The evening world. Newspaper, July 29, 1920, Page 20

; RIGHT THE WRONG. > (7 OV. SMITH ts reported as disinclined to put \ the State to the expense of holding a special election in the five Assembly districts now unfepre- because’ of the ousting of the five Socialist ~~ Assemblymen. The Evening World sincerely hopes that this re- {port is a mistake or that Gov. Smith will overcome J this disinclination, -~ If Gov. Smith does not call these special elections | he will not sink to the low level of the Republican clique which drove the Socialists out of the As- sembly. But Gov. Smith would, in a measure, } © tamish the fair record he made in his admirable "vetoes of the Lusk and Fearon bills which aimed to proscribe the Socialists as a party. } Economy is a prime necessity in our State Gov- “emment. But five special elections would not cost -@ tithe of the amouht which Sweet, Lusk & Co. worse than squandered last winter in theif lawless ousting of the Socialists. ] It is well worth while to spend money to right, _* | wrong. } It is well worth while to pay the price of a res- toration of representative government, which this State has not enjoyed since Thaddeus Sweet rose in the Assembly Chamber and read the Socialists out of the Legislature. If it were only to restore five individuals to their Jobs, then it would not be worth while. But a “Y special election would restore the right of repre- sentation to some 50,000 voters, That is worth while. y Incidentally, those 50,000 voters are rather more a interested in rent legislation than the average of the | "Voters of the State. Through lawfully elected rep- _ ‘fesentatives they should have their say in the formu- & lation of new rent laws. “TWELVE WORDS HIDE HARDING | SLOGAN,” says a headline in the Sun. And ” only last week Senator Harding himself used ae eight columns of newsprint for the same pur- ‘ pose. Conservation of newsprint will please BA a publishers. ALMOST A CONFESSION. 3 HERE'S a dusky individual somewhere in the woodpile, Take the earning report of the Steel Corporation. The amount reported is approximately, 25 per cent. “more than for the corresponding quarter last year. ‘» ‘Then take the undisputed figures furnished by "Judge Gary and cited by the Interchurch World “Movement. Consider the number of twelve-hour- fe aday workers and the number of 7-day-a-week * workers. - } The two do not fit. They do not check up with “ Yudge Gary’s recommendation of his own employ- “ment system. }. Remembering the earings report, consider the “prices of structural steel which retards the building F of homes. ‘ 4 b When an enterprise attains to such size as the ~1U, S. Steel Corporition it cannot evade the fact ‘ that it owes a duty to society as well as to stock- te holders. Failure to assume that duty becomes con- 2% spicudus through the mere size of the corporation, ~ 5 Judge Gary is on the high seas for a combined “vacation and business trip. He appears to have oe. chosen a time when his absence would be most in- _,- onvenient to a public which wants to know the \ “why” and “wherefore” of exorbit@ht profits, and te wants Judge Gary’s defense against the Interchurch q a Workd Movement conclusions. i Judge Gary knew the Interchurch report was to ‘be published. His absence comes closé to confession, A PRUSSIAN OBSESSION. G EN. LUDENDORFF, inspired by thé advance of the Soviet armies, issues a gloomy warning. If Poland falls, so too will Germany and all Western Europe. Bolshevism will sweep the world. -“Not even the seven seas can stop it.” Possibly the German Junkers are alarmed. It is easy to see, however, how welcome would be armed intervention by the Allies. With Germany staying out, the Germans would have a first-class case to Aake to Russia, Germany did not attack. Germany and Germans deserve first choice in building up the country—at a profit. _ More likely, however, Gen. Ludendorff honestly believes what he says. Very possibly the Prussian obsession of “sweeping the world” persists. A vic- torious Red army takes the place of the army which » Ladendorff and Hindenburg directed for the Kaiser. Prussian mind to create one, Lenine, It is a typically Prussian idea. The Prussian is \aial 9: Lait Peak bai ats iincininadeae oie tee eet mwire: if there is no “All Highest,” it is necessary for the | naar velit castro etm eg aE