The evening world. Newspaper, June 1, 1920, Page 22

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Seoretary. €3 Park Row. - MEMBER OF THR ASSOCIATED Pies, Geapatches credited to it of not otherwise credited im this pepe ‘the local news published herein, : are paid for by the Nation's taxpayers. ‘The character of those services, together wiih ex- nditure of public money for the personal aid and “convenience of the Congressman aside from nis i , are matters of legitimate public interest. | ‘The Evening World begins to-day a series of )) articles which should help the people of the Untied “Slates to determine whether or not they are get- ting their money's worth out of their present repre- | Sehiiatives in Congress, ut | tation in this case was supposed to in- clude especially the revision and reduction of war * taxes, among other highly important legislative con- 5 butions to the pressing requirements of recon- > The country is still waiting for such legislation, Meanwhile Congressmen are drawing their sala- © ties and running up expense accounts for clerk hire ‘and postage. i Why shouldn't these expense accounts be proper ‘Objects for the attention of those who are expected to pay them? The Clerk of the House of Representatives says ch expenditures are matters between the Con- 4 and his constituents. "We were not aware that the constituenis of each financed their own Congressman, ~ If they did, would they not be far more insistent “fn demanding to know what they were getting for their money? AT CROSS PURPOSES. “QQAMUEL GOMPERS and Gov. Allen did not en- § re gage in a “Great Debate”—if, indeed, their efforts could be described as a debate at all. ‘The speakers were unable to agree on phrase- ogy of a question, No distinct issue developed in their speeches. They argued at cross purposes. Gov, Allen did not measure up to his oppor- 4% lity. Professing to speak for the public, he at- 1 labor organization and leadership in a way lich public opinion will not indorse. + The public is not blind to the services of construc- labor leaders. It recognizes that collective bar- on the whole has worked for good. It sees tt the trade union movement has ended many buses and has assisted just and honorable employ- “ers in making reforms which they would otherwise fave been unable to make because of cut-throat a competition by unscrupulous labor drivers. ~ y What the public seeks is not to curb the power “Of representative leaders of labor, but to help the movement to evolve into a better and more ructive force. Goy, Allen would have been on stronger ground he confined himself purely to constructive*sug- Is, to advocacy of the idea of judicial settle- nt of labor disputes which has attained a strong d on the imagination of the “in-between” public. Mr, Gompers, on the other hand, devoted most of time to generalizations so broad and far-reaching to elude the grasp’ of the average thinker, except yas they apply in specific cases. n so doing he forced himself to disregard fhe Strongest single point against compulsory arbitration, ~ Condemning the whole scheme, he could not even that the Allen plan might work well in non- 1 Kansas, where voters are generally intelli- rent and progressive, He could not strengthen his own case by pointing that in Pennsylvania, for instance, a similar law become a source of unmitigated tyranny the ¢gorrupt political system which now en- the mine or steel boss to disregard the very pdamental guarantees of our system of govern- : In Pennsylvania an industrial court would WM be used as a new weapon of oppression by which lawless employers could legalize their present illegal i 4 _ The debate was a disappointment. It developed more heat than light. What the public is searching ‘for is something better than either Gov. Allen or A mr. Gompers outlined. BURROWING ONLY BEGUN. Fe) PENING of a tunnel for pedestrians between be the Pennsylvania Station and Broadway irks an interesting and significant development in handling of metropolitan traffic congestion. generation ago the horse-car and the surface proved inadequate and Father Knickerbocker ne a mole and burrowed underground to build the subways, The end is not yet. | As subways developed, New Yorkers learned to ip jot by the subway but ment store. Pods Associated reas ts exclusively entitied to the uve for repubiicalion ik underground in the long passages connecting ne warlous branches of the subways. But the new od subway just opened is different, It was built by a railroad, a hotel and a purpose Is to lessen congestion on a j Sidew: a and probybly permanent change above the wrist. RNa a SAL tH Kis hs % gee made necessary because there is more traffic than is reasonable on the surface? How long before Nassau Street will