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MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, ‘Asbodlated Prost is exctusively entitled to the use for republication ‘Geaparches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper “the local news published herein, ‘ NOT “RIDICULOUS.” trae before the Rules Committed of the House last Friday, Jackson H, Ralston, at- ‘torney for Assistant Secretary of Labor Post, charged, and reiterated the charge, that “agents of the De- ® t of Justice have been organizing and creat- 4 branches of the Communist Party, presumably der to have somebody to arrest.” ( ch an attack might not merit much attention not that Federal Judge Anderson of Boston, ter hearing a deportation case, made practically the same charge against the Department of Justice: Chairman Campbell of the Rules Committee as “ridiculous” Mr. Ralston’s assertion tttat “the administration of justice in this country $ sunk to a lower level than in Russia during the > regime of the Czar.” ~The question is not one for ridicule, Now that % such charges have been made, whether by Mr.- P°RGtston or Judge Anderson, the situation requires a The country must know whether Mr, Palmer, ough his agents, has been forming Communist es in.order to have some one to arrest. Even ehesuspicion of sch a condition is most-disturbing. ‘Let's have the facts. America is not yet ready 0 “agents provocateurs.” ; e French term is necessary. That we have no valent {8 significant. 2 AYOR HYLAN, las taken steps to call to the ; “Immiediate attention of the Board of Estimate pethe. accumulations of ashes and rubbish in the streets of the Upper West Side. een The need of an epergetic spring cleaning in this on of Manhattan has been graphically.shown by Evening World. ©» — - ~Commissioner McStay of the Stre&t-Cleaning De- apartment says his men have been doing their best where it-has remained long enough. a turn at tr gum-dropper, warned lus. Two explanations are possible, Qr— issied by Mr. Palmer. bluffing for the sake of publicity? for “conspiracy”? applicable to trade unionists, with the May Day “plot.” is dangerous to National security, win without a show of hands, théMay Day warning. National game are skeptical, “Zoith antiquated equipment.” a4t- was the same story last February, when the fréets were clogged with snow and ice and surface colley lines were snowed under for days: * . “Antiquated. equipmént.” . $5n’t it about time the great City of New York but an end to that excuse? There is nothing antiquated about the tax totals quires from ie citizens ‘ ‘2. Whty is:so much of its street-cleaning machinery of funk} Y THE BOOKS ARE OPEN. SENATOR PENROSE’S indorsement of Senator : Knox as a Presidential possibility adds a new peapd decidedly interesting feature to the Republican problem, -s Knox, according to Sénator Penrose, is ve best equipped all-around international. states- Ziman to meet the requirements of the Situation.” ‘Now the political dopesters have a new complica- ‘gctlon’ introduced into the convention puzzle. What odin will be made of the unfistructed “black. and-tan” delegates? . _ “Brank Hitchcock is credited with great powers of _ persuasion in_matters affecting Southern Republi- ‘Weins who look on postmasterships as a variety of : “watermillions.” He took a trip through South before announcing. his enlistment.in the army. Senator Penrose, now enrolled under the Knox wintered in the South for his health, and hi well days he was strong enough to whisper ‘pea title politics, i Hitchcock or Penrose, Wood or Knox, pay your ‘money and take Jour choice. The books are open, ‘PMBets will be decided after the “black and tans” re- | _gnetive and act on their instructions, TEACH IT'TO THE ‘AFRICANS. oy Ly N ENTSRPRISING gentleman from British ‘ East Africa was in town:the other day with a scheme to introduce American chewing gum to the n natives and put the dusky jaws of the dark continent in mwotion—to the substantial profit of wAmerican gum manufacturers. : It seems a grand idea. Re ae SRauads of African gum-chewers could be trained yan sent out in all directions to introduce the new “"Babit and give it a flying start among Africa’s ‘Semillions, M the old cays it might have been possible to “@ Make a wad of “the fruitiest” and most durable look “ep worth an ivory elephant’s tusk or a bag of dust to the delighted native. 5 paasad are more experienced traders to-day. they are still a good market for an Pace AMtuxury like chewing gum. , —- _Gum-chewing might even exert a highly moral nfluence among the African native tribes, It might n reflection, provide an outlet for pent-up ergy, allay cannibalistic cravings and help the 4 all, & gum-chewing craze in Africa would at a“showdown. gum- population out of the United Statés, Let African lions, elephants and hippopotami take ling and sitting on discarded gum-wads. They could be trusted to deal adequately with the PUT UP OR SHUT UP. M*’ DAY passed without a sign of the “sed” terror of which Attorney General Palmer Even “pink” radicalism was subdued in tone. The precautions resulting from Mr. Palmer's warning discouraged and prevented any “redness,” ‘No great enthusiasm for a “red” day existe’, and these was no cause for the terror-raising warnings Which was it? The public is anxious to know. Did My, Palmer have the evidence, or was he If he had evidence why did he not cause arrests “Conspiracy” thas become a commonplace cause of prosecution in Mr, Palmer's department. It is Why