The evening world. Newspaper, July 28, 1920, Page 18

PUBLICITY OF USTICE ROBITZEK puts his finger on one of the weak spots in the present rent laws when he says: I think it would be wise for the Legislature to take up the question of putting the entire burden of proof on the landlord in rental in creases, whether below 25 per cent. or not. * There are mighty few cases in my experi- ence where the tenant has proved to the satis. faction of the court that the landlord's de- mands were exorbitant. This is because they do not know how to @eoure such proof and are not able to present it in court if they get it. In many instances it {s impossible for them to get it. Tending in the same direction was Philip M. Goodhart’s recommendation to the Inwood Civic _ Forum urging that all landlords be required to file "_- * sworn statements of receipts and disbursements for ‘the year as a guide to just rentals and that legal * returns be limited. Public opinion constantly tends more and more strongly to the view that housing is a quasi-public utility and that gouging is intolerable. ‘A fair return on investment and a reasonable re- imbursement for risk is all that the landlord is entitled to. But, in a way, this response of the public is only part of the answer. Limitation of return will not build thouses. There must be an incentive to build ing NOW. That is the more important half of the task facing the Legislature when it shall meet. ! TOO BAD, SIR THOMAS. Ss" THOMAS, good sportsman that he is, will, ae need anothergShamrack. : Many an American would have been entirely will- ing that the Cup should go to the other side of the: Aflantic until another craft and crew oould bring it tack where we feel it belongs. | In yesterday's race against time with a “bath- ‘des breeze’? Resolute won the long-drawn series, boat for boat, and by a comfortable margin. So the America’s Cup stays. The Shamrock won thefirst race on a fluke, But | Resolute won one race by handicap. The sailing | time of the two crafts in one of the races was a tie, although Resolute got credit for the race. In the others Resolute won without the handicap. Had there been no handicap the series would now stand two afl, and America had rather win under such a rule. To increase interest in the sport and to add in- ) centive for daring and imaginative construction, the } handicap rule should be abolished. That is the chief lesson which the present races have taught to the non-technical racing fan. Until we meet again, here’s wishing good luck to the Irish sportsman yho so wanted to win. AFFECTIONATE PANCHO. NOTE received by President de la Huerta ot ‘ Mexioo is reported to have been signed, . “Affectionately, Francisco Villa.” Those who have observed the doings of Villa» from afar must feel for the Mexican President. Such a message would awake in most of us feelings “akin to those we woukl experience if a Gila monster or a poisonou€ scorpion shoukl suddenly become yocal and offer to become a bedfellow. ' Actually, such a message holds hope for Mexico. It is distinctly encouraging. The feeling is that if sinsyncnne } troubles will Nave ended. How long Villa’s “affection” may remain con- f siant remains to be seen, but the circumstance of "his unconditional offer of surrender comes only a few days after the Mexican Government freed the opposing General Pablo Gonzales and gave him full amnesty after holding him in its power. These two incidents are all in favor of the exist- ing regime. A Government strong enough and sure * enough of itself to extend clemency to rival chiefs > may prove strong enough to pull Mexico out of the mire in which it has been bogged down. FUSION, THEN AND NOW. “ NITED ACTION” or fusion against the So- cialist candidates in debatable Congres- sional districts of New York is the policy the Na- _ tional Security League recommends to the Republi- _ can and Democratic organizations. In ordinary circumstances this advice would be excellent in itself and effective if followed. How it may fare in the coming campaign is conjectural. The rub of the maiter is an unforgotten form of “united action” by Democrats and Republicans at Albany last winter. It is true that Republicans were leaders” in the - unseating of the five Socialist Assemblymen. It is | likewise true that more Democrats than Republicans | hhad the good sense to climb down from the Sweet "bandwagon when they saw where it was headed. | Nevertheless, the conviction remains in many 1 Villa will only “be good” about half of Mexico's | minds that the ejected Socialists were the victims of | “unitéd action” altogethes, unjustifiable