helena 40 30.15 Pt. Qoo4 Jacksonville... 41 40 30 04 2.88 Clear Kansas City.. 30 SS 30.14 Cloudi Los Angeles., 72 M 30.10 .. Clear Milwaukee .. 30 2S 80.16 .. Cloudy New Orleans.. C3 62 30.1? .. Hear Oklahoma ... 10 34 50.12 .. Clear Philadelphia.. 4U 30 30.28 .. Clear Pittsburg .... 40 21) 30.21 .. Pt. Qoajl Portland, Me. 34 18 30.30 uiear Portland. Ore. ES 41 25.S6 .01 Cloudy Salt Like C. 0 IS 30.28 .. Clear San Antonio. 61 40 :).23 .. Clear Snn Diego..,. M 4$ 30.08 .. Clear San Francisco 04 f2 30.18 .30 Cloudy St. Louis 82 24 30.20 . Cloudy Washington ,. 33 3J.20 .. Clear LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS. EA If 6 p M uaromeier 30.36 30.21 Humidity SS T4 Wind direction N.E. K. wind velocity 12 11 WVdlher PlnnHv ClM. Precipitation None Nor.i TIia f ,mn,r, lri,ii (n thlt fltv ..t..A., a recoraea oy me oniciai inermomet: is shown in tne annexed table: 8 A.M. ..83 IP. St.. .37 iril II 1 A. M...34 2 P. M...J8 7 p ii r 10 A. M...36 3 1'. M.. .40 8 P M .11 11 A. M...37 4 P. M...89 9 P. M.. !( 12 M 37 B 1 M...3S 10 P M. .)! 1919. 1918. 1919.1)11 9 A. M 34 48 6 P. M. .. SS SI 12 M 37 53 t P. M. . .3! V. 3 P.M. ...40 51 l!Mld 35 i) Highest temperature, 40, at 3 P. M Lowest temperature, 30, at 2 A. M Average temperature, 35. EVENTS TO-DA- Professor Walter E. Packard will jp.ji on \Land Herorm in tno united state' i! Cooper Union, s P. u. Ludlow Grlscom will lecture on \Ram- bles In Florida\ before the Unnaean So- rlety at the Musoum of Natural History, i P. M. Andre Trldon will lecture on \3m Crlstophe\ ot Terraco Garden, 155 E i'lfty-clght- h street. 8:15 P. M. Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn will U awaraed ins gold medal ot tne Amti lean Geographical Society and ItoP'rt Flaherty will deliver an Illustrated lr ture on \Hudson Bay and Its Natives\ r r meeting or me society, :? ueu ininv ninth street. 8:30 P. M. Barbara Frletchle Post, No 42 of Legion will hold Its first annuj meeting for tne election or omcers at r Hotel Pennsylvania. 8 P. M. Executive Committee of the New Tori Purchasing Agents Association will ho a dinner In tho private dining room ot Terminal Bulldlnc. 30 P M Professor Jean Beck will deliver nn il- dress on \Tha Poetle Art of the l'roilr clal Troubadours,\ th first In a serle. lectures on \French Toetry of the MUd Ages,\ auspices of the French Institute. the United States. 693 Fifth avenus, P.M. Friends and admirers of the Itev J\ Rosenblatt, eminent Jewish cantor. unite to do mm honor at a dinner In rcof nltlon of his efforts In behalf of Jems1 welfare, Broadway Central Hotel, V'.' i: m. New York Academy of Medicine, f i\tto- on obstetrics and gynecology, 17 West Fnrtv.thlnl street. 8.30 P M Exhibition of work done In the lndi trial clases millinery, embroidery it dressmaking of Evening School 157. M hattan. 7:30 P. 51. Thn Teonle's I.lhertv Chorus, entertain ment and ronccrt for 10,000 hlldrn drawn from everv section of the city entv-fl- rt Tteelment Armory, this een!r,i Pupils of tho Horace Mann Sch iol wi entertnln fnrlv Utile Italian ulrl of V Mulberry Bond district at a f'hristmii rj party, headquarters of the New York soclatlon for Improving tho Condition ' j tho Poor, 105 East Twenty-secon- d str'f thN n flnrnnnn. New Ynrlt Assnrlnttnn for Imnrovtn I1\ Condition of the Poor. Christmas ptrt'i for the eighty-nin- e rhlldren whose f air, lues resiue in mo xuoercuiosis iiu3iu,.w the, association. Victoria Apartment\ . !:it IKCtl, et thlw evenlniT. Pn,ipi. n.nnrim,nt'i rhjistmas rarty t needy children of Manhattan and tH Tlrnnx. trlnnt PhrUtmss tree, clfts for ejf child, moving pictures, thirty c!own fo'j tne Hippodrome: Keventy-nrs- i ues\\' Armr.rv. lierlnnlncr \Easier Heart.\ a Christmas trust.\ nl.iv. with Mrs. Atii-u- Belmont pari!\ patlng. will have Its first pcrfnrmsn fl ufj dor tno auspices ot m. ueorgc s i the Educational Dramatb- I.eagu.' in H chancel of St. Genrae'.i Church, S,u-.-s- square, this evening. \Plnvlan.l \ I'hrUlinns carnival TO! dren. snecl.il entertainment, tn iue'' (\nihnlie Hand. Ver u Ilni.r f Mn!,.\ dan\' Hebrew Orphanage Band. Mun ! b\'\' It,. Vea- - t relief ffnrtV VnS Lf and forty S)rlan girls), tho Van Bus nemian ioik songs ana uiwi'--f- v tral Palace, continues until Deremt er . I Thentro Club, social day, Ator. J I l Tl Chicago . Club, meeting, Hotel 'united Restaurant Owners' Unity School, meeting, Hotel M Alpni 2:30 P M \Rev.\ \Agnes Oaler, meetings, Ho'e! M- - Alpln. 3 and s P. M. . , liaroness Hermeiins ica nam- - of Miss Fay Balnter and Ming T. \7 2 P. M. ... ., hv Christmas mystery piay, w. members or the Central urun- C. A., Grand Central Palace. 9 P. FOR MEN IN UNIFORM- - i 'W ' i Dances Grace Church T'nit r Unit No. 19). 98 Kourtlf \\t\. . Eleventh street. 8 P. M. ... n . 334 West Thirty-'lxt- h strerlt. 5 ? A Un , erslde Community Houe iv ,'..'...-No- . 35). Riverside Park an I' .,,,,,;rTr-ent- h street. P M. Wp,,,'\s':armt-vln- g High School. 40 Irving it'1' slon 10 cents. 7:30 P M. V,h,,ch Unit Dancing Classes--Grae- e I1 \Jurth C. C. S. Unit No. 191, 91 1 M. nue, near Eleventh street. -- f- MARK TWNtS HOME . sax. n r rl T It IN HARTFP'U ULU BirthplaceZJ and HuckUu-,,j- r - Th. IT UTrnii'i I.. si' s.. \ - (M - s linnm r. $I m.il ll rtninel.n nv-ii\- . Twain) nt tl.-- .I \Iliii-M- biri v where \Tom .sawyer : ' so,1, to.,,liy ,,v werr written, wn.-vi- ,,, l(t u,e i.icn.iru .ii. iiisiH-u- , jjiv t'oinrvin . to Hartford Kiro Insurant. . city J. .1. and I. Ahem of thl Mr Clcm.-n- The house was Ijtillt I tonths nKo wa In 1870 and until ;i few t ,1. It was not u&eil as a private ncliix frtulil be put 17 stated to what use it w the new owners.
