The evening world. Newspaper, June 4, 1920, Page 30

WN World. JOSEPH PULITZER. Publishing Yer the putblic’s reaction to the “check-book’ campaign” evelations. ' Wood and Lowden are in eclipse. have been punctured by publicity. The professional politicians, the bosses, who ex- pect to dictate the nomination, are casting around for a candidate who is not identified with the flow- | These politicians have no horror of the use of | _money in campaigns, but they have a lively horror of losing the election, Whatever their other merits, the big spenders are not wanted, because they are unavailable. athe bosses know the public will not vote for the candidate who tried to buy his way into the White House. The campaign “angel” is transformed igto a devil as soon as the white light of publicity plays on him. The public isn’t making much noise, but the bosses, who are keen judges of what the public is ‘thinking, know that the voters have been deciding : that they will not vote for slush-fund candidates. 4 R Publicity is a better corrective than law if the ~ theart of the body politic is sound. The Kenyon -_ pommittee findings do not reveal political arterio- sclerosis. ms te. |, THE PRESIDENT WAS RIGHT! ‘AN ASTONISHING bit of news is reported from Washington, Congress in the course of the session found one matter at least on which it could. agree with the President; | An unimportant bill went to the President and he ‘it. Congress not only accepted the veto but the President was right by repassing the as corrected. .) The bill as it came to the President seemed am- because of transposition of a phrase, and he out the error. ' Perhaps the explanation lies in the approach of adjournment day. If Congress had more time the ‘Fesult might have been different, ‘The’ eminent. Senator and scholar from Massa- might then have taken opportunity to show Their booms hy political health of the Nation is revealed by | , trial. ) Whatever the expense, New York is unwilling to be strangled in the grip of the Snow King another winter, June is the time to beat December's snow by pre- paring for anything that may come. ’ CAN WE CHANGE? 66Q TOW that American enterprise has proved ils ability to produce with unprecedented rapid- ity a huge merchant marine,” thé Bankers Trust Company of this city tries {o find an answer to the question, “why this form of enterprise was nearly defunct for so many years, why from the close of the Civil War to the World War—a period of half a century—our shipbuilding production was so low compared to our needs :” “There has never been a period in American life when enterprise was lacking. In the dec- ades when the’American shipbuilding indus- try languished, American enterprise was de- voting itself to other great achievements. constructive “The period immediately before and follow- ing the Civil War was one of intensive in- ‘Yernal improvements and enterprises. During the war, of course, shipbuilding was side- tracked. Later public interest turned almost exclusively to land and railways. “In 1880 the total American capital invested in ships engaged in the foreign carrying trade was only about $100,000,000 as compared with $4,762,000,000 invested in American railways, A part of this huge railway investtient was foreign capital, but the greater part was American. Railway mileage (measured by single track) had increased from 35,085 in 1866 to 93,267 in 1880, it was 167,191 miles, “There were, of course, other’ factors ac- counting for past undevelopment of the Amer- ican merchant marine. Cheap competition in Europe and unfavorable laws had their effect.” In another ten years More fundamental than any other factor, however, has been what must be frankly termed American clumsiness in going after foreign trade, If Americans have not, since the early years of the Republic, had the standing they ought to have as carriers on. the high seas and as powerful competi- tors for the great markets of both hemispheres, one reason is to be found not in their lack of enterprise but in their shyness and sawkwardness where it be, came ‘a question of adapting themselves to foreign methods and manners. That American traders have been the slowest to | THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1920. Plan for mechanical removal. It should be given a | a ‘The Chicago Convention FKOM | EVENING WORLD READERS "Broek ) What Ts Fame? | Hall of Fame . | Gives Answer’ — | Men and Women of National Prominence Are Repre- sented in the Hall of Fame at New York, University. WPNTY men and ten women a will be chosen this year for places in the Hall of Fame at New York University Carved in the marble of ihe cirew? lar promenade overlooking the Har- lem River are the names of the lead- ers