The evening world. Newspaper, May 5, 1920, Page 30

Mord. | | work lies in. assisting the Senators who hold Chair- : the veto power on scores of the “barrel” . ‘by the Legislators in the closing session, . , ¥ Particularly is this the case if he proposes to call . e the year, when the more ry be passed after due con- n which they did not receive in the regular Smitti fs from New York City, but this 4 not influence his action. of the whole State. feckless extravagance of a 4 group experienced in benefit of the country, THE ITALICS ARE OURS. UR “100 per cent. American” candidate, Major Gen. Leonard Wood, in an authorized ap- 1 to “the Malian voters” for publication m what New York Times calls “the Italian newspapers America,” says: Fak cas eaooTh you thet the dawn of & better day of clearer and cleaner understand- between the two, countries—is not far oft Italien voters in America will rally to « ert of the Republican Party, which is ; to substitute action and ac- P< complishindat in the place of dreams and ” theories. 4 Hialian voters are now supporting or opposing the policies of Premier Nitti, Italian voters are not “entitled to support @r oppose any “100 per cent. " American” candidate for the Presidency, of the ing if the the . es Political ‘sinecures at public'expense and whose real manships of committees. | True, a reduction of fifty is not much when com- | pared with the vast army of Washington, which has not been demobilized since the armistice. But every little helps. In the larger field of budget-making much re- mains to be done. The Senate has one plan; the House another, The result will be a conference compromise, Whatever jhe result, none of the suggested plans which have received serious attention will prove effective unless Congress develops a new and sin- cere desire to make the budget an instrument of efficiency and economy. Lip service to the budget idea will not do the business if back of the lips there remains an un- abated appetite for “pork.” i JOHNSON TO DATE. : ETURNS from yesterday’s primaries In Cali- fornia indicate that Senator Joknson carried the Republictn vote in his home State by some- "In Indiana the Wood lead over Johnson is dimin- ishing. It looks as if the complete returns from In- Wood than did the latter’s “victory” in Maryland on diana delegates are not tied by yesterday's result. Lowden and Harding in the Indiana “field” drew enough votes from the two leaders to becloud the chances of the latter withoyt bettering their own. * The Johnson contingent will of course let loose a big whoop ‘over the retims from California and dain more loudly than ever that if New Jersey votes had been unbought and “counted right” their candidate would have carried the Eastern State. How does the Johnson account add up to date? Genetal ‘Wood is at least a “100 per cent., date.” ae - EEMINGLY conflicting decisions by the Supreme | Court in the United States Steel and Reading = BP idarsdety covers b pest agg contro tel, y st ‘ s Hed the Steel decision been allowed io stand, it higtily probable that-soon the country would have | witnessed an era of combination, amalgamation and formation similar to that which culminated in hé Steel Corporation merger: Promoters could have argued plausibly that If a ombination were only Jarge enough it could afford fight anti-trust suits for years. Eventually the yst-could “reform,” with the expectation that the Court woujd see “a risk of injury to the blic'iaterest” in dissolution of a great and going ‘The Reading decision will discourage new combi- Wall Street will wait, urttil it knows more clearly where it is going. _ Meantime, there is evident need ofva clarification -| of the legat status and ‘reguldtion of. corporations. fact that the court is so evenly divided is suf- nt evidence of*the need for more explicit law. > MUTINY IN THE STAFF. | The Senator from ‘California has proved himself “by the count” the “favorite son” of his own State. ‘He has shown that in industrial sections, as in New Jersey and Indiana, ‘he can poll votes. He has dem- onstrated that his radicalism is a radicalism that ap- peals to a radical element in. the Republictn winks, He has given the Republican leaders a-lot to think about, Lee On the other. hand he has not shown tht the Johnson brand of radicalism is any more capable of sweeping the’ country than the goad old Bryan brand would be. 3 -That Joboson crops’ up as a radical embarrass ment in the Republican rather than the Demozratic Party. will only ‘put the Old Guard on its mettle. If. present uncertainties and cross-purposes in the Republican Party mean anything they mean that the ultimate nomination is, more than likely to be determined by, the cool heads and practised “old hands” of, the inner group. aim og Watch the Old Guard after the first few ballots at Chicago. ‘ - . AID JEWISH RELIEF. URING the war when the great “drives” for various relief and charity funds were on, New York’s quotas were raised. This wouki have been impossible without the co-operation and contribution of American Jews who ECENTLY The Evening Woild remarked zhat carried their fair share. . Gen, Wood’s candidacy received something ‘a reverse when H—— broke loose—ineaning Again H—— has As Hitchcock. ; Gen. Wood's troubles are so numerous that he ‘must have needed the services of an extra orderly or » two before he