The evening world. Newspaper, May 19, 1920, Page 22

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. [Pubtiened Dany Except Sunday by the Press Pubilshing Company, Nos. 53 to 69 Park Row, New York, RALPH PULITZER, President. 63 Park Row, J, ANGUS SHAW, Troamurer, 63 JOREPH PULITZER: Jr.. Sooretary, 63 MEMBER OF THR AfSOCIATED PRESS, iso the lees) news published nervin, AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. NTERBOROUGH real estate auction advertise- ments feature a letter of condolence from Joseph P. Day, auctioneer, to August Relmont. is Mr. Day realizes that his opportunity to turn a tidy penny by auctioning Interborough real estate must be a source of keen sorrow to Mr. Belmont. bs As a sympathizer, Mr. Day seems highly com- petent. ' "As an economic expert and business adviser, Mr. ' Day appears to be a very good auctioneer, Mc. Day writes to Mr. Belmont: “It must be a great disappointment to you and your associates to realize that, because of the inadequacy of the 5-cent fare, the In- terborough Rapid Transit Company ts com- pelled now to sacrifice its valuable unused real estate.” gh What Mr. Day might have written, had he been a business analyst instead of a sympathetic auc- tioneer, would run something in this wise: ‘i It must be a great disappointment to you and your associates to realize that because you failed fo exercise proper business discretion and fore- te sight the 1. R. T. is compelled now (o sacrifice its F caluable unused real estate. ... You know that this sacrifice would not have been necessary had you exercised ordinary business prudence and laid up reseroes instead of paying 20 per cent dio- Ke idends in 1916 and 1917, when prices were on ‘ the upgrade and the company was known to be bound by a hard and fast agreement providing for a 5-cent fare. Had the proper reseroes been laid aside and en dividend rates held down to a fair investment Be return you would have had money to pay bond interest last winter and would not now be forced to sell the vacant lots before realizing on the un- earived increment.” ‘ Had Mr. Day written such?a letter he could have mailed it to Mr. Belmont for a 2-<ent stamp. 5 But had he done so, the Interborough would not i have cared to print the letter as a part of a “cry- | baby” campaign of publicity. \ A COURAGEOUS VETO. OV. SMITH’S veto of the bill seeking to restore convention nomination of Judges is entirely commendable, His action will not meet the approval of machine politicians of either party. The veto is a clean blow ll ; to the hopes of the bosses of both parties. ii The very fact that the bosses wanted nomination / of Judges by conventions which they could control | a is the very best argument against a return to the system. Of all elective offices, the judiciary should be most completely divorced from any suspicion of boss contrdl. The informal indorsement of the Bar Association should carry more weight than the dic- tum of any boss, Supported and elected by Tammany as a strong organization member, Gov. Smith has shown a highly commendable independence. He dares to be * his own man. The Executive Mansion js in Albany, ) not on Fourteenth Street. a5 HALF THE CURE. WO developments yesterday in the H. war deserve special mention, » “Hol-air prosperity” was a trenchant phrase coined by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lef- fingwell to describe the unnatural business condi- tions that existed until recently, +; It is a good diagnosis, expressed in language any one can understand and apply to his own case, A good diagnosis may mean half a cure. George Brandeis, a large Western retailer, labelled s “buncombe” the publicity play many merchants are making of reducing prices as a public service. Mr. Brandeis says “the market broke three or four weeks ago” and that merchants are taking what loss they must with as good grace as possible. They ¢an: replace stocks for less than they are selling for, Whether Mr. Brandeis is right or whether the other price-cutters are right is a small matter, In either case the public may pat itself on the back and say, “I did it” The public kevt its money in its pocket until it could buy at what it considered a fair—or at least a fairer—price, Cyof L BACK TO THE STRONG MAN. EPORTS from Italy that Nitti will probably return to power, because no one else can muster as much support as he. Continental politics ares a mystery to Americans because of our unfamiliarity , liamentary government. Perhaps it may simplify American analogy: