The evening world. Newspaper, February 6, 1920, Page 22

Sunday by Padlished Dally Except ‘Cmmpeny. go 63 Park , Nom i Rowe, & President, Park 1 SPSRUCR BAW, Treasurer, 63 Park Row. JasRPH PUUATAER. Jr. Secretary, 68 Park Row. ‘MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Aseciated Press ts exctustrely entitled 10 the wee for repubiiontion feewe Geapstches credited to it 4 nof otherwise credited im this paper | RR alee the tome ‘news punished penta. . CLEAN THE STREETS. TAVID ROBINSON, President of the Downtown ij League, was quick to see'the value of The Eve- ning World’s suggestion of volunteer squads to help lean the streets. He mailed notices to members of bis organization requesting that they ask their em- Ployees to volunteer for snow removal work. Wednesday's ‘big snow ernphasized the need for this sort of work. The fall was so heavy that even a well organized snow removal service’ with an abun- dant labor supply would need help. This the city has not got. Under the present Administration the or- ganization is lacking and labor is otherwise employed. It is up te citizens to volunteer. An energetic, wide- ‘ “gwake feader can draft a whole neighborhood for an hour or so of work and do the job. ’ Mr. Robinson says, “If the men do nothing but glean the walks and pile up the snew for the regular | workers they will be aiding greatly.” a Quite true, But if individuals will volunteer, surely business men will aid by offering use of trucks and carts to dispose of the snow once and for all—even =~ . though the City Hall lags. ‘ Now. is the time for commercial associations and j associations, large or small, to get busy By and prove their value by stimulating co-operation in . . ajob that needs to be done and done soon, | Every taxpayer, direct or indirect, has 4 financial in- terest as well. Work done by volunteers will not be ‘charged in the tax bills and passed on in rent raises. * Doing such work, even without pay, is Ike taking . money out of one pocket to put in another. ae It is too bad that City Hall is so helpless, but New York must make the best of a bad bargain. If it can ) gain a knowledge of the value of neighborly co-opera- * tion, the mistake will not prove a total loss. WITH REVOLUTIONARY INTENT. TTORNEY GENERAL PALMER fears a “con- dition of revolutionary intent” which, he says, “exists in the United States. * It is a good phrase. We wonder if Attorney Gen- eral Palmer would apply it to another kind of revolt _ now more and more apparent among thinking Ameri- . cans. The other revolt to which we refer will overturn _ “the Government” only if we restrict the phrase to its European sense., It will not be a revolt of the “Reds,” but. of the “Red, White and Blues.” It is heing plotted openly in street cars and churches, in clubs and lodges, in commercial organizations and la- bor unions, It is designed to recapture the Govern- ment from the bureaucrats and politicians of both parties at Washington, at Albany and in the other State capitals. . No Sedition Bill can stop i. It is open and un- afraid. Its most evident symptom is the enthusiasm for Hoover for President. Less apparent, but no less real, is the dissatisfaction with the frightful expense of government, which does not give us our money’s yorth. NO PLACE FOR MUDDLING. ENATOR CUMMINS’S anti-railroad-strike plan has been ditched as it should have been. It hac no proper place in the railway return legislation. » The pity is that, to save their faces, the politicians are including a substitute compromise measure that doesn’t belong there, whether it hast merit in itself or not. In fact, it commences to look very much as though the whole effort to include labor legislation in the Rail- road Bill has been a red herring drawn across the path . Most of the discussion has centred on the labor legisla- tion and the public has heard relatively little about the highly important features of the actual provisions for returning the roads. It is an old and time-worn political stratagem. As it stands, the Jabor provisions agreed on by the committee follow rather closely the general principles - advocated by the President's Second Industrial Con- ference. There are regional boards, the findings of which are subject to the approval of a central commis- sion to be appointed by the President with the con- sent of the Senate, Striking is not forbidden. detay strikes until after investigation and publicity have crystallized public sentiment, These features in themselves arc desirable and the procedure may be developed to provide some such.a “High Court” as * The Evening World has advocated for the adjudication of industrial disagreements. But, however successful such a scheme may prove, it has no place in the Railroad Bill. If it favors rail- road labor, there is no good reason why other labor should not have equal benefit. If it oppresses labor, there is no reason why railroad workers should bear the burden. If the recommendations of the Second Industrial Conference are adopted, the workings of that plan should include railroad labor. By the present pro- gramme the Congressional conferees face the possi- bility of creating a distinct board for railroad labor which may conflict with the proposed general legisla- to divert the public’s attention from the bill itself. | The