not to Reds? _ He has caused many arrests on evidence not a whit more serious than he claimed to hold in connection At sucha time, even the suspicion of “bluffing” It is true that many are willing fo let such a bluff There is, howevef, a large and increasing num- ber who have become suspicious of the extrava- gance of the Attorney General's claims. They have “seen him misdeclare other hands, They want to know what sort of a hand he held when he issued if Mr. Palmer is bluffing, Hoyle rules that he must show his hand when he is “called.” cans who have contributed their full stake i the | They ae calling for | Ameri- | Did Mr. Palmér have the evidence {o justify his warning? May Day has passed, and the danger of revealing his hand ceases to exist. Now the American people want something more Substantial than Mr. Palmer's unsupported word as justification. They want prosecutions and convictions on the ‘basis of the evidence he professed to hold. Otherwise they demand frank confession Put up! or shut up, Mr. Palmeer, HYDRAULIC ENGINRERING? UMORS of the impending formation of a new | steel combine to include several of the more | important competitors of the United States, Stéel Corporation have been affecting.the stock market of late. Formation of the Steel Corporation was attended by the most stupendous exhibition of stock water-* ing which ever shocked the public. It is only fair to say that the directors reversed the flow in the pumps after the corporation was formed and that the pres- ent stocks are tolerably “dry.” \ Public opinion would not permit another such ex. hibition, A great increase in security valuations might force the enactment of restrictive laws most distasteful to the engineers of the Wall Street pump. Recent events on the Stock Exchange lend plausi- _ bility to the supposition that a merger is contem- plated. Several of the concerns most frequently mentioned in connection with the merger have de- lared stock dividends, have watered their own stock in advance, Is this a new dodge of the hydraulic crew? Do they,plan to have the liquid already supplied so that » it may be possible to pool the pre-watered stocks share for share and without further inflation? WHAT DOES IT COST TO PAY? NCLE SAM'S Internal Revenue Bureau an- nounces with justifiable pride that the average cost of collecting $100 is only 53 cents, a trifle more than one-half of 1 per cent, How about the other end of the transaction? What is the expense over and above the tax itself which Mr. John G. Taxpayer has to bear in paying ‘nis tax? Does the man who pays get off with one-half of 4 per cent.? The instances in which he does would form the exception rather than the rule, The taxpayer has the expense of the notarial oath, postage, perhaps a fee for a draft or money order. He may need the services of a lawyer or accountant. At the best, a conscientious tax return requires a considerable expenditure of his own éffort and time. At market rates for the time of those who pay the tax, the expense mounts rapidly. Much of this could be saved by intelligent co- operation between the Revenue Bureau and Con- gress looking toward such a simplification of sched- ules as, any corporation would consider essential in déaling with customers, By J. H. Cassel hundred? Evils ef Combination. To the Editor of The Brening World: | The Hvening World is doing good work in its efforts to bring down the \cost of living, and I sincerely trust {it will keep up hammering at the | profiteers. ~ ' ‘The greatest evils we have to com- bat are quantity buying and col- lective bargaining. The big man— retail and lesale—can corner markets and drive the small man out of business. The safety of our coun- | try lies in the smal! successful busi- | ness mengin great numbers—not in big consolidations of a few big men. The small business man _ having | something to lose will not upset the Government; but if the big con- |solidations of few men drive out the large numbers of small men there are only left combinations of capital and collective bargainings of labor. Under such ciroumstances how long will our country exist? . . The successful merchant looks for a large number of small accounts, and not for a small¢number of large accounts. Centralization is dangerous, wheth- er applying to government or busi- ness. , Let us have our boasted indepen- dence of our dolar and conditions will right themselves. : A busy intersection in New York City, The pedestrians are surg Ing across the street, when, while mahy, are only half way over, trafid poticeman's whistle blows aged man suddenly finds himself rounded by whirling cars and truc he becomes confounded and staggers; the ee —>- __FROM EVENING WORLD READERS | What kind of a letter do you Aud most readable? Ien’t it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of | There ig fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying 1 to say much in few words. Take time to be brief. * an agonizing scream rings out and another victim is added to the yearly toll of our city’s street accidents, Moral: Let the traffic officer give the old folks a chance to cross in safety. GO, BLEASDALE, 925 East 14th Street, April 29, 1920. Un-Militarintic America. ‘To whe biditor of The Dremng W orkt: Having read the letters of Julius Friedel and that of “Private,” 85th Regiment, and another on military training, I beg leave of you to add a few words, It is quite apparent that the writers of the letters in favor of the training have already acquired