The evening world. Newspaper, February 21, 1920, Page 8

Aro Haod ae ee eeepeeeaseie Sas wn a emenw! es ee eee wee eee World, ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Ppdiiehed Dally Except Sunday by ihe Press Publishing ~*~ Gompany, Nos. 53 to 63 Park Row, New Yurk. J ANGUS SHAW. Treasurer, 63 Park Row” . 2 rer, 63 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITZER. Jr. Secretary. 63 Park Row. Press te exctusteely entitied to the use for repubitention 40 ait ewe Geepatchen credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paver (206 also the local news ,yubiehed herein. t DILUTED DIPLOMACY. GAIN yesterday, what little the American public was permitted to learn regarding the contents of the Allied reply to President Wilson's note on the | ¢« Fiume question it had to glean from “the well-in- formed Rome correspondent” of La Nacion, a news- paper published in Buenos Ayres. Why the people of the United States should have fad to depend upon South America and Paris for in- He stated a basic fact. The Red Menace may be formation concerning a controversy in which their own dangerous to peace of mind, but not to our system of Government is closely involved is one of those mys-} government. The farmers are opposed to the Reds. bac toward which they have already shown extraor-| The odds are too heavy for the Reds to buck. ry patience. “ " 3 The Evening World went straight to the White] si pt ibm! beac Sede House yesterday with its question: ers,” the Loti en react onary replies. “Think of Why are the documentary facts in the Adriatic dis- the Socialistic Non-Partisan League in North Dakota. pute withheld from the public? And farmers generally are going into politics as a Secretary Tumulty recognized the justice of the|class.” query and declared: “I am doing all I can to secure a] Mr, Hoover qualified his statement. The only thing release of ig a mera ty| ‘at will drive farmers to radicalism is “continued at- Peat All argo le hg gn es tempt to control the country by the ‘interests’ and foreign affairs from the public or, at most, treat it pr forms of domestic reactionaries, ‘ ‘by slow and cautious innoculation with the truth, Sec eaned cone tei Hoover 6 Mes ae Is this diluted diplomacy the best the country can of the situation, North Dakota followed A.C, Town- ley's radical doctrines because the “interests,”.or “Big hope for? Biz,” as he calls it, had a strangle hold on the State. Minnesota is open to agrarian radicalism because of re- actionary corporation control of politics. Townleyism, as it is called in the Northwest, advances not because of its own virtue but because of the evident iniquity cf the opposition. + There is a new political movément among farmers generally. But it is conservative rather than radical. Only recently a joint statement from Washington rep- resentatives of the leading farmer organizations re- buffed the advances of Organized Labor. Political developments of the last few years have encouraged farmers to go into politics as a group. They have learned a lesson from Townley’s tactics without in any way indorsing his theories. They have watched the North Dakota political experiment and now have a clearer idea of their potential strength. Other political happenings have encouraged farmers go into politics as farmers instead of as Republicans or Democrats. The Daylight Saving Law is a case in point. Farmers reason that if union won that fight it may win others, Success of the Anti-Saloon League encouraged their faith in the effectiveness of close-knit, non-partisan group igction. . The political strength of Organized | abof@bnfirmed this falth. A FARMERS’ PARTY? HERE is little danger of radicalism ever con- trolling a country with so large a farmer population,” Herbert Hoover told the Institute of Engineers. ; PEARY AND THE POLE. EAR ADMIRAL PBARY’S fame is forever safe as the explorer who accomplished one of the most difficult and fascinating undertakings that ever baffled human endeavor. But apart from that pirinacle of achievement, he has left the world better off for a solid mass of Arctic record and data the value of which to science and the geographers will always be incalculable. A strange thing about Peary’s reaching the North Pole is the effect upon the Pole itself. Once attained, that goal, which tempted men for centurles to brave the worst peril and hardship to be encountered anywhere on the earth's surfate, suddenly lost its power to stir the popular imagination. Once reached, there seemed to be no point in reaching it again. It has even dropped out of Ordinary conver- to The North Pole of once magic suggestion has de- teriorated into a plain “North Polar axis of the earth” since the greatest of all Arctic explorers put his foot on it,’ ; . NO RESPECTER OF PLATFORMS. unofficial Republican State Convention had no) Much as we dislike the term, there is no denying word, kind or otherwise, for Prohibition. that farmers are becoming “class-conscious.” Why is Republican votes cast at Atbany for ratification Of} mig? Js it not because of the moral bankruptcy of the Eighteenth Amendment received no crown Ot} the two old parties? Can any one doubt it? Praise, ‘ eee Farmers generally are tonservative. Never in any No glory gathered round Republican heads that \ nation have they been radicals beyond what seemed to! bowed submissively last year before the mandates Ot] their own