be double- decked to care for the noonday crowd? Will Times Square be joined to Grand Céntral by underground passage to eliminate pedestrian con- gestion at Fifth Avenue and 42d? Such suggestions have been made before. pedestrian may follow the trolley underground. The a DRIFT OR FLOOD? N ITS analysis of business during the month of May, the Federal Reserve Board finds “little real change in conditions underlying trade,” but‘ad- mits that “a larger relative public demand for medium and lower priced goods” has “altered in some respects the general drift of development of preceding month: Is “drift” the word for the boldest, most merciless profiteering drive ever let loose’ upon consumers in this or any other country? Was it only a “drift” that boosted prices and piled the burden higher and higher until public endurance gave way and people refused to buy? No doubt the Federal Reserve Board considers “drift” the safest term to apply to the rushing tor- rent in which the Federal Reserve system itself has been swept along. Note, however, that the Federal Reserve Board finds “the financial occurrences of the month have been of first importance” and includes the following: On May 18 an important conference be- tween the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Advisory Council and Class A Di- rectors of Reserve Banks occurred in Wash- ington, as the outcome of which agreement ‘was reached to make a more careful scrutiny of applications for bank credit with a view to granting those only which may be found to be necessary. . A desperate public having at last built its own dam against profiteering, the Federal Reserve Board decides it might as well build one, too. Why wasn’t this agreement reached months ago when the speculative movement could still be called a “drift” and controlled as such? Why did the Federal Reserve Board let it become a flood? A MEANING FOR NEW YORK. DESPATCH from Baltimore to the effect that officials of the Cunard Steamship Com- pany wil! visit that-port to-morrow on a tour of harbor inspection “relative to the development ct foreign business” ought to have a meaning for New York, No inspection tour of this port is needed io dis- close what has come to be the notoriously by number state of its harbor, dock and transfer facilities, Baltimore is spending $50,000,000 on new piers and $2,000,000 on harbor dredging. Port development does count in keeping commerce. The Port of New York may realize it some day when all that's left of its prestige is a memory. aCh~ PRIZE FLIM-FLAM. F ANY veteran is foolish enough to register a vote of gratitude for a Representative who voted in favor of the Bonus Bill, then his vote will be evi- dence of his foolishness, If veterans approve the tactics adopted by voting for or against the supporters or opponents of the bill on the basis of the roll-call, then the shifty Rep- resentatives who voted for the bidh will gain exactly what they set ut to gain and the soldier will have lost his vote, Saturday’s performance was one of the most elab- orate pieces of political flim-flam on record. Fortunately it was so transparent that it ought not to fool many intended victims. Most of the ostensible support was dishonest, Most of the Representatives who voted for the bill did so with the single aim of getting votes. The House “got out from under” and “passed the buck” to the Senate, where only a third of the mem- bers are up for re-election in November, The gag-rule, invoked to prevent debate or amend- ment, is the best gle bit of evidence as-to the in- sincerity of the whole proceeding. ABOVE THE WRIST. HAT French “rancor” against Germany is un- derstandable, that Prussian militarism has sinned grievously, that “Germany can live only as a republic,” and that “if she obtains anything at ail faith in the peaceful inclinations of the German people,” are reported declarations from the German Chancellor's pre-election speech’ at Munich. Herr Mueller is also quoted as saying that Ger- many is to make plain at the coming election that “she has had enough of war for all eternity and that no fool, crowned or uncrowned, shall drag Germany into a war of revenge.” Just how many living Germans in Germany can echo these sentiments “from the heart out” is of course the important question. The election should throw some light on it, Quite as significant and encouraging on all counts, however, is the apparent sporadic and spectacular futility of militarist revolts, . The German sword-arm has undergone a marke! == ENING RO ae 5 SoU WORLD, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1920. | FROM EVENING WORLD READERS | Wiat rind of letter do you fn that vives you the worth of a thousa There és fine mental exercise a to say much in a few words. Take