The evening world. Newspaper, January 29, 1918, Page 14

= Ve CHER > Se — we TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1918 | Winning Out Before Forty _ -! Bee TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1918 Baker, Ideal ist War Maker Backed by the President, the Secretary of War Courageoualy Faces His Critics—Striking Contrast in Personality and % “ Methods With Noted Predecessors—Transforming a » Pacifist Nation Into a Fighting Army. By Samuel M. Williams. By James C. Young Copyright, 1918, by The Preas Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). 20%, 1918, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World), BOVE all other characteristics, the inspiring motive and dom! SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER IN PEN SKETCHES BY HARMON) | A what age in life should a man expect success? The boy in his i | How One Youn» Man Refused a Career to Take a Job and | What He Lid With It—Walter C. Teagle, Standard Oil ———-- President, Now Among Youngest Executives in the Firat Rank of Big Business. nating fimpulae in Secretary of War Baker ts {doailsm—an teens looks ahead to the day when he will be a man as marke idealism he strives to work out along practical lines. ing the horizon of achievement. The very young man sete { Between him and bis prodecossors there is a gulf of widest theo fetical dimensions, No two men could be farther apart than Baker and Stanton, that irascible, unsentimental and essentially practical Sec rotary who guided the War Department through the Civil War. Nor @re there to be found many symptoms in common with the cold, un- emotional, clearly defned methods of Kilhu Root, to whom army traditions have assigned the pedestal of “the greatest of Secretaries,” A very commonplace type of man outwardly 1s Baker, who to-day bas the centre of the Nation's stage with the spotlight of public con- troversy upon Lim. There is nothing of the berolo, the grandiose, or @ven the aggressive about him. On the contrary, he ty undersisod pbysically, careless of conventionalities, easy going in methods and eeoming)y Indifferent to system or rigid routine, In fact, Baker personifies in many respects the exact opposite of what is drilled into soldiers—discipline, prociseness, directness of thirty as his mark, and he who is @ little older on the upward of power by the ‘The career exemplifies this fact so w glance at some of the country their past struggles. Not all of them have won by the time they were forty, but a great many of this conspicuous group were well on the way, And there are others who emphatically have lafd bold mentally decides that forty is the time when he will get to the top. Forty yeara seems to be the true turning point road. This may be proved by @ ablest men and end of their two score years, of almost no other living American as that of Walter C. Teagle, President of | the Standard Oi) Company of New Jersey, greatest institution in the | world of its ki He will not have reached his fortieth birthday antil , | the first day of May, Ils elevation to this position dates from lest | Novetaber, when he was just thirty-nine. Mr. Teagle's years have been filled with a larger share of hard work than falls to most men. No doubt that fs one of the reasons why he can look back at forty upon a record of progression that covers speech and action, attention to minute detalls and, above all, unalter- @bie opposition to sentiment and all forme of the “uplift” in war times. In bis office at the War Departwent, or before a committee of Con- gress, Secretary Baker {8 either indifferent to appearances or pur- posely tries to be different from the average man. Ho has two favor ite poses. One te to tilt back in @ swivel chair, with hands clasped | behind his head and his fect on top of a desk, The other is to curl one | leg up in his chafr and ait on it, dangling the other leg loosely, with his body hunched and twisted in smallest possible space. Always he is negligently puffing a little old pipe, @ cigarette or a cigar. In the first attitude he presents @ sort of Bolshevik deflance to | War Office tradition, and in the other he exemplifies a streak of Bohe | mian freedom from conventions, Washington correspondents who called on him his first day in office still reoall their astonishment at his postures and the carefully nurtured pansy blossom that occupied the | most prominent place on his dosk. These are mere outward pecullarities, little hobbies of eccentrio ity, not born of ignorance or lack of culture. All men have them In cone form or another, and the higher = a they climb into official position and Civil War Prices public scrutiny the more accentu- Fey tees eiachortnns upped. And Prices of Food But there is another side to Mr. i “Rraker, tho inner sido that reveals an D Thi W, “unusual fotellect, an exceptionally Unng LE cy clear mind and a rare ability to ex- oT press elevated thoughts in alrple ACH will not lower prices tmme- words. No one would call him « Aeneas man pel n the cost © brilliant orator Uke Bryan, Srne “litving fondly hope, After tlle pleas H master stylist like President Wilson.) ng Givi) War New York continued Rather, ho has command of that/to pay wartime prices, save in certain kind of speech which inspires, fascl-| few items that were immediately emates and moves audiences, affected by peace. Even « year and Tt in hard for the skeptic to hold|® half after Lee's surrender wheat and At cgainat tie. There ta no bamé me were sii! double thelr pre-war aitonh eel . yas even higher than mering of ad ony no BT _ ee to-day. But there was no Mr. Hoover ture, no thundering peroration, in the Civil War period an insidious appeal to reason almed} 4 gyecial report to Congress in Oc- at the best that fs in man, a gentle] ober, 1966, stated that oighty leading touch of humanity intermingled al-larticles showed an average of nearly ways with a marshalled array of car-)90 per cent, above prices betore war inal facts that seem to be ready {n}boxan. Kents were about on the sare ery average, while wages remained 60 per In Washington there are many ver-|°U)' UD. Tho two highest articles on th H a low on tho Hat @icts on Mr. Baker. By somo he 18 wory poi and cotton, tho first stand. called a pacifist at heart and out Of ard of Northern values and the latter eympathy with Sherman's view Of commodity king of the South war and the way to end ft. But there! Now York's coat of living was huthe 4s no evidence of pacifism in his reve-| est tn October, 186 Jation of America's gigantic prepara- tion for war that the Secretary gave) 'h« half of his Ufe Always Took the Lead. . : He is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, born there in 1878, the eon ot came from old and substantial American stock, As @ ! local schools, then entered Cornell University, At that a quality for leadership which was y to beo ore strongly ed with the advance of time. He | took a pr t part in athletics and other collegiate activities. | It | be a matter of colneidence that he usually was the fellow seemed to be | called upon to manage things—to get men together—to bear the parents wh lad he attend pertod he un to & nella ——_—— Then came the time of his gradua . tion. A member of the Cornell fac ‘New Bill Proposes alty was attracted by hfs aptitude in chemistry and proposed to him that Phone Toll Meters he return another year to qualify for : a professorship. He was to get $600 In New Y ork City the next term to serve as instructor, = with the assurance of the better posl- an William C. Amos of} tion after that Ume. the Eleventh District of Manhattan! But young Teagle took his degree has introduced into the Legislature] o1 Bachelor in Sclence and went back a bill providing for the amendment) to Cleveland. He had a Job waiting of the Transp tlon Corporatton/there. It was not much of @ job, 4 Law relating to meters recording] considering the alternate opportunity. telephone messages, so that telephone) He took it just the same—firing a | |” taining such record-| stil] in an oll plant at nineteen cents ing instruments in districts not en-/an hour. Accident had 6o arranged | joying a flat rate shall be compelled) things that the plant belonged to his to place them wh the subseriber| father, But that made very little | may have a visible record of the calls/ difference to the son. He worked charged to him. and strived, suffered and endured { | companies m | By Assemblyman William C.) with bis fellows, Perhaps he thought Amos. a little more clearly than many ef This bill ts of pecullar and direct them, for in the course of time he ribers| began to progress—and has been pro- , ty. Com- | gressing ever since. gro | New Horizons. cre has be ee pte | The elder Teagle's tirm was merged P, hone compa- k by every | With the Republic Off Company in rect. This bill 1900, and his son went with the old q ructive. I look upon the tele-| business, becoming Vice President of umpany as a marvel of eff-|the new, He already possessed a However, the human element| good grip of the work. The position tors into the operation of its| brought with it enlarged opportunt- © instruments is not suffi-/ ties, These he turned to account, and 1 to protect the inter-/in three years was called to a re ts of the subseriber. This bill d0€8) sponsible post in the export depart- o « hardship upon the tele | ment of the Standard Ol] Company. It almply points the se : interest to the telephone mubs resident in pla ja situation that six months after ace. Some wholesale quotations at ime