of American thought throughout our history. ‘Phere are to date sixty~ five men and six women represented, their names having been placed on tablets since the organization of the institution In 1900, This Is to be an election year, as elections occur every five years, and compétition Is keen among the advocates of the various | candidates, ‘The final baflot will contain 111 hold= over nominations of men and twen‘s three hold-over nominations of women, The fing) ballot will be sent in June to the entire electorate of 102 men and women who represent every section of |the country, and this electorate will have until Oct. 1 to make its decision. “2 ‘The men will be chosen from the |ranks of authors, educators, preachers and theologians, scientists, enginters and architects, physicians and sur- | geons, inventors, missionaries, explor- Jers, soldiers and sailors, lawyer | judges, statesmren, business men, musicians, painters and sculptors. Women members are not elected in {competition with men, They ace elected to the Hall of Fame for Ww omen, which was established in 1995, ‘To date, the following women have Been nom- Jinated for installment in the Hall of | ane for Women and will be voted on at this election: I. Authors— ail Adama, Lout 8 * May Alcott, All ry, Phoebe Cary, Sarah Margaret Fuller, Helon Hunt; Jackson, Lydia H. Sigourney, Con- stance Fenimore Woolson. Il. Educators and Missionaries— Sarah Boardman Judson, Alice Pree. man Paliner, M. J. F Z IV. Home or Social Workors--Lucy* Stone Blackwell ‘amela Cun- ningham, Dorothea Dix, Mary ¢ Hutchinson, Dorothy “Pay Madison, Lucretia; Mott, .Martha Washington, Mary Washington, | Susan B. Anthony, Jenny June Craly, Elizabeth Cady) Stanton, i } XIV, Musicians, Painters, Sculptors, | ete.—Harriet Hosmer, Fanny Daven- port. XV. All Others—Sarah Bache, Pocae! | mantas Rolfe, | World °s Largest i Battleship _ | For the | UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake learn foreign languages and Study the business and banking habits of their foreign customers is no- the President was wrong again, even though it ‘Proved necessary to revise the rules of English gram- U.S. A, What ktad of letter do you jind most readable? Ien’t it the one that gives pou the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? ILLIAM M. WOOD, it appears from the plea set forth by his counsel, Charles E, Hughes, does not care to go into court and prove the fairness of the profits which the Federal profiteer-hunters charge him with collecting. ‘ Mr. Hughes contends that the Lever law does not apply to the American Woolen Company and Mr. Wood because cloth is not wearing apparel within the meaning of the law. On. this specious technicality Mr. Wood hopes to evade trial and probable punishment for the out- fageous gouging which the public has endited. _ It is hardly probable that the court will accept so Palpable an evasion of the manifest intent of the law. _ An almost precise analogy would have arisen had the potato profiteers who were fined Wednesday offered the plea that potatoes are not foodstuff be- - fause it is customary to clean, pare and cook the vegetables before they are eaten. The Lever law was extended to include clothing with the express intention of protecting the public such extortion as,the American Woolen y has practised. Government agents claim ‘that the concern sold cloth for suits at profits which iin many instances exceeded 100 per cent. * Only legalistic sophistry could draw the line as Mr. Hughes seeks to have it drawn. If Mr. Wood is proved guilty he ought to go to jail, both as a pun- ishment and as a warning. GET READY FOR SNOW, TIMELY bit of news yesterday was the an- nouncement of plans for snow removal next winter. . We say “timely” in all seriousness. The uncom- fortable heat of the day did not interfere with the ‘seasonableness of the suggestion. _ Now is the time to be preparing for the snow of ‘next winter. It is true that the plans announced dealt only ‘with approval of contracts which would be effective > im case the municipal snow removal apparatus is not ready. But any measures of preparation are preferable ‘to the complete lack of planning which was evident st winter. _. What New York wants is a comprehensive plan besa ich will utilize mechanical means in getting the clear and keeping them clear. The Mayor’s a m Eng has reported a $4,500,000 8 hea Wk of establishing solid and lasting connections with foreign buyers on the latters’ own soil, Nor have they always had the patience to clinch their markets by taking scrupulous care that goods should be invariably up to samples, Before the war Germans were fifty years ahead of Americans in practical grasp of the newer methods by which a nation