The evening world. Newspaper, July 14, 1920, Page 22

me fi ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. 5 Treamy GOsRPH PULITZER: Jr., Secreta MEMESE OF THE ASSOCIATED FaEss. AN OBVIOUS LIE. EBNATOR HARDING'S “obvious implication” {s an obvious lie, No milder term will describe the response of the Republican nominee to the League of Nations state- ment by the Democratic standard: bearers, “The lie is embodied in these words: “Should the Democrats win, the League would be ratified and America would become at once a party to the twenty-odd wars now going on in the world, “European leaders have repeatedly explained that it is dmpossible to function effectively so long as the United States has not ratified. The a obvious implication is that when the United : i Gtates ratifies, the League will proceed to settle up these matters, to enforce its authority in the confiict between Poland and Russia, to sottle the Adriatic troubles, compel peace between Turkey and Greece, assume responsibility for pacification of the whole Near Hast and Middle Bast. — } “All this cannot be done unless the League y employs force. America would have to con- tribute its army and navy.” The obvious lie is in the words, “America would have to contribute its army and navy.” ‘America would not “have to” do anything except 4 as the American representative in the Council of the League advised and agreed—to say nothing of the exclusive war making powers of Congress, Our single vote in the League Council would pre- 7+ vent even the recommendation of such a course as the employment of United States troops abroad, Article V. of the Covenant nails this obvious lie. re The Harding statement is a clear cut example of * |, the Republican attitude. It can succeed only if the voiers are willing to accept Republican falsehood as *s gospel truth. Republican opposition has been confined almost exclusively to fighting something that is NOT the League of Nations. to objection to what is NOT in the Covenant, to the invention of “obvious implica- tions” which are obviously untrue. TAMMANY WILL HEAR FROM IT. HANKS to its overwhelming majority in the Board of Aldermen, Tammany has put over its scheme to give a flat 20 per cent. increase of pay to all city employees, thereby assuring the largest increases to the higher paid who owe. their appoint- ment to politics. The injustice of this plan, from the point of view _ Of the city’s lower salaried workers, who stood in Most need of a substantial raise, has been fully shown Sy The Evening World in figures revealing the actual effects of the Tammany 20 per cent, in- crease schedule. | The Borough President of Maffhattan is right in asserting that the Legislature had no intention of re- eyversing the policy of banking houses and private corporations by giving “the lion’s share of salary increases’ to higher salaried public employees. Tammany has had its way. But Tammany has not heard the last of the matter. Such crass injustice is bound to be remembered until such time as it can be made to recoil heavily ‘ ; upon those responsible. j NO ROOM HERE. HE tide of migration seems to have tured, Last week brought to the Port of New York _ the largest number of immigrants since the opening of the war. Many more came than went. Here is a factor that further complicates the hous- _ ing problem in New York City. In normal times a large proportion of newly arrived immigrants stop in New York for a time at » least. If this proves to be the case with those now _ coming, where shall we put them? i Until New York contrives to do more home and house building, it literally does not have room to | care for new arrivals. WHAT IS BEHIND IT? ' ! | helsledd HILLMAN, President of the Amalga- { mated Garment Workers, says: i : “An artificial shortage in cloth has been : effected by manufacturers. This will per- , ‘mit continued profiteering. The speculators i will reap another barvest from thd pubdlic,” | His charge that the shut-down of woollen mills is | “the worst kind of industrial sabotage” is substanti- | aed by economic conditions to which his published f statement does not refer. “ The bottom has dropped out of the wool market. __* Producers are refusing to sell. Buyers of raw woot |, offer only about one-third of the price that prevailed aI w# few months ago. i | > ‘Most of the textile mills have enormous surplus | ‘funds and undivided profits which would go far > toward financing a constructive plan of manufacture. Many textile products—blue serges, for example— are staple goods. These might well be manufac- _ ‘Mured in advance of orders to keep the mills running. down mill is a loss, Manufacturers