were ur, $14.60 & barrel; yesterday on the witness stand before | © ton; kerosene $1 a gallon; Ie Ra cmon oar amen “WHAT IS SO RARE AS A DAY IN JUNE?” f dored sugar, 22 canta; buite , ¢ ye Socialist. | ante By others he {s styled a coffee, 65 cents; tea, 90 conte to mat care a taint tweed epee nn Why, a Hunk of Coal in January! pe- viant and those other Frenchmen Who! riod of highest monetary inflation modified their theories to practical) War's hich prices are caused partly reased demand and consump- If Coal Is a Vegetarian Product, Philosopher ‘“‘Bugs’’ Says He Will Vote the » | nies themselves should s | available means to accomplishments, pel + : 7 | way to a al method of satlss Next he went abroad, studying the Bil! other critien eal! Raker tndHs-| clon, but principally by expansion and | Straight Cannibal Ticket—Coalless Mondays Must Be Blamed on fying th x's demand for a| Methods Soe lands, enlarging ertminately a dreamer, an uplifter,|!"fation of currency, which lesuen ; q : Rathod - that is not, as| 18 own varied experience. Then he an impractical theorist who puts too) the purchasing power of the vapar Flat Arches of the Transportation. Iie is now, all o tod. A subseriber| W&$ placed in charge of exports to much trust {n the {intentions rather| ks demands, but BY ARTHUR (‘BUGS’) BAER. early thirties running a world bdusi- nchine located at the Ness {nvolying millions, And he did jnarters In the zone In|! With @ thoroughness that made records, b individual. 1 ita highest | MEI Dee th ora 5 on July 17, 1864, wag! @bly the reason why it Jy scarce, If somebody knew somethi is now connected with a meter or r exchange hea which the telephone ia installed fl ‘ under the nt system employed] certain foretgn fields. Business de ' 5 Fey of m nanc ation still continues t " 8 company on | y than the accomplishments of ment orices es and Conyrlght, 1918, by the Hress Publishing Co, (The New York Evening Work.) The Kaiser is still chewing on tho first bite he took out of the world, |" © company in con-| veloped rapidly; so did Mr, Teagle. and glosses over with glittering words) it ee olght a HE bird who wanted to know what was so rare as a day in June Seems his eyes were bigger than hia stomach, dared » is unable to ob-) Ho recelved appointment as the man symptoms that require drastie treat-| 4 yyog Failte vet a lg aig ped aimed his toes for the moon before the coal barons got a chance — | tain an ite 1 bill and bas no) tn charge of all the Standard's export ment and tho surgeon's knife rather) North was #742 sta and Bay. tO eine mie UP: Name of Uolstevile paper te Bubuchiv Put, Sounds ike something Pee of demanding an adjustment, | trade, Here was a young man im bie than the salve of optimism. But all)orat taxos $11.48 One thing that is rarer than a day in June ts a hunk of coal in deal: ue 1 seneh: telenhon L tooak a January, Nobody these criticisms leave him unchanged |Gold, that } fm manner and undaunted tn his|premlum of idealism. till quoted at 150 to 200, It wae seve ¥ prob- Chances of peace are scarcer than second hand Fords. ® about —_—— i Mr. Roosevelt is still giving his energy to the Bull Moose Party. Which r thumte ta something like giving bird-secd to a stuffed canary " . ng it we might be able to fix the terrible amear without hitting er are ne ore rr eleven with nine oS a has o — Between President Wilson and y mt 10 parity, and more) more than el Hi thu nmer, America hay broken out into i | Fach telephone has tts own meter.| s¢itt Climbing, Beoretary Baker there {8 a clover tn V ten years before full specie pay | & TANK of conltess Due mostly to the fact that con) is suffering Thin war has been @ total failure for the Crown Prince, Nobody | These mete rd the calls made} 1, 1910 pe Mies Gk ‘understanding and Gat Waa resumed from flat arches of the transportation, The coal dukes blame tt on the has even asked him what tailor makes his uniforms, by each subser , and this ts a ng he was elected a director ef timacy t 5 Heil ! ule ta the intatas Salinaad MIs ant the PAlliGn THANE ne ferfene i > Ncomitishad ine, the phone oper- the company and subsequently made mony of {deals than possibly tlon gher marke off We do: wh ted. They seem to have leopard prohibition in the Nation's capital. Dry = 5 one of its Vice Presidents. Things President bas with any other mem 1 Gat be the 2 Abioh to the aor fda aS in spots. You can get a drink between the spots, SENN OES eee ot el iaveal algae 0, 4) 4 ‘ » the pe A | r te has been given. These| Moved S In the same successful Cabinet tod of reads afte: 4 norphous ® nm ¢ ie peohiniants kes plot , ber of the Ca | : i p as ro owar ts genni pes ll ON OF hey nse. Gaui wants too: now to pronounce Gen. Sklankvs, You don't mathe & yall in size, being about| channels