The evening world. Newspaper, February 13, 1920, Page 26

er LAO a | i FRIDAY, FEBRUAR’ Peace Should Put a Check on Government Spending; i‘ The War Is Over; Lighten the Taxpayers’ Load The Love Sto-ies| of Great Nove PULITZER. Press Publishing York. Rows despatches credited te Mt oF Bot otherwise errdiied im this mow ‘he, lowed wows pubiaded verein. MANY OTHERS TO BE PITIED. ‘THAN BOURNE & CO. of the Republican Publicity Association either does or does not speak operators to correspond with the advance in living costs? Is it paying wages which enable it to keep a trained and skilled operating force? Or is it short- handed because of resignations of skilled operators? By J. H. Cassel the Republican National Committee. Is it doing what it “can do” when we take into con- —By— ‘The question seems to be rather unsettled. Chair-/ sideration the flourishing financial status of the cor- Albert Payson Terhu: Man Hays discourages such a supposition, but Vice | poration? Wibiad Sieh io Sia take John T. ‘Adams has joined the Executive} If The Times will investigate this matter it may dis- WR TR Ra i Ba De ~ Committee of the association. cover that the company is not doing all that it “can ‘ Be that as it may, the association publicly regrets;do” to relieve New York Under such circumstances oe eee RS; by Freds "that Mr. Hoover in his Monday statement said: the suggestion of a telephone censorship is doubly rt ‘sie RS. MANSFELD was a grim and masterful woman who lived on an estate at Caris- fors in Sweden. She was as miserly as she was rich, and she made her only son, Bruno, go without enough Pocket money to buy him decent clothes. Shé was devoted to Bruno. * But she thought in this manner to teach him the value of wealth and to keep him from temptation. One night ‘a large sum of money was missing from her strong-box. Search was made. The cash was found in Bruno's room, Mrs. Mansfeld or-* dered Bruno to confess, He denied stealing the money and refused to ask forgiveness for what he swore he had not done. ; ‘he old woman in wild rage cursed him. She cursed him in waking and in sleeping and in all he should do. ‘Then she fell down ina fit, and Brano rushed out of the house, carrying in his memory his mother’s curse. To the West Indies he fled. There he made a fortune. Returning, six-. teen years later, to Sweden, he bought an estate near his mother’s, and by saving her life in a runaway, won her favor once more. Yet he felt the curse was still upon him, Soon after his return to his native land, Bruno met a beautiful Serena Dahl, whose home was in th neighborhood of Carlsfors. Love came into his dreary life. He wooed Serena distasteful. WHO'S FIGURING FOR THE FUTURE? 1" HIS annual report to Congress the Federal Comp- troller of the Cutrency dwells upon the present high cost of living and points out a way by which bankers can help reduce it. Let bankers, the Comptroller urges, use their in- fluence to restrain speculation in commodities. Im-}. press upon business men: “That for the long run an assurance of future Permanent and substantial profit can be had only by reducing present profits to the thinnest reasonable margin and limiting earnings, divi. | denda and additions to surplus to the most modest figures consistent with safety.” It would take a powerful microscope to discover where the past year has seen reducing processes ap- plied to profits made in the production of necessities. Coal, food, clothing—what do the figures show wherever investigation has opened the books in these industries and made public the profit sheets ? Take the cotton goods manufacturers. Note the “I bepe that they (my friends) will realize my sincerity in not tying myself to undefined the & Co. comment on this is: “uch @ realization must thdeed be with « feeling of pity for a man without the capacity to absorb from a daily review of events @ well- defined idea of what marke the division be- ~ tween the Republican and Democratic Parties.” There is good ground for pity. It is a sad condition, But Mr. Hoover is not alone in his lack of capacity. He is one of a large, if pitiable, company who, in spite ‘of earnest and thoughful endeavor, are unable to “absorb'@ well-defined idea of what constitutes a test of Republicanism-or Democracy. They, like Mr. Hoover, are waiting to find out. For “all, his lack of capacity, Mr. Hoover's opinions will sOme weight in helping others to decide. If Mr. Bourne, in the abundance of his wisdom and. out of the charity of his heart, will be so good as to inform them on ten or five or even one clearly defined dis- tinction between the two parties they will be greatly ~ obliged—and doubly so if Mr. Bourne can induce Mr. _ Hays to verify his opinion. Until charity moves Mr. Bourne, many admit a Pitiable state of undecision. They wait with open and “not absolutely vacant minds, Either the Democratic or the Republican managers may win support by en- ape THREAT OF - at HOME BUILDING MORE \NCOME i ee ee te cod $ | 1919 dividends paid by half a dozen mills in the New and at last he won her heart and be> te lightening the