builds up its foreign commerce and its ocean-carrying trade. This backwardness on the part of a people other- wise so enterprising was not lessened by a tradition of political aloofness which made foreign contacts seem the worst of dangers. On the political side, even a world war has not freed us from the habit of applying that tradition with a. strictness that makes no allowance’ for a century and a quarter of progress. How is it to be on the commercial side? Despite the expansion of our merchant marine under the stimulus of war needs, are we to cling to the old diffidence and dullness in the matter of mak- ing ourselves understood ang welcomed in the wide: markets of the world? Other nations no longer at war will swiftly be- come formidable competitors. ; Opportunity was never greater, but it cannot be grasped by a fumbling hand. ' We want the carrying trade. goods for outbound cargoes, Can we broaden our views and modernize our trade methods? We want our own CREDIT IS DUE. HE EVENING WORLD was severely critical of the service rendered by the New York Telephone Company during the winter months. There was ample reason for criticism. But it is only fair to give credit for the decided improvement which is now evident both in accuracy and speed of service and in the elimination of some of the most disagreeably discordant noises in instru- ments, Telephone equipment is not yet adequate to New York’s demand, but the worst of the slump in service seems to have passed. Credit should be given where credit is due, Why Clerks Are Unorganized. To tho Kaltor of ‘The Evening World: I protest against Ralph Reid's In- di iment of male office workers as being cynical, hyprocriticai, conceited and squealers. From personal obser- vation cbvering many years, my opin- ion i# that the average clerk is any- | off each week without any loss of eal- ary, but the musician, even if willing | | to pay a substitute (and the union | | rules force him to pay pro rata), !8/ | threatened with joss of his position unless he is so ill he cannot possibly work, I trust that thie will cause the| people who attend to spend their hol!- different peoples, with different ideas and different beliefs. The ideas and beliéfs of most of them will not be yours. But you cannot change them. Among these peoples you must make your way, With swift ships crossing the seas, with cities composed of men of many races, you are bound to be thrown into contact wil!) all sorts and conditions of people. thing but what Mr. Rela i joan | days in the open instead of crowding With many of them you must transact your daily busi- him to be. He is invariably 100 per cent American, which cannot be sa.d of many of the organized workers. If, as stated, efforts to organize clerical workers are doomed in ad- vance, it is not because they lack ewprit de corps, not because they gte lacking in any of the qualities pos- sessed by the organized worker; the records of our army prove otherwise, The reason they cannot be organized is because employers can readily fill their (the clerks) places with girls, and boys fresh from high sohool, the latter of whom foolishly accept such positions without giving much thought to their future or they would realize that a clerical position ts all wo often a cul de sac, $0 far as pro- motion or any future increase in sulary is concerned, No other group of workers receives such & flood of new recruits as does the clerical group. That is the reason they are unorganized, and will in alt probability remain 80, and, a6 a re- sult, underpaid. Returning from France with a damaged foot, the writer of this letter found the office he worked in pre- vious to the war staffed with girls, and after vainly trying to secure a clerical position paying sufficient to support one in comfort, was com- pelled to accept a laborers’ job in erder to make a living wage. EX-CLERK. Arlington, N. J. June 1, 1920, ‘The editorial in last Friday's Even- ing World, “Plan Your Holiday,” im- pels me to make a plea in behalf of a class of workers to whom no one apparently gives a thought on holl- days and Sundays. My husband is an organist in one of the so-called “continuous” houses, h are open from 1 o'clock to 11 every day in the year, Sundays and holidays are celebrated by extra work, the feature picture being repeated five times instead of four, and each act giving four performances instead of three. Can you imagine the monotony of the life? Seven days a week and fifty-two weeks a year being closed in u theatre from 1 to 1l—the only rest period being while the acts are on and possibly at night during the thirty minutes allowed for a two-reel | comedy. | Gannot The Byening World, which | has accomplished so much for differ- | ent