The evening world. Newspaper, February 27, 1920, Page 26

Che ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Published Datiy Except Sunday by the Pres Pu SOP Dally sate eee HE how. Rew Fu RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Ro J. ANGUB BIAW, Tre JOSEPH PCUIT R, Jr., Recretary, 63 Park Row. MER OF THR ASSOCIATED PIERS Fhe Aswctated Vives bs exclusively entitied 10 the use for republication | BREWS despatches cre’ At OF not Otherwise credited In thie paper | THE FIUME NOTES. INT WILSON’S stand in the Fiume con- troversy—the documentary facts of which are at last presenied to the American people from their own capital—-can be tersely summarized in words from ‘nis note of Feb. 10: “The Pres'dept is of the opinion that the proposal of Dec. 9 has been profoundly altered to the advantage of improper Italian objectives, to the serious injury of the Jugo-Slav people fully delayed. All the more reason row that it should be thorough and far-reaching, so that New York may again take her place in the forefront of American cities as a goal for the most competent teachers. PENALIZING PRODUCTION. ed the HOU ot wortd peace." GREEING with Messrs. Penrose, Bryan and Subsequent communications from the’ Prime Min-]° | Hearst that he is not the man to suit any one isters of France and Great Britain have not changed | of them, Mr. Hoover says: the President’s opinion, “Having now disposed of this momentous He sticks to his assertion that the United States matter, let us get on with the issues—our Government “cannot sacrifice the principles for which methods of taxation, for instance.” it entered the war to gratify the improper ambitions |* Regarding one present form of taxation, Mr. Hoover of one of its associates, or to purchase a temporary] is on tecord: alin wae oleae edie “The use of an excess profits tax—except as * war The controversy is not closed. A further note from|¢mergency measure coupled with controlled prices— fhe Allied Council has been despatched to Washington, | breaks down,” he has declared, “not only from the Before the dispute is settled it may appear that the} discouragement to initiative, but worse because it stim- French and British Premiers are at heart not sorry for] tates rank waste and is in the main ‘passed on to the developments which will enable them to put upon consumer and contributes to the high cost of living.” inti for a firm stand)“ iYere Mr. Hoover is in accord with President Wilson, All parties agree that they cannot get on without | “0 said in his message to Congress last December: the co-operation of the United States. “Simplification of the income and profits Here again, therefore, is a chance for American taxes has become an immediate necessity. ence to do what it has all along been doing— These taxes performed indispensable service e peace adjustments in Europe, not perfect, not during the war. They must, however, be millennial, but in some degree at least less selfi simplified, not only to save the taxpayer in- less dangerous than they might have been if America convenience and expense, but in order that his and its ideals had played no part. liability) may be made certain and defi- que nite *« ° © “The Congress might well consider whether the higher rate of income and profits taxes can in peace times be effectively productive of rev- enue, and whether they may not, on the con- ballin Fy trary, be destructive of business activity and President Wilson's new Secretary of Poe uray ce vee nna Unc oen oy: State is “wet.” “There is a point at which in peace times high rates of income and profits taxes dis- courage energy, remove the incentive to new noourage extravagant expenditures and produce industrial stagnation with conse- New York Democrats at Albany put in an anti-Prohibition plank so big that It sticks out at both ends. The New Jersey Assombly passed a 8.50 This dry country begins to be washed by a great returning tide that will test | the Prohibition bulwarks, enterpria Despite his shyness, won't William H. ¥ pone a Reames ter Gnrerner ot quent unemployment and other attendant evils.” The only way to counteract the evil consequences CONTRARINESS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. |€f inflation and bring down prices is to produce more, MEXICAN newspaper reports, political disturb- Why then penalize production by pouncing on the ances in Guatemala, individual who expands his business and straightway This in itself is not so surprising. Disturbance in| confiscating a heavy percentage of his profits? Central America is supposed to be chronic. But the circumstances reported are extraordinary because of F at , this tradition, which may have been derived as much | %°¢SS of return to certain Heals \ from the fiction of O. Henry and Richard Harding] Why not tax all business according to its volume Davis as from the actual records. instead of continuing taxes that discourage its increase, The present trouble, it is reported, arises over an] thereby shutting off the effect that larger production effort to fedeialize the Isthmian Republics under one] would have in lowering prices? central Government as a centennial celebration of their Congress, of coyrse, paid no more heed to the Pres- . The latest revolutionists