undecided. They are waiting, as Mr. Promise to be his wife. or the, firs: { Ho is walting, for a statement -within thelr ca- Bedford and as many more in the Fall River district: fel wa hee Gorrie, rk Mana 4 pacity to absorb and which they can approve. The NEW BEDFORD. lifted, Aud. he looked tockata’ tye t § “most able teachers are apt to win in November. Rovpen ible cloudless future with the lovely gil to ! - Mr. Bourne's pity is an admirable sentiment. It is ‘ay ie ne kane ee shortly ‘before hoped that it will move him to good works— ‘ misto me Veen ee ; \ preferably indorsed by Mr. Hays and this Committee useop 0% Bruno sid, Serena, wore, oliting : - of 100—or 481, as the case may be “300,000 20% ween A dak bass Stee eae j i i ; om ef 2,000,000 20% rushed into the room, brandishing a | : - knife. Sh FALL RIVER. bing as ae did so, Bruso sprang THREE PERTINENT QUESTIONS. $450,000 6% bemerhee bod Gl nett ees ‘ + $450, fe descendin, ghcndenb nad from its street-car streets baie} peteg Bia ‘threatened. sweetheart. trom ins with electrically-driven shovels which load flat- ~ 1,875,000 20% the woman drove the knife into her * . , + 1,800,000 25% bate poy iene fell to the floor, mor- ounded. ¢ 3 Why doesn’t New York? i royeny bal ‘The Dahl family came hurrying {n, Is it because politicians are anxious to have jobs for amare ee ! Sunred tar bee Leseatinien beri 4 ‘7 "political retainers? | These dividends may look guar pacing with woman Was some one who had a prior ‘sg Af so, is it a good reason? the 100, 200 and 1,000 per cent. profits of some of the claim on Bruno and who had come ta punish him for infidelity. They dered hii she “ y coal operators, Gared: the eageaereat 19 berecn at } . IT SHOULD BE DISMISSAL. But think what they mean as merely representative Boren aaunesd wean Wanenceare f ILLIAM W. PELLET, Republican Assembly-]of the expected returns in a score of industries upon — - A UE pe rom of tte pouee ore » . ay = the heartbroken Serena nursed her i / man from Manhattan, is talking common| which the people of the United States depend for the|]] FROM EVENING WORLD READERS | ENSE the stranger told the {rath about mens : Sense and practical politics when he advises the mem-| necessities of life. = - ———_ $< | Self dnd about the tragedy ia wild ¢ thers of his party to call off the Socialist trial because Any dividend these dys short of a percentage writ-|,, , “Make Public the Mrofitu” | inferior material at @ higher price | ih k agedldnyt egatalblge els ogra ( , 4 jrening World: -|@nd that Js one of the reasons why By John Blake ach ablavehpinanca nee : ‘of the failure of the Sweet clique to establish a case. | ten in two figures is too paltry to consider. Your issue of the 4th inst, containa| they had to increase prices on, thet (Copyrieht, 1920.) arriea Piatae ait tase seca hana 4 A verdict of “no case” now would not completely] So far from “reducing present profits to the thin- pa ie te a peer headed | {1 this scheme—but I doubt whether | THE MOST VALUABLE THING IN THE WORLD. Beinor when, hey Was, vine, ies tne : _ exonerate the Socialist members. Such a verdict never|nest reasonable margin” and “limiting earnings, divi-| “You nit the mat! on the head with | (ulece® Qe who did not raises gard The most valuable thing in the world, commercially, is $|encouraged her love or paid. the 5 does. But if tie trial goes on the Socialists have an|dends and additions to surplus to the most modest] this wise ‘susgestion, but tha De-| Piece goods market, and there you! } not money. It fs not stocks of goods, nor bonds, nor se- | mirtar sitention fo Mer. eho, nad ‘ ‘unparalleled opportunity for the dissemination of their | figures consistent with safety,” producers, handlers Harimant of Tustioe chowld start with The retailer had to profiteer, as see a is something youl peeeses de sbundanses Je learning he was to marry snothet ra etn " 7 ; publishing the profits of woollen an no more mploy wil rotit. iS eas, 'e. 'y je y Permicious and fallacious dogmas. Morris Hillquit, a]and retailers of necessities are all figuring for the hign-| Veracca manutacturers and not those | (han the smnail Jobber isthe guilty |$ to spend. “It te the wise man’s asset, the fool's liability. It }|evsy and had sought to slay her rival, } ‘ i lated pe: s As the confession cleared Bruno, he wonderfully-clever propagandist, will be back on the} cst profits they can get for as long a period as the pub-|ot the larger corporations,. for they | OMe. Of course, there are leolated) § is ting, was permitted to marry Serena and to ! job next week with an audience such as he never be-|lic can be made to believe that steadily rising prices} *re well known, but of those mills| gone, but they are so small and #0 Go into the office of the great corporation or into the % foal that at last the curse was forever y fore has been able to address. The mere fact that the]are economically inevitable. aan are ncloraa' whe, atailon'e. ‘ug, conditions seriously enough to eause|} Y@st manufacturing plant. You will see elaborate systems, bideaad ; “ . KT ‘ fare A h clothi