Wants No Bonus. To the Editor of The Evening World When this country declared war on | Germany, I felt that 1 owed it to my country to enlist immediately, 1 did} rok and was fortunate enough to be} actepted by the marines, While 1 was in the service, I was obliged to| end home every dollar 1 could spare addition to the allotment the iovernment sent each month) in| order to keep my folks from starving. | When I came back, with only a slight! scratch on my right leg from a piece of shrapnel, 1 tearned that my family a great mi cok any | but they had to go without necessities while 1 was they did so cheerfully, realized that in time of \ must make some sac The day after charge, 1 had to go right out, and look for a position, as I wasn't as fortunate as most fellows in getting iny old one back, Now after working and saving for the last eight months, d that Lam about as well off} financially as 1 was before the war and when 1 enlisted I did not hope for any better than this, Therefore, annot see any reason Why the Gov- neht should pay me a bonus, nor | any one outside of the men who were disabled ghould think that this! country owes them anything. I have yl Je lw | | the satisfaction of a duty welt done.) 1 love my country just a5 much now |us on the day [ enlisted, and L cer- tainly will not try to put it in debt ly asking payment for a service that delight in performing RED JOHNS! '\ "took such | New York, May | The € 1 Renas. To the Editor of Tre Evening World f An article recently published in The | evening World stated that President Eliot of Harvard University had in a | pecent speech denounced the proposed | Soldiers’ Bonus Bill” as “immoral, }and had pronounced it as being dla- [metrically opposed to “those high it 4 most readable? Isn't it the une and words in a couple of hundred? nd a lot of satisfaction in trying time to be brief. would rather shoot his dog than have him treated in one pf them, ail. of| which {s an Indecent slander in the opinion of this writer, I, too, have had two experiences as ® non-paying patient in the past three years at the New York and Fordham Hospitals. Two weeks at the former (operation), and five weeks at the latter (pneumonia), and had ample opportunity of noting the conduct of doctors and nurses and [ have nothing but the highest praise for them tn living up to the best traditions of thetr honored call- ing during the period of my always conscious observation. When tie} angel of deqth hovered near and it| seemed useless to continue the fight they fought on and conquered ‘and | would be an ingrate were I to allow | your correspondent's adverse criti-| cism to go unchallenged, Even the much abused orderly de-| serves a kind word. His is a most! unpleasant task and he is deserving | of greater consideration than {s shown to him. While the money) question controls our lives it is but natural that the ord: will appar- ently cater more to the, patient whose friends are generous, but L have in- bly found him ready to treat all without discrimination, Perhaps the experience of Mr. Reitch and his wire is true, but I'm} sure it is not typical. T am inclined | to think they were like a good many cases of people who think when they are in a hospital they have a perfect | right to be and disagreeable on | |the les jon. In hospitals As we here else like pro- y duces like and he who tries to be | pleasant will usually have reciproca- {on in kind H.C, Lexington Ave, May $5, toe Correcting Mr. Whiteb To the taittor of The Evening World: 1 would herewith like to dispute a few points in letter written by A. 8. Whitehouse. i principles with which we stared whe we entered upon this continent | His meaning is not very c those principles of which he speaks | have absolutely no bearing upon the | Bonus Bill.” If they have, [ should {request him to consult a copy, of the “History of the United Stat There he will find that George Washington not only offered but gave to his ragged, but victorious sol jn the form of land and money Taking it for granted that George Washington was a just man, and that the financial condition pf United | States at that time was precarious In comparison to its present prosperity, jit would seem that the worthy Presi- dent's statement was not unpreju- or a. diers | The writer volunteered at the age of nineteen, and served with the 165th Infantry (69th), through all its battles and campaigns during the recent war. H, SLADE. 