classes of people, use its influence to secure for the musiclans who work in this class of theatre one day off a week, not necessarily Sunday. SI Bands and operstore are given a day |the theatres and thus encoyraging | managers, and also that some of the |civic or social betterment societies will agitate a movement to give us an | occasional opportunity to get a day | free. How about it, musicians? Let us hear from you. THE WIFE OF A MUSICIAN. May 30, 1920. “Work or Jajl.” To the Extitor of Tho. Brening World: Recently I have read some foolish- fess in your columns concerning the “Work or Jail" logun. There is a | great scarcity of labor on the farm. According to your paper, 90 per cent. of farm employees are young boys of seventeen and old men over sixty. Why? Simply because the pay is so low and the hours so long that I'd call the average man a fool to work on the farm when there are splendid op- portunities elsewhere. This also ap- plies to other occupations. G, B. 8. The Only Solution, To the Eaitor of The Prening World: During the stirring months of the great cataclysm that has just passed away the question was repeatedly asked, “How can we get peace?” The direct and straightforward answer then given by all patriots of the com- mon cause was, “Conquer Germany!” We have already conquered Germany and have peace, but the great inevit- able question looming up before us and which must be answered, is “How can we keep pegce?” The only answer, the only solution to this great problem, is a League of Na- tions, Think how this war has called ferth the ingenuity of scientists for the sdle purpose of destroying human life, Are we then at fault in asserting with confidence that by the next war dig we must have other wars) science will have advanced so far that it will bring about the destruction of the haman race? Therefore the only means of preventing the collapse, the virtual sulcide of all humanity, is a League of Nations, The task of its formation is vast, complicated, delicate, but highly requisite, and its execution is of the rreatest consequence. In my judgment the only way to put # final end to war is by uniting all the leading nations of the earth as a Peace-Preverving League. We do not want to have any more word catastrophes. We have accomplished our stern task of punishing criminal nations and should make !t impossible for any nation to again disturb the peace of the ‘vonid. ness. With many others you Wall yourself away from all of these people whose beliefs or habits you do not going to be very lonesome. Accept them as they are, get along with them without questioning why they think this or that, and your progress will be much easier. Prejudice has been the cause of many wars in the past. It is likely to be the cause of wars in the future. But what concerns you most is that it is the cause of much tribulation and many failures in the present. Accept people as they are. what He made is doubtless acceptable in His sight. Get along with them. Get acquainted with them, Many of your prejudices will fade help. of men. Approach them with an the same world with them, as you have. most men are alike, eating the same food, wearing the same clothes, thinking the same thoughts that you do. You may not approve of them—but that you cannot Pliny the Elder said that no book was so bad but that one could learn something from it. open mind—take into consid- eration the conditions that made them what they are, and you will be happier and more They have as much right here Many of them may be of more use in the world. Elim- inate prejudice and your path to success will be clear of one of the greatést obstacles that block it. must associate. happen to like, and you are God made them—and when you find that at heart The same is true contented, You are living in thinkable means of preventing an- other war. Hate you forgotten the tempestuous days that we have en- dured and overcome, the days when the very foundations of democracy were threatened with utter destruc- tion, when the very deepest feelings of ‘mankind have been outraged Look at the havoc that this war has wrought. Innocent, peace-loving Belgium has been raped. Priceless works of architecture that have taken centuries {n building have been ruth- lessly shattered. Look at the most magnificent cathedrals the world has ever built demolished by enemy shells. Look at Northern France lying deso- lated. Serbia, Poland, Roumanta, are nothing more than shambles, Russia has been ‘betrayed, seduced, and her prestige and honor among the nations have been practically destroyed. “This and much more is the inevita- ble result that has come to the world, which has not been federated and consequently has no means of ad- justing