Suppose, when the Republicans captured the elec- indicate nost with par- matters to suggest an The Associated Prose ts exclusively entitied to the wap for repubitcation |All news deapatches eredited to It or nox otherwise eredited im this paper f 1948, that President Wilson had been | forced oul on a vote of confidence, as Nitti was The Republicans won because of faction rather. than on specific issues, In 1918 the Taft Republicans and the Johnson Republicans were as widely separated as the Social. ists and Catholics of Italy are to-day. If Nitti re- turns it will be because one party or the other de- cides to recognize that Nitti’s great services as a Statesman outweigh their distaste for his policies as applied to their own political doctrines. In 1918 no other leader could have commanded the support which, President Wilson did, even after his defeat. As soon as the League Republicans realized this he would have been called back and would have had support instead of opposition, The Lodge cabal would have been clearly recog- nized as a minority movement. The contemptible farce of the “bitter enders” voting for Lodge reservations and then voting aghinst them would have been impossible. elf Nitti, the leading European statesman developed since the war, is returned to power it will be a powerful recommendation of the parliamentary form of government. neral dissatis- IF PITY IS NOT ENOUGH, Ba modern civilized world is not put together in. sections, It is not made up of detachable units any one of which can elect to go its own way regardless of what is happening to the others, Inter-relation, inter-action, interdependence are fundamental principles of progress as modern peo- ples have come to understand progress. This applies on the moral and humanitarian side. It applies with equal. force on the material, dollars- and-<ents side, Neither morally nor as a matter of plain self- interest can the people of the United States afford to remain indifferent to the fate of populations in Europe whose industry and well-being are needed for the world’s prosperity. The tragedy of disease, hunger and economic de- ‘moralization that has overtaken the war-ravaged peoples of Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Ukraine, Aus- tria, Hungary, Roumania, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania is, as Henry P, Davison says, “one of the most terrible in the history of the human race.” The stark awfulness of it is sufficient to appeal to ‘every American in whom instincts of a larger hu- manity are active. Where pity is not enough, fear should speak: We are living in an era when it is impossible to isolate infected and suffering nations. In order to enjoy the advantages of trade and in- tercourse with peoples when they are well, we have multiplied, diversified and made permanent means of international communication, Even if we had the will to profit by other nations when they are healthy and shut ourselves away from them when they are sick, we could not. Sooner or later their sickness threatens our health, The contagion of their industrial and economic fevers spreads swiftly overseas. Their epidemics of bodily disease appear in our ports, Their misery becomes not only a weight on our conscience but a positive and growing menace to our welfare, In the midst of prosperity and plenty, Americans must think seriously of these things, Betier even aother half billion of American credit dollars applied to needs in Europe than that indus- try and commerce, instead of reviving with tenfold strength in this first decade after the war, should find themselves paralyzed b human wreck and ruin sprea: a post-war horror of ing its ghastly and de- r the world, pressing influence Twentieth century civilization is.on a co-operative basis. No nation can reap the | dividends and shirk the repairs A DEBAT E, WORTH WHILE. JOINT debat een Goy, Henry J, Allen of Kansas and Samuel Gompers has been ar- e betw A ranged for May 28 in Carnegie Hall They will discuss the merits and defects of the Kansas Industrial Court Plan, . Such a debate should be of great service to the Nation, and it speaks well for both Gov. Allen and Mr. Gompers that they are willing to meet and have it otit in so public a manner, Methods of industrial adjustment are as impor- tant now in the Li as was the question of squatter sovereignty before the Civil War when Abraham In and Stephen A, Douglas contended in their days historic debate. Gov. Ailen and Mr, Gompers will not settle the question, Neither can hope to