The evening world. Newspaper, June 12, 1920, Page 10

BSTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Daily Bx Sunda: athe Preas Publishing if “th to Park Rew, New York. A.F,L. RIGHTS FOR THE NEGRO. EGISION of the American Federation of Labor to admit the negro to full participation in union affairs was one of the constructive accom- plishments of the Montreal convention. By this action the A. F. of L. achieves four dis _—_» tinct ends: ©) t does justice to the negro. i It removes some of the danger of the injection of the race question into industrial issues. It removes a fertile field for the recruiting of strikebreakers. It knocks out one of the strongest props of the competing 1. W. W. organization, _ Discrimination against the negro paved the way “for the I, W. W. organizer to preyJon both the ignorance and the racial sympathy of the negro. Discrimination against the negro did not remove him from the industrial field, in which he has been playing an increasingly important part in recent ES Ba In the South the action of the federation may ‘Cause some unwelcome complications, For the fed- eration as a whole, the result is certain to be favor- : Ghiefly because it is right and just. 1 t t t aioe “DISCREDITED AND FRIENDLESS.” The Republican Party, pleading for votes on ground that “our Government stands discred- ited and friendless among the nations of the world,” reminds one of the prisoner who, con- iced of murdering his parents, pleaded for mercy on the ground that he was a poor orphan. “CLOTH NOT CLOTHING? JULIAN W. MACK’S detision which quashes the Government's profiteering case _.. Company will be a keen disappointment to many. iia » Judge Mack accepted the line of reasoning ad- ~ “vanced by Charles E. Hughes, and rules that cloth ‘Ts not wearing apparel within the meaning of the Lever law. ! Commenting on the pleading, The Evening Workt said: “Only legalistic sophistry could draw, the line as Mr. Hughes seeks to have it drawn.” « Sophistry seems to have won, ‘ Ss By all’ means let the Government take its case to the Supreme Court on a writ of error, A “rule of reason” in the superior tribunal would overturn the finding of the lower court. ; ~~ Common sense tells us that. untailored cloth is clothing if an unpared potato is food. i “The Government's loss of the first round of ils case is an excellent example of the evil of procras- _tination which has prevailed in Attorney General Palmer's office. . . Had the Attorney General exercised due diligence in prosecuting the profiteering woolen company, this possible loophole in the law would have been exposed In time and Congress could have remedied » the defect which Judge Mack finds, aye GETTING THE LEGION IN WRONG. OLACIES of the American Legion have been well-nigh: incomprehensible, "Those who have directed the policy have errdd _ consistently, and it has been only as the member- ship corrected its leaders that the Legion has made progress, 4 + The American Legion, as a veteran's organiza- ~ tion which hopes to enlist all the veterans, should take no part in industrial disputes except as the m ~=—S—Ss membership assembled in convention may lay down broad policies, ‘ And yet it is reported that overseas veterans to mittee “were recruited with the aid of the Ameri- can Legion through their employment offices.” It is unnecessary to discuss the merits of the truckmen’s case to make sure that organized labor will resent such activities, even though “the Ameri- can Legion is not taking any part officially in the strike.” . The action is certain to be reported to the Montreal convention of the A. F. of L. and will be magnified wut of all proportion to its importance, No need for such friction exists. The American Legion as an organization should keep out of mat- ters which do not concern it and in which veterans do not have common interests, ‘Judging by the, past, we may expect that head- _ Quarters will soon disavow this employment policy, - but the damage to the Legion will have been done. ’ ‘OUR NORTHERN PLAY BELT IEFORE God prepared to rest after His six days of labor He Viewed the results and decided they were good. } Itis only fair to assume that one tract He had Specially in mind was the northern boundary of the United States. _ An truth, it is very good. ‘There Bounty more productive a : ’ drive the trucks of the Citizens’ Transportation Com- \ Pea the vacation belt slong the Canadian boundary is a reliable producer of health, strerigth, recreation’ and enjoyment for thousands who flee from summer discomfort, s Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York abound in woods, hills, lakes and streams accessible to the great population of the closely settled