The evening world. Newspaper, February 18, 1920, Page 18

GOOD PREACHING. TO PRACTISE. _ JN a recent statement, Edwin T, Meredith, the new * Secretary of Agriculture, remarked: 4 “Business men must look to the operation of their establishments, no matter in what line they may be engaged, and see that no useless eanployes is retained to add to the cost of dis- ‘tributing what the farmer now produces. Use- less employees must be? released from non- productive work that they may go fhto produc- tive work and add to the sum total that may ‘be distributed among all. ) ‘This is excellent advice, But are business men the 5.” offenders? ; © itis hardly possible. Does any one know of a busi- ‘ ‘man who now employs 758 clerks to do the work ‘Which 335 used to do? | The question is so evidently foolish that it needs no . Yet these figures, multiplied by a thousand, : the employment policy of Uncle Sam as ‘@evealed yesterday by The Evening World’s special “geen Martin Green. Mr. Meredith has been a business man. pear the first of Sept'r. , 1am respectfully, D'r Sir, Your friend, &. A. ‘BURR. newspapers! S is a patient community. affecting every telephone exchange in the city. ‘ In the De-| joing - ‘ indi _ ie ba . pg ace dag eg ae Has it met the situation by mobilizing the full : take hi own advice? Will he release every “useless strength of its resources for the task of restoration? : ‘Bmployee” for productive work? Has it sacrificed part of current profits for the sake ; ) The Department of Agriculture is by no means the | of a swifter improvement of its service to the public? ; as regards useless non-producers. All the easier, for Secretary Meredith to clean house, get rid aa Been the drones and parasites and set a good example to is fellow Secretaries. ) if Mr. Meredith will take his own advice and help annual dividend of 8 per cent.” popular with the taxpayers if not with his} ent state of telephone service in this city. ‘fellows of the Cabinet. 4 . ‘The way Republican Assemblymen at Albany are wering The Evening World's questions as to what they think of William H. Anderson and Prohibition as Republican } assets is Mluminating. est It was not love that made Republican . = legislators obey the Prohibition boss and Boi.» yote to ratify the Eighteenth Amendment. It was fear—fear of a fanatical group that frightened lawmakers into believing it controlled the political balance. It was dread of the whip that made the loudest crack. Watch the visible Republiean shudders at the suggestion of Anderson for Gov- erner, Yet some party should run him as solemn duty to the voters of this State, tain an adequate force, THE LAMB AT SCHOOL. . ) Neegsa have changed. The sequel of the inci- ew dent, Mary had a little lamb, which was fattened. Ng turned out of school, &c., is the desire of a It can collect its bills and pay 8 per cent. dividends, ) , Wyoming school-teacher to display in the _ | but ina great emergency it cannot find. money to build a schoolhouse framed pictures of well-bred farm + mimals. In a request tothe United States De- up its operating force. partment of Agriculture a teacher in Fremont i County, Wyoming, has asked for—end will re- ceive at the cost of the prints—approved photo- grephs of My different breeds and types of horses, cxttie, hogs, sheep and poultry. ‘The display of such pictures on echoolroom walls will do much, ft ts believed, to encourage the keeping and breeding of well-bred stock in the locality.—Weekly News Letter of the De- ¥ partment of Agriculture. ’ Times have changed. There’s no denying it. Back J the days when fathers and mothers attended district < in the little red building of tender tradition, it customary to decorate school walls with steel en- : of Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, sant and other of our national leaders. » Times have changed, and generally for the better. ‘ts this particular instance an improvement? The v World is old-fashioned enough to hold to the that a knowledge of the fathers of the Nation quite as important in young lives as a recognition of dividends. oe, best breed of porkers. It is already stretched to the limit, AARON BURR’S WATER TANK. 'T 1S not long since the old water tank owned by the| Bank of the Manhattan Company disappeared from Reade Street, and every now and then some| in the vicinity of Park Row unearths a| Sf ection of the wooden contiuit which was laid under “Ms Ge terms of an ingenious charter framed by Aaron 3 cloak the establishment of a financial insti- cultivate patience and self-restraint. « Patience! ferings for months past. phone Company. efforts to improve its service. betterment of the service. . TEACHERS’ PAY. increase in salaries, on hand and must borrow before it can pay. i” ') Recently Mr. P. F, Madigan of this city, the collector | ff autographs, discovered an interesting letter from Burr to Chancellor Livingston, which will interest ihe} entiquarian. It reads: New York, July 11, 1799. ; | ‘Tothe Hon. Chancellor Livingston, Clermont. | et Dear Gir: Your remarks on our projects _. Yor procuring water appeared to me to be so important thet I took the liberty of showing them to Doctor Browne., I now inclose you the | Doctor's anewer. We have finally determined {for teaching in order to increase the supply. | te open a welll at the foot of the Pot Baker's | ‘Hil and as a temporary measure to erect a id etern of 160 