present effort is to} i “THE EVE ; tion, causing an overlapping in authority and conse- quent confusion. PARTNERS? HEN the Federal Income Tax Law went into ef- fect we were told that one of its excellent results would be to give the people. of the United States a keener interest in the Government for which they pay. When Liberty bonds were sold and war taxes im- posed we were assured again and again that the public was being brought thereby into closer touch with the Government and that the people would develop a new sense of partnership in the administration of their affairs. - Has this come about? Are all Americans to-day taking a more active and intelligent interest in the way the Government is con- ducting public business and spending public money? We wish we could believe it. There has never been a time when such interest was more needed. . To meet the great emergency of war, the people of the United States accepted without a murmur un- precedented centralization of the governing power. They acquiesced in the creation of bureaus empow- ered to spend billions, They backed them to the limit. They begrudged nothing that would hasten vic- tory and end the war. The victory was won and the fighting ceased fifteen months ago, The need of concentrating and, if need be, wasting billions to speed the success of a supreme effort no longer exists. Recovery and restoration are now the paramount needs. Retrenchment should be the ruling principle in national finance, That programmes of Federal expenditure show, in- stead of retrenchment, a* reckless attempt to prolong the spending power of war bureaus is significant warn- ing how little present pressure of public sentiment af- fects the plans of those intrusted with the spending of money which can only be raised by new taxes and bond Issues. Would the country rather take on more tax burdens than bother about the Federal finances? If not, the public must study the facts, draw its con- clusions and make the latter felt at Washington. NAUGHT BUT DESPAIR ? 66]T IS now beyond all physical effort and we must place our trust in the Lord.” tl Thus Public Service Commissioner Lewis N. Nixon, in the face of a coal shortage threatening the city’s transit facilities. On the second day of a winter storm Public Service Commissioner Nixon wrings his hands and delivers himself of this doleful statement. Does it help the situation? Does it contribute a thousandth part of what could be accomplished by cheerful exercise of energy, with assurance that the public will not suffer if efficient measures to move coal can prevent? L exaggeration of the difficulties and more de- toward averting the calamity. The Lord helps those that keep up their courage and help themselves. A FINE OLD YOUNGSTER. F ALL the testimonial dinners given in New York, few have meant so much or have been so well deserved as the seventieth birthday party last Wednes- day of Daniel Carter Beard, the “Dan Beard” so well [beloved of young—and middle-aged—America, The spirit of Daniel Boone walked at the feast | This was possible, because Dan Beard, more than any \ other individual, has kept that spirit alive with his ab- jsorbingly interesting and stimulating books for boys. | Besides keeping alive the wooderaft and the handicraft which distinguished the American pioneers of the | Boone type, Beard’s books have stimulated the pioneer spirit in the youth of America, have fostered self- ‘reliance and physical development and have guided the play spirit into channels of worth-while effort, Dan Beard at seventy is a fine youngster, a regular |boy among boys—with one difference. He has jready achieved. When he goes to join Daniel Boone on the Great Frontier his weapon will have a great ind creditable number of notches, «Each notch will stand not for a killing but a saving of a boy who didn’t go wrong and did go right. Rich beyond the dreams of avarice is Daniel Beard. A million boys know him as friend and comrade. The Daniel Carter Beard dinner was a fitting pre- liminary to the tenth anniversary week of the Boy Scout movement, which will be observed next week hy the 400,000 scouts who are following the trail which Dan Beard blazed, \ aorrw, Is that the best New York can expect from its Pub- | lic Service Commission when emergency arises? | termination to overcome them would go a long way | t Xx arne Wer Get the Country Back on a Peace Basis; Cut Out War Waste and Reduce Taxes ‘Can We Do Without Europe? . aH, “Farm Figuring. To the Raitor of The Rvening World: Permit me to tell you how much the Officers of the Dairymen’s League ap- preciated » Cassel's powerful cartoon, “Farm Figuring,” which appeared in yesterday's issue of The Evening World, It was there with a punch, It struck one in the eye with a smash that brought “stars,” stars of truth revealing the big thing that the farmer is up against. 