East. Michigan and Wisconsin lure the dwellers of the central valleys. Minnesota boasts ten thousand lakes, Further west the high hills rear their heads in eter- nal invitation, and an appreciative Nation has set aside vast playgrounds for the benefit of its chil- dren’s children: : From Portland, Me., to Portland, Ore., the vaca- tion belt extends, Mother Nature is the patron saint of the region, and a liberal patron she is. INSULT TO INTELLIGENCE. HE very first sentence of the Republican plat- form plank on the League of Nations is a monumental and shameless lie, The plank begins: “The foreign policy of the, Adininistration has been founded upon no principle and Givenmed by no definite conception , of our Nation's rights and obligations.” This is the direct opposite of the truth. The plain and positive nature of the principle maintained by the President in his foreign policy and the uncompromising definiteness of his concep- tion of the Nation’s obligations are exactly what have drivea the Republican Party almost to the des- perate extreme of denying that the United States» has any international obligations at all. If President Wilson had not had a conspicuously definite foreign policy that must be discredited at all costs, we should not have seen the Republican Party at Chicago purchasing unity even at the price of propitiating rabid treaty-wreckers like Johnson and Borah, . : The League of Nations plank is so deliberately and monstrously false that it insults American intelligence. Similar contempt for average brain power among the country’s voters is found in the following from the Republican plank on taxation: “Sound poltey equally demands the’ early accomplishment of that real reduction of the tax burden which may be achieved by substi- tuting simple for complex tax laws and pro- cedure, prompt and certain determiration of the tax liability for delay and uncertainty, tax laws which do not for tax laws which do excessively mulct the consumer or needlessly repress enterprise and thrift.” Do the Republican pfatform-makers rely on pul: lic blindness to the fact that a Republican Congréss has month after month withheld the benefits of such tax revision—despite repeated recommeida- tions and urgings on this specific point in Presiden- tial messages? : A Republican majority in Congress puts off in cold blood imperatively needed legislation in order that the Republican Party may start its Presiden- tial campaign by laying the blame Gn the Adminis- tration. And nobody is to notice it! If Republican leaders judge the country too stupid to realize which party is responsible for holding up reconstruction no less than peace, they are perilously out in their reckoning, Such appraisal of popular intelligence will no more bring Republican victory than will colossal perversion of the truth regarding the President's foreign policy. Fools are still a minority in both parties. Shortest Speech of Convention Made Woman,—Headline. One by one traditions go to smash by , THE WAGES OF SIN. (From the Hartford Courant.) Some seekers after originality recently said that the wages of sin were the only ones which have not been raised in the past five years, but to this the rejoinder might be made that they are paid in the only currency which has not depreciated in va!ie withiy the period named. We find proof of the latter assertion by reading the report of any term of a criminal court of which every day is a pay-day for a group of unfortunates who are rewarded for what they have . done, Just as it has always been—for the devil is naturally a conservative and lacking in origin- ality—the payroll includes other names than those of the sinners and the wage. of those innocent ones is the most grievous feature of the pay-day in this world, The sinners may, and frequently do, earn their wages, but the distribution to their rela- tives is a thing which we cannot ignore and which we may well desire to forget. There is a wholesome story of an old English divine who said, as he saw a condemned man taken to the gallow “But for the grace of God there go I." His comment is one which must occur to many as they read of the sentence passed upon some person whose offense has attracted popular atten- tion for almost any period from a week to a year, ‘because each one of us must reflect now and then that some of the goodness upon which he prides himself may have been due to a lack of opportunity to do evil, But those who do evil seem as sure as in the time of Cain to meet the paymaster, and if he has 4 the wage scale it is because it is already ” 7 ‘ 4 ft \ j THE EVENING WORLD, SATUKDAY, JUNE 1 FROM EVENING WORLD READERS Sadat p aaa pec, 2, 1920. By J. H. Cassel SH ————_—. POLITICS