might it than to shut down, and so 4 it Prices THE EVENING WORLD when the market has recovered from the unwilling- ness of buyers fo pay profiteer prices for clothing. Such factors lend plausibility, at least, to Mr. Hill- man’s dprges. The profiteering récords of many textile manufacturers make those charges even more credible. ported the enormous and unprecedented profits the American Woolen Company mulcted from the public. A shut-down is, under the mildest of interpreta- tions, no less than a denial of any degree of social responsibility by the manufacturer who has the dual role of employer and producer. A second possible interpretation of the shut-down is no more creditable to the textile manufacturers. The country has not forgotten how in the cam- paign of 1896 many large employers shut down for Political effect, to influence the vote in favor of Re- publican candidates. It is only natural to wonder whether the woollens manufacturers are repeating former tactics. The notorious Schedule K was in the interest of the woollen men. Are they repaying a debt to the Republicans who “protected” them? WARNING OR EXAMPLE,? Crean. Borough President Curran’s pro- posal that the city help tackle the housing problem by building homes on city-owned vacant land, Edward. P, Doyle, Secretary of the Mayor's Housing Conference Committee, makes the state- ment that “the experience of Europe is against Gov- ernment housing of any kind.” Upon what facts does Mr. Doyle base this as- sertion ? British experience With public housing dates back to the Laboring Classes Lodging Houses Act of | 1851, under which local authorities were empowered to borrow money from the Public Works Loan to build homes for working people. If British experlence has been all against Govern- ment housing, why did that experiencé lead to the Housing of the Working Classes Act of 1890 and the Housing and Town Planning Act-of 1909, which greatly enlarged the scope of public aid for housing projects? Why, up to March 34, 1916, had England invested £7,640,000 of public money in housing and provided 528,742 persons with homes through constructive housing legislation? Why, since the war, has the British Government undertaken to spend many millions of pounds more on an elaborate housing programme to meet an.esti- mated need of at least 500,000 working-class houses in England, Wales and Scotland? Why have the British authorities worked out a new and extended plan to promote the building of dwellings by giving direct financial help to public utility societies organized for that purpose? If “the experience of Europ® is against Govern- ment housing of any kind,” why had Germany in- creased its investment of public money in housing to something like $200,000,000 before the war? Why had the French Government in twenty years made available 100,000,000 francs for -housing? Why did the city of Budapest in 1908 build tene- ments for 22,000 people on land which it already owned, and five years later put up cottages for 18,000 more in one of its suburbs? Why have Italian cities built “people’s tenements” valued, with the land they stand on, at upward of $28,000,000? There may be weighty arguments against the City of New York's spending money to relieve the In- tolerable pressure of its housing shortage. But Mr. Doyle got his wires badly crossed when he tried to turn the experience of Europe into a warning. The general trend of that experience has been the other way. If a man went overboard from one of the yachts racing for the America’s Cup, would the racer pick him up even though the delay might result in loss of the race? The Evening World’s correspondent, Lindsay Denison, inquired as to what would happen in such @ case. . i ‘ An American and a Britisher answered the ques- tion. The two answers were identical In spirit if not in words, “Hard over” would be the command, The yacht would stop In midcourse and come around to pick up the man overboard, é Winning or losing the race would not enter into the question. More honor to lose with honor than to win without. The answers were a convincing refu‘ation of a “soap boxer’s” comment that the average million- aire’s idea of sport was to “drown a dozen sailors to win a gilt cup.” ° Just one additional comment is necessary. Sup- pose such a case did come up. Suppose the saving of a man overboard resulted in the loss of a deciding race, Does any one who has followed the sport of yachting believe for an instant that either Sir Thomas Lipton or the American underwriters of the defending Resolute would accept such a victory? If any one believes that, then he has misread the record, Another race on another day