started East to determine which 1s he trunk and which is the tail of his own particular 3 . Procter trunk—or tail—and the Hitchcock or trunk—have been pulling at cross purposes, "and the Hitchcock end wants .to know which it is. Other political zoologists would like to ‘know what decision the General will make. They in- ‘line to the view that it is a sort of “heads you win, 1 loose” proposition for \Wood. Hiichcock is,reported as holding the opinion that Wood ferces did not spend enough money in Jersey. New Jersey professionals’ agree, and ©) (this particular doctrine will appeal strongly to the legates from the other side of the Mason and ‘As a matter of “fact, the Hitchcock-Procter row s to verge perilously close to mutiny: And © could deal with mutiny better than a, Majo ral? ¢ broken loose—but this time it “WHERE THERE'S A WILL” — RAY of comfort may be found in the report that the Senate has decided to eliminate’ more pail. the existing comumillees in the interest of nomy and efficiency. It i even reported that the two parties are agreed the reform. It is pleasant to discover even ONE matter on ¥ p p reduction in the Despite these heavy demands for National funds, American Jews carried a heavy burden of purely \racial relief all during the war, and did this without asking for non-Jewish aid. : ‘This’ week the Jews of Greater New ‘York seek to raise $7,500,000 for Jewish relief+in Eurape. They ask the assistance of the genera! public. There are a hundred other appeals touching cur pocketbooks. But both the merit of this case and the spirit of fair play demand a ready response from all without régard to race. American Jews carried a double burden of relief all during .the war. The responsibility. remains heayy. Let those with whom the Jews shared toe war burden help them carry their own load, , DR. WILLIAM H. MAXWELL SB City of New York has had in high and re- \e sponsible positions few public servants to whom it could point with pride through more than twenty-five years of notably vigorous and efficient service. It has had few public servants who over so long 4 period displayed a combination of high mentality and practical entrgy, idealism and shrewdness, down- rightness and diplomacy, creating enduring standards for the department over which they presided, The city has needed such men. There has always been a strong element of New York citizenship capa- ble of appreciating such men when It’ was fortunate enough to get them in the places where they be- longed. Such a man was for, more than a quarter of a century at the head of New York’s public school system. Public education and good citizenship in Greater New York will long retain the imprint of Dr. of almost fifty secretaries of commiitees who hold where between 125,000 and 150,000 over Herbert - diana might carry little more comfort for Gen. : the basis of a disappointingly small total vote. Ine ws ogy eo ” What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of . hundred? There is fine mental ewercise and a lot of satisfaction in.trying to say much in fow words. Take time to be brief. ‘To the Haitor of The Evening World: Why not be fair with our State Legislature? , Has it not rendered a public ser- vice—by adjourning? It has finally died, to the great relief of the people unless the Governor be so unpatriotic as to revive it by calling an extra session. What crimes, what shame and dis- grace have been committed under the cloak of “patriotism”! There wasn't a scintilla of independence of thought or action through its entire session, Watch the coming vote by those that take the leason to heart and act accordingly. FRBD SIKGEL. Bronx, ‘N. ¥., May 1, 1920. Isn't it about time that the I, R. T. got wise to itself and dropped the greatesg bunk publication in the world—The Subway Sun? Its latest query, “Wouldn't you prefer to pay a little more fare to be more comfort- able?” makes suffering subway riders laugh up their sleeves, at the camou- lage resorted to by Editor Lee the pent who, according to court state- ents, gets $10,000 per year for dreum~ Subway Sun literary bunk. It would do the L. R. T, a whole lot more good to spend that $10,000 and plus paid to the subway publicity agents if some were used to@hire a yews window cleaners to clean ie filthy windows of its cars, and a few ortere to clean up its unspeakably filthy, ill-smelling wash rooms. How foolish it is for the L R. T. to ask its riders, “Wouldn't You Pre- fer to Pay @ Little More Fare to Be More Comfortable?” when these same riders know from sad @xperience how little the L R, T, cares for their pres- ent comfort.’ Poor service, cold cars in winter, open windows and ‘open front doors these chilly spring mornings and nights, when the trajns are out in the open, dirty windows and filthy wash rooms, are only a few of the things that stamp the L R. T. and the Sub- way Sun with the brand of hypocrisy. Yes, the people would prefer to be more comfortable and at the fare that the L BR. T. contract with the city calls for. Drop the Bubway Bun and its camouflaged statements, It fools nobody but the I. R. T. treasury. THOMAS FOLBY, ‘Washington Heights, May 2. Public Table Manners, To the Editor of The Breping Wea: I experienced the surprise of my young life, particularly my New York City life, on Saturday afternoon, in a very respectable restaurant In upper Broadway, It was a surprise that made the already wholesome and \- atable food taste much better—like one 43 ee ils ‘cS Ae? & now I suppose you are wondering juat what it was that gave me such &n agreeable jolt. Well, when you learn that it was only a sign, per- hops you will think there is some- thing wrong with me—but there isn’t. The sign read: “For the protection of all our patrons, the management insists | that only the Americin tongue be! spoken at these tables, table man- | ers be, observed and only actions | becoming @ polite American will be tolerated. - Persons who cannot re- spect thi rule may be requested | though small and possi- | cant in the restaurant in question, if more commonly adopted in eating places, would certainly be’ roductive of increased volume of| usiness, A PLEASED CITIZEN. New York, May 3, 1920, Subway. ing World: It should not be forgotten in con- nection with subway conditions that @ great part of the danger and in- convenience and indecency on plat- forms is caused by the rutfianism und brutality of passengers of a cer- tain kind. A more gowardly, beastly lot of young and older fellows, shameless and disorderly to a degree, especially ac 1dth Street and Canal Street, can- not be found. Neither age nor sex finds the slightest cons'deration among those hoodlums, who saem to enjoy and relish their feats of rowdyiam, while sufe from policemen's clubs and thirty-day sentences in jail, A dozen manly, hubky fellows, with the necessary physical qualifi- cations to “Cossack” ‘decency into bums and loafers,.could easily keep order during rush hours, Once tho cowardly gangs and the ind:vidual bully as well feel they are observed and watched you wil sec the pres- ent nuisance and danger cea \ JOHN 8. BUFFORD. 315 West 127th Street, May 1-192 Wishes to Organise. To the Bilitor of The Evening Workd: I, also, am very much interested in the article written by Wayne, relative to a white collar union, and also wish to ask how we can get together, No one has felt the high cost of living any more than our class, and with no way to overcome it by in- creased wages we certainly deserve as much as any skilled labor, if only merely to exist on, and should en- deavor to get it by untonizing at.once. ALLEN. M. 25 Hancock Plu, May 3, 1920, Two Remedtes. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World; Tho more we delve into solving the problem of how to combat the high | cos of living, the deeper we fall in, e| When the meat packers screwed up Pg ee ed ——. | A eaten eee ame ‘seme + Care winteumtee rece? UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake } (Copyricht, 2820, ty Joby Bats) POSTPONE CONTENTMENT TO YOUR OLD AGE. We are told that a prized. . ntented spirit is highly to be But if we all had contented spirits the world would suddenly stop going forward. Things aré done through striving. And the spring that is behind striving is discontent. If you are satisfied with the wages you are getting there is not a shadow of a chance that you will ever get any nore. If you dop’t want any more wages you will not try to get more. And if you don’t try to get more, you will do nothing that is out of the ordinary, and consequently be of no more service to the world than any of the other billion and a half people who inhabit it. It is discontent with ourselves, with conditions, with injustice, that takes us and the world ahead. Not the discontent born of envy of more prosperous or more fortunate people: Not the discontent that would de- mand that those who havt worked for what they have divide it evenly with the loafers and wasters. But the intelligent discontent with things that are wrong and can be made right—with oppression, unfairness, suffering all the evils that exist because so many of us are selfishly devoted to our own wellbeing and give no thought to others. We have no right to be contented while we are getting out of ourselves half that we know is there. .We have no right to be contented when there is so much we can do that will make a better world out of one that is in sad feed of betterment. When+we knock ‘off work for our declining years and sit in a chimney corner or on the front porch looking back over life, it will be time for contentment. But if we are contented now, we will be of so little use that we cannot possibly be contented when we reach the years when con- ‘tentment should be our portion. oP a Saeed now fish eating comes almost as costly as meat. When wheat prices went up sky high and substitutes were introduced to help along in the cost of bread, we found to our sorrow that the mix~ ture our bread was made of did not reduce the cost of the loaf at all. When sugar soared in price under the ostensible prevext of scarcity and inferior mixtures were placed on the market, it did not take long for the substitute to cost as high as the high quality sugar cost previous to its in- troduction. Now that the cost of clothing has climbed so high that one has to have a “Jacob's ladder” to reach It, We are encouraged to don overalls, forgetting that, comparatively, cotton goods have gone up in price more than any other article in the.market and that its general wear, if taken seriously, will cause a hardship on the very poor classes of men, women and cbil- dren, If we try to punish one profiteer by self-denial, we unfortunately only lay into