ANYTHING Ta — z/ | | to say much in a few words. Take “The Tyranny Sta To the Editor of The Brening World: You certainly deserve a lot of credit for your editorial in to-night's | issue on prohibition, headed, “The Tyranny Stands,” and also for your persistent_and consistent opposition right along to this senseless and un- American so-called “dry law.” Dry law? Yes, for the poor only. In the face pf legislation so decid- edly and absolutely: discriminatory, how can we have Nation-wide con- tentment? What were our legisla- tors thinking of when they enacted it? Surely not of the people, nor of the country’s welfare. {it all seems such a flagrant betrayal of the peo- ple’s rights as to give hope of speedy repeal, and the speedier the better, for it is making criminals of thou- sands of our population, and corrupt- ing many. If the habit of disrespect- ing and disregarding law ta contin- ued, it cannot help but bring disaster to our country, for the habit is bound to grow and spread. Oh, for a return to that rugged Americanism we used to love so much to nead about in ovr schoo! his- tories. en. will the awakening come? The awakening would be bur- ried if only other newspapers had the courage you have of expressing your conviction, and the foresight you display in pointing out the dan- ger that lurks in this iniquitous pro- hibiton law, It should be repealed as quickly as possible for the good of the country, all the fanatics in the country to the contrary. notwith- standing. H. B, G. New York, June Victory Buttons. To the Baitor of The Frening World Ihave been a reader of your wonderful paper for the past twenty five years and in that time have not migeed reading it daily, Your column devoted to letter: from World readers has intereste: me from the day it was inaugurated Of late I have been interested in something which I would like to know if any of my fellow readers have observes. In public’ places, especially the “L" trains and subway cars, one ie attractet! by the various little but- tone and pins in the lapel of the men’s coats, Bankers, laborers and even the guards and conductors on duty wear some little insignia that denotes membership ia some fra- ternal or church order or union, The one, however, that I admire the most {# the little "Victory But- ton" given to each man who served in the late war, The wearers glance at each other's button and there seems to pass some mutual sign of recognition, some sign too deep for many of us Who Were too old or unfit to serve, to understand, When two men wearing the silver Dutton or wound insignia glance at each other you ean see a far away lcok in their eyes that brings some vivid recollection of suffering and blood spilied for their country in those days not so Jong ago. The bronze wearers glance at the silver, and one can read rempect in their » What lvind of letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand wor's in a couple of hundred? | There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying ime to be brief. | faces, oftimes I have noticed them| make room for these brothers of| theirs who spent time in hospitals. Other times I have watched them glance at each other and though| perfect strangers a minute before they are soon imbued in conversa-| tion, Be they ex-soldier, sailor or marine it makes no difference, they know each other, They belong to an| order of honor and memories, honor for serving their country and memo- ries of hardships, and comradeships that many of us do not quite under- stand. I have wondered if any of our readers hav» thus observed thie order of the silver and bronze star and | laurel wreath that has sprung up among us so suddenly. If any of| them have, I am sure they will agree with me when I say it is interesting to watch these brothers when they meet in our daily life.’ More power to the “Victory But- ton” and its noble wearers, A GOLD STAR FATHER, New York, June 10, 1920, We Said “Improved Service.” To the Editor of The Erening World: We noticed your editorial of June 4th, in which you state that the New York Telephone Co, should be given credit for its wonderful service that it is now rendering, We cannot help but take exception to your editorial because we have been waiting since March 16 for a telephone and we believe that there are thousands of other firms and in- dividuals in the same boat that we are in, All this could be eliminated by changing the policy of the Tele- phone Company which they have at present. ‘The following is the sug- gestion: Cut down the users of trunk lines in lange corporations, individuals firms, &c., to one or two phones giving the excess wires to the firms that haven't a telephone, like our- selves, until