would be demanded by the winner. The committee would grant It. Yacht racing may be open to criticism as an eco- nomic waste, but not on the grounds on which the ox agitator attacked it, d over” would be the order. a ES i “HARD. OVER.” The Evening World has repeatedly re- | The 3rd Party Under Way! Te it is « i [FROM EVENING WORLD READERS | Your editorial all right in the abstract, but what we have to deal with is a state of public misinformation, both here and abroad, brought about by the most unscrupulous campaign of fals¢hood and misrepresentation ever waged in| American politics. I have read a dozen times, in halt that many days, that the Democratic platform the treaty, merely gives warning that if reser- vations are insisted upon they must not impair the integrity of the docu- ment as it stands and must be es- sentially explanatory of our under- standing of its terms. Gov. Cox haa said that he does not Uke the term * what he meant was well indicated by his statement in a public address that our boys on the battlefield “did not go over the top with reservations.” “Getting cold feet” in such matters, for a country as strong and prosper- ous as the him wholly beneath our dignity. ‘The two paragraphs which he has suggested are explanatory of our at- titude, not amendatory of the treaty or covenant, and are evidently intend- ed for the satisfaction of those both abroad and at home who have been misled, Of course, they make no appeal to those who are willing and eager to be misled, but I belleve that Gov. Cox been unwittingly deceived, and I am convinced that his suggested explana- tions will serve a real purpose. World does well to press to the front that as a matter of plain fact our Constitution gives us full and ade- quate protection against the alleged dangers which the enemies of President have sonst up. To the Fulltoe af The Drening Works peared a commypteation under the caption which one of your correspondents criticised the strong language used by one of our speakers regarding social~ ims. our wishes than to have our speakers do anything except to deal with the facts be fal them and to do so without the use of invective or abuse, regret the action in question. toa great deal of trouble and expense to guard against this sort of thing by holding regular training meetings for our speakers at which they at carefully instructed both as to t substance of and manner in which th ou alnalo indiscretion ot thie: ind What kind of letter do you find most readable? Isn't 1 the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There ts fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying ‘to say much in a few words. Take time to be brief. * The Cox “Renervationn, the Filter of The E World : “Out the Knot” is g00d work which this organization is daily carrying on, \NATIONAL SECURITY LHAGUE, By Charies D. Orth, President. 17 East 49th Street, July 9, 1920. | Want « League. ‘To the Eéttor of The Brening Wold : From what I have heard in trav- elling in the Northern and Southern parts of the United States I can truthfully say that a League with| reservations is wanted. I have talked with both Republicans and Demo- crats who gave voice to the senti- ment that & League was of vital im- portance. it is not, a8 so many antis claim, a Wilsonian League, but a world League for all who would further open diplo- macy and the settling of world prob- lems by compromises and procedures, The opposition in Re- publican ranks against the League is solely because a great Democrat took @ prominent part in ite making, That the League is a British one is only another form of propaganda used by the bitter-enders, HOWARD T. LAKBY. Now York, July 12, 1920, He Is Already a Citizen, ‘To the Maitor of The Bening World: Is it necessary for a person born in the United States of alien parents to take out naturalization papers when he becomes twenty-one years of age if his parents have not become citi- zens and are still aliens but have re- sided in the United States ever aince he was born? Thanking you for an answer. CONSTANT READER, “demands” resetvations to when the truth is that does nothing of the kind, but pseryation” at all, and United States, seems to right in thinking that many have The Barbarians. ‘To the Blltor of The Evening World, When attending any sort of musical entertainment which is the proper method of showing one’s appreciation; Advertising one's ‘familiarity with fg00d music by accompanying the mu- siclan with an impromptu nasal solo or displaying one’s utter absence of self-consclousness in public by dis- cussing aloud for the benefit of the general public one's rather intimate articles of apparel? Sunday