co convinced thal some arfiy “will sweep the earth, alihough no army ever has. Minds free from the poison of Prussianism realize that evil, and false forces generale their own oppo- sition. This opposition finally overcomes them, It Was Germany's unbounded ambition and Ger- many’s unprincipled means of realizing that ambi- tion that brought downfall to Ludendorff and his crew. The only basis on whi 1) Bolshevism can make permanent advance is by proving itself right and true. Neithers the Prussian nor the anti-Prussian mind finds such a quality in Bolshevism. If, and when, Bolshevism fails it will be from an inner attack and not from such an onslaught as Ludendorff recommends to the civilized world. SPIRITUALLY HARMONIOUS. EW YORR’S unoflicial conyention af the Re- publican Party was in perfect spiritual har- mony with the National and official gathering at Chicago. The convention was boss ridlen and boss con- trolled. The bosses, big and little, had their way and the slate was “put over” in much the same fashion that the National ticket was “put over.” A little group of men meeting in secret turned the trick and made the decisions, ‘he thousand-odd delegates registered as directed. Now must come the test of the primary. If the Republican Party of New York is pre- pared to accept the dictation of the bosses then the slate as “designated” will be nominated at ‘the primary. Comment by Secretary of State Hugo and Sena- tor George F. Thompson, coming from within the party, is credible’ testimony as to the forces which prevailed and guided the Saratoga convention. Designation of Senator Wadsworth to succeed himself is in perfect harmony with the rest of the programme. Wadsworth thas proved that he is re- liable and will stand where he is hitched by dhe bigger and abler bosses of the pafty. He is a con- firmed reactionary and sticks to that creed, If Handing is a good Republican Presidential nominee for the powers in control, then Wadsworth is an even bettes nominee for the United States Senate. Harding and Wadsworth will not work at cross purposes, because both will obey orders from headquarters. It is to be hoped that Senator Wadsworth as wel! as Judge Miller will have opposition in the prima- ries, If Hugo and Thompson intend to contest the field with Judge Miller, it will be good politics if they promote a Senatorial candidacy opposed to Wadsworth, t : Give the women such an incentive to turn out and register disapproval of the affront which the Repubiican machine has put on them in the nomina- fion of Wadsworth and a vote will be assured whic will make possible a real test of the representative character of the Saratoga gathering, CRAIG CARRIES A CHIP. N HIS 20 per cent. increase veto Mayor Hylan has all the better opinion of the community | with him in opposition to Comptroller Craig. - Comptroller Craig claims to have the law with him for the present. The Bureau of Municipal Re- search disagrtes. If the Board of Estimate and the Aldermen bow to public opinion and reconsider the “straight 20 per cent.,” the Craig scheme of. paying in spite of the veto is certain to be smashed. If the boards Tefuse to bow to-public opinion the matter must £0 to the courts for decision. Meantime, all increases in salary are likely tobe held up by injunction. In which case the Comp- troller will be unable to escape the odium of re- Sponsibility for such a condition. Comptroller Craig might far better take th® chip off his shoulder and join with the Mayor in an effort to speed reconsideration, a A WARNING TO DRIVERS. OW many automobile drivers read and took to heart a recent news story? In the crowded east side an automobile driver Struck and killed a pedestrian. Firemen in a nearby firehouse hustled the driver in and closed the door. An angry mob collected. Cries of “Lynch thim!” sounded. Police reserves were called to protect the prisoner from violence. Had it not been for the police and firemen the driver might have been seriously injured, even though not to the extent of being lynched. This is no defense of the lynching cry. ‘Phat ought never to be heard. But it would not have sounded if automobile casuallies had not become so common as to rouse mob reseniment. The fact that it did sopnd is significant. It be- ' hooves automobile drivers to exercise greater care { and to insist that other