the service Is back on its feet, then they can increase the wire service of these large firms and in the meantime small firms like our- selves are suffering for want of busi- ness in not being in a position to get in touch with the outer world which the telephone company is able to render, The writer earnestly trusts that through your mediums the Telephone Company will change its policy and give us and others a chance to live and that is to give us a phone at once. GOULD APPLIANCE COg INC, 7 West 42nd Sureet, June 8, Why They ‘To the Editor of The Evening On June 1 you reprinted an arti “Return of War Brides,” saying that one-fourth of the French girls who married Americans have grown homesick and e already returned, One-fourth ia @ very conservative estimate. One-half would be better. UNCOMMON SENSE ‘By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) MORE YOU LEARN THE MORE YOU'LL WANT TO LEAR “My appetite,” said a learned Frenchman, “comes with eating.” He meant that his appetite for knowledge came with study. A taste for study must be acquired. . That is ap- parent to any one who has ever observed a small boy going to school and the same small boy coming away from school. Learning begets an appetite for learning. The man who reads most assiduously and most profitably is the man who has read a great deal. * One good book inspires the desire to read others, One science or one language mastered makes a man eager to know something of other sciences, to learn other languages. ‘ To the man whose mind has never been trained study comes hard, The mind that has not been taught to Jearn does not kiow how to storé up knowledge. Three-quarters of the value of the average education lies in the fact that it teaches a man how to learn. His memory may soon lose hold of a set of facts, but if he has learned how to find facts when he needs them he can always be an educated man. UJ Read one of Shakespeare's play and you will read all the rest of them. Read Herbert Spencer's little yolume on education and you will sooh be asking the librarian for other books by ‘Spencer, A single volume by an obscure writer has led many men to turn to other writers, and in this way at last to obtain a sound education. In a world that is full of trained men, progress is not ¢ THE slowly and carefully, " as easy as it once was. Only the man who has availed him- self of his opportunities to learn can hope to succeed. Few are born with a taste for information, but any one can ac quire it. And though it may come hard at first, {% will soon be- come a pleasure, Begin, with anything that is good. Seck to learn one thing well, and you will discover that to know that one thing really well you must know many things besides. Your appetite Yor learning will grow with the books on which you feed, and will soon be so great that your mind will grow automatically, nner ee et nD I'm to do, pure, double-barreled, unadulterated lar, AMES P, REYNOLDS, Yorkville, June 8 draft rie to fight their cheerfully satisfied and ¢ so. I and my entire family kick in and buy their bonds, &c, What do I urn? I find om coming home taken away practigally the my sident, |To ‘The Editor of Evening World 1 would like to know through your they h only thing I ever had, my Club, saloon. It is againet fee to take a {People's Column what, in the name snifter or two in the morning to start of Blue Bis 3, can inspire such a my day's work, which I have been|Mincompoopish eggshaped motive as my ustomed to all my life. It is also|to create a bill to reduce the present against the law for me at noon with | inadequate salary of the sident, my lunch or at night after my day's|‘The fact that the present salary is work to get a real glass of beer, fixed by law, and everybody ‘else seems satisfied, ought to be sufficient except that it may pe some great ided to put @ dollar-a-year man upon the can _ 8 If any person has the slightest doubt as to what Prohibttion is do- ing to the country, let then convince | Doubleday, Page & Co. | of English hearts. But are they going home alone, leay- ing their husbands? Nay, nay. The h usbands are going too: These States are uever going to hold them. They Ives. Let them endeavor to| throne, I no other reason, book passiao ‘fo any country eecond| Should: our Presidents live from or third class. If they can be accom-| henceforth on “Laughing Gas” or “Pure Unadulterated Love?” ted, if they can get out in less modated, ey can READER. Brooklyn, June § 1030. than four to six months from the time they make application, I am @ ter “TURNING THE PAGE By Otis Peabody Swilt Kipling and Frank Stockton--~ Kipling, like the rest of us, has pus sled over the riddle of “The Lady oF the Tiger,” Frank Stockton’s teasing « unfinished story. Once the two writers met at.a London club, and Stockton announced that - was Janning a trip to India shortly. Paine!” said Kipling, ‘and the first | thing that I am going to do will be to lure you into taking a trip in the jungle with me, Then I shall have you selzed and bound by our trusty wallahs, Then we'll lay you on your back, and have one of our largest eles phants come and pdise his ample forefoot right over your fo And I'll say in my most insinuating toneg, “Come, now, Frank, which was ii, ‘The Lady or the Tiger?