to 200 gallons as near to the well 6 the ground will admit. The Grand Reservoir + qill of course go on more at leisure. An unex- which confronts us.” |statement of fact in the report. Or is the Board of Education less responsive? a { THE EVENING WORLD STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT. It has seen the worst telephone service it ever | knew grow steadily still worse instead of better. It has accepted war, winter, influenza and its own telephone habits as excuses for the slump. It has listened hope- fully to promises of improvement that has not come. Meanwhile it has paid its telephone bills and borne the nerve-strain, inconvenience and sérious handicap to business resulting from a progressive demoralization What has the New York Telephone Company been On the contrary the New York Telephone Company “cherishing tog dearly its policy of a fixed Such is the conclusion the Public-Service Commis- \ wo get the country back on a peace basis, he will be sion of the Second District reports to the Assembly, : ‘wm valuable acquisition. He will be a novelty. He will | after investigating conditions responsible for the pres The commission declares that “if necessary to re * construct its service and invite permanent returns in the future,” the New York Telephone Company should be willing “temporarily to forego to some extent the established return of 8 per cent. on its investment.” The report also states that such increases as the com- pany has made in the pay of its telephone operators have not brought the wages it offers to the point where they invite applicants in sufficient numbers to main- In other words, this great corporation, whose profits for the four years from 1915 to 1919 amounted to} $17,000,000 and whose prosperity, based on high charges, was such that the Public-Service Commission ordered it last fall to make an 8 per cent. discount on its subscribers’ bills, has not seen its way to raise the pay of its operators enough to assure speedy and sub- stantial relief for the community upon which it has It finds it cheaper to carry on an expensive adver- tising campaign which recommends telephone users to Only with an unlimited supply of it could New Yorkers have survived their telephone suf- But they see no reason why that patience should be exploited for the greater profit of the New York Tele- Vice President McCulloh pleads eloquently for for- bearance and kind words to encourage the company’s The forbearance and kind words will be forihcom- ing when the public sees the effort in some appreciable Patience cannot be taxed indefinitely to protect ITTSBURGH teachers are to receive a substantial The Board of Education de- cided on the step as a result of the pressure af public opinion and in spite of the fact’ that it has no money The committee recommending the increase stated that it acted on “ihe clearly expressed desires of the public which it strves,” as expressed by the newspapers jand the Chamber of Commerce. Public opinion recog- nizes, the committee believes, that “hesoic measures should be taken to meet the extraordinary situation | “The public can afford to be taxed better than the j teacher can afford to be underpaid” is another plain We search in vain for a recommendation to the ef- |fect that it would be wise to relax the qualifications New York teachers face conditions similar to those in Pittsburgh. !s public opinion lagging in New York? The | prea has done its share in urging an equitable increase. k ctl 7H , WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1920. So a paper shortage is not. a new thing, though there is now plenty for bank-notes and not enough f ‘or | ZL Peace Should Put a Check on Government Spending; The War Is Over; Lighten the Taxpayers’ Load pected difficulty in procuring paper proper for notes will retard the opening of our bank until right, 1920, or Pubtianing Oo, Now York Breniag Word.) | Where to Find Your Vocation By Max Watson. Coppright, 1820, by The Prees Publish (inc New York Erenine Word). | : * | Mechanical Dentistry. Opportunities for Entering This Field—Dental mechanics do not work {on people's mouths, but in labora- , tories, either their own or those of | their employers. The work consists, | of making artificial déntures and rés- |torations, such as plates, bridges, | crowns, inlays, for which the impres+ sions have been taken from the pa- tient’s mouth by the dental surgeon, or dentist, as he is commonly called. Mechanical dentistry is considered a professional trade, since it is part of | the profession of dentistry or dental surgery. It offers a splendid field for jthe mechanically inclined young man. who wishes to do fing, artistic wark | which is clean and well paid, For the | young man who intends to become a jdental surgeon and who must make ES own way by working during the day so as to attend night school, this | work can bring an income and at the same time be @ part of the training \for his profession. All large cities have dental laboratories where a | Young man can start as an assistant, |1t is better to start in at the bottom |in a good laboratory than to take a |short course of inrtriction in mechan- ical Gentistry, as there is only one way to learn this trade and that is by actually dolng the work. Every den-" | tist has mechanical work to be done and is usually glad to have this work taken off his hands by taken o is by 4 