drivers are equally cautious, | even if this involves reporting reckless fellow-driv- ! ers to the police, | This failing, resentment will grow. The mob is a bad judge of culpability in the occasional accident which Is really unavoidable, Unless automobilists as a class curb the carnival of killing, it will endanger the very life of any driver who has a tbona fide accident in spite of every care. Pj THE EVENIN ‘His household expenses must be about | G WORLD, THURSDAY, JULY + ves 29, 1920, | Come Out of the Kitchen! ————————— or | What kind of letter do you find ‘most readabic? Isn't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying for mere citizens to have opinions re- | garding -any banking or financial! | of Brooklyn? trusts. Useless, so it seems, to kick Evidently he fe not one of those’ against the pricks, but that @ great that have to exist on $45.per week-| poay of people—American mon—have 1 Would lke to have him show me and | and will allow a group of high finan- other readers of your paper how We| Gers to boldly draw interests from could manage to go to the opera four) thom is only an Insight into the pow- times in @ season, and @ Broadwey/eriessness of man to determine to | show ones @ week, also a two weeks’ | rise tn his real mignt and wrest what sojourn at Atlantic City, as his “John | ¢hould be his from those who would Doe" is doing, on $45 per, j|gontinue what should be abolished. His “John Doe" also eats tn swell |The present forms of high prices arc ai mad given 34 Cant De ue entirely to the system that bas ries piety a and Sue tamiiy | been allowed to prevail for so long. | It there was anythi what would attend the ehowa they ride in taxis. | really awaken the mentality of the His ‘“Joln" does not need to go to! Ainerican citizen and make him pos- Broadway to pay $60 for his suits,/sible of changing It there might be, The side etreet tallor charges that|hope, but tn si.te of all you have sald | now. | paid $50 for @ sult that I|{m your written words we must leave umd to pay $20 for four years ago| him to evolve as nature doos—mighty to the side street tailor and it is not) slow: Please allow me to answer “ Mtorida’ | made to onder either. As for silk (MRS.) MARGARET CRATOR. shirts | am lucky to have one-hait! New York, July \dozen—$2 ones. Shoes I pay $9 for | and t are not cordovans elther, ” “John Doe' in a awoll place. Doe" also gets his luncheon | To the Féiter of The Evening Now then, his “John! Prohibition—to prohibit mut be spending sbout, $10 Ber plied to the Shetiesnth or hia luncheons, inc! ar en lean he owns ‘an automubile, ;!t Prohibits the workingman from \Obtaining a refreshing and mild ‘a week, which leaves him $10 with /stimulant for 5 cente—and that ts . As ap- Amendment whieh to pay rent, and T doubt it i /al, Tike the Sullivan law It pro- lenough, (But perhaps he does no’ ve , |have to pay rent.) So I can't gee tects only the lawbreaker, if the Eighteenth Amendment was enforced {t would not long remain on the statute books, But until it {s enforced it will never be repealed The man who has plenty of money can get all the liquor ne wants and gets it, The present day saloonkeep- er sells @ glass of slops of no nu- tritive value, for 10 cents; whiskey (D for from 60 cents to $1 per ¢oiuk, with chances included of Mbecoming: blind, a maniac or @ dead one. He pays no ligense, serves no free lunch and can get along with three-quar- ters less help. Is he for Prohtpition? Then there are the fanatics who cannot see beyond thelr own little narrow groove of comprehension. Whom are they helping? The law- abiding citizen who was in the habit of taking a gluse of beer and an where “John Doe” gets money from to |pay for amusements and luxuries for |himself and his family, | ICELAND, N. Y. City, July 23, 1920, m Heer ax a Food. ‘to the Katstor af The Breuning World Can no one explain why the work- ingman {8 not In favor of Prohibition? IA study of its effects on that class of people ean ‘be the only solution. All of these reformers who have had hand in robbing a free people of " beverage should look at the great harm they ‘have wrought taking a food from the workingman before Ahey start to meddle in other affairs. God saw’ ft that this world id have a working class, and no but He has the right to interfere by bt cusional i! of whiskey »Po- Jor