the rudiments of @ militaristic spirit, due to their connectiong with military organiza- tions. There is no question of the condact and personal characters of the train- ers, The issue is the principles and the purposes of which they are merely cogs in a great machine, We have seen what militarism can do, and will continue to feel the ef- fects of it for generations, probably, Out of it all we have gained little, but lost_ much. : The deople thought so little of mil- itary training that, on the entry of the United States into the mad whiri- Many « tune I fool pool of slaughter, it was found neces- Sary to institute the draft in order to swell the ranks of our wonderful standing army. Since then anything appertaining to war, or things militaristic, has re- ceived ‘but small response from the people. Young men passing @ recruiting station are grabbed, and must listen to a din of nonsense about “free eats,” “free board, 'n’ everything.” What an inducement! Where is our patriotism? Patriotism is as great aszever, but no longer will we be anxiods to fight for others ang then hear ourselves cussed roundly for fools afterward. Nominate Gen, Wood for President and you will soon see how the people stand on military training. — F. New York, April 29, 1920. Where the Raise Should Be, 'To the Editor of The Kvening World: K. W. Sanborn approves the in- crease in teachers’ salaries Iam not a teacher, but I am with them, as all fair-minded citizens are. But I tm against the high school teachers get ting more, They get enough eit stands. ec. Wadleigh School, Aprii 28, 1920. Strong for the Renae. ‘Dorthe Kastor of The Kverme World: bd I heartily agree with everything A, K. said in his article published the 28th of this month, Of ali the asinine speeches [ have read Representative Good of Iowa. made the worst. His arguments were absolutely ludicrous. Ue certainly did not have any oue .hat was dear to him In this war. If he did they belonged to the Safety-First- Cold-Feet Brigade. 1 think it despic- able the way the boys are fighting for this bonus, The Governinent dught to give the bonus without any hesitation. ‘The boys gave up everything willingly to go that we at home might be happy and comfortable. STRONG FOR THE BONUS. On Military Tra To the Editor of The Evening World: 1 have been training for about two and a half years auring whioh time I have learned absolutely nothing about military routine aside from right face, squads right, &c. And I had all this in high school, as most likely did Clark and Friedel, Tam as good an American and per- haps petter than most boys taking training. My patriotism and loyalty are not in the least influenced by it. Mr, Clark writes of protection, which I agree is vitally important, ‘but, if be has taken. military drill at ‘the same armory that I have he would not know the slightest detail about a gun—for the simple reason that we never had any. Tho training commission is now in- troducing a recreation period, also compulsory, to relieve the monotony of the training. I belleve this is done merely because they realize the use- lessness of one and a half hours’ marching without any variation. tired at the apd umn, © UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) r IF YOU HAVE A LIGHT, IT WILL SHINE. Don't enlist in the great and hopeless army of the un- appreciated. The humblest man or woman will be appreciated if he or she happens to be useful. : Two years ago the servant girl was about as unappreci- ated as anybody we can think of. ” She worked all‘hours at all things, for little pay. To-day she is so much appreciated that she knows that as soon as she leaves one place a dozen women will be wait- ing to give her better pay. These are times when any human effort is not only appreciated, but paid all it is worth, If you sit around waiting for somebody to discover you, you will never be discovered. It took the human race several millions of years to dis- cover America, and America occupied nearly half of the land on the globe. The Columbuses now engaged in making explorations will not be likely to find you unless you do something to attract their attention. - If a continent could be overlooked for aeons and aeons, how long do you think it would take to find you, sulking in your little obscure corner? But if you have a light, it will shine. If you can do any single thing better than most people, you will be discovered’and very quickly. People are looking for lights just now. out and they will welcome it with eager eyes. If you haven't a light, it is time you were cultivating Flash yours one. That means hard work and harder thought, but it can be done. How many important men do you know of who were unheard of twenty years ago? Hundreds and hundreds of them. . They flash across the horizon every day. But they are not comets, They have been busily trimming their lights for all those years. And if you will start to trim yours, you too may arouse the astonished admiration of the world some day, If you do not, you can count very confidently on re- maining undiscovered for the remainder of your days, of a day and then must go to the armory just to walk around. I can’t see it. There are several other bad features I could write about, but any one taking traming can easily add to the above the details which I have omitted. ‘To sum the matter up, I think com- pulsory military training as it is now being conducted is a farce and a use- less iture, and the sooner it is ‘abolished the better. New