mechanical Schooling—A common school edu- cation should be required, although high school training will help if the best positions are to be reached. The best school of training is on the job or a regular course in dental surgery as given by a high class university, |" Salary—A young man who starts jin a jaboratory as a helper re- celves from $15 to $20 a week to start. As he becomes pro- ficient his salary will be increased to from $30 to $50 a week. When he has mastéred the work he may branch out in a small laboratory for himself or work for a single dentist. If he has his own laboratory his income depends upon the amount of work he can secure. The pay is equal if not better than other professional trades which require similar skill. Type. ob Young Man Best Suited for This Field—Bordering on pro- fessional work, this trade requires a high type of your& man who will take pride in his product. He must be neat, painstaking and have a natural mechanical instinct. The work is almost /entirely with the j hands and requires fine workinaa- ship. Duties—The work consists making of casts and models ing casts on the articulat preparation and mixing of die and counter die construction of the mount- “Try hn Engincer.” ‘To the Kaitor of ‘The Krening Word | Your article “Try an Engineer” is one that will gladden the heart of many a technical man and also give food for thought to the business man who has lost money due to the lack of proper facilities for snow removal. | When all other means have failed the engineer is Once more called upon | to “blaze the trail” for cbvilization. | There is no doubt in my mind that} this can be done much’ more effici- ently and at less cost than At pres- ent if put in the hands of a compe- | tent engineer. H n do it and will ‘do it if given th ppportunity, [t's his duty to overcome all obstacles, and the past alone has. proven his value. How many people realize that practically everything they come | in contact with is the result sineer's training? As much the engineer is a nece sity to the welfare of the community le is rapidly becoming an “extinct animal.” ‘The profession to-day does not net the proper returns, Many technical men are leaving the pro- fessional field for lines absolutely for- eign to them, but pay them a better living wage than the profession that they have devoted time and study to and in many cases a considerable amount of money, Furthermore, the profession is sut- fering for lack of “new blood.” The percentage of graduates in engine: Ing has fallen rapidly and probably will continue to do so until the tech- nically trained man is recognized for what he is worth. Getting back to snow again. “Give an engineer a chance to show what he can do.” And pay him for results, <-DRAUGHTSMAN, Feb. 14, 1920. Brooklyn, N. Y Underpal bile Servants. 10 Git Haltor of Tho Bening World I wppeal to you for assistance and call your attention to the following complaint; ‘The men working in the Department of Street Cleaning and who work on the scows that hasile garbage and ashes are not paid living wages. We are on duty 24 hours a seven days a week, and for that per day (Which is a disgrace) Why don't we get a faim deal and be paid wages equal to the job so that we can live? It is also necessary for us to furnish our own coal‘and wood otherwise we would freeze to death: Will you please investigute and help s, for you never fail, Evening World. lam a follow disgusted with the job but a faithful American and reader of your paper, SCOW MAN, Unionize Tenants, Yo the 2aktor of ‘Ibe Lrening World | FROM EVENING WORLD READERS _ | Fair Rent Association is going to the expense of sending a eommittee to} Albany | Why does not the F. R, A. take a| hint from the Real Estate Agents’ | course? ‘Those gentry did not go to} Albany, but found it only necessary to come to an understanding among | themselves about boosting rents, so | that if a tenant leaves one property he will find himself worse in the next 3 Let the F. R. A. in the same way organize the tenants thoroughly; and then fix schedules of fair rent for premises in each district, based on Property values in 1918; and let them | adopt a standard lease, to be signed in place of any other, stipulating (a) That its continuance shall be proyided for if the property is gold; (b) That the premises shall be kept in thorough repair; (ec) That a rent shall be de- .| ducted for every winter's day that room heat falls (below 65 degrees Then when every tenant is guided by. such conditions, it will not pay an hgent to oust a good tenant, for he will get no more rent ner differ- | ent lease conditions from any other tenant—and if a few agents try it on, the owners will soon throw them overboard when they find their property vacant, It was only the agents’ organi zation that made rent profiteerin; possible, in order to fatten their own’) commissions, for_ there many | owners, like the Ehret FE , that have never raised their rents since | D. J. R. SMITH, | | the World War started Feb. 13, 19 Shoe String Speculators. To the Walitor of The Brening Word The jackal breed who bave been jacking upsrents with such startlin frequency on property they have ac- quired by the simple process of put- ting up a few hundred dollars are not legitimate landlords—but shoe-string speculators. As stated, w of rusly have nothing payment on gilt-edge proper amounts to only a few hundred