evening I went to a motion picture house for no other reason than that the orchestra was to play carolle’ time The Bvening At the same the H. JOHNSON, New York, July 12. The N. 8.1, Regrets. In your issue of July 3 there ap- “Ie It Americanism? in Nothing could be further from gramme all went well—then came As the orchestra sounded as if by a prearranged : Fr old gentleman on my left broke into song (7), a low, pane- trating, mournful note that turned every head within twenty feet in our In yain did I writhe in suis turned.and glared at him— I even went so far as to put one hana the ear nearest him—all in vain. tly oblivious to the murderous thoughts and glances that cut the air, he warbled lways at least half a tone flat, to the very last note of the num! On 4 the arguments which can ify ond’ properly, deduced from Woe do not approve of and sincerely We go are expected to address their ences. ‘We hope that our friends, as well our corre it, will not allow ber. it Pye M ind her or to Atlantic City | UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) ‘THERE IS NO REFEREE IN LIFE'S BATTLE. Experts are measuring the yachts which will compete in the internationa’ races for the America’s Cup to see that, withia certain limits prescribed by regulations, neither craft has an advantage over the other. In the contests of life in which you must engage there are mo such regulations, You will find the man who is competing with you for business or for the job shead follows no set rules and acknowledges no fouls. Any advantage he has over you in physical or mental make up he will use to discomfort you. Too often you will learn that he does mot even hesitate to break the law if he thinks he can do so with impunity and thereby gain an advantage. You must be ready to meet opponents far better equipped, more highly trained and stroager in many respects thaa you are, and ycu must defeat them despite every means they may bring against you, but not necessarily by their own methods. Your honesty and integrity will more than outbalance the illegal nrethods they may use against you. In the prize ring and on the wrestling mat men are classified accordiag to their sheer physical qualities. Men within certain limits of weight are pitted against men be- tween the same limits. In the battles you must fight no such rules obtain. Whether you are fighting your own harmful habits or your business competitors you will be forced to encowater those physically and educationally your superior. You must defeat them by your greater courage, tenacity and spirit. The pugilist who rises to the top {n his class need not go out of it. No man in a heavier class can challeage his title. A schooner yacht with its vastly greater spread of sail cannot challenge’a sloop defending the America’s Cup. But you cannot stay in your preseat class if you are going to succeed in the game of life. When you have out- distanced your equals you must first adjust yourself to con- ditions in the next higher class and then get to the top of it. The heavyweight champion of the ring could pulverize the lightweight champion, but he is not allowed to fight him. In life the greatest man in your line may fiad it to his advantage to force you to fight while you are still in the fly- weight class. You will have to meet him and beat him or you will be forced to the wall. When you were a boy a big fellow who tackled a little one was looked down upon. It is not so ia life. If you are set upon by stronger forces than you your- self can muster, don’t cry and whimper and expect some one to pull you eut of the scrap. Fight. & SPIFFIBST time—oh—just GRAND ‘And her neck was SO sunburned, ana she'd just bought the DARLINGEST EDNA, you oughta class on my right, till the lights were turned 1 Then with a fervent “Prais and a glance of sym- fellow-sufferers in the rear I left. With a sigh of despair I settled) {0% mister ture, give me bire ris ‘HM. B. SMITH. back tn my peat and sat there with ing oath bariem, and the No. 226 684 Street, Brooklyn, > pathy and understanding exchangul across the back of the sweat with my | pode “Poor Robin's AS ONE WOMAN _ SEES IT By Sophie Irene Loeb, Soprright, 1920, by The Prem Publiabing (Th font ening World), bes York the other day and oom~ plained of our lack of etvio pride. He said; “I don't thinks there fe any city in the world where the individual inhabitant takes such little interest in the affairs of the oom- munity as tn the metropolis. “IT have been here some tine and haye noted a great many things.