York, April 28, 1990. have calisthenic exercises military drill. . country. anybody. LEONARD GOODMAN. Opposes Training. ‘To the Editor of Tho Brening World Just a few words in regard to the letter of “Private” on military train- ing. He states that at least half the time is devoted to calisthenics or ath- letic ames. Permit me to say that this statement is wholly untrue, In- stead, all of the time is spent in giv- ing those dreary commands of ‘‘col- right!” and “eolumn, left!” hoping every time. to dreadful work. I should our friend, “Private,” suggests. By all means alot of harm, A VICTIM. - New York, April 29, 1920, ‘ . ; } Albert Payson Terhune CONG Now" York ierestne. Worl, No. 77—SALAMMBO, by Gus- tave Flanbert. Hamillear, ruler of. ancient Oar- thage, had a gloriously beautiful daughter, Salammbo. Her loveliness went to the brain of many a men, but to none other's as much as to that of the mighty Matho, a soldier of fortune. “ From the first time Matho set eyes on Salammbo he could think of no {other woman. Yet ho knew how u:- terly hopeless was hia chance of winning her; he, the rough meree- nary, and she the daughter of the all-powerful Hamilcar. In a temple at Carthage was en- shrined a sacred garment, known as “The Robe of Tanit,’ On the sife- kooping of this robe the safety and good fortune of Carthage was, sup-~ posed to hang. Matho had heard of this robe. In a fit of reckless bravado he made his way to its resting place and stole it. Then, carrying’ it to camp with Only recently have we begun to prac- tice calisthenics, and'that to make a fine showing to the public during a review to be held some time in May, It will show the public that we also besides Furthermore, the English used by these offieers is a disgrace to our It is enough to discourage Now, as the summer ap- proaches, we must sulkily and reluc- tantly drill in that dark, dusty, noisy armory, listening, half asléep, to the tiresome commands of our superiors, nish that hink that all this is a setback to us, that it makes us tired and lazy ingtead of “developing @ sense of alertness,” as abolish military training. There is no good done and him, he stirred up a revolt among, his fellow mercenaries and marched against Carthage. : ‘The rebels besieged the city and could not be driven off. The fall of Carthage seomed to be but a mat- ter of a fow days: any reinforcements. be recovered. it Matho kept th robe in his tent, and none could taky it from him. Then the priest begged Salaminhol to steal out of the city by night and to seek the tent of Matho, there to % entreat the rebel chief to give her | the robe. Salammbo loved her native city. From patriotism she accepted the terrible mission, She found ber way through the rebel host and to Matho's tent, TW8~ lovesick mercenary leader raised’ his eyes and saw the glorious Salammbo standing before him. Ih an ecstasy of delight he ran to greet her. Matho could refuse nothing to this ~ woman he adored. So when she left his tent Salammbo took with her the Robe of Tanit and restored it to its temple in Carthage. Instantly the fortunes of war changed. The Carthaginians ovér- powered the rebel army and made Matho a prisoner. On the day of Salammbo's wedding to a nobleman of her father’s choice Matho was led out into the presence of the wed- ding guests to be tortured to death. mies inflicted upon the The agot wom: wretched captive could wring Mien no sien of pain. But in the midst of his torture he lifted ;his eyes to cy Into the girl's heart rushed back the memory of his love for her. The horror seeing him in torment stopped She beating of her heart. She sank back from the sight, dead. ' News Flashes From Around |The World A King Who Cooks, Habibulla Khan, late Amir of Afghanistan, was no novice fas a cook, says A. 0. Jewett in the April number of Asia, It would have made an interesting picture if it could have been taken—the Amir squatting on his heels among the cooking pots, He used to have a sort of cooking tournament among his sirdars. Often these cooking fests would be held out in the open when His Majesty was on one of his outings, *-. . Toy Manufacturing in Italy. It is reported that a serious attempt is being made in Italy to establish a highly artistic and technical toy-making enterprise, Before the war trainloads of toys of German origin found thejr way into Italy. For the past five years the shops of the country have been practically devoid of high-class toys. A strenuous ef- fort is now being made, under the direction of skilled artists, to make the country independent of foreign production by the mapufacture of both simple and complicated Italian toys. oe ar Salton Sea Sinking. The Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley, one of the natural won- ders of the West, is constantly shrinking. At present it is about eighteen miles long’ and nine miles wide at the greatest point. . During the last five years the water is said to have retreated about a mile a year, leaving a salt-encrusted adobe land, which is eagerly seized by homestead- ers, Often their location stakes are planted far out in the water, The sea, which lies 169 feet below the level of the ocean, abounds in fish, mullet and carp, which local and Arizona capt. talists are planning to utilize by erection of @ great cannery, + te0 a) *fatho drove bac! ss all gorties and blocked the arrival -Use sober The chief priest of Carthage Gtinet clared the city must be captured udping less the sacred Hobe of Tanit coutwe bis { ) \ %