are opposed]. ; fi Ay Te tate ison seated ‘i Pe ident’s recommendations regarding tax revision than Considering conditions in Europe, it may appear] 't did to his remarks on the Peace Treaty, : that the Central Americans are merely trying to live] Mf Hoover is only a partyless voice, expressing the _ up to their reputation of being different, With all urgent wish of by far the greater part of the American Central Europe splitting up, they are desirous of get- people, ’ . : ting together to “de-Balkanize” themselves, Congress, therefore, recognizes no compelling note in what it hears, Federal spending continues on a war scale. Federal taxes can, continue likewise, The pace is a reckless one. How long can the coun- try stand it? The stimulus of war is no longer bringing enormous NEW YORK’ NEEDS THE BEST. a YORK teachers have increased reason to hope that salary schedules will soon be changed to their advantage. ‘President Prall has given grudging assent to the ap- yointment of a Board of Education committee to confer] @ EVERAL well-known economists have given con- with the Board of Estimate on ways and means, It is 5 siderable publicity to the idea of the ration w. 10 be hoped the committee will not reflect this ‘hesi-| under one name or another. The central idea is the fancy, but will face the facts, give heed to public opin-| abandonment of gold as a standard and substitution ot ‘ion and meet the situation. a unit which bears some relation to the cost of com In round numbers, 1,000 New York school teachers] modities which go to make up the family budget of have dropped the work since, school opened last fall.] producers. Other occupations are drawing the more ambitious} An interesting tale in the current News Letter of the teachers. An increased salary schedule is the only pos-] American Red Cross gives an example of the actual sible answer. There are other factors to be considered, | workings of such a scheme in an isolated district in but the matter of more pay is most pressing. Poland. Some names remain on the available list, but this} Potatoes are the principal article of diet. Potato Joes not alter the situation, It is the experienced] values fluctuate, but not so much as do Bolshevik teachers whp are leaving and for whose services New] rubles and intlated German marks, The countrymen York must bid. The city cannot afford to have a] of that district have adopted the potato as a unit ot Slump in teaching standards, whatever the price. It} currency, and in a rather primitive form of barter are cannot afford to haye a large proportion of inexperi-| making out very nicely. enced instructors acting as stop-gaps. The largest commercial transaction reported was the ' Arthur S. Somers, former President of the Board, } refurnishing of a war-wrecked manor house by a Polish recommends a bonus to cover increased living costs,| noble, who traded potatoes for what he wanted. A which may be withdrawn as living costs.decrease. It] complete drawing-room set cost 12,000 potatoes. POTATO MONEY. ~ im the basic salary on which advances are reckoned. New York and the Nation as a whole must do some-| country. Twenty pounds of potatoes are eonsidered D> thing to induce young people to prepare for teaching} fair weekly wage for an ordinary laborer in this ' and so insure the future supply. A bonus should cover district, omergency conditions, The iigher b: wage will] Those who feel underpaid will please compute the “stimulate the future supply. It is only by encouraging] number of pounds of potatoes in their weekly wage ‘a surplus supply that educators will be able to pick] at the current market rate, allowing sixty pounds to lady the best ~ Gonsideration propagandist could arouse much enthusiasm in. this prepared. the bushel. How many twenty-pound lots would the of teachprs’ salaries has been pay envelq pe buy? “ THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, FEB! v 1) the Editor of be Evening Work! : The Hvening World has always! to answer for met with success in all its undertak- ings. May 1 suggest that it continue to bring before the public the great necessity of shoeing the horses prop- erly so that these faithful animals may be able to hold their footing on The past month has o end of suffering. A law ley pavements, owners to protect: them, put it to a public yote, Income Tax ‘To the Eaiitor of The Eveaing World: Having in mind a short time ago the adoption of a boy, say, about tif- teen years of age, L paper asking rote to a news advice on the yearly upkeep of such a child, and the answers stated from $700 to $X00 This is an ace pr the income tax re- ports I notice that widowed mothers, nd in fact all dependent are entitled to only $200 for each such consistent Government when it pro- such a low n for a person who Is de- ? ‘That sum wouldn't buy 1s supply of oes, clothes, lodgings, doctor's bills, & nes Law Beer, To the Ealior of T I would like some reador to tell mo I know for a fact there key (or rather some diabolical con= coction of drugs called whiskey) sold | buildin rds in the world and know saloons than there was loonkeepers could 1 their profits from near-beer. near-beer is used much the same as andwich used to be, t keep open on the Raines law about 1,000 per