The evening world. Newspaper, May 20, 1920, Page 30

Podiiebea Datiy. he #4, xen, 38 to 03 Fark Row PULATZER, President, peri 4 HE people did it. , They broke the robber market in clothing prices, . They refused to buy at inflated prices. “Dealers had to meet the terms. _ Food is next. : People can go without new clothing. They must have food. , But Suyers can exert a powerful influence. j at They can use as good judgment in food purchases «48 they have in clothing purchases. They can plant-gardens and five on the vegetables it coming into the market. » They. can discriminate. buying public has the power. low is the time to use it. THE MILK DRIVERS’ STRIKE. HERE should be no misunderstanding 23 to the reason for the present tleup of milk livery in this city. ‘aihilies are being deprived of this esseatlal part their daily food supply in order that a rébelfious in the newly organized milk drivers’ union ‘May test its strength. “a The “outlaw” milk drivers ‘have quit work to _ overthrow their present union leadership. It mat- » ‘ters not a whit to them that contracts are violated wonference of New York health and welfare Officials issued yesterday the following appeal: ei Whatever the reason for the present etrike, ‘we earnestly request each and every individual Ge responsible in any wey for the interruption of ipa thie service to clune Chetr interruption. We /{\port from any pereon who fafls to respond to #\ tinis request. ‘©The public is ready to demand something more Yin a withholding of sympathy. é «It wants summary punishment for men who labor contracts and cut off necessary public service to put on union leaders. eniThe public is tired of getting the wotst kicks and te yws in other .people’s quarrels. Sit wants a chance to come back hard—with the Fe full force of a taw that will make contract-breaking gp serious a matter for labor as for anybody else. MORE GOOD VETOES. GAIN Gov, Smith earns high praise for dis- ; criminafing use of his veto power. cle tas killed the worst of the obnox us, re- g un-American Sweet-Lusk-Pearon _pro- . gimme of political oppression. 7 . ~ Gov. Smith’s service ts emphasized by the clear- Gat’ and incisive memoranda explaining, his ad- ~ qilrable use of the veto power. SSpeaker Sweet is balked in his effort to ride into @ffice on a vehicle of repression, “If there, isyany good in the bitls, any public de- '-mand for them, they may be resurrected in an- other Legislature in which they will not be regarded ly as personal “patrioteering” by a designing +. Af “Speaker ‘Sweet or the Republican Party cares take issue with the reasons Gov. Smith assigns for his vetoes, good citizens will have small diffi- culty in deciding the question ow fi “A “SAFE” COMMITTEE. ATOR DILLINGHAM has ‘announced the membership of the ‘sub-committee which he * Gbposes to appoint if the Borah resolution provid- ig for an_investigation of primary campaign ex- penditures passes. i" Kenyon, Sherman and Wadsworth represent the Republicans. **Reed and Pomerene are the minority members. At is precisely such a committee as Senator Dil- Br lingham might have been expected to appoint. ; Kenyon and Pomerene may be moved to do some "©" ‘teal investigating. Sherman, Wadsworth and Reed, Majority, are “safe.” They will stand without Witching, and if Kenyon and Pomerene venture too far, either Sherman or Reed can be depended on to inject enough oratorical fireworks to delay any un- welcome political disclosures, “a "Senator Dillingham is one of the best-seasoned \ | credit of taking the lead, the price-reducing campaign “urge the public to withhold symyathy or eup- N buy feverishly at any figure. . * vantage of alluring vistas of profit promised by still the morning, asked Mr. Raynor by telephone if be had heard of a rumored wreck. He had not, but three hours later he called up to say the rumor was On his own initfative, in a bitterly cold storm, he had crossed. the Great South Bay in a dory and in- terviewed the coast guards to make sure of the facts. It was also characteristic of him and his kind that when the editor promised him a check he protested: “But | didn’t get anything!” THE TURN. T has come. The ‘best thing about, it is that it has ‘come, not with a vengeance that threatens panic, but In @ way that promises to distribute the shock over the whole economic structure. The price-cutting movement is already felt In every section of the country. Although * a few merchants were far-sighted enough to foresee what was coming and earn the is due to something broader and deeper than indi- vidual fnitiative. Itrests neither on philanthropy nor example, but on a