2, 192 New York City, May u Up the Fait | tolent nav Mr, Rette | im ene Mint Hoantt: ‘The Bening World: a bonus | The ‘above caption has induced a Mr. Whitenouse is trying to 1 Raia oe Ps ; dt Jear in|the British Navy appear a bit too| at Spa, it will be only if the election shall justify | more than one respect. for my mind | glorious, Our President is quite cor- | rect in accusing the British vy for hot having had sufficient “audacity” In their operation», ‘As their lamenta- ble showing during. the Dardanelles |campaign cletrly shows, T wonder who told Mr. Whitehouse | that 40 per cent, of the U. 8, troops | were transported on British vessels. | Having personally” made | consec utive trips in an troop convoy, 1 believe T ar tion to ridicule tion American in posi- Whitehouse’s asser- As for claiming a victory for Eng- liand’s “formidable” uavy, 1 believe jany one with a sense of fair play }knows the neat trimming John Bull got during the Jutland batuef As \far as “getting around of Beatty” is \ooncerned, 1 have yet to meet a Englishman who refused to tell of his glorifying 1s! SAILOR, U. 8. N twelve | since 1917-1918; at that time it was litt New York, May 19, 1920. “Heeb To the Hditor of The Kvening A. my humble opinion you must reat delight io “nocking” the lk y Opinion.” | \ |Congressman or Senator who makes UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1020, by John Blake.) A MAN IS AS OLD AS HIS BRAIN. Levi P. Morton died recently, He was 96 years old. Up to the age of 89 he had with ease directed business affairs involving millions of dollars. His estate on the Hudson River was a model farm. Experiments made there taught farmers all over the country better methods of raising stock and growing crops. He ersonally superintended everything that was done there. This Vermont Yankee, born in 1824, was successful be fore he was twenty, and vastly more successful when he waa eighty—which is the lesson of his life. He was past fifty before he entered publie life and was elected Vice President of the United States. A man with many millions, he led an upright, useful, cheerful life—a life that was always of service to his fellow countrymen. Many men are a success at fifty. he man who is a success at eighty is the exception. “Usually at eighty the brain has ceased to function keenly, the eyes are dim, and the spirit is worn out. But a man need be no older than his brain, it well and wisely-—if he keeps it in a body that is well cared for—-the brain will do its best work on the other side of fifty, and should be as good as ever—or better—at seventy. Mr. Morton careful and methodical, never in a hurry, He seldom lost his temper. He built steadily and surely—and his conscience always permitted him to get a good night's sleep. | In his day the locomotive replaced the stage coach, the telegraph superseded the pony express, the oceans were bridged with great steamship lines, and three-quarters of the mechanical progress of the world was achieved. In the autumn of his life he was able to look back with a clear mind on three-quarters of a century of development ~-a development in which he has played a useful part. Mr, Morton at eighty was younger than many a busi ness man of fifty to-day. He early learned the secret of keeping young, which is to minister to the mind instead of to the appetites—to know that the intellect is to be consid- ered first, and the stomach afterward. ETc tattececacatete evar aeaeomera mama ma maa ROOT If he uses was He was bonus bill and ex-service men in gen- a strength we possessed. eral. 1 hope you derive the necessary | you weregfull of cheers and to-day amount of pieasure because | would! is nothing but jeers, What a ‘tte: not like to see you disappointed, jence a few years mean to a perso: ‘To make a long story short, am an) What hypocritical creatures the woe ex-gob, enlisted May 1, 1917. and re-| possesses. Don't stop tvriting mat leased March 4, 1919, serving over-| bonus articles in your “valued co seas, What a difference In your tone | urns because the boys will miss the daily » especial! N In 1917-19 "Go Get ‘Em!” and to shouting “Go to h——l! You sure! have changed the spo! nm your hide, | or was it only camouflage you had in| 1917-19187 You seem ay you are| cop yW NAV New York, May RESERVIST, , 1920 Almost Marooned, the | 1. she kalitor of The Evening Work to underestimate strength of (he ex-service men, but 1| _ Last bought a louse will try in my simple way to express | Springfi 1, and everythir my humble thoughts: Woe be to the| seemed rosy, but aft the winter was over 1 found that was nearly marooned on an island, am surrounded on three sides a football of the bonus bill, and fin- ally lays it at rest in some pigeon- hole, Do not for one minute forget | water with two feet of water in rside Drive. His - that there is a ec election, and it|cellar. Don't you think the fifth floor of the Municipal Butluins, will be the ex-service man’s oppor- | should fill this in or proper! Hix immediate (staff consists? ty to make a football of a Con-| the surrounding marsh