convinge the other, But a clear statement of the case in so public a manner will give the public its best opportunity to form reasoned opinion on facts and theories presented and progress towagd constructive con- clusions. A dqbate is always better than a fight: the Poison. Ivy! ‘Don't Touch It! THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY MAY 19 me ww Tal Covrtiant, “1920. By NE ‘H. waaee = ithe New What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn’t it the one that gives you the worth of a hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to say much in few words, Take time to be brief. Mr. Straus Overwhelmed, To the Editor of The Evening World: I want to express to you my sincere appreciation of the interview which appeared in The Evening World. It is ery exact and carefully written and expressed my views. The result is that I have been ovar- whelmed with applications for help. | If I had ten lives to lve and the for- tune of a Croesus I couldn't comply with all these requests. If there’ is 4n opportunity for you to say that it 1s impossible for me to consider in- dividual cases, it would be of great assistance to me in sparing me in the future from such an avalanche. NATHAN STRAUS. New York, May 18, 1920. Two News Items. To the Fatitor of The Evening World Please allow me to call your atten- tion to the following two newspaper ite First—John D, jr. to the Inter-church Fund. Second—The price of gasoline has been ralsed to 34 cents per gallon. Charity, charity, what sins are com- mitted in thy name! MAX NEIDICH. No. 248 Broome Street} New York, May 17, 1920. donates $250.000 World Movement Rowing at Crotona, To the Bditor of Tie Brening World Don't you think thdt a rate of 50 cents per hour for one hour of rowing on Crotona Park Lake 1s excessive? The rate for other park lakes is considerably less, Will you p rapping profi WILLIAM GER T 227 Home Street Is “OMetal editor of Th World Will you please let me know what the official date is for the wearing of straw hats for men? JA ‘aw Mat Day? M J. BUDDE, 69 Pearl St, N. ity, May 15, 1920 Are Doct Profiteerin, the Editor of The he F ag World avening World deserves hearty praise for {ts most wonderful cam- paign against profiteers and profiteer- ing. You sure are championing the people's cause, let me add the following, and 1 hope that you will investigate and find out the truth in the matter. We, the innocent public, have been the goats of both the profiieers and the unjust strikers, and now comes a new form of a union. In the Kastern Dis trict section of Brooklyn the doctors have amalgamated and formea a purpose only, to raise union for one prices. Formerly the charge for a visit vo most of the doctors in this section cents. Now it's two dollars, thousand words in a couple of i | Visits at home and night calls have | been raised in proportion. |_ Dentist have also raised prices, which are becoming prohibitive. | Everybody at some time or other is iu need of either of the above, and the little money that he or she may nave saved up goes to these profiteers, | 1 happen to be in a position to know whether these raises are just or unjust and I can certainly say that it; is a most high handed method of profiteering, as most of them are be- coming rich over night, not as a re- ward of fair, honest labor, but simply taking advantage of a situation and putting themselves In a class with the profiteéring landlord, &c. EUGENE M, PRATT. Brooklyn, May 15, ‘The Crintx on the Ratiroads, To the Faitor of The Brenfh World: With your permission I would like to place a few facts before the public concerning the present crisis in rail- road transportation. The New York Central and West Shore ciaim to be working normal at present. I would ask, does the public call this normal when at pres- ent the West Shore {s only handling about 300 cars in twenty-four hours | as against 2,000 a day in normal times? Does the public know that tthe West Shore is only handling about 1 rs a day by float, when in nor- mal times 450 are handled each day? Does the public know that the West Shore has taken off ten regular yard engines and abolished one yard- master's job because of not handling the freight? Does the public know that only about one-fifth of the switchmen have gone buck on thelr jobs and that the big majority are not going back until the pay is more than $5 for eight hours for carrying thelr lives in their hands? ONE OF THE SWITCHMBN, The Prophet's Friends, To the Editor of ‘The Exeoing World: ‘The connection