wide, safe basis of economic necessity. What is pulling prices down is a force like the force of gravity—a force which will not permit them to remain indefinitely at levels where average pros- perity among Americans, taken us a whole, Could not possibly maintain them. For months past it has been plain that the pace could not continue on the strength of a newly-ac- quired spending power confined to limited classes. Pockets filled by war combined with more gen- eral effects of inflation to encourage hectic’ price- raising. , But industry and business could base no perma- nent programme on a flurry of post-war extrava- gance. In the long run, the great army of the New Poor had to be reckoned with. Real prosperity only exists when everybody Is buying steadily at reasonable prices, not when a few That is what the larger public has at last, im- pressed upon the retail merchant by the simple*proc- ess of leaving his high-marked goods on bis hands, At the same’ fime it has brought the Federal Re- serve Board to a deeper sense of its résponsibility. Stronger pressure has been put upon bankers to restrict loans for speculative purposes—loans which have been sought by speculators, eager to take ad- further inflation of the bubble. The Federal Reserve Board has come to see itself as under heavy obligations to the public. Its duty now will be to help steady the downward steps on the path of deflation so that there shall be the fewest possible shocks to public confidence and the least possible disturbance in the pulse of normal and necessary credit. ‘The country is like a man who, under the influ- ence of strong excitement, has been hurried a long way up a dangerous pinnacle, : With a steady eye, a cheerful spirit and a trusty stick he should he able to get down again without a tumble WHERE TRANSPLANTING DOES HARM. 6 HY should my mother beat me with a strap just because | do not stay in the house every evening and embroider like they say young girls do in Italy?” This question by a young Italian. girl who came under the influence of the New York ProWation and Protective Association is cited in the report of the Secretary. ‘ It reveals an important but all too easily and fre- quently forgotten angle in the discussion of girls’ reasons for leaving home. In New. York, with its polyglot population of alien extraction, this feature is more serious than in other cities. Children ‘become #Americanized”—for good or ill—in the public schools. For better or worse American customs differ from those of “the old country.” The seclusion of girls before an “ar- "blah og. ce fork Bening World.) tor What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't if the one that gives you the worth of @ thousand words in a couple of hundred? y There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to say much-tn few words. Take time to be brief. f | ‘The Onty ‘To the Raitor of Tho Drening In perusing .my Eyéning World of May 17 I note article, “Both Old Par- ties Split on Dry Law What Is the trouble? Are our be- loved lawmakers in whom we placed our confidence, and who played Judas and so shamefully betrayed us, wak- ing up to the fact that the time is again approaching whea they cgain must go before a loyal public whom they walked all over, and ask their support? Both old parties may be split, but the voters are not, they have been telling them ‘tight along they demand and will gét_an unconditional repeal and a return to where wo were be- fore an Highteenth Amendment was dreamed of, or we will know the rea- son why., All over these United States men and women may differ politically, but it hag been shown too plainly they are a unit in belng bitterly opposed to| National Prohibition. | ‘They take the stand that those very few who really want prohibition are being made the tool of that despicable monster who alone feels he should be the only one to get your money, Mr. Food, Clothing, Milk Profiteer. ‘As to the Prohibitionist proper, just because he does not want a drink is absolutely no reason why he must in- flict his wishes on the great majority of real bond-buying, arms-bearing he- men who do. ‘The longer Prohibition stays with us the harder it hurts. It will never take, It is driving your manhood to every other part of the wofld. The big majority of your manhood is only waiting grimly for next election when he will stagger wise politicians by re- tiring more lawmakers to private life than was ever thought possible. Pro- hibition is the only’ issue. : JOSHPH HARDEN . rectly or indirectly, for the inflated dollar and for every economic condi- tion affecting the nation and run AT A DEFICIT until tpe reconstruction period is fairly under way? This would mean but a few years, say three to five, before the Government would again be run on a profitable basis, Can the Government afford to do so? In the slang formula of the day the answer 1s incorporated—"I'll say so.” W. J. GARRITY. 