immediate advantage. Townleyism has the Prohibition Boss. made small advance in States wheré the “interests” On the contrary, it would seem that lynx-eyed) were ousted before Townley appeared on the scene. guards must have been posted at every door of Car- But urban dwellers, capitalists, laborers, shop-keep- negie Hall to keep Prohibition from getting even SO} or; and professional workers may just as well realize far as the threshold. ‘ > the growing political power of the farmers, It is here The plain fact is the Republican Party in this State], stay until the politicians are driven to writing plat- 4s scared to death of the Prohibition issue. Republican} forms that mean something, Until there ts a basis of leaders shy like skittish horses when somebody Says} -ational division in national politics, we are bound to ‘tAnderson.” /They wish Prohibition were buried 41 see the expanding of group action within the parties. thousand feet unde:ground, whence it could never rise) \nq the farmers constitute the largest group. again to vex them. aes Group action, whether by farmers or labor, by Not so easily is a fundamental principle of American] «moratists” or “Socialists,” is an undesirable dev lop Nberty done to death and the corpse disposed of ment in a democracy. The only remedy is the formu- Not so easily can a political party-lend itself or Its} ration of political principles so general as to cut across members to the purpose of a fanatical minority and) ihe groups, This the politicians will not do until pres- then evade the consequences. sure of opinion compels. The Republican State Convention may nail down its platform ever so hard and tight. The Prohibition issue is golhg to prove stronger than the spolitical carpenters. AN “OL’ CLO’” CAMPAIGN. OV. LOWDEN, it. seems, Is “The present Congress has done well,” af- firms Elihu Root. Well what? Come, come, let us-know what all the correspondents at Washington have been overlooking. . Me- THE REAL OBJECTION MET. Adoo’s stuff” in the Presidential race. AYLIGHT saving in the State as a whole is The Illinois executive, we learn, is wearing an over- threatened. The up-State legislators feel pres- coat of the vintage of 1917, despite the remonstrances|<ure from the more or less organized farmers. of his wife, who warns him that it is shabby and pre-] Fortunately, New York City is beyond their reach; sumably too far gone to hedge the dignity that should] snd is big enough to “go on its own” in so important go with the Gubernatorial office, If it gets too bad.) , matter. ‘ perhaps he can resurrect another from 1916 or 1945.) 1¢ must be admitted that in the past the dalrymen It is a matter of principle with Mr, Lowden. Hr | have had a fairly good case. With milk trains running does not propose to buy another overcoat until prices} oy summer schedule, the milk producers faced a con- drop. By restricting the demand, he hopes to lower |<iderable degree of inconvenience. It was a hardship the price. Good for Lowden, to get out an hour earlier and work in the dark, But is it fair to Mr. McAdoo, who introduced “half-} But the Daylight Saving Committee has acted to soled” trousers to an interested populace? meet this reasonable objection, It has secured the It has been some time since we have seen a pictur-} promise of the railroads to change schedules in such a esque candidate with a log cabin or full dinner pail.) way as that these milk trains will run at the same time The “Hound Dog” and the Bandana of 1912 were the] \fter sunrise as before the change in the clock. nearest approaches. Ragged overcoats and patched} It seems only fair that the farmers should meet such trousers ought to lend variety to a campaign. If Gov.}an effort half way. If the friends of daylight saving Lowden can annex the votes of those who have not] eliminate the real objection, the farmers should no purchased an overcoat since 1917, he will win in aljonger urge the “dew” objection, which has little, if walk. If Mr. McAdoo can control the patched-trousers any, merit. electors, he has a wonderful chance, The general farmer commences work when the ither will be as popular with clothiers as Mr.|weather permits and does not stop according to the Hughes was with barbers. clock. He is quick to urge this when it is a matter of Why not have an “Ol’ Clo'” campaign? Both] protesting against short hours for unionized laborers. Gov. Lowden and Mr. McAdoo have workable ideas} He should be consistent and not forget it when dealing nrg win daylight saving. ‘ Curb the Tax-Eaters: Cut the Waste: = 3 | Get Government. Down to a Peace Basis\\ aVeteeo, By JH. Cassel | The Other View. ‘Te the Editor of The Evening World: Is The Evening World @ British owned paper? You are doing every- thing possible to discourage the maintenance of an American mer- chant marine. You are not doing your share of the difficult task of keeping the American merchant marine on the seas, Was it built only as a means of defeating’ the enemy, to be scrapped after its usefulness in this direction was served? Are we to re- Unquish our rightful place on the seas when we have it within our grasp? tm the Tuesday, Feb. 17, issue of The Evening Wonld you give a list of disasters with an introduction so worded us to shake the faith of th American citizen in his new mercau lle fleet. First,"how many of these vessels were wooden ships? Ot thirty-eight accidents in the