as is, Charles F. Kerrigan, Beorsteee ty oo oman or Wanatets By 1 foal Roel, ea BA inepad purposes about! Department: Frank J. Pria) i live that we Will stand shoulder ro thur J. my: phoulder at this election as we CHAS, SCHOLER, [and Patrick A. Whitney) 1947-1018 and the world knows Deputy ef Boringteid, may is bas Sane ea kicking around, Please hington papers, 88—THE HAUNTED POOL: By George Sand. Germain'’s young wife died, leaving him with three little caildren to look after. He went with his motherless abies to live on the farm of his father-in-law, Maurice. Germain was still under thirty. He was good looking and clever. Maurice urged him to marry again. But the widower's heart was broken, No other woman seemed to him worth marrying, now that his adored wife was gone But Maurice kept nagging at him: arguing that his children needed a new mother and that Germain himself ought to have a wife to take care of him. And at last the widower con- sented to think it over. At once, | Maurice set about making a match between Germain and a widow named | Catherine Guerin, who bad money and who lived on a farm near Fourche, some miles away from Maurice's farm, Germain, urged on by Maurice, ;mounted his horse one day to ride jover to Fourehe and meet the widow. ‘Just as he was starting on his jour- |ney—carrying along his little son, Pierre for companionship—old Mma |Guilette, a neighbor, hailed him, | Mme. Guillette told Germain that her sixteen-year-old daughter, Marie, |was going to Fourche that day, where she had recently found work, end she asked Germain to escort the girl to her destination. Germain continued his journey with Marje and little Pigrre. Their path led through a wood, in whose centre |was a mysterfous pond known as "The Devil's Pool.” | ‘9 this forest they lost the way. And |they were forced at last to camp for |the night on:the rink of “The | Devil's Pool.” | During this lone and lonely night |Germain was attracted by Marie's gentleness toward his frightened little son and by her courage and sweet- ness. Hitherto he had thought of her as a mere child. gNow he saw she was clever and womanly and sweet, And his lonely heart felt a strange new warmth toward her. Truly, there must have been magic of some sort in “The Devil's Pool!” On they rede next morning, reach- a jing Fourche with no further mishap |Leaving Marie at her new place of employment, Germain continued his | journey to Catherine Guerin’s home | But bis mind was full of the girl from whom he had just parted. By * ‘comparison With Marie, he saw that the widow was insincere and a flirt She was in every way the opposite of Marie, And he was filled with dis- gust at the idea of marrying such a woman, Fate threw him again in contact with Marie, who fled to him for refuge from an insult offered her by her new employer. Germain thereupon solved bis own marriage problem by proposing’ to her. She hesitated for a time about accepting a man so much older than herself. But at last Germain won her ‘Ten-Minute Studies ° Of New York City Government. | By Willis Brooks Hawkins This is the second article of a | series defining {he duties of the | administrative and legislative officers and boards of the New York City Government. | THE COMPTROLLER. S head of the Department of A Finance, the Comptroller is the chief financial officer of the clly. He is.empowered to borrow money on the credit of the city, either in anticipation of its revenues to meet expenditures under appropria- tions or to sell ‘city bonds and stock authorized by the Sinking Fund Com- | mission, | He has three votes in the Board of | Estimate and Apportionment, is member of the Sinking Fund Com- mission, the Banking Commission, | the Board of City Record, the Board of Revision of Assessments and they_.— | Armory Board, He ts also ex-officio |a trustee of the American Museum lof Natural History, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the three Public * | Livraries. ‘The functions of the elght oureaus jof the Department of Finance will 18 be defined tn future articles of this it weries ‘a The Comptroller is elected by the ld | Voters of the city for a term of four i. | sears, the present term expiring Dec. =| 31, 1921. His salary 48 $16,000 a year, vir] tle may be removed by the Governo;, after a hearing, After receiving |charges the Governor may suspend |the Comptroller for a period not ex- |eeeding thirty days pending an in- | vestigation to be conducted by the | Attorney General, In case of a va. cancy the Mayor is required to ap in’ point some one to fill it until the end ng of the year following the next elee- er|tion, at which a successor shail’ bo T| elected, The present Comptroller is Charlies ‘ralg, &@ Demoet of No, 120 vig 2am eel a Nereis TTY