The evening world. Newspaper, April 29, 1920, Page 26

A PARTY OF DISCONTENT. _ HE Committee of 48 has announced that it will hold a national convention jp July for the ose of launching a third—or fourth or fifth— party to contend with the Republicans and ‘The time is wisely chosen. What measure of ecess the Committee of 48 party may have de- almost entirely on the Chicago and San ‘Either or both of the conventions can smother movement in its infancy. On the other hand, their own mistakes, the two major conventions put such a party into a position where it may eld .a vety considerable influence and possibly the balance of power. eaction at the two major conventions would out the radical Democrats and Republicans. joined with Fitzpatrick’s Labor Party in c, with ex-Socialists, with Non-Partisan and with’ the dissatisfied elements else- might very possibly elect a considerable of Congressmen. ‘The Committee of 48 in itself is not formidable. “But the old party managers must realize that party ts no longer bind. The Committee of 48 is noth- ‘but the shadow of a club now. It may develop into a veritable big stick if disregarded. SD RESSURE from the ‘American Legion must be credited with injecting at least a tittle good is not to prevail. ; alternative plans long urged by Secretary and other members of the Administration and cled by Congress are included in the tatest plans House Ways and Means Committee. Legion forced their inclusion. fourth alternative of an endowment insurance built up by the Government is an improving This will appeal to the more thrifty and “accepted by a qonsiderable number of veterans. obviate some of the more objectionable features the bonus. he alternatives rather than the cash bonus seem Offer the greatest hope for an affirmative answer The Evening World’s question, “Would a Bonus “ne?” es 4 HAYS, HARMONY AND HIRAM. * AS A POLITICAL leader, Will Hays jis sup- ;& posed to be competent to lead a symphony mony is the middle name of Chairman Hays. was the perfect Pollyanna of the political plat- fm. Dissension was abhorrent to him. Mr. Hays not care a fig who might be the nominee, ded he was nominated in a thoroughly decorous amiable fashion. Safe ‘Harmony and brotherly love reigned supreme. itr. Hays spread it all over the organization. He lied back and forth over the country to make “Sure that the harmony was evenly distributed, _ Only the other day it was announced that Hays > would continue as campaign manager whoever ht besnominated. ° “If Hiram is nominated Hays will need to take a course in syncopated jazz if he expects to lead the Republican band-wagon. If Hiram is not nominated the harmony is no less joomed, for Johnson promises to kick up a regular ram ofa row. ait REVIVING A MEMORY. AS HE was leaving the Say Remo conference, ‘Premier Lloyd George said to a correspondent a London-newspaper: ° é - ‘The decision to insist on the disarmament of bas great importance, but the de- to confer with German statesmen, has ‘equal importance. It signifies that the 1eAions determined thet their misunderstandings ‘thall be settied by deliberation and reason and “not by the oons‘ant brandishing of the sword, Here are still many people in'the United States om this+will have a familiar sound and who seven tecall the time when this country was ly professing similar sentiments to explain in entering the war. it was before the armistice. Since the armistice Senate of the United States has done its best to Mi the American people into an isolated position which they are to contemplate with indiffer- re a and costly sword in their own scabbard. Between winning a war and remembering why and for what end it was won there is, of course, as Senator Lodge has: demédnsirated, no shred of connection, ’ REFLECTED DOUBT, OVING in the United States Supreme Court for a rehearing of the Government’s dissolu- tion suit against the United States Steel Corpora- tion, Government counsel point out that “the hold- ing of the Steel Corporation to be a legal combina: tion under the Anti-Trust Act wduld appear to con- flict with the conclusions expressed in the Reading and other decisions” ahd “may seriously affect other cases still pending, as well as the future enforcement of the anti-trust statutes,” Government counsel also urge: No criminal is exonerated from punishment because he makes a wise use of property so acquired, and no criminal combination should be exempted from the pains end penal- ties of the Sherman act because after having achieved ite unlawful ends merely main- tains the fruite of -tts illegal acts without seeking daily to commit new ‘ones, Both points seem well taken. Either the Anti-Trust Act is obsolete or it is not obsolete. Uncertainty as to which it is is bad enough for business in any case. Such uncertainty becomes a hundred times worse when reflected in puzzling inconsistencies between bare majority de- cisions of the highest court, THE RICHMOND TROLLEY STRIKE. TATEN ISLAND'S latest trolley strike is in one sense an opportunity. Heré is a traction corporation, comparatively small, whose employees are demanding higher wages. The company claims It cannot increase wages because it does not earn money enough on present fares. The employees strike. The company offi- clals fold their hands and say they will make no effort to run cars. A Federal Court names a re- ceiver for the company in the interest of its creditors. City authorities run buses to