and con- trary to‘ all law and custom, to remember that the old parties ‘Violated the rules of the game. The Socialists are certain to recall the methods gf the other “united action” in fighting the “united action” the Security League recom- mends. Many voters who ordinarily would not vote the Socialist ticket intend to do so this year purely as a rebuke to the politicians who engineered the Afbany expulsion proceedings. , If plans for fusion do not win, the N. S. L. will have no one to blame so much as its good friends, | such as the Union League Club, Thaddeus Sweet, Clayton Lusk and his committee, and Archibald Stevenson. These have been the best aides the So- cialist organization has ever possessed. | One possibility favors fusion. If Gov. Smith calls a special sesston of the Legislature, special elec- ‘tions will probably return the expelled Socialists. If this proves to be the case the vote of resentment and rebuke may spend itself in the minor Assembly campaign. A BETTER EFFORT. IRST impressions of Gov. Coolidge’s speech accepting the Vice Presidential nomination emphasize the “kangaroo” character of the Re- publican ticket. . . Close analysis of the two efforts reveals that, as usual, the Vice President's acceptance is little more than an echo of the President. In this case the Coolidge speech is so much more clearly enunciated than ‘the Harding effort that one is inclined to imagine that both are echoes of the voice of the Senatorial clique but that Massachusetts hills are more resonant than Ohio plains. Gov. Coolidge, however, suffers from the com- pany he keeps. In his Massachusetts State papers he has been clear, concise and definite. In gram- matical construction and choice of words, his ac- ceptance follows his usual style. But the substance, analysis reveals, is vague in spots. On the Covenant of the League of Nations the sity gf perpetuating the Republican falsehood that the League, as proposed, is “subversive of the tra- ditions and the independence ot America.” In promising an—or another—“‘agreement among natiows to preserve peace” the Governor assures us that the party “pledges itself to the making of such an agreement.” He is not frank enough to admit that it takes two to make an agreement, and that those nations we should naturally approach are ‘al- ready bound by mutual agreement. On the whole the speech is a typically conserva- live Republican utterance, about what might be ex- pected from a “rock-ribbed” Republican of more than usual ability discyssing national affairs from a purely partisan angle. This is particularly manifest in the Coolidge treat- ment of taxation and the tariff. Few will disagree with his attack on “that great breeder of public and private extravagance, the excess profits tax.” ‘The Republican Congress cannot evade responsibility for failure to repeal this tax in the year and more it has been in power. But in Gov. Coolidge’s remedy or substitute: we find nothing but muddled thinking. He advises “recourse to customs taxes on imports,” or, as is more familiarto Republican ears, a Protective Tariff. This Gov. Coolidge believes “should be laid ac- cording to the needs of a creditor nation.” If Gov. Coolidge has any new thoughts as to how, under existing trade conditions, this may be done so as to raise adequate revenue without cutting off foreign trade, he will do a favor by elucidating. Skilled economists and practical business men agree that such a tariff is impossible. ven Senator Penrose, arch-Protectionist that he is, has given support to this view by failure to move for tariff revision. | ! DIRTY CURRENCY, (Prom the Cleveland Plain Dealer.) There are few of us who have not been jrritated during the last few months at the receipt of tor and unsanitary currency, elther in pay envelopes 0! through tellers’ windows. The banks have received many complaints, but they ere not at fault. One more public grievance must be charged to the searcity of labor and materials, The Washington officials believe the difficulties are only temporary and consequently are urging the banks to make as few applications for new currency as possible, The question has another aspect that is apt to be forgotten. There has been a great increase in tho use of paper money during the past two years. The one and two dollar denominations especially have had more money work to do. Under the present scale of prices a one dollar bill or even a two dollar bH} is demanded where formerly the subsidiary silver coins could be used in payment for the same articles, The paper money has had a further burden placed upon it by the high market