the. hafds of another, We lace the muzzle of a which way we ee A hie Deparigent just b n4 trying to make some show- ing, with th Act as thelr ‘weapon, but Gs usual, the upinfluen- May %, 199%, tial, weak, and helpless business man who profiteers on the “piker” style is caught in the net, and for the “ business” and the rea} hold-up dis- tributers, neither Mr. Palmer nor the Departunent of Justice seems to be a match, The only remedy lies in immediate legialative action to curb the greed of capital and also the unprecedented greed of labor. The greed of capital, by honest and sincere abatement of mergers and pooling of interests con- trolling eee and necessaries of life, and the gregd of labor by enact- ing Mbera! ynmigration laws that wil) once more remove the bars from our gates to laborers, mechanics and sci- entists who may seck*our haven to earn an honest living, without being subject to a ridiculous Literacy test and the possession of a certain amount in cash. ‘The former would re-open the field of comfetition and break the back- bone of combined capital and the lat- ter would once more open the fields of production to welcome muscle such as made this country pre-eminent in machinery and skill aru will help to put a damper on the unreasonable and autocratic tendencies of the labor trust. 1 J. LEH No, 468 Decatur Street, Broo! ames ait) No. 78—ATALA, by Chateau briand. , * Atala was a child of the wilderncam She was born in the forests of the Far West, in the days when the Indians wero still a noble race, Chactas was a young Indian war- rior, renowned for courage and ‘strerigth and beauty. He was the most heroic youth tn his tribe, and ‘was smiled on by the fairest Indian maidens, But he had no thought for any of his many admirers, or indeed for any- | thing else in life except the lovely Atala, 7 But there was a reason why he and his beloved sweetheart could never hope to marry, From birth, Atala had been dedi-+ (cated by her savage mother to per- petual maidenhood. And, as a child, she had been persuaded by her mother to take a most solemn and binding oath never to marry. This oath the girl Mept. Nor had she had the slightest temptation to break it—until she met Chactas, Then, all at once, the whole world changed for Atala, She found herself hopelessly in love with the handsome Indian youth, And she knew that life without him would be eternal misery to her, é But she was conscientious, She had taken an oath never to marry. And she was too honorable to break that oath, even at the urgence of her own heart, She explained all this to Chactas. Vainly he besought her to forget an iniquitous vow which she had made when she did not understand its meaning. . Atala longed to break her oath. But conscience withheld her. And the two lovers parted, as each sup- posed forever, But fate presently threw them to- E gether again, when a tribal misfor- tune scattered the Indians through | the forest. Chactas rescued Atala from death and acted as her guide in the long wanderings that followed. Side by side they roamed the vast wilderness, the man and the maid who loved each other above all the world and who were parted as completely as if @ million miles of space separated | them, For days they roved‘on, together, | Atala resolutely deaf to ber lover's pleas, yet finding the prospect of *) ving without him wore and more terrifying. we At last they reached the forest lodge of a hermit priest. To this holy man, Chactas told his sad story. At onés the hermit declared that he would absolve Atala from bee vow, and marry the pair, Overjoyed, Chactas bore these giad tidings to his sweetheart. But he was too late, Finding tfe unsupporiabie if sie could not marry the man she loved, Atala had just taken poison, = | News Flashes | From Around The World Villages in the vicinity of St. Quentin, France, are literally ris- tg, Phoeniz-like, from their owa ashes, says the Red Cross News Letter. Confronted by a lack of stone and building materials, the artisans have estabshed a big grinding machine in which the debris of the shell-shattered houses is remade into mortar. e ee Salvage Enterprises. According to the London Morn- ing Post, a feature of the British ahipping industry at the present time’ is the large number of salv- age enterprises now on hand. Many of the big salvors have made large profits out of work on torpedoed and other vessels, though in some cases expenses are heavy and results disappoint- ing. Apprortmately $25,000 salv- age has been obtained in respect of the White Marsh, but the Pal- las will probably be written off as a total loss. 7 8 «@ Airplanes for Denmark. Two Danish airplane companies have made application, to the Dan- ish Government for permission to establish a regular passenger and mail, service by airniane between Copenhagen and Warnemunde, Germany. The shortest and most used passenger route from Copen- hagen td Berlin is by way of train to Giedser, Denmark, two hours dy ferry to Warnemunde and then by rail to Berlin, At present practically all of the Scandina vian and Baltic passengers and mail trafic to Germany is carried over this line, and during the past few months ali trains have been crowded and the -service very unsatisfactory, If the air, plane service is established it will work in co-operation with a German company, which will in- stall a regular service detween