te ingenious machines, whose sole purpose is to gain time. { ; public has decided that the Socialists are the “under-| Permanent and substantial profits extending into an emtes. ‘Their methods are. high- OP Ge plete a oui aS TART TTPATIVES Bannan tate ees iaaertane ‘ dogs” in the present controversy will afford them ajassured future and based upon well-grounded, well- | trend of the times, mould be forced by law to reduce his} man in business hours. Why? Because every minute he News Flashes } »_ more sympathetic hearing than ever before. distributed prosperity, diffused throughout all classes] To our great regret: must it be| manufacturer could obtain woollens|$ gives you takes just so much from his stock of time, which f : ‘If the Assembly is honestly opposed to the dissemi-| re of small present concern. Pion offical, here te confor wits | within Feason you would goon enough) $ is the most important thing he has. From Around 4 > tiation of Socialist doctrine, now is the time to stop the} Part of the public, thanks to war favors, has more |{he, wWwoguie and, Worsted, Manutac: | the Clothing markets. Then go into the city street, as the writer did yesterday, f trial and the advantage the Socialists will gain fi nd than i dreamed it-could ea {lung of how to. prosecute the email | yt, l%,% Joke, te, Blame this erime|$ and you will see a hundred men and boys idly gaping at a $||/ The World ‘ gpl ig Socialists will gain from} money to spend than it ever dreamed it could earn or} tore’ ‘That is like u Judge of Gen- | CPO the small try. Go after. the! §’ squad of firemen shoveling snow into a manhole, and wast- a r ense. eral Sessions go > the defend rae ‘ Or borealis Hacks al § het : se aa ee eR ets per te | ee eee onemy: ||) Me eam amteey OO Gr, 8 Ot none A New College Sport. any mblyman honestly thinks that Sweet has} The game is to reap a harvest of big profits from} {ireiy jd say no, It is not always easy to foretell the future, but if you Aviation is beginning to take a eS made a case, then { the trial to continue, so that the defense can have its day in court. But if the case has failed, why not dis- ~ miss it?. Judges frequently take a ease out of the hands of in fairness he should vote to permit the new spending power of favored classes and, helped by inflation and high prices, to keep on reaping while the reaping is good. “After us the deluge.” New York merchants are prone to do big things in a big way an@ are well known for the big things they put over, but this prosecution of the small jobbes 1) certainly mockery upon justice and real, true-hearted Americanism. New York, Feb. 6, 1920, Polite Operators. To the Editor ot The Evening World: As a cotistant user of the telephone Lave seen my goat climbing around the office on many occasions, but as prophesy that not a man in all that crowd of staring by- standers will ever amount to nine per cent. right, at least. anything you will be ninety- The intelligent use of time, working time and play time, means success, Its unintelligent use means failure. place as @ major sport in Amert- can colleges, and intercollegiate races are now being planned. The Spectator, the daily news- paper published by undergradu- There isn’t a pin to choose between the economic] Can you picture that the big job-| Yet have never found it necessary to So-called spare time is as important as work time. The tis Gap oi : or le gO e pro esa | attempt to take it out on the poor, eH A ates at Columbia University, has the jury. The Assembly is sitting both as judge and] yttitude of Mme. de Pompadour and that of many a ber eta fo te profits oF hae ‘1 | defenseless, overworked and much man who arrives does so because he has made his spare gma oniiatecagid: piven cs jury. Judicial discretion should dictate dismissal nresentd ofiteer. you or othe ninent and unbiased | bused girl on the other end of the|$ time the auxiliary of his time of labor, who has used it to Gaccincing ihe va % ‘ PReereey enon papers wou! w the honest facts | Wire. supplement his business or professional knowledge, or to bo none ALL IT CAN DO? UR neighbor The Times has provided the badg- POLITICAL PROFITEERING. TIFYING at the Newberry trial, Chase S. n these rs you surely would have enough dirty work to disclose to the public that would stagger the average decent citizen, In order to crack the prices in woollens and worsteds it Is absolutely Just brace up, gentlemen, and re- |: member she is a girl and ‘although you cannot see her while talking to her she should be treated with the same respect you would show her at a party or a dance. She may be keep his body healthy so that his brain will have a com- fortable place in which to work. Every hour wasted is an hour lost—and time lost can never be regained. It may be that the philosopher who American universities, ees First Far Eastern Subway. The charter for the building of ered New York Telephone Company with valu- Qsborn’ said that he had received an offer from easential to aubpoens overy member somsnody's SiALEr, maybe aomebody's wept because he had lost a day was