447 East 68th St, May 17, 1920. The Unnecessary Army, To the Editor of The Evening World: I have been reading in the daily newspapers that Wali Street men, merchants and ex-seryice (7?) men are trying their hardest to discourage the bonus proposition for all ex- service men. Do these people know that at the present time there are over 100,000 unnecessary employees in the Gov- ernment service who were slackers during the war (which was proved) that are making from $1,200 to $4,000 per year and getting a bonus of $240 every year? ‘A Why don't these anti-bonus men start a row over that?, And to mako matters worse, those or most of the Government employees at the present time are non-civil service, “The Government is short of money." | Why, they are wasting three hundred million dollars a year to pay those slackers. They have four men doing | the work of one. I read an article in one of the daily newspapers where a Congressman eaid, “It is easier to demobilize 50,000 soldiers than to discharge one gir! !n the Government employ at Wash- ington,” Give us that bonus! We're entitled to It, . ALE. P. Simplified Col System, To the Editor of The Evening World: I have read several letters from _ UNCOMMON SENSE * By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) RESULTS, NOT METHODS, COUNT An athlete desiring to prove to Epictetus that he was growing strong showed him his dumb bells. “I don’t want to see the dumb bells,” said the philos- opher. “I want to see your muscles.” It is the results, not methods, that count with a man. Many wealthy men have libraries stocked with the, world’s best literature, yet remain illiterate. Abraham Lincoln-had a Bible and a copy of Shakes- peare, and was an educated man. The world wants to know what you are, not how you became what you are. ° ‘ Scores of young engineers proudly exhibit degrees from technical schools without being able to secure responsible positions, But any young engineer who can show a capitalist a ‘cheaper and better way.to accomplish something important can get a paying job. Your training is your own affair, The affair of your prospective employer is the equipment for the job that your training has given you. The “talent” before a prize, fight do not carg what sort of appuratus the contender is using, They place their bets on opinions formed from the way he is hitting in practice. You must decide for yourself what profession you will follow, and take the advice of others as to the best way to train for it. But do that training in private and don't brag about it afterward, i The man you will have to work for will not ask you how many hours you spend on Latin or Greek, mathematics or psychology. He will ask you what you can da Show him what you can do, and if you can do it well you have a chance. If you can't do it well, all your train- ing, all your diplomas, all your letters of recommer ndati will be worth absolutely nothing to you, pia Merinrrrone stiiele esti, gl oe “| $300,000,000— und more —to ,| duced and methods various gpinions in your valuable newspaper, I am more firmly con- vinoed that the general public ts not very much In favor of a Victory held up for their clothes, may interest some who are being Almost every county in the State has a wool Economy but Fail + To Practise It ,Why Haven't They Cut Off | the $300,000,000 Wath of Useless Government Em- ployees They Now Charge to Democrats During the Present Session Which They. Control? By Martin Green. Copyright, 1920, by The Pree Publisuing Oo. | (The Now York Brening World.) HE Committee on Policies and Platform of the Republican Na | tional Committee, which avs been investigating Governmental ex penditures and appropriations, is n)w engaged in solemnly making pubiic for political purposes, a state of #f fairs in the National Government which hag been apparent to eve. body in the Government for a your and a half. The committee, accord ing to its latest report, “estimates that $300,000,000 could be stricken from the payroll of the Federal Government by the elimination of officials and em ployees made necessary by the wa: who have been continued since.” Why wasn't this $300,000,000—ard more—stricken from the payroll dur ing the session of the Congress just drawing to a close? policy to make the alleged extrava gance of the Administration an isaus in the forthcoming