between the candidacy of Gen, Leonard Woo, the prophet of preparedness, and the du Pout interests is 0 fous that it scarcely seems necessary to draw attention to the simi- larity of the other prophet of prepar ate Kaiser, and the Krupp 1 Germany, One. the du Ponts, urers, hay 4s powder manu- no selfish interests in a in the United Statey, world at present and dimeult to understand why any portion of the. American public fails to seo that Yo turn the country over to the "big interests’ in its present mood ts to court dieuster i ANDERCOOK, N. J. May 17, 1920, Sugar Is Short, ‘To the Piitor of The Evening World On what hypothesis, pray, does your correspondent, W H, Stanton, assume that !t would be right to curtail the manufacture and consumption of candy in order to save sugar? I dare say that your correspondent likes h i} Leonardo, Ne UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake) WHAT YOU OWE TO YOUR ENEMIES. One of the most successful public men in this country The Love Stories of Great Novels, lbert fy aap aeaeel ate QUENTIN DUR ana es by Sir Walter Scott. Quentin Durward, a dashing young Scotoh adventurer, went to France to seek his fortune, It was during the reign of the fux Uke old King Louis XL, and a time jwWhen men of courage and prowess |Mlght well hope to carve reputations ‘with their swords. | Durward was #0 lucky as to attenct the careless favor of King Louis to find employment in the palace. Not very long after his arrival in | France the King se:t him forth on an ‘Mdventure which wus to affect tho , Young Scotchmag’s whole future Hfe. ‘The lovely Isubelie of Croye was a Kinswoman of the mighty Duke, |Charles of Burgundy, and hed been | pestered of late by the Duke's inter- |ference in her plans for the future. | Louis sent Durward to remove Ima- |belle and her aunt from Charles's jcastle and to taly wer to the Bishop jof Liege, under wrose protection the | King had decided to place her. Durward set out on his mission, not |knowing the King’s real mctive in |sending him As a matter of fact, | Louis hated Charles and had hit on a \ plan of annoying the Duke, | ‘Thus he had arranged that Isabelle | should be snatched away from Quen- {tin during the journey by a robber cidef named de la Marck, who wanted to marry her. Such an action, the King knew, would humiliate Chartes and be a bitter blow to his pride. Durward, thus, was not sent upon an honorable quest, but to be robbed of the girl he was escorting to the Bishop, and to be blamed for bis fail- ure to carry her safely te her destins- as @ scapegoat, But Quentin Durward was net the type of a man to be fooled im thie fashion. The more so since he pro- / ceeded to fall in love with Isabelle and to hope she might be learning to care for him, With Isabelle and her aunt he set forth for the Bishop's palace He carried Isabelle safely to this placo of refuge, in spite of de la Marck, and ee her over to the Bishop’s tender Gat} la Marck, however, was used to having his mas ineerteren with, especiall; adventurer, thwarting, he palace in an effort to capture During the fight the Bishop vas killed. piv oueee by Lerieget tie} and ‘ortune, was able his amoctheart from de la Marck and. to take her back to Burgundy. Meantime, Louis and Charles had patched up their differences and had formed an alliance against de ta Marck, to avenge the killing of the Bishop of Liege, Charles of Burgundy, tn rage at bd robbers depredations, vowed bestow Isabelle's hand in marriage i any hero who should go forth and conquer de la Marck. Eagerly Quentin Durward em- barked upon this seemingly impos- sible mission. Urged on by his love for Isabelle, he succeeded in over~ throwing de la Marck and returned in triumph to claim the promised hand tion, The wily King was using a began life by making an enemy.. This enemy was the kind of enemy that Mark Twain called “permanent and reliable.” He was on the job all the time. He had a diabolical ingenuity, which he employed in devising ways and means of the girl for whom he had dased so much. News Flashes: = # litical ambitions, Sometimes he succeeded. ways between enemies, love. drowsiness. current. men, your determination. game you are playing. likes cake, or prefers his sugar in many other forms, All right for him, but while -he 1s thus favoring his in- dividual taste (as are doubtless . vast numbers of others) there are probably Just as many who have no such pref- erences, I drink my coffee neat, don’t vat cake, or despoil my grape frult of its natural flavor. But candy {s