international disagreements. Are we to permit wars to occur generation after ‘generation, con- suming all the art,-all the fruit of A League of Nations is the only a labor and industry and, most precious al 5 of all, the young men, the flower of the human race, without once and for all giving @ final blow to it? I ask you, can world federation be reason- ably opposed? Not a sane person !n this entire United States, and I may say on this earth, but knows it means the safety of mankind. The democracies of the world have not fought for four long sanguinary years for the sole purpose of putting the German military organization out of business. They have fought and sacriffeed all that they cherished and held dear to put war out: of busi- ness; and if the triumph of the Al- lied forces will not accomplish more than just putting the German mili- tary machine out of business, then the great war that has just passed, the supreme sacrifice, the mammoth deluge of human blood, will have de- feated its very own purposes. ‘A League of Nations is not merely a dream which the pacifists have had for so long a time. It is a mil- itary necessity for the maintenance of world peace, human happiness and contentment, » .NATHAN LEVIND, New York, June 2 1920, | HE keel of the world’s biggest , jar by legislative enactment. * | torious, There 4s fine mental exercise and @ lot of satisfaction in trying | Bee getenedemtere meet ve ie ee a a gi : ‘They have rarely. troubled 66° And is bes to suy much in a few words. Take time to be brief. | UNLOAD YOUR PREJUDICE. | Quincy, Mass, within six’ 4, be ubled to find the best means —— Tlie world in whicu you find yourself is composed of $|months. The battle cruiser Lexing-) | ton, combining in a degree unequalled | by any ship of war now built or build- jing the qualities of powerful armaq |} ment and high speed, has taken form® lin drawings and awaits the arrival of, | materials to be advanced from the hands of the architect to those of the builder, By fall, it Is estimated, the | prospective queen | States Navy will become a ship under |construction instead of an ambitious | plan. |Pthe Lexington is the name-ship of of the United) Ja class of battle cruisers which wilf |give Uncle Sam within four years. |feet of six big gun fighting ships uns | matched by anything then afloat. Her sister ships, tite Constellation, Sara- toga, Ranger, Constitution and United States,’ are also ander cott~ tract. ‘They bring names out of tha old navy with which to develop for |the first new capital ves of tha, | post-war fleet a’ traditional back~ | ground for fresh exploits. |" With the others of its class. the \Lexingtom will be a whale of a ship. It will displace 43,200 tons and wiit. |have the power of 180,000 horses, as ‘meastred {n mechanical terms. length of 874 feet is within fort feet of the length of the Leviathan, monster passenger lMner. The 1014 feet of width of the Lexington will {make that floating gun platform broader than any passenger ship. The Lexington, which in to be © ed with electric drive, ate eg speed of thirty-five knots. This cruiser speed, higher than that of |many destroyers, is the object of |much of the designing that entered Jinto the creation of the Lexington class. Armor will be sacrificed to make possible the thirty-five knot |gpecd—the main belt betng only five inches thick at its maximum as com- | pared with the twelve-inch steel helt lon most battleships, but armament will be of tremendous power. The Lexington thus will have not only the strategic advantage of high speed hut will be able to fire a heavier charre lover a greater distance than any jother battleship for which the plana jare known. ‘The Lexington in action will speak jwith a voice of sixteen-Inch guns, of which she will have eight. The na- vies of Great Britain, France and Italy contain no gun’ greater than fifteen Inghes, and that of Japan in- cludes sixteen-inch guns only on bat= Ueships of twenty-four knot speed which are now under construction, Uniike the dreadnought olass's reli- ance on big guns exclusively, the Lexington will carry sixteen six-inch guns as a secondary armament, ‘Taking a page from the naval les- sons of the war, the designers of the Lexington have equipped the ship with four anti-aircraft guns, eight torpedo |tubes, four of which are sub- merged. and four on deck, and with |means of defense against aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes, Defense against submarine torpedoes will be obtained through f4re and aft toroedo defense bulkheads, by which the sta. bility of the vessel will be preserved no matter where she is plereed. Under any conditions but an explosion, | ts claimed, the Lexington class of war- ehip Prove unein! le,