dollars down, all future payments are from the rentals, which, consequent on the fancy fleure which | tempted the * landlord to part | with his pro » Must be at once} jacked up. Being a soulless breed | Whose only god is money, they keep on repeating the operation; they have no real interest in the property—its future does not concern them, they ure only interested in its present pos- these profiteer sibilities, they want to cet “theins" quickly before the opportunity is gone. Should a great boom in building oc- cur this spring and summer.or should Assembly Bill No. 227, now before the New York Assembly be enacted Ut appears from the item on page $ of your issue of the 9th that the into a law, these heartless rats will quickly desert the ship and scurry for Horcniciicir specitied and qui you may be all your life an est but that is all you will be And esteemed and ct We wil that you and UNCOMM By John Blake (Copyright, 1920.) NOTHING WORTH WHIL Many people sit down and they were all still waiting. Don't ever believe the sill him who waits.” Nothing worth If you want success, or prosperity, you will have to go out and get them, and you will find it pretty hard going at that. Opportunity is abundant, search, If everything came to hin reason for industry, for self sai things that we know are neces just that Do your work this planet that'the market price of their services is not high. 3) the same office. you. But it is th@ man who realizes that they are there and goes after them who begins to pull ahead. The rest of you stay where you are and wonder why, iv: s are beaten in the game. At the Yale-Princeton { placed forward pass landed among half a dozen Princeton play- e of the € way. knew what to do with it when same alertness when he gets o Patience is a necessary vir help you a great deal, spot, go on an opportun use of it when you find it. | shelter, while the lucklass landlord will have his run-down and greatly depreciated property thrust back on his hands, and after paying out a few thousand dollars in neglected repairs he will be a poorer but wiser man— “all is not gold that glitters!" There is hope for the poor tenant who is being squeezed—that hope is the bill introduced in the New York Asseribly by Mr, Dimin and known as Assembly Bill No, 227, This bill, as y maxim, “Everything comes to The same opportunities are there for all of n stood looking at it in an interested sort of The sixth man picked it up and carried it over Yale’ for the touchdown that won the game, That young man was looking for opportunity, of his ‘classmates a long way behind. if you find that waiting leaves you stranded in the same y hunt, and, provided you have taken the trouble to qualify yourself, you will be able to make lecting, arranging and articulating "| of artificial teeth; making $| ized rubber di ; construc artificial crowns of different types; | designing, and building up of remov- ture ON SENSE able and ‘fixed bridge work: repair- | ing of artificial dentures and casting | porcelain. | Remarks—in large laboratories men, specialize in certain of the lines men-‘ | tioned above and only perform that part of the work. This fleld is also open to women and offers them a good field. In certain of the finer work women do better work than men, There is nothing about the work that women cannot do and many are engaged in it at the prege ent time. ‘OMES TO HIM WHO WAT’ wait for success. At last reports having comes to him who waits. ae SEE but, that also requires a patient} | 1 who waits, there would be no} | News Flashes crifice, for vigilance, for all the y rifice or vigilance. ra ne | From Around ary to advancement. | The World and nothing more—get down to t at the stroke of the clock, and eemed and respected craftsman, ed craftsmen are so plentiful in Summer Is Coming! To increase the carrying ca pacity of motorboats a Califor nian has invented a settee to be placed over the engine pits, made in sections for easy removal for access to the engines. pite of your diligence, that you AUN Mais Telephone Facts, The telephone industry in 1917 yave employment to 262,629 per- sons, of whom 171,119, or over 65 per cent. were women. The sum paid out in salaries and wages amounted to $175,670,449. These employees operated plants ahd equipment valued at $1,492,- . | $29,015, which yielded operating | and non-operating revenues of - | $391,499,531 | half a dozen other men start in otball game last fall a badly}| y3| s line And he he found it. If he employs the ut of college he will leave most tue. But patience alone will not rer ar Oil-Burning Ships. At the launching o} the Anglo- American Oil Company's motor tank vessel, the Narragansett, at Barrow in Furness, a statement was made by the head of the Vickers’ shipbuilding works, Sir Janies McKechnie, that oit was the fuel of the future and that users need no longer be deterred from. adopting it by fears that will be difficult to get, or that the supply will be inadequate or that the price will be uneconomical, good | | previously stated, limits the fixing of rentals to the month of May—all |rentals named in May are to bé effeo- | tive until the following May. Such a iaw would have the effect of pulling the fangs of the profiteer. It is up to the rentpayer to get ac- tive, now or never—write to your As- sembleman and te Senator, let ac- tion be your watchword! PURVIS CLAYTON New York, Feb. 14, 1920,