cent. to any saloon and order a g! near-beer and after it the bartender whiskey you are willing or pay for; probably the beer I know a@ lot of ye lows who used to drink wholesome beer now drink this habit |The sam asoning applies to all the a glass of} other trades, the number of | ships built in such a short time, there forming poison and are degeverating | must have been a tremendous lot of into drug fiends and thieves through it, for they will steal | fore, | war, while being good enough for times, will never stand the wear, From President Wilson’s Message to Congress, Dec. 2, 1919: “I hope that Congress will bring to a conclusion at this session legislation looking to the establishment of 1 budget system. “That there should be one single authority responsible for the making of all appropriotions and that appropriations should be made not independently of ack other, ul with er. 63 Park Row. reference to one single comprehensive plan of expenditure properly related to the nation’s income, there can be no doubt. “Another and not less important aspect of the problem is the asceriainment of the economy and efficiency with which the moneys appropriated are expended. “Under exisitng law the only audit is for the purpose of ascurtaining whether expenditures have been lawfully made within the appropriations. “No one is authorized or equipped to ascertain whether the money has been spent wisely, economically and effectively.” Taxpayers Still Carry a War Load: When Will Congress Lighten It? She Is Learning Fast! saaaa RUARY 27, By Ap H Cassel of his ilk have to pay when they are | called to the bar of their Creator 1 the crimes for which their fanaticism is responsible. I humbly confess to being a sinner, but I am willing to put my chances at the judgment seat against Ander- son's or any one of his band of fanatics, 4 a. New York, Feb. 23, 1920, To the Editor of ‘Khe Evening World Regarding Michael Abram's commu- nication on “Signals to Planets" I wish to state that a similar project was car- ried out with negative results about thirty years ago. A scientific expedition was made to the steppes of siberia, where the dia- gram for the geometrical theorem— the square on the hypothenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the arms—was laid out with powerful lights about one hun dred yards apart. The theory was that this, ng the oldest geometrical prop- osition (it was worked out by Pytha- goras in about 650 B. C.), any civilized » would be familiar with it, and course of time a larguage of trical figures might have been 1 out. However, our strongest copes were unable to discern any similar diagram on any of the nearer planets. Very truly yours, JTON SCHWALBE. Brooklyn, Feb, 23. A Lost Opportanity. Fo thegsditor of The Wrening World: Mr. Harry Jolinston’s attack on The Evening World of the 21st inst. in re the American merchant marine is, to put it mildly, very unjust. I have worked in some of the best ship- how utterly impossible it is to train men to the various trades in such a short time as we have had to build up our merchant marine, It ta years, not months. Take the rivete: for instant It's all very good to hand @ manu hammer, and tell him how to {hit the rivet; looks simple enough, jany one can do it; bot there is a ed a|knack in riveting which is only ac- Gf you are|quired by years of experience, Fur- known) will get you all the so-called |thermore, the holder-on, if he does not ple to | know his busines n put an expert ng on its beam ends in no time. inexperienced help. It follows, there- that the ships built during the war of @ ship bull, emtively by UNCOMMON: SENSE By John Blake. 4 (Copyright, 1920.) DON’T MOAN OVER YOUR LOST YOUTH. The way to get old is to mourn your departed youth, Mr. Tennyson once observed that ‘‘sorrow’s crown of sorrow remembering happier things,” which is perfectly true. And as soon as the man of forty begins to wish that he could be a football star again, or run a hundred yards in ten seconds, he begins to wish himself into old age. As a matter of cold fact, any man who has led a well regulated life ought to be happier at sixty than at twenty. He knows more. If he has had any thrift or business sense he will have independence. He will understand more life, and enjoy pleasures of reflection that are unknown to the hot-headed youth. And he should laugh just as easily—be better provided with the milk of human kindness, and be far, far better equipped for service to his fellow man, We recently read an editorial by an old gentleman who ought to know better, in which he bewailed the passing of his appreciation of the beauties of nature, his thrills on reading Dumas, and his general lack of response to the joy of living. At this gentleman's age—we suppose he is around fifty- five—he should better enjoy Dumas, Dickens, Thackcray and Shakespeare than ever before. A country scene should-be more beautiful to him by far than when he was twenty, and every emotion save the more boisterous ones should bring him deeper fecling. Youth goe it leaves behind it knowledge, and power and experience. William De Morgan, past sixty, is writing better novels than he could possibly have written at forty. Life means more to the middle aged and to the old, if