price of silver. There was @ periodduring the ‘winter and spring when the silver in the silvet dollar was worth more commer- elally than in {ts monetary use. The result was that silver dollars, if not actually melted down into bul- Mon, were withheld from circulation by the bullion dealers and jewellers, | The current market price of silver has pht an end | to this practice, Silver dollars are again finding their way into monetary channels. On account of their weight the public is prejudiced against them, and it is almost impossible to keep them in circula- tigm @xcept in the sural communitios, Many voters in these debatable disiricts are sure Vice Presidential candidate labors under the neces- | on A se Res % EVENING WORLD, WE | | se DNESDAY, JULY 28, ‘Sir Thomas Wins-A Cup!, « SS o,, By J.H.Cassel Coprrigtn, Pres Bolkist jow York Brenlt FROM EVENING WORLD UNCOMMON SENSE What kind of letter do you find most tat gives you the worth of a thousand words ina couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to say much in a few words. Take time to managable the law should permit the Prohibition and Spending. ‘To the Palitor of The Prening World D. Batchelor commented on the two Sitls days at Atlantic City. vaguely to connect this unusual oc- He sought | Women. of “the unusual prosperity of the PolWe ¢ patrons.” | no of our authorities to protect thd pub- | lic from profiteers and grafters. ie a tra Prohibition, however, has nothing to| Mothers; use the slipper or halr brush do with what A. D. Batchelor seems /O0,3°ur lGving daughter when they to believe indicates the general pros- jon the perity of the citizens of the country. | 3 It has helped much, however, to raise the price of sugar, milk and soft drinks, also ico cream that our chil-|1, 1. pa dren must now do without » good part of the time, | And then if A. D, Batchelor's opin. | ion of prosperity is the gauge of gold) that 80 amaged the bankens, joy and happiness that 1s given to the millions of American children, Due to both Prohibition and the ease | ness, h use of the strap or slipper in spank- | In your edition of tust evening, A. |ing soundly Where home discipline is used jthere is ord and three quarter million dollars ex- lang sent to these institutions to be pended during the Fourth of July holl-| disciplined and educated to be useful The lack and neglect of parental |disolpline at home has been the cause currence with Prohibition and at- of many girls’ ruination and down- | tempts to employ this as an examble fall, besides endless worry to If parents who are confron' | la case of this kind through th yn. | ‘There is nothing so very unusual! negligence would administe! | about the shameful spending spree ing instead of so much that amazed the bankers, “It is simply Unnecessary lectures th another testimonial to the inefficiency |? juaford, “Spare the rod and spoil | Brooklyn, N. Regarding army of workers and their need of {gs measured only by the amount of/my own profession an immense fleld | would have to be covered. readable? Isn't it the one By John Blake (Copyright, 1820, by Joh Blake.) be brief. of happiness. Apparently fully three-quarters of our fellow citizens will not be satisfied with life util tney can be fed, sheltered and cared for without any expenditure of their own effort. e of these incorrigible | and obedience, Girls To be surrounded by servitors, to have every whim satisfied, to be protected from every danger, and every hard- ship—this seems jdeal—to people who have never tried it. Yet the lap-dog is not happy, if you.can judge by his petulant expressioa as he is being driven through the park. And neither is the man or woman who through luck, or a long life time of hard work, is able to live without exertion. Pets are never popular, whether they are “teachers’ pets” in the grammar school or the pets of fortune in the wide world. Ia a little known but remarkable poem by Thomas Gray, “Ode on the Death of a Pet Cat,” he observes sagely, “A favorite has no friends.” Remember that, when you are trying to reach a position where you can live, move and have your being without ex- erting either your muscles or your brain. Gray's cat, pampered and cherished by the family, fell into a goldfish globe wher idleness had led her to angle for one of its occupants. And the envious animals of the house- hold stood about and gloated over her struggles to save her- self. The lap-dog, once loosed in the street before the house, is the immediate quarry of every travelling dog which is out of luck. Your own idleness, if you ever gain it, will bring you no happiness. On the