one of my longings. By what right does your correspon- dent say he should be favored and that I should be left unsatisfied? “Who ts to decide how I am to use sugar? A law on the question, however drawn, would be about the last word in sump- tuary restriction, Aren't a lot of folks going plumb crazy on these questions, especially since the war, during the progress of which we conceded so much to what were seemingly necessary interter- ences with our rights? If, as Mr. Stanton says, the opening of new candy stores will cause larger sales of candy than ever, what of it? tening in his ares ent! ning jo in Die entice, perhaps oie oer The people who eat the candy prob- ably Know r whey do so at a sucritioe of er forms. Are we v to keep the public man out of office and to blight his po- For the very fact of his enmity kept the other man keyed up to the highest pitch, He knew that a single mistake of judgment would bring his enemy down on him. He avoided even the appearance of evil lest he be put {n a false position, And he himself confesses to-day that he owes his pres- ent eminence, which is very great, to the keenness and alert- ness of this implacable enemy. We never succeed without battles, and battles are al- The course of success is as rough as the course of true Moving along slowly and easily dulls the senses, as slipping down stream over the water in a canoe induces To get up-stream in a boat you must battle with the The battle develops muscles, and after a few of them you make much better progress. You must meet and match brains If they are strong and energetic, and cunning and crafty, it will take all the mental alertness you have to defeat them. But whether you win or lose in the preliminary skirm- ishes, every little battle sharpens your wits and strengthens Don't be afraid of enemies. necessarily, but unless you have a few of them, and a few able ones, you will be very seriously handicapped in the i Oftener he didn’t, th those of other Do not make them un- to make that a criminal indulgence? Doesn't your correspondent ace that it his suggestion were followed he might wake some day to find that the fel- lows who wore beards were advocating abolishment of barber shops because there was a shortage of soap or some of its ingredients? Sugar will be scarce and costly as long as the oanebrakes don't produce a sufficient crop to supply the world. So will brains be scarce as long as people don't recognize the law of sup- ply and demand when they bump up against it, Gc. R. 8, Greenwich, Conn., May 13, 1920, A Striking Re Lo ‘To the Editor of ‘The Evening Workd: Do you or any of your readers criti- cise the strikers for asking more pay when newepapers predict that after June 1 an ordinary loaf of bread will cost 25 cents? Tell me, do you believe the Government:in earnest with the people when the first thing to do is to diminish the cost of living? LILIAN HARRIGON, 209 Weat 90th, May 16, 1930, = From Around |The World, Bird Population Incre: The dveneficial effects "of th migratory bird treaty act ar beginning to be felt. The Unitec. States Department of Agricul, ture, through its Bureau o Biological Survey, has conduct ed investigations of the breed ing areas of ducks in North Da. kota and Nebraska, Comparec with former yeara, a gratifying; increase of breeding waterfowl , particularly in North Dakota, & evident, The fifth annual s¢ ries of counts of birds of all spa cles breeding on selected area in various parts of the Uniter States contained a large propor tion of reports showing in creases in bird population. ee Concrete Houses for Milan, Consul Winship reports fron Milan, Italy, that in order to ro lieve the housing situation in’ that city plans for the construc- tion of about 1,000 concrete tene- ‘ment houses in addition to those under construction have been prepared, These will be built on a@ cottage type in separate build ings, acommodating four fam- ilies each, in all about 5,000 per- sons, and occupying an area of about 400,000 square metres. oe e Tunis Restricts Exports. A recent decree, looking fur ther to the provistonment of Tunisia previous to the ship. ment to other markets of products needed here, makea the exportation or re-erportation from the Regency of many com- modities dependent upon export licenses from the Finance partment, Among these goods are included a few chemicat products, notably nitrates of soda and lime, ae well as me lasece, glucose and rice atte ae ene at ete er a ERAN ic ese | Pecntereiarneyrnts ener nem eres magpie ee arene