campaign and be cause the Republican Party expects to win the election and continue the useless jobs for the purpose of ad: Federa. patronage. The Republican Party won contr»! | of Congress in the election of Nov | ber, 1918, Immediately after the € | tion the leallers of the partyin hot |houses of Congress announced thei | intention of eliminating waste iy Gov jetmment expenditure ayd dropp:ix | tens of thousands of useless offic | and employees from the payroll. Ths Congress has been in almost cou | tinuous sesston, for a year. | Congress has’ the right and powe to regulate appropriations, It dui cut the estimajes of the Administra tion for the fiscal year beginning Jui 1 -ao ut. $1,500,000,000 on the face Ue returns, ‘but these cuts will not 1 80 Jarge after all the appropria: ils have been acted on by the S ate, and expenditures have mounted |so rapidly in the past few month- that the Treasury deficit for nex year will be increased rather than diminished and taxes will be higher next year than this year. The Evening World pointed out daily during the months of February, March and April methods by which the payroll expenditure could be re- by which the reasury could accumulate vast nds which could be applied to the reduction of taxes, These suggestions were laid before Congress, but Con- gress was so busy playing politics that the matter of Government econo my Was relegated to the rear—and |t remains there, with ‘adjournment , Uttle more than two weeks awa The Committee on Policies and Piat form says: “Investigation has revealed that under estimates submitted by the Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, the number of employees is about twice as many as carried on the payroll for the fiscal year 1916, AND THE PAYROLL COST FOR 192t WILL 8HOW SLIGHT, IF ANY, REHUCTION.” The sole blame for this rests on a Congress which has refused to put the country back on a’ peace basis, Appropriation legislation and discus- sion has been of a partisan character, A few Democratic Congressmen and a few Republicans honestly tried to influence their colleagues to legislate for the good of the Nation rather than for party advantage, bu: they are and have been overwhelm- ingly outnumbered. Congress has before it a budget bil! which should have months ago 2 of which the appropriations for next year could have been materially re- duced. There is before Congress a reclassification bill ge We espa of which cost a great of money and which should have been paased weeks ago. These dills are appar- ently dead. A majority in Congress, pledged t.) ecoriomy by its leaders, which admil« that the payroll cost for 1931 wil! probably be as !arge as that for 192) has scant respect for the intelligence of the taxpayers of this country, i A: King Who Cooked. ABIBULLAH KHAN, late Amir of Afghanfétan, wes no novice + a8 & cook, says A. C. Jewett in the April number of Asia. It woul’ have made an interesting picture i/ {t could have been taken—the Ami) 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 out- Because it is part of the Republican | OR Re a PRET E esg IIE ranged” marriage is not a custom, Even the best of intentions on the part of parents do not reduce the dissatisfaction of the boy or girl growers’ association, and the wool4 growers of each county pool their wool and It is sold through a commis- sion house. Memorial Hall at a great expense. At present money Is very scarce, and the more money expended the harder the burden will be for some people. Yorkville, May 18, 1920. Novel, at Lenst. To the Kxtitor of The Brening World ings. Once when I was stopping at the Baber Sari the Amir made a visit to Evening World readers on the “Thirty-Cent Yoke" and some have quite amused me, members of the “Old Guard.” a Growers receive an ad- |vance price of 50 cents per pound, Mr. Lewisohh certainly had the Baber garden, which is in the redr, ‘ r research * fo 4 th “Thi -Cent the balance to be pai hi 00! THE NEWS INSTINCT. who is forbidden to “do what everybody else does.” |, After absorbing scores of funn T have found the ‘rhirty-Cent/ right dope when he stated the lis old, lens 6 per Cont, com ia O°! | and the court’ interpreter made me . bulletins published by banks, business} Yoke” problem very easy to solve.) various uses money could be put to. » comm! le Not having seen the Amir for visit. some time and having some work that needed his sanction, I suggested to the interpreter that I go into the garden and make my salaams to His Majesty. He replied, “Oh! You can- not see him now, the King, is peeling potatoes.” The courtiers were noi particularly keen’ on these cooking