list, eight are of grounding, which f hard- ly believe can be explained away with “poor construction.” With the treme ngous expansion. of the merchant marMe, one Is look for a similar growth of If you would take up a f of the Nautical Gazette under Marine Casualties, you will notice that accidents on British, Swedish and Japanese ships are much in evidence, which somehow generally fail to get into The Evening World Also take a peek at the article on British attacks on American ships in Rudder, Your line of talk is prac- tically the same. The people of New York, a city that depends upon wate borne commerce for its enviable post- clon, should be educated in and made to think of ships, and if you stand for an American merchant, marine why not help toward that en . . HARRY JOHNSON, 927 E, 87th Street, New York City. c nd look Satiafied Central. To the Extitor of The Evening World The telephone operator who signs herself Snthedrel? evidently does not vppreciate the efforts of the officials of the telephone company on behalf of the girls, 1 am positivé there is not an onganizftion in New York City at the present time which is doing more to make working conditions favorable FROM EVENING WORLD REAVER - | houses, sary for them to “join in the chorus.” ‘Miss Cathedral” intimates that oper- ators can get better salaries else- where. Why doesn't she. tender her resignation and try her luck with an outside firm? I am sure she would find out that she is mistaken. Le me tell her this much: If she doesn't want to stay, the company has no ropes on her LONGACRB. Feb. 18, 1920. To Help Fight Fires. To the Editor of The Evening World; I would like, through your paper, to reach the Fire Commissioner, who might be interested in knowing a way to clear the streets of snow in the winter months so that the fire fisht- Ing apparatus of the city could get to d fire in quick time. : It is a simple problem. My sugges- tion is to have the entire street cleaning force and any other men that it may hire to clear some avenue on the east side, either Third or Lex- ington, and on the west side, Eighth or Columbus Avenue, and then the side streets that lead from the fire In this manner the fire ap- paratus can turn in the direction of |the avenue nearest to them, which will be clear of snow and which will enable the engines to proceed at nor- mal speed to the place of the fire. The only time lost in travelling would be in the side street nearest the fire. “It seems that as soon as the snow falls there is a gang of men cleaning Fifth Avenue. The traftic that goes along Fifth Avenue can take five hours to get to business, but the Fire Department has got to be at a cer- tain point in a jump. ‘The Fire Com- missioner ought to select the avenue nearest to the fire stations end notify the proper authorities to have it cleared of snow. Vv. 5, B 1080 Second Avenue, Feb. 18, 1920. Longer. ‘To the Kaitoe of The Rvening World: Since The Evening World te first in most causes in the interests of the people throughout Greater New York I wonder if it will not start a move to change the length of the straw hat season. This is needed now when most people are trying to get full return from what they must pur- for its mployees than the New York Telephone Company. If a certain few think they are not being treated fairly let them speak to the representatives whom they elect to attend to such matters, ‘The company ix only too glad to give every one a square deal. When the operators hear the pubile eervice ib ia Bol Labes- chase. At present one ts compelled to buy two hats for the summer, That, of counse, is reasonable enough, but the second hat is just about new and hatdly lost any of its snappinees when around comes Sept. 15, the end of the straw hat season, Would it not be & Detter ides 40 be UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake. Coprriadt, 1919. IT IS GRIT THAT COUNTS, When the professional prize fighter is “‘out’’ ten seconds the battle is over and a championship is lost. It matters not how big or how strong he is. Ten sec- onds of non-combativeness put him out of the game to stay till he can keep some other man quiet for ten seconds, The “gamest” prize fighter doesn’t try to come back ater the count is called. He is perfectly satisfied with the rules, But the rules of the prize ring are not the rules of life— which is why prize fighters are “through” when their fight- ing days are over. Incidentally, this explains why very few prize fighters went voluntarily to war, where a man who would consider himself beaten if knocked unconscious for ten seconds would make a mighty poor showing. College sport, fortunately, is of a different stamp. Very recently a Yale football star stepped into the ring with Edward P. Eagan, the college boxing instructor and middleweight amateur champion of the world, who also holds one of the K. of C, scholarships for service men in the university. ; Two, sounds were heard aftersthe fight began, One was that of the impact of Eagan’s glove on the chin of the football star; the second was the thud of the football star's head on the floor. The referee and the seconds gathered round the fallen He was “out” not ten seconds, but a minute and a man. half. When he regained consciousness he looked up, dazed, and inquired hopefully, “How many minutes have we got left to play?” ; That is the kind of grit that counts, Groggy, half con- scious