1 like your farmer, the strong virile American with’ the Abraham Lincoln face, He was truer more complimentary ‘mer than the chin- whiskered which so many artists use in their work. Give us more cartoons like this one and help bring to their senses city dwellers who demand big wages and a forty-four hour week with curtailed production, and still insist upon low- food at the expense of the who is being deprived of farm use of the lure of high wages in the city. The country and city owe you a vole of thanks for your splendid work. FRED A. HOAR. Dairymen’s League Ne®s, @ living. ‘This band has been liter- ally taking the bread and butter out of the mouths of professional musi- cians, and it is about time @ halt was called. If some of the investigators wisb to know facts, let them inquire how many days the Police Band was. ex- cused from duty in the last two years, and for what pumpose. ‘The Police Band should be encour- aged as an amateur organization ana to increase the love of music, but outside of immediate Police Depart- ment affairs, should be allowed to play but very seldom. The band has acquired quite a reputation because the members are policemen. Almost any amateur band plays as well and there are some boys’ from some of the institutions that play considerably better. If the taxpayers do not take up the matter, certainly the Musicians’ Union ought to. FRANK J. ADAMS. New York, Feb, 3, 1920. On the “Wrecker-in-Chiet.” | To the Haitor of The Brening Workd | Here's a little poem that appeared not so long ago in the Independent Magazine. Nothing can better de- New York, Feb. 4, 1 To the Bilitor of The Evening Workd On reading that the New York Po- Hee Band was about to start a series of winter concerts for the people, I desire to enter a strong protest, It zht have been all right for this pr- tion go be excused’ from their regular police duties during the period of the war, but there is no earthly reason Why they should be doing things that professional musicians ought to do. Are these men em) by the city a8 musicians or as men? We are constantly told that the police force of the city is not large enough, Still these Seventy-five or one hundred men are excused from police days ducy two and vhre and of rl oily Band re pout tw | he ch of these days th member © band are excused from police duty for the entire day, ‘§hen, for every possible little excuse, they lare sent to various parts of the city to play on other days. Now they are |to give a series of concerts in our If the people an musically, let to be professic have to an ins' scribe the infamous doings of our Re- | publican Senators led by Wrecker-in- Chief Lodge and First Aide-de-Gang Johnson. I hope that you will publish | this poem in your excellent institution of Americanism with due credit to the | Independent and to the poet. SAM KAMBRKUp. No. 1%8 Broome St., F* 3, lyse. SPEECH BY SENATO PORK BARRBL, “I have no confidence sald he, “In treaties made in Gay Paree. Americans should scorn such stuff; The treaty's foreign. That's enough. Why should Americans be sent To Europe, that wicked Continent? “And yet with a little amputation I could make the treaty sult the Nation. ‘The League of Nations we must drop Or make it a mere talking shop; ‘Another name we'll find, of course, The League that Can't and Shan't Enforce ‘With frenzied eye I scan the map And everywhere I see the Jap; vet's cut the Shantung clauses out— Apan will go then—without doubt— i feel the matter most keenly, becuz I never knew where Shantung wa. “England, our friend ten months agone \Is now that Perfeed Albion! To get the European goat Let's rob Australia of her vote; Put Canada outside the fence To increase the New World's influence. *|*A President was chosen for “Twas said he kept us out of war; A nobler title unto fame should hallow now the Senate's name: {The world acclaims the blest release: ‘The Senate Keeps Us Out of Peace,’ By PI N. UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake iE (Coprrigut, 1920.) TAKE A TEN-SECOND COURSE IN A NIGHT SCHOOL. Nothing is more vicious than the whine that the day of opportunity has passed in America. Nothing creates more dissatisfaction. Nothing makes more weak-minded people into Reds. If you think that opportunity is getting stale, go to a night school. If you know how to read and write, you needn't stay long. You can get a pretty good course in a night school in just ten seconds. You will find there grown men and grown women, who work all day and work hard, probably harder than you ever worked in your life. But when the day’s work is done, they wash up, put on the best clothes they've got, and hurry to their college. : There they learn to read and to write, something about arithmetic, something about history, and perhaps take a course in stenography. That kind of knowledge comes hard. And coming hard it sticks. A man or a woman doesn’t put in four more hours at the end of a work day to gain ornamental culture. They go to night school because to them night school is the door of opportunity—a door that is always open, _ In years to come these people that you now see earn- estly bent over studies will be making something of them- selves. They know that opportunity is plentiful. They know also that it can no more be grasped without educa- tion than the fruit on a tree can be grasped without hands. Your ten seconds of study at the night school ought to teach you a great deal. Suppose after your visit that you make up your mind to learn something that will help you on your way up. You already know English and arithme- tic, probably. Very well then, you need not bother with them. : ° Study something else. Study preferably about the business that you are in. Books are easily had, The libraries are full of them. Any