bees, as they had to do most of the hard work, I had dishes sent to me severa times that were His Majesiy’s own handiwork. At the Jeshan festivals which follow the Godar year an: come on the fourth of July, the Eure peans were given dinner at a sep arate table on the awn. Frequent): His Majesty sent some special dis., from his own table. Onge he had "| All too often the investigators of the association find that the transplanting of “old country” customs |, to the new land is a direct cause of girls taking the first wrong step against which parents tried to guard, The teacher, “the social worker and—most effec- tively—the pastor, priest or rabbi must guide the change In customs, Here Js a field of Amertcanization that requires Infini‘e tact and good Judgment. Now, a# practically all our wool ig course, Or what is known as “quar- fr Wlood," for which at tht present time there is no demand, it looks reasonable that 50 cents per pound is about all it-will net us. Therefore, as it takes only seven pounds of raw wool to make a suit of @othes, the first cost of the wool is j@nly $8.50 providing it is made of virgin wool, if it is half shoddy there is only $1.75 worth of wool in It. Now, if we donated our wool free (which is about what we do, fig- uring our time, feed, tmterest, taxes, &c.), do you suppose your guits wopld ‘be any cheaper? ersonally, if I had to depend on the profits from wool sales I could not even buy overalls, concerns and statistical organizations {t appears to me that a feasible plan has not been advocated for getting the country back on a peace basis, Particular stress has been laid on the necessity of more production. The ex- cess profits tax has also been com- mented upon, . I believe the Government can solve the problem a4 practically all existing conditions can be traced to taxation, ‘The Government has taxed every- body and everything, Taxes have even been imposed upoh taxes, Why? Nothing more or less than fear of a deficit. What tsa deficit? In this in- stance It means that the cost of the It certainly is about time that we realized that we still have many needy people who are unfortunately unable to support themselves. [ am sure that enough of the service men would welcome a helping hand, es- pecially those disabled. This in no way would mean oharity, but only Last summer, after my discharge from the army, I bought a’ few soft,} white linen shirts with collars at- tached, These | wore all summer, During this past winter | have worn my two O, D. flannel shirts. By do- ing this I have kept perfectly cool and comfortable in the summer and warm during the hard winter months, | 6!ving value for value received, On Sundage or special occasions I} A Vigtory memorial hall can be wear a neat, clean, soft collar which} built at any time while human life my mother wast es and irons for me.| cannot afford to wait. By following this method I have CHARLES M. DRESSNDR. made the “Thirty-Cent Yoke" look| No. %6 Henry Street. ike “Thirty Cents," and have also not been worried over laundry strikes, r EN, THE death of Horace Raynor at seventy-eight, " to the last a faithful and swift reporter of events the Great South Bay of Long Island, is a re- ler of how the news instinct gets its grip on the who develops it—no matter how date In life. red from the sea because of his years, he id down to the simple and independent life of Long ‘sland “bayman,” It happened one day it he sent the news of a wreck to a newspaper. accuracy and terseness of his story made a | impression in editorial offices in this city y! What Wool Growers Get, ‘To the Editor of The Brening World Your articles on the price of cldth- ing are both timely and interesting, # Reports that both the barbers and the bosses Brooklyn, May 18, 1920. claim to have won the strike suggests the possl- 4 Peatp. Fererament will exceed Government| We Memorials. all means let us find the| soup served as the third course, and d to continued calls upon him for such services, DULY that the customer ia about to be trimmed eereaue. ‘To the FAltor of The Brening Work!: {but as Mr. Martin Green touched very | 5,Ofitegr. later they were sent a large dish of long Fo The Evening World, at 3 o'clock in —at a¢mething higher than the gol Why dose. net the Government mr] ASwY conversing. with: sebvral -Mriehy sh. (he oricpof rew woe): ber SOF, WONANS, |190, cream with, four, appons, agi “ ” ing higher than the going rate, peal the taxes that are responsible, di- people and also after reading the hapsa few words from a woo! grower! Catalill, May 15, 1920. ia it, 2 4 £ < oe 7 X t ‘ & 8 ie . F) : ‘ . Ris ; * . , 4 ; 5 . :