as before, The year 1913 fen nf}over. Pence w t give New era | Judging fror Ketation mu e been ° : Fe ea any tO ONT nn a a see toed, Clothe cen ee eet| -obldkon ealad, isn { tomatoos a la ‘Titany, ; H1ox4 inches rought with tt bis designation tobe & the Baker type and temperament at ' ane sale right If the public } ter they would have manu. ti Dardanelles happen to be the fire! water that a Turk ever fought The purpose of this bill ts to com-| President of the Imperial Ol Com- the head of the War Depart se ample sup-| factured coal out « ition, Uke stewed cabbage, middles or. pel the telephone company to place] pany, Limited, an tm, » meg se If oes - ——E—— r — ny, Limited, portant sub- this time—not a soldier, not an ef- Arope will] aged carrots nions those meters tithe F roftices| ctdiary oO! ves ey expert, not a business wi © year after | us vegetar downstairs office of the Cc 6 F : h F es = of the su bers, rr as of the Standard. Taal at an {dealst who marshals an|o while her now} earth about 1,000,001 f ' rmaca | Can a Fis rozen in the Ice (i. St anne ate ard, but an idealist w mare a +0 crops hooks on it, ‘The coal was lying for a4 6 barene | z : ; = International Petroleum Company, army of more than a million men in| 10, the aturted in 1ying Just wher the coat tefl off 4 ng. And Be Restored to Life? Pen ey ay And now, in 1918, ho has direction of a few months: a reformer who turns | jong tin we believe ‘em. I they raiso the paicos t cowl Is so Bearce, | , ‘ what Is perhaps the most comp: a free perp i] ‘ ae ] . hu ars folds wa mofith Sue HuWe dnle @lItHé Boul thRy Neh Sasipdt Necnuae it | ce A \ NAL a hn” story to uppe art) be frozen when Its Meah pany to render an itemized bill iesive organization ever gotten to- manitarian who inakes arms and mu- ’ times) con't pay the freight charge | gets into clrou nw ed I y ate a ¢ Phe lerable hardship eether—commercial or otherwh nitions to kill and devastate. | It f9 some reltef to nnd that the tirat And when the vo tt lot of coal they won't ship it because there | suc lentife flavor that it], pany. Ata re , My ”» No one can criticise Mr, Baker for| Co na to fall n price in those! would be too many frolKht charges |challonges the credulity of even the, cour nang At a recent] ‘Personally, this youthful exeeutive \ ba sere r of det ernie Hon | Thre cre wool, corm. and coffes That's being Matched with a two-headed coin, aint it? You saia it, | very we hed, To this class, | in wa ut that tho teloptione | °e DIB business 1s a man who talks itp Jack of courage or o jermination| These cannot be taken as a aafe cri If coal Is a ¥ wan product, you can't blame us for voting the [#4y8 Popular 8 Monthly, we Kive copslvant ae mo. | le With a serous face, which reflects to see the war through to the tri-| [o Poni tnog oe | etraight cannibal t t Jlongs the story of the resu f ; oncentrated power, He mph of America. Whatever hia pre-| y ‘ food, vied called the "Chindagaks, ee ine tor bla modesty and a le Kiowa, '§ vious predilections and his personal! | nakaateanananhanannanananontnouee rted, will come to| stir Rete leefiln. isons it: a86 avoidance of inclinations, whatever the alleged | } POOR RICHARD JR, } having Ials. froses | on of th ria hoam ho come tn ante 5 { © nan or months, ur telephone compan him say that he {s a very human failures of administration, the Baker . | ; to} OF i HIGH-POWER PERFUMES. \ st ; surprise to ort of man—but one who Hh as facing Senatorial critics wan strong, Friend, do not allow thy good intentions to be stymied by thy 4 Peete ee teOT ee 25 LYHOOGH the Arabs about) pr Jond ever bent to his te Sarovar Siaciaus, daciais evan akaremalve, and be wetoams habits. Vatted States A Aden love pertum they | The present system a NARS wages athe Hak tetas ‘ tnt -! ; wt) rf lagak 4 8 Mdn't . 7 1 nogtis ip new ways to do new things and stood forth as a naster administra-| previous wa’ tlmen b Racin t g \ would. G i ne det baad hag eat Aion ing may be the sport of kings, but the bookies seemeth to pass eld of}. iy an] better ways to speed alc derful things in the process of trans-|aid to a - extant the ct F Xs fave Meh they | pu ent M serie ¢ ve career of one man who } forming « 1 t and unprepared] expansion of the lnttod . Thou canst not saveth eggs by eating omelets. ey d seta ” Ae tual Galina seeter-n ae Aviehy eestor nitee eile bed coe nee cate a long continued period of high wd f ren ‘ ager rg ae at others will be published b Mation {nto un army rushing to war, " lies " 8 ex r in clothes even after the operator may see fit, and w ere from s brtces | The eluggerd censidereth mot the ant, Uniees it ie in hie beef stew, | tinct; though it ia possible sor a fib tbey have been iaundered, | Uttle or mo chance of detection, Ume to Ume, ' .