other hand it will secure you the women | oMcials. Ww of reform institutions such e slogan. Wake up, New York Less talk and more action old-fashioned treatment. MRS ¥ White © tor of The Evening World the “white-collared” "1 The Wusi- nish and preparatory schools f \ | 4 FAVORITE HAS NO FRIENDS The lot of the lap-dog appears to be the common idea $| By Willis Brooke Hawkins with which all profiteers rob the pub- lle, children are being not alone de- prived of the few luxuries they are entitled to, but even of bare necessl- tles in thousands of cases, Yet everybody is supposed to be prosperous and having a good time. A. D. Batchelor is possibly sincere, but evidently does not use his eyes, ears and nose as he might, otherwi) he could see Men and women intox sated every day in broad daylight, | hear the crying of undernourished | babies and smell “hootch on the breath of many people he meets every Yours truly, EDWIN F. LINDER. No, 208 Schley Street, L. 1, July 23, dy Glendale, The Nedford Reformatory, — | To the Fditor of The Koening World ‘The resignation decision of Miss Florence Jones as head of the Bed- | ford Reformatory is to be received | with regret, She says she is not able | to control the inmates on account of | the law forbidding strict discipline gr | corporal punishment, “Girls who are confined to these institutions need a} different kind of discipline.” 1 agreo | with her is needed at Bedford | iw the intr of the okl-fash- ioned span fashioned would of necessity have to become the agents of a union, and would not they refuse to do so rather than loao their patronage? And who would canvass the same to institute the foundation of a union? And how many would slip by through home iy or @ correspondence course in guining employment? A union of office workers must have & beginning and it must be at the place of dischange or graduation upon of the office Workers’ Even then, though the males @uld Mey over- completion course, would become su come the stubbo ees of the females with cheaper wages? Until these dis- advantages are overcome a union of office workers 1s out of the question. Going a8 far as the Civil Service, wherein could a unton be installed? It beats me how it can be done. EXPERT STHNOGRAPHER. July 24, 192 aunton, there are many reasons why | Jet me|Stch could not be. Being an expert | teli him that real honest prosperity | stenographer, I cite a case where in | ie Hight. To the Kaitor of The Prening World Please be good enough to advise through your columns, ‘The New York Hvening World, which Is correct, When a loch! address ix written, is tt proper to show New York or should tt hatred and envy of the less fortunate, and hatred and envy is not pleasant to eadure. : Real happiness comes only fram work—not overwork, hut enough to make you feel that you are doing something, building something, or sharing your own fortune with others. To bg waited upon and supplied with everything you think you want will make you querulous and peevish and dissatisfied. Incidentally, it will atrophy your mind and body and make of you & poor, helpless creature of mo use to yourself or to any one else, Don't try to be a favorite of fortune. in this world—lots of them, will have not gne. You need friends And if you are a favorite you india at the hospital, found That’s a Fact”) sites sisemass seek et b es but, a h By Albert P. Southwick by ‘The Press Publishing Co, New York World.) 4, redeouts and sawed in fifth one, 1 i on was unmd Doprright, 1020, ie eet exposure of dead bodies when physicians jail and were n 1788 second Netherla refuge in he Liberty pole erected on “The iron Jan, There sho! woman pliv Bedford who will ne afraid to) “New nforoe obedience and order. In cases | City." erle becuse or ute =6(New ' ! guarded by the milftia New air st re be | York, N.Y." or "New York A CONSTANT READER, ork, July 24, 1020, ° Capt. — Randall's legacy of Sailors’ Snug Harbor to Staten Island, New York Harbor, ee i magaificen r That y he @ entire future Ninth ° of tob: boodled” th Warts ——E— Coorrign’, 12 it tie NIG Yok eventag Wo SORTS AND .. No. 110—ALL~ CONDITIONS OF MEN, | By Sir Walter Besant. Angela) Messenger was the bg it ter und sole heiress pf one of richest brewers In England, * ‘ Harry Le Breton dl not a young man of but a mere object of ¢ i Angela found her father had section of the Whitechapel, district of London he deck to eo there, fo live for a time an Study the life of the poor, So she changed her naine to Kennedy and lopened a small dressmaking shop im Whitechape | Harry, learning he was really « | child of the people, went buck to live « | among the people, and took up the \trade of cabinet-making. He hired » room at a boarding house run by © (Mrs. Bormalack—a shabby, down-at< [heel boarding house, full of queer |folk of all sorts and conditions. .