overemotional, but the rig ty oe fs SaDi4s ss * * 7 5 . oO eo ‘oolle « ‘Ol € -|5 ian ny j " eC oI able front-page publicity recounting the woes of the| Constantine A. Daniels to deliver the.Senatorial elec-| ffotht 2 et ay girl, loss of a day is a serious loss, just the same, and the loss y the ra telephone man. We do not question the propriety of tion for $150,000, thetr Get your political friends together and “go after” the telephone com- of a week to a man with a real purpose is a calamity. way authorities to Tokuji Hayakawa and other promoters, J i you will soon use your brain the action. Neither do we question that Vice President} Next day a witness quoted State Labor Commis- porducts, | ‘They have made | more PARY, CHAS Wa where our troumie see. aay MSR ae 1m Ae 78 no falent a especial who some time ago presented an MeCullch has many perplexities and trials. We agree | sioner Fletcher as estimating the cost of the Newberry | Gver will see in his entire life, phone company, nor have 1 any |} adaptability, a well employed brain will carry you far up application for the rights. The : Swith Mr, McCulloh that previous good service may lelection at $800,000, with the statement that “1 know] , M's, ockery upon justice: | Wt ta) (OH ato aco this blamelses girt|$ the ladder,we are all climbing. project will take severat years, j have spoiled New York ‘patrons and made them unduly | what | am talking about.” when a Federal official can be bam. | belng everlastingly abused and orit!- and when completed will be the ‘critical of the present bad service. But The Times goes further in its editorial columns One might be pardoned for suggesting that the Michigan political ring is wasting its efforts in scratch- a few Shylocks who want he flesh and blood out of the poor people and the consumers and then blame their dir ork upon others t t cised. New York, Feb, 4, 1920, K, A Diseusted Soldier. in this? It is people of the type of If I had the choice of picking a side first underground railway in the Far East. The oapital of the company will at first be 25,000,000 4 “Gt is a fai sumpti . ir i, hea.) Hi .| who are a mer fe in their @raft,| To the Baio of The Evening World: W. H. Anderson and his tribe of|/partner between the Kaiser and W. yen, It is estimated that this aye thattt is 2 fair presumption that a company |ing for such chicken feed. Persons with Such an ex-) “In, Moiothing manufacturer Is also| Is it permiselble for an ex-soldier | rey at home slacker# who are the|fH. Anderson give me the icalser in: Mae Out he Rutan Theoa ce ch did so well in the past is now doing what it can| pert knowledge of profiteering ou; ‘0 be in business |to blame for a good bit in this raise|to say something against Prohibition ‘of the great unrest in this|stead of a snake in the grass, I sin- J hree years, ig eSS cause i a ercome the obstacles which new conditions have ” where sales come more frequently than once in six years, of prices in clothing. For a long time most of them exploited labor In the meanest Way and caused more un- fortunates to get consumption with without being denounced as a “Red?” While in the trenches for nearly two years, during which time I was wounded three times, fighting as we country, and the sooner we deport them the better it will be for us. If the sight of a saloon hurts their cerely hope Mr. Anderson was not put to much discomfort through the Shortage of sugar and coal while we and can ve opened to the public at the end of that time, Branch lines will be opened later, the A weak brains let them pack up and|were sleeping in mud and water he may bea presumption, but has The Times If $150,000 was a rock-bottom price, then $800,000 their me on oy werd of the nwentence thought cy a we _ great-| go to the CORA ae Secrare will | puddles in France, whole system to be completed in y " wh off, + ‘ systems of ol. thas pens can write/ly surprised an isgust to hear/teli you that Pi ibition will cause I h dis ted Ameri. ms glee than to presume? Has it investigated?| represents a profiteering profit of more than 400 per| about. bie that with the ald of afew slackers a toll you tbat Tronibiien Will came}. T asa’ e very mugh disgusted Ameri; arent en vears. Hi is thought 3 Un “ itione’ te A i A if e ‘ These clothing manufacturers sold| bill was put. thro Congress pro-|that Congress squabbled and kicked 1917, but who will be one of the hat the new system will do . D ie “new conditions” is the High Cost of jcent,, which will excite the envy of even the most] tneir piece woode—l. e. woollene—ate(hibiting us from. drinking, what’ we |snee civing wo cme woudertil bono | core tase to ee ty tnnte “aitowta ‘be | much. toward rene ving the com i. Has the Telephone Company raised wages of successful gougers. big profit to middlemen and then had ed in this country, Will some] of -$60, but without hesitation gave | any more wars, Wr . 4 to go inlo the market and buy up one please toll me how they succeeded | millions to help the Prolibitionists? ‘Feb. 6, 1920, ¥. M,C. A, Brooklym, —7#/#on of passenger tragte, s ' Saeaee | P| f