librarian will‘ be glad to guide you in your selection, Take them‘home and study them, Save enough money to hire special instruction, if you have to have it: Keep these earnest, serious night school pupils in mind, They have ambition, and are willing to make sacrifices for it, You too must have ambition. And if the ambition is good for anything it will entail sacrifice. There may be people in this world who have got along without sacrifice, but. we never heard of them. Perhaps Longfellow had the night school in mind, Perhaps he never heard of a night school, But anyway be wrote: “The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, ’ Were toiling upward, IN THE NIGHT!” Where to Find Your Vocation By Max Watson Press it 2 Noe "Fork rening Work) On TOOLMAKER. Opportunities for Learning This Trade—Toolmaking is considered the highest branch of the machinist trade. A young man who wishes to become an expert toolmaker, or, perbap# later on @ tool designer, should first serve time as a general machinist. Be+ fore securing a position as an ap+ Prentice or a machinist’s helper a course im machine shop practica should be taken at one of the public schools. This training gives a wide, general knowledge of a machinist’s work and although it may not pro~ duce a high-class workman, it will ba found invaluaplé later on. A position in @ small general machine shop is preferable for a beginner. In a large factory there is danger pf specializa~ tion, which is not good training for an all-round toolmaker. Practically all high-class tool designers have had. experience as toolmakers, and this po+ sition is always open to the ambitious young man. Schooling Required—Many good toolmakers have had only a common school education, but if this is sup plemented with ‘some general high school work, especially in mathe= matics and special machine shop courses, there will be a much better, chante for rapid advancement. Tha public schools to-day are offering ma chinists training which should be taken advantage of by every young man who wishes to become a taol+ maker or tool designer, schools have splendid equipment and high- class instructors. A course can ba orig either during the day or even« ng. Salary—An apprentice toolmaker receives $12 to $15 per week when starting, A toolmaker receives 80 ~| cents to $1 per hour. A good tool de~« signer often receives a sulary amount« kag. to from. $3,000 to $5.000 per year, “Type of. Young Man Best Suited for que nina youDE: a should ea na mechanical instinct ta become good toolmaker. As a young boy. he should have found his amuse- ment in making playthings where he Im many cases this me« chanical interest Is inherited. The work of @ toolmaker is not always clean and @ young man who has not the mechanical inclination will find it unpleasant, uties of a Toolmaker—A tool~ maker makes the tools and equipment which are used in manufacturing jmetal parts, It should not be cop- fused with instrument making. A. toolmaker works from the drawings |furnished by the tool designer, His | work includes making the cutting and | forming tools which are uséd on such | machines as lathes, milling machines Jand shapers; making jigs and fixtures | which are used when a large number of parts exactly alike are manufac- tured, and the making of various | gauges which are uged in checking | up the accuracy of work. | Qualifications—A tooimaker must | be able to operate the most important machine tools, including the lathe shaper, planer, slotter, screw-ma chine, milling’ machine, and press. He must understand filing, scraping, grinding, and lapping, anc must be able to work to very close dimensions. He must have a thor- ough knowledge of the varioug metals used in making cutting tools and also the characteristics of the metals“used in manufacture, such ag brass, cast iron, steel and copper. He must understand the heat treatm: ent of metals jand be familiar with the ous Tubrican: 8 variou used in cutting Remarks—if a toolmaker wants to become a tool designer he must study Mechanical draughting. Courses in this subject may be taken up in pub« Ne schools or in special technical schools. A tool designer must have a thorough knowledge of mechanical principles. Many progressive manu- facturing plants ‘have schools of their own where apprentices ara given special training outside of their regular work, By entering one of these training classes a boy is in- sured a thorough training and a goog position at the end of his apprentices ship period, News Flashes From. Around | Standard Ships Built, It was announced in the Brit. ish Parliqment, on Dec. 5, that the number of standard ships completed or completing to the account of the British Shipping Controller was 422, of which 138 had been delivered to foreign purchasers, e- A Chinese Newspaper in Paris, A Chinese weekly newspaper has been started in Paris by Daniel Fu for the beneft of the thousands of Chinese sent there to act as laborers during the war and who are new employed in reconstruction work, according to the Far Eastern Information Bureau, The paper is producea by @ photographic process, the sheets having been hand-written, since it 1s impossible to get Chinese type in France, The paper sells at two cents a copy, and is said to be the first Chinese newspaper produced in France, eo eX