{ Matters could readily be adjusted If} the individual cltizen took an Interest. When I have spoken to New Yorkers about this they have just shrugged thelr shoulders as if it wasn't any (f thir business, 5 “I have seen people throw papersq on the streets and in the parks and the passerby secing it has said roth- ing or done nothing about it. If he had cailed a policeman and drawn at tention to this violation the person who threw the paper would be appre hended, It would become generally} known, if several such complaints! were made, and this abuse would{ cease. x “1 lve gone ovet street after street’ with the pavements in such bad con~ dition that to walk comfortably was most difficult, yet the New Yorkers [ was with did hot seem to mind it oF aI ) | i to complain. If a number of com- plaints had been made something would have been done about it. Yet, nobody seemed to take any interest. | “I have noticed a number of thor-{ Joughfares in the park that have beew. closed for months—very important, arteries of tratlic—yet the averag citizen looks at the ‘closed’ sign, goes* many blocks out of his way, and does{ fothing about it. “I have seen drivers beat horses unmercifully and yet no one called @ policeman, J “tL could go on and mention many More instances,” said this Westerner, ! “that doubtless the average visitor; has also seen, but they are too nu-! merous to mention. > “The general impression that one J gets is that the New York dwelte¥¥ doesn't care what happens to his city s0 long as he gets through some way, somehow. “Lt there 1s any place In the wor in which each resident should take a! clvic pride it ew York. body set to want to correct‘ snything unless it directly affects im." h There is considerable truth in this’ man’s statements, ‘ Perhaps the whole trouble les in the bigness of the largest city in the. world. People generally get to thin ing it Is somebody's else business: not theirs—to correct the daily elvio‘ mishap. They go on about thelr own Particular business, forgetting they, are 4 part of a great community and that the interest of the community ia their own interest as well, It is a case of ness is nobody's And little harrowing things confront every day. We become used to the: and the wrongs go on until some bright Westerner points out to ua that @omewhere along the line we" have failed to take our commu interest and @ little of our time correct things as we go along. If every one would stop and cons sider that he 1s a part of the com- munity and that he must take an, interest in what is golng on about him, with the majority of the peo- ple thus on the alert many wrongs would be righted that now remain im ebeyance. In the words of Abraham Lincol “I like to see a man proud of the, place in wi he lives. I like to see & man live in it so that his place will be proud of him, Be honest bi Nate no one; overturn ajnan's wrong=f doing, but do not overturn him un- less it must be done in overturning’ the wrong. Stand with anybody that stands right and part with him’ when he goes wrong.” ise words for reflection! ———————___ ty to By Albert P. Southwick Copyright, 11 ‘The Pree fits Now Yorn Drening Work) = Congress ratified the Constitu- ‘ tion, framed by the Convention of which Washington was president, on July 14, 1788, and it went into ~ operation on March é following, On this day, in 1789, was the de- ; struction of the Bastille, prison. ’ house, in Paris, France. This July ; he ae the Frenchman's Fourth | ©! uly. In 1798, on July 14, Congress passed the famous act for the pun- ishment of edition against the United States commonly called the | “geg law.” ee } Pie ac Ae in 1853, Commoners ew © Perry de Japan and delivered to rae ertal commissioners @ letter from Breaident Fillmore. ‘he ‘Crystal - Palace in New York City opened | the same day. ae oe The longest line of railroad in the © ‘world ts the Union and Central cific, consolidated, 1,866 miles, . Taxes he the largest number of counties of any State and Delaware the least (3), 5 e. In 86 Iand about the py Harlem of New York City was chased of the Indians, ul Pp Ec * |“St. Swithin’s Day’ | Jaly 15. “Tn this mi St. Swithin’s Day On which, if that it rain, they say, Full forty days after it will, } Or more or less, some rain distit |This Swithin was a saint, 1 trow, | | ' And Winchester’s bishop also, Who, in his time, did many a feat, As popish legends do repeat: |A woman having broke her |By stumbling at another's legs, |For which she made a woful ery, St. Swithin chanced for to come by, Who made them all as sound or mo: Than ever that they were before, But whethor this were so or no, “Tis more than you or I do know, Better it Is to rise betime, A |And to mgke hay while the sun tha se an to believe in tal ‘Which idie monks and trars den ae \