—9] what would you do then?” A “Oh, that's easy,” said Stockton. “2 should tell you a lie.” eee The Story of Labor- “Organized Labor in American His« tory,” by Frank Tracy Carlton, is ait Appleton book which fills a real need, for a short history of American tae bor. eee Across the Seps--+ “England to America” is the tite pf a charming short story by Mare garet Prescott Montague that hat been published in a thin volume by It is the story of how a young Southern officet came to know and understand as English family where he passed hit short leave in “blighty” and is # strong tribute to the dogged courag® eee “Wooden Ships: Iron Men”. “To be sure, not all the scene aboard the Lawrence, even under those stern conditions, were of s¢ serious a kind,” says an article tp Boys’ Life by George B. Bryan on “Alexander Perry, Real Seascout,” de- scribing the experiences of thit twelve-year-old boy at the Battle Lake Erie. “Whe Commodore hal pet dog which, when the firing had commenced, had scurried below and Hid in a closet where was stored the crockery belonging to the officers’ mess. A cannonball came burtlins through the vessel's side, smashed {2 the closet door and broke most of the crockery to bits, The -dog, though unharmed, seemed to feel that no spot was gafe from intrusion and set up a protest of howls and barks. Stored on deck, as we have noted. were the sailors’ hammocks, Thess had been stuffed, for went of some: thing better, with the downy materia gathered from:cat-tail tops. Ere lons the hammocks were shot to piecer. and the cat-tail down floated in the air like fakes of a miniature snow- storm. A mass ofsit adhered tu Lieut. Yarnall's bloody head and face, and, as if thie were not enough, the Lieutenant's nose was bruised by «+ splinter and swelled to vast propor. tions. When Yarnall presented him self in the cockpit for further atten- tion he looked, Dr. Parsons said, to: fj all tbe world like a huge owl; ani even in those surroundings wounde §4 men set up a laugh at his bizarre ap- pearance and called out that the devil had come for them.” Caer A Book of Poems--- Tertius VanDyke, son of Poe VanDyke, and well known fi Nev 9] York, particularly for his fine wor’: PY at the Spring Street Neighborhoo | #4 house, has just published a volum >, of “Songs of Secking anc Finding," through Seribners, et es poems, Memoirs- The Grolier Club has announcet the publication this year of Mi Irving’s Notes and Journal of Traves in Europe, 1804-1805, under the edi torship of Prof. William P. Trent o( Columbia ‘University, ‘The work will be issved in thre volumes (16mo), after the manner c* the first collected edition of the Tour of Dr. Syntux, published by Rudolp. Ackerman in 1823, and the title-pag. and illustrations will be in the forn of aquatints, done by the engraver Rudolph Ruzicka. The edition will be limited to 260 copies and the printing will be done by The Merrymouni Press of Boston, . Irvin . A Japanese Print. shine the hills, the rice fields und ‘Two cranes are circling, sleeby anu slow A blue canal the Jake's blue bound Breaks at tho ‘butmboo ridge; anit Touched with nd glow, I see you turn, Against the plum t 1 loved you onc fen Clear the sundown's spiri h flirted fan, «'s bloomy si in old Japan, For Rainy Day Reading--- Among votumes of pleasant Nght tle tion recently published there ar ny that we can recommend for yon a summer day by Cynthta Lom- bardi, is a charming, well told and in- teresting story of Italy of to-day. “Ma Duel,” by Anthony Pryde, is a forcefit and dramativ novel of London in war time, “The Marbeck Inn,” by Harold Brighous is @ good example of a rather dra type of book that many enjoy, It iit the story of the growth and develop- ment of a street Arab to a prosperous middle class Englishman, uninspired, but well told For more colorful fiction there is a new romance by @. N. and A..M. Williamson, “Phe Second Latchkey,” © The publisher states that there is *nover @ let-up in the action of this { P Nor is there less excit Harold MoGrath'a latest, "tin ain With Three Name ing, which is “Phe Fortieth Door," by ings Bradiey, a cleverly to harem Life in old Egypt,