| Harry met one fellow-boarder | there who was utterly different from any of the others," This was Angela Messenger, living at the boarding |house in the guise of “Miss Kennedy, \the little dressmaker.” | She and Harry saw much of each lother. From the very first, Harry wits attracted by the girl's sweetness, and gentle good sense, Soon, he waa | hopelessly in love with her. | And Angela grew to love him as! ‘overwhelmingly as he loved her, She knew his story and how hani he was striving to make his way tn this new | world into which fate had flung him, | Thus tt was that the penfiless jyoung man and the richest heiress tm .{ngland became engaged. Harry aid “lnot yet know nor suspect that bie sweetheart was the great Miss Mess, Jenger, who owned so many housed an streets in their neighborhood. He used to amuse himself by falling Angela what he would dogif he ti us much money as “Miss Messenger.” He described the splendid things me would inaugurate to lighten the sore rows of the poor and how he would give them a huge building where they nuld find mingled amusement and fenotit. Hoe was very enthusiastic about this |dream edifice he had planned, and she loved to talk about it in detail te _~ hig sweetheart, never guessing that, secretly, sho was putting into effect his visionary plans and erecting just such a duilding as he had described to her, é So between them Angela and Harry’ | did much to Improve the condition of the London poor, he laying out plang for such improvement and she carrye ing out his wonderful plans by meana of her enormous wealth. ‘ot until the very day of thett se aid Harry learn who his eweetheart really was, And then it was too late to incur the stigma of, fortune hunter, So they were mat« ried and devoted their leisure to the | continuance of the helptul work they had begun among the poor af Whites 1. ‘Thi nowel ded to the erecting in the splendid Propie's Patan, Sad Tines @uggented in the book.) oe Ten-Minute Studies of New York City Government TMs 4 the eighteenth article of a series defining the duties of the | adminiatrative and legislative offlcere and boards of the New York City Government. i THE TAX BUDGET, x budget Is an ordinance ap. § specific sums penses of the ¢ appropriations for thé y govern= are de- ve ily from the product of the annual tax levy. It is distinct from corporate stock budget, which for improvementa from the sale of long 8 the propriates moneys derived | term bonds, | The tax budget for the current y is $273,689,485,13, consisting of $185,663,790.10 for departmental ap= propriations; $74,811,538.66 for de partment service (interest on debd and redemption of principal); $8 589,186.37 for State taxes, and 675,000 for deficiencies in the collec. tion of taxes in prior years. Of th sum for departmental appropriatioi 200 for lighting street and buildings, and supplies, janitorial for pensions and funds; $4, | public plac $48,807,100 for | (mainly for the Board of | Bducation), and all other miscellanes | ous and contingent. expenses. |, Besides the tax levy on real em | tate, franchises of public utility cors porations, real estate of corporations und personal property, the money to finance this budget is derived from the re of the geperal fund and from the city’s share of the new State income tax, which this year approxt~ mates $11,000,000. The budget mak from June to mental estimates are submitted te the Board of Estimate and Appore tionment, Detailed studies of thi estimates made by the Bureau Contract Supervision, the Bureau Standards, the Bureau of Municipal vestigation and Statistics and the Committee on Education are the basis for the tentative allowances, Whe their reports are ready the sub-com mittee of the Board of Estimate’t Committea, on Tax Budget series of public hearings at whic each item is taken up separately. From this sub-committee'’s report t! Hoard of Estimate forms a tentatt budget, which js printed and dig! tribut to citizens on applica dis made the subject of pul hearings before the full board in ¢hi last week of October, The board must adopt a budget before November and submit it to the Board of Aud men within five days thereafter. 'Th Board of Aldermen has twenty*da: for its consideration. It can redu inate any appropriation mi ally required by law, but tl to such reduction > override his veto fourths vote ls necessary, cannot increase xtion or add new items to