and still suffering intense pain, the game football player fancied he had been hurt in the game and was ready to get up and go on, hoping hard that he would have time to make up for his reverse. Grit, is the thing that carried the American troops vic- torious through the war. Standing punishment and still going on is not éasy, But the man who can do it is the man who will win, The “ten-second man” will last no longer in the game of life than he does in that of the prize ring, start the season on April 1, | known as "Straw Hat Day,” the season to extend to the in September? At that rate « who bought a new hat on the first | time be a ti the shopper and the maker, 1 would like to hear from othe day woul he able to wear it till/readers of The Evening World on this| June, at which time a new one couldy idea. with which tg Gniab out GEORGE PARKER, Brooklyn, N. ¥. Heb. 1g, 1920, Where to Find Your Vocation Opportunities for entering this —Surveying is an important part jthe profession of civil engi ; The surveyor tays out the grown lines for construction work and th civil engineer_ntust be able to bl out the construction, In the surveying is confined largely to lay | ing off land and particularly olf lots. This work has ittle in com mon with railroad, highway or miné surveying. 5 A young man who has not ha college training in civil engineerin: usually begins as an axeman, rod man or chainman, and after: a fe’ years’ experience may become an in strument man. In railroad or high way surveying the’ men work { parties. The young man who begin ;a8 an axeman usually is advanced | 4s follows: Stakeman or flagnian, rear chain« man, head chainman or rodmany levelman and transitmgn. In hand surveying the transitman works witt! two chainmen, There are many good Positions available to young men inl Government serv,ico in the far Wes or with the Topographical or Cons, and Geodetic Surveys. During ti earlygsummer it is often possible t trips to Alaska by boat,’ these Coast and Geodetic Survess, | Schooling —A young man may work as a flagman or chainman with yer little schooling, but the chances 0 becoming an instrument man, so that he may be classed as a surveyor, ar very smali unless he has had at leas! a thigh school education. High schoo! boys are always preferred. AM rail Toads maintain a staff of men in thd engineering department for survertns new: lines pr on new constructif, work. Salary.—A chainman in a city ceivesyfrom $3 to $5 a day; an b ment man from $150 to $225 a mon Surveyors who maintain their ov}, offices usually charge by the job. the West where men work out of ti cities and receive maintenance, tl men other than the instrument m receive from $50 to $80 a month; ¢ Instrument man from $125 to $175 month. These rates vary a great‘de: according ta localities. and Geodetic Survey paid $75 a month. and maintenance for men going ta Alaska. Type of young men be: th's field—This is activ and suited to the y likes to wear rou jin the open. The work requires a great deal of walking and climbing and is not easy. It requires good eyesight and hearing. The work is often far front cjvilization and affords little sociat interests or entertains Duties—The axeman clears the line of trees or brush so that tho transitman can use the ground; tle chainmen mensure the distances with a tape usually 100 feet long and ara directed by the transitman. Tho flagmen give sightings for the transit man and the stakemen set, ” stakes and hubs to des'gnaté , line and angle points, ‘The tral is ured to measure angles and rv suited for tdoor worl ung man who clothes and live Straight liner and the level to meas) ure the changes in elevation on the line. Notes are kept by the instru- ment men and from these notes tha profile and location of the line is drawn, Remarks.—Unicss a position ia secured ment or wit be secured in a different locality. surveyor Is ept to become a wanderer Jana never settle down, It leads to countries and interesting expe- ne jriences and for this reason has |appeal. It has this in common with \ sion of civil engineering, aL teach surveying as well the | Bool as experience with a number of men who have been in the game for gome time. There are correspondence {courses in surveying and all high | class universities have courses in elvil j engineering which, however, will ha dscussed in a later article, | j|Answers to Queries, T. F., N.Y, C.:r--Study structural engineering. & N. Y. C.:—New York Unt- should have courses of inter. to you. J.D. S., Biklyn:—The art field ® |rather difficult, Do not be disvor aged. You have plenty of time aheam 1 he es C.:—You write an Your place should Study gidvertising Try and get a excellent lette be in busi and corresp college train A. W. D. : klyn, N. Y.i—Surveying is not promising. Toolmaking in a modern plant should not injure your health | J, W. F,, B'klyn, N. Y.:—Article on window dressing will appear short! Get in touch With the Board of Bai cation for elasses on window dress- ink. Philip Ky B’klyn, N. YirmIf you stand’ the confining work your sport 1 keep you in good condition. Tt mbination-which should mako » succes 4 F A, Peekskill, N, ¥Y.—Am having h Schoo! Student”: — Various | ature on Foreign Trade Course wy s Will*be taken up later | » Perth Amboy, N. Jm—An olumn, fic Manager gvill apm »| de ds \3 rticle v! pear shortly P. L., Bronx.—The subject of Men's [glothing Designing will appear if