help the afflicted public and threaten to revoke the supine company’s charter. Agents of the Federal Department of ‘La- bor try to arbitrate a settlement. The Public Service Commission starts an investigation, Does not this case of the Richmond Light and Power Company present in compact form all es- sential elements of the larger traction problems that harass this community? Might not a quick, exhaustive analysis of the Rich- mond Light and Power Company’s case help to de- . velop a method that could be’ applied to bigger traction puzzles as yet unsolved? ‘ New York’s transit muddle produces an ever in- ‘easing volume of explanations and charges. Over- capitalization and reckless finance are alleged. Roads are accused of secretly encouraging strikes and welcoming a tie-up as a means of impressing’ upon the public the need of higher fares. Yet out of it all we get no closer grip on the problem, no Clearer view of the line of attack. The Public Service Commission should probe this Richmond, traetion strike with a thoroughness that may reveal something. ONLY AN AMATEUR, S A MATTER of municipal pride, it seems that New York newspapers devoted an entirely disproportionate amount of space to the doings of “Silk Mask” Jimmy Harrigan of the windy village on Lake Michigan. ‘ “Silk Mask Jimmy,” it may be assumed, was merely developing technique for the assault on the big town where his talents could be turned to profi- table account. “Silk Mask” was a “master mind,” a “robber- trust.magnate.” He recruited a formidable organiza- tion, acquired a warehouse for keeping and disposing of the loot, and even developed an efficiency card- index system of accounting, salesmanship and “prospects.” - And to what end? A beggarly $500,000! Chicken feed! Here in New York a single haul of that magnitude does not excite the police, It is all in the day’s work and not of sufficient importance to be men- tioned to the reporters, Why, here in New York the amateurs start in by lifting such sums from innocent, unsuspecting bank- ers and brokers. No warehouse or office expense s «< is required. ‘To lift a cool half-million, a New York thief needs no apparatus beyond a ante-Prohibition size, ————__-a_ CONVERSION OR INCONSISTENCY? One act of courage ,The Chamber of Com- and patriotism the merce of the United Legislature of 1920 per- States proposes to com- formed, It expelled ghe bat industrial unrest, - Socialist Assemblymen. social discontent and New York Times, ignorant’ radicalism with April 27, 1920, ideas, It cannot be done Py effectively by physical , force, an argument that leaves wounds which never heal, The duty of citizenship is to fight bad ideas with good ideas.-New ‘Fienag, Apri 88, hip pocket-— . ‘ork | OGRA NS CAR TA FROM EVENING WORLD READERS — hundred? . 7 “Iheurgent Rights.” To the Editor of The Brening World: “Insurgent Rights” is the heading over an editorial in’ The Evening World which very much pleased me. This editorial effactly expresses my sentiments in this all-important matter, and I, in my plain and hum- ble way, as a membér of the First Independent Brotherhood af Lamp Salesmen and Collectors’ Associa- ,|tion, am doing my very best wheo occasion requires it to see that this kind of 100 per cent. advice and rea- soning is carried out to the letter. Stop striking and breaking contracts, FREDERIC G. W. SIGRIST. New York, April 26, 1920. ‘The Canal Street 0 ihe Rakin of-70e Prong Woe , I noticed in your paper the ac- ‘count of the killing of Miss Goldstein at the Canal Street Station of the a awe the conditions at that station that very morning. Does ie Service Commissioner Nixon work for the State or, ts he on the payroll of the B. R. T.? Re ng the accident he says; “The station is a frightful and tragic situation. The only thing he can do is either close the station or take chances of a recurrence of the ac- eldent.” ’ I wonder whether he would feel that way if bis daughter had to use this station each morning going to ‘business. HARRY ALLEN. 215 Audubon Avenue, New. York City, April 26, 1920. “In It So Suret” ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: In reference to your editorial in tu- day's World headed, “Is it so sure?" I wish to say that it is sure. Amend- ment 1 to the Constitution reads, “Congress shall make no law respect- ing an establishment of religion * * Since there are religions tn this country whos Sabbath ts not Sunday, ‘I am of the opinion that this law ‘could be very successfully contested in the Supreme Court, RALPH M. FREYDBPRA. April 26, 1920, To the Editor of The Brening World; ‘On. April 22 you published a letter by Mr. J. Friedel, who deserves all the eredit in the world for trying to bring to light the disgraceful way in which this compulsory military is con- jucted. bi Mr, Friedel is not right, though, in saying that military training 18 of no | value to the nation and that it wastes ‘a few hours a week which could be | used for study, \y'y"can, and am sure he and any other young Man can devote a few hours a week to building up his body in addition to developing his mind by study, But by no means is the beng. fit. of military training — pu physical. You Will find that trained soldier, @ military man is an honorable and trustworth: LI a ie citizen. ae Se Ere What ‘kind of @ letter do you find most readable? Ien't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousdnd words in a couple of There ia fine mentol exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying : to say much in few words. Pake time to be brief. f to a young State Guard non com, much in need of training himeelf, try to_show his wit, ability and figure. ‘Why not have men train us fellows bedi us ae Tat eet Bt end a night schoo! can be ex- empt from drill, but I am interested in it if it is done'in the right way. I am drilling at the ist Regiment Armory, and it seems that every time my drill night comes the armory drill floor is used for a bout or show and we are taken into one of those stuffy company’s rooms and we listen to a young State Guard non com. drill us, as I explained above. It is dis- gusting and un-American the way they neglect our necessary training. I haven't voiced my impatient inion before this, in the hopes that i @ conditions would improve, But |. Mr, Friedel’s letter makes me realize, and F hope it makes Svere young man realize that it never will improve if we, the ones who endure it, do not protest. I do not want radicalism, I do not want violence. I do want good clean military training. Brooklyn, April 1920° «8. S.A, ‘ ‘The Economy of Quality. To the Wikor of The Bening World. Will Miss “Washington Heights Girt” tell me where sne can get a $30 evening dress that is fit to be worn? T am a business gin and use a little discretion when buying clothings bul I must ask how many $6 pairs of shoes does Miss “W. H. G.” wear a year? I find when I pay $12 for walk- ing shoes they last me 4 year und with a change of $9 pumps and a pair of dress shoes for about $12 I need not worry about shoes for a: year. ‘This same scale of prices applies to wearing apparel. Why not pay $35 or $40, or possibly $50 for a suit that one can wear in all kinds of weather and can also wear two seasons? You will have to show me @ $29 sult tha: will give service these days, A busi- ness girl must buy good clothing, but she does not buy often. But if Miss “Brooklyn” wants some one to help cut down expenses why not ask her- self if she is Keeping good accounts and using her money wisely, “We can’t have everything.” H. A. University Ave., Bronx, April 23. “whyt” He Asks. To the Editor of The Brening World: ‘Will some of the well educated and intellectual gentlemen of the United States enlighten me on the facts, why an ex-Army or Navy Régular is not to receive the proposed bonus that is in the hande of our wonderful Sena- tors and Congressmen at the present time, why we regulars are not en- tilled’to it? AN EX-NAVY MAN, Grove Street, April 26, 1920. Have Rents Been Raised? Te the Editor of The Brening World: “In the recent rent laws so much is left to the discretion of Magis- trates that they funetion virtually as Judges of equity. Landlords who have come: to et lishing Co. |\No. 76—EAST LYNNE, by Mrs. Henry Wood. Lady Isabel Vane was the orphaned ~ daughter of a pankript nobleman, who had been forced to sell even his an- | home of East Lynne, along with | his other possessions. Beautiful | and inexperienced, the orphaned Isabel |was beset with admirers, Boremost +among these suitors were Archibald Carlyle and Francis Levison. Levison was flashy and unscrupu- lous chap, handsome and a favorite with women. But Isabel's heart and hand were won by the more solid vir- tues of Carlyle. | She and Carlyle were married, They settled down to a placidly happy coun- \try Ufe.: Two children were born to A few years later Francis Levison crossed Isabel's path again, He was ' still violently in love with her. And he |vowed to win her away frem her stodgily matter-of-fact husband. Levison Tkid his plans cleverly. Bit by bit he persuaded Isabel that Car- lyle was false to her and loved her no longer. Convinced at last of her husband's | supposed infidelity, Isabel was furi- ous with resentment and she yearned for a chance to revenge herself up- on bim, Levison offered her that opportunity_ by beseeching her to elope with him. She consented. But very soon she realized the ter- rible mistake she had made. She saw Levison’s true character, before she had lived long with him, and she shrank away from him in disgust It, was too late, however. She dared not go back to Carlyle, lest he repudi- ate her. Moreover, she was suppose:! to have been killed in an accident, and her deserted husband had mar- ried again, Day by day Isabel's longing to sec her children grew stronger and stronger, until she could resist it no longer. Disguising herself, so that not even Carlyle could recognize her, she went’back to the home she hud fled from and secured a position there, as nurse to her own children. ‘There, unsuspected by any one, she *}lived under the same roof with her UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) é ANALYZE YOUR GRIEVANCES. Before you complain, analyze your complaint. The chances are you will find that it isn’t really a com- plaint at all. < For example, many men feel aggrieved because others, doing apparently the same work, are better paid. Watch them:a while, and you are pretty sure to find that they are either doing more work or better work than you are. If they are brothers or cousins of the boss, and are better paid for that reason, charge that up to human nature. You are bound to run into cases of that sort. They are not grievances but just the ordinary facts of life which you have got to meet. If you are aggrieved because your clothes cost too much, find out. if you can’t get perfectly good clothes at cheaper