they have studied it, because it is better understood, Old men moaning over the vanished past discourage youth and make the future scem cold and dreary. They should keep their grief to themselves, Youth has enough to worry about without gazing at direful pictures of bleak old age. skilled help. The truth, Harry, is sometimes hard to swallow, but, thank heaven. as The Evening World, afraid of no politician, fanatic, or liberty de- stroyer, Why not ta the water front you lea: Sims's address, we hive such « paper No. 27—Traffic Manager? Months ago, a friend of mine, who eer, was talking subject and his ve now been , Evehing World. a trip down to| My own opinion is that this perpetual elf—you might| wrangling over the League of Na- something to your advantage, | tions has caused this country to lose Don't miss reading Rear Admiral] the finest chance it ever had of be- d}coming the supreme trading nation on the front page of ‘The Wondd’s lof the world. PS&TTERNMAKER, Want Directory of Sunday, 3d Heb, M2, lan Where to Find Your Vocation By Max Watso t, 1920, by The P (the Now For terecine W Opportunities for Entering Thig. Field.—Traffic management cun be @i#f vided into two divisions. Tho first i known as industrial traffic manage- ment, which is in connection with m commercial house. ‘The second te railroad traffic management and is connected with a’ rajlroad system, The traffic department of an indus try Is closely connected with tie hips; ping department, and the best traimé> ing for traffic work 1% usually ees? cured through experience in shipping.” Promotions to the traffic depart- ment are generally made from’ the* « shipping department. The traffic ae" partment includes such positions as rate clerks, routing clerks. tartff clerks and general assistcts to thet traffic manager. ‘e Sc!..0ling.—A high school educations is generally considered essential if a young man expects to attain a posi- tion of any responsibility, Very ex- cellent courses are given in trafftie management by many universities, Courses can be taken through cor-, respondence. Two whigh might be mentioned are Carlson's Traffic Col- lege of New York City and the La; Salle University Extension Course. A! agement usually, takes about eighteen months to com- plete, 4 Salary—The usual boginning waged of a clerk in the tratlic departmarft ranges from $18 to $22 per week. A Good rate clerk or routing clerk re-; ceives from $35 to $50. The salary paid to traftic managers is generajly; from $3,500 to $5,000 a year in smaller! ‘jconcerns. Large manufacturers pay as high as $50,000 a year to traffic’ ations——A traffic manager must be thoroughly familiar with all means of raileand water transporta- tion, He must understand packing and shipping, so as to pe sure of the delivery of goods in first-class order. He should be familiar with terminal facilities at all important delivery ‘| points. “A thorough study shotld be made of interstate commerce rules) and regulations. Kor export shipping he must be familiar with customs and consular regulations, Type of Young Man Best Suited, for This Field—A young man who would become a traffic manager must be essentially of the wideawnke bust- ness type. He must be studious and keep himself at all times fully ine formed on changing conditions. He must be a good executive and able to, make rapid decisions.” His succest will depend on his ability to have th necessary information always on han and to foresee conditions which’ affect shipments. Remarks.—The return of the raile roads to private ownership will mean. many new problems for the traffic) manager. New rates will go into ef- fect and new lines of shipping opened up. He will find it necessary to far. miliarize himself with these new con- litlons in a very short period of timey The railroad situation affects no one more than the trafic manager. ANSWERS TO QUERIES, A. L.. N.Y. C.—An article on Mo tion Picture Operator will .appeart soon and books on the subject will be mentioned. Constant Reader, N, Y. C.—Differ-, ent branches of engineering will be! discussed later, 4 A. H., N. Y. C.—Write Mr, Siegel, Board of Education, concerning night¢ school courses in electricity, : G. B., Bronx.—Take general sub- jects the first year in high school Special ‘work will come later, Pig SE Ta Sea aes News Flashes From Around the World The Cherry Tree's Home, Kerasoun in Asia Minor is the | home of the cherry tree. When? the Roman General Lucuiius, uf, ter a victorious campaign in Asiu Minor, carried home the shoots of a new tree he named it the Kerasoun tree. Later the name was shortened to “Karass,” then to “Cerise” and finally the Anglo Saron‘tongue involved the word “cherry.” | Wireless Direction Vinder. | In reporting that the British * Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com: * pany has announced the produ tion of a wireless direction finder which enables ships to discover? cach other's position in te densest of fogs, Consul Lestic B Reed has forwarded from London two descriptive pamphlets, “Ma- rine Pattern Wireless Direction Finder, —Type 11," and “Direc tion Finding by Wireless.” Phase pamphlets may be examined ats the Burcau of Foreign and Yo mestic Commerce or its district offices upon referring to file {NO 490,480.