prices by looking somewhere else. Nine times in ten you can. And anyway, if you start 4 Tittle investigation into your personal expenditures you will discover that you are spend- ing, without any complaint whatever, extravagant amounts on things that you do not need. There is no denying that for most people the.fight for existence is pretty tough. But it isn’t tougher“for you than it is for anybody else. And all around you men are getting into better posi- tions, earning more money, accomplishing important things. And most of them started with exactly the same chance that you have. . Don’t complain of your luck, hard luck isn’t a com- plaint, it is n¢cessary discipline. It comes to everybody, and unless you can succeed in spite of it, you don't deserve to succeed. Sickness, bereavement, accidents you can’t help. They are real grievances. But 90 per cént. of your grievances are only fancied. Analyze them and see if that isn’t true. threats of a rent strike on May 1 have eee eee rent New York Evening World, Bditor= jal, April 20, 1920. My brief on the rent question, pre- sented to Justice Shiel of the Sec- nd District Municipal Court, Bronx, reads in part: “Your Honor—Those who come back to earth for reincarnation do not return to a lower plane. The man who was a landlord on earth ¢may come back poorer than when he was sent ‘away but his intelligence will not suffer, and though he may have little materially he will profit: spirit- ally, The next time he builds he ill remember bis first mistakes and avold them—and not build at all, Your Honor. “My argument, Your Honor, in this case is that rents have been actually lowered in the’ City of New York within the past ten or fifteen years or 80 dy ‘possibly 90 per cent. of the landlords.¢ Your Honor, I base my argument on, the question of the pur- chasing value of the dollar paid by the tenant to the landlord within the past ten or fifteen re. “The dollar paid by the tenant to the lord ‘to-day is worth about 2 cents (purchasing value), as com- — , i pared to the dollar paid b; \ Ant to the landlord tteen en ago? Therefore on my line of arguinent the $29 rent of fifteen years ago would have to be $100 to-day in order to even up to the purchasing value of the payment— whether the payment be made to the landlord in’ cash, clothing food, shoes, bricks, lumber or labor. ‘The newspaper man who used’ to give me 100 morning papers for $1 of rent ‘now gives me only fifty papers for $1 in rent—thereford by this method of payment 1 am getting only one-half of the rent I received from this newspaper man’ five years ago. The tailor who rented my little store for $26 per month used to give me @ sult of clothes fot the month's rent—now he wants two months’ rent from me for the same suit of clothes, Su; ose all rents were paid to-day with food, clothing, labor and material, the same as it is now paid in many Western farming localities, wouldn't the rent have to even up to the market value of the clothing, food, labor and material that the tenant paid to the landlord? Is this not @ fair question for argument, Your Honor, when landlords in gen- eral are being charged as profiteers?” Bronx awe fi, yO April 21, ea former husband and his new wife. At lasi, as her little son lay dyin Isabel was forced to reveal her ide tity. In a last interview with Car- lyle, she learned that the tale of his faithlessness had been invented | by Levison; and that she had thrown herself away for nothing, Her health had™long since begun to fail. The shock of her child's death was too much for her frail strength; and she followed the little boy to the grave in a few weeks. Note:—This wove seams smeudlin and sible, Troms. present-day standpoint. “But in. ity ime “lt seored an incredible hit, and in its dram- fame tized form jt made the ‘of more than ove etpot ional actress.) | News Flashes. | From Around | | The World Exports af manufactures from the United States during the cat. endar year of 1919 were at the rate of $10,000,000 a day. These represent a foreign trade of $1,000,000,000 a month . 8 * Flying a Safe Pastime. Flying is one of the safest pas- times in, the world. Judge for yourself, When the United States was training men to fly in France it whs found that one man lost nid life for every 3,400 flying hours spent aloft, says a writer in Boy's Life. If you count that the speed in flying is’ something like seventy miles an hour on the average, it will be seen that only one life was lost for about 240,- 000 miles actually flown. In other words, a man while learning to fly, not: an experienced pilot, could fly about ten times around the world to every fatal acci- dent. To put it another way, sup- pose a man drove an automobile one hour a day every day in tha year for nearly ten years. The distance covered would be that flown for every life lost in fly- ing. There are few if any pas times so safe as flying. . 2. 8 They Want Apartment Houses. A number of Americans in Pek- ing, China, are of the opinion that a modern apartment house would prove a profitable enter- prise in that city, A new first- class hotel is in course of erec- tion by French interests, which is expected to be completed in about sig months, It is thought that this, in addition to the present hotels in Peking, will not be suf. ficient to take care of the in, creasing the number of tourists visiting the Chinese capital, and many feel that there is room for an American hotel also, > Re