dictate whit pleamires that people {oveusionsl Klass of whlakey I8 pro |should enJoy. Heer to this clase wus | Ore using his comsctence by woqut, Reon, The “wep ements throygn [wcine that “Laws are made to be ag ae 4 cs broken.” Is he benefites the moruing’s work and nist Walp OAS" forthe» habitual drunkards ary sindwiches in sullen jtners were plenty of laws to take while well-to-do re | ‘John” serve hig ot lunch, | ance of this intelligent class the Highteenth Amendment. Then the grafting bunch who aro Jof self-assumed dictators iv not only jarawing fat’ salaries for convicting sad but tts dangerous to human lan ocoas!onal violator who doesn't Interosts, LABORPR, [meet with their requirements. Do - . 0) t ? | sighting Agaiuet Eftictensy. [they wart Prohipition? | Do the natives of our morthern fboundary To the Hdiior of Phe Brening Work, want Prohibition? In your words, “Fighting Against} Let us get some law contractors |BMcloney,” 1 bave found the finst}who will tear down a jot of crook plain, clear statement of what ty tho breeding lame and build some that whole truth concerning the present yighteenth Amendment and the Sul bie iegs condition do these United Ivan law arm the crook to the teeth — | | FROM EVENING WORLD READERS | care of them before the advent of} an. ‘UNCOMMON SENSE — By John Blake : (Copyrimht, 1920. by John Blake.) to say much in a few words, Take time to be brief. GET THE BUGS OUT OF YOUR BRAIN. $45 a Week. States. It is, of course, quite useless | ‘To the Fatiter of The Joreniog World | The Panama Cwial could not be dug till the canal zone was freed from mosquitoes. The mosquitoes infected the workers with typhoid and yellow fever. Thousands of them died eyery year. Men are not altogethgr fools, and even high rewards would not serve to send them to almost cer- tain death on the pest-infested isthmus. It was the late Major Geaeral William C. Gorgas of the United States Army who found a way to get the bugs out of Panama, With sereens he barred’ the mosquitoes from the sleeping quarters of the men, while with kerosene and other exterminators yellow fever immunes prevented more mosquitoes from hatehing. When the bugs were extermitiated the work proceeded and the canal was constructed in a length of time that aston- ished the world, If you are like most people you begin life with many Ja workingman has weft on his back |wouid say a! ls a dunden 1 woufd iike A. 2. Batoh oat’ which would but n-|how our Nation could be | See the Advts. tm oH To the Kior of The Hywaip Lam @ boy of tw ‘The New Party. ‘ ve written nm years, ana |«p, D." published In last night's Eve- jam trying to earn some money during, y\e°yllist telesraph line from |ning World, I wauld like to say thatlvacution, Kindly unswer what to do. Philadelphia ma Weanteenne fa the name “Dumbbells” which be sug-' P. HL, Corona, 1445, ° ad AA en nnn { poisonous bugs—known as bad habits—in your brain. § | war ts being: hold ‘before’ American i a a Ff " is s. ii ce v women throughout our campatsn * Laziness, the worst of ir tellectual poisons, infects: you 3 | ren rene et iinen. anronsts from the beginning with a disinclination to do more than a § | thee influence as well as throngh ’ % succeed. their active co-operation, cam ald tn quarter of the work you must do to su o8G eae Stiee sc ne, pone! i cen ai Self esteem, self indulgence, inattention, carelessness, |touedatlonn ct tie Naione Be. ene all breed poisons in your brain that make the best kind of $ | couraging them to dir helr buy- : u ‘mn i h ries of Mit * i sible ling energies to the necessaries of life work impossible, ‘ ae jand eschewing luxuries, we felleve If you mean to succeed, you have got a big job ahead 3} that the demand thue created. will he ron dmia - r » depende: rou is fa lcommunteated to the manufacturer of yon, a job that to you and those dependent on you is far | from. the retailers and. that. luxury more important than the digging of the Panama Canal. production will be curtailed. Tn this ‘ vi re efore you start to get the bugs ou! sav, a supply of necessaries, deplet- You will do well be ta re oF pier Ae 4 8 . Seer Seat he ocoeeeive On: of your brain, Locate them, fitad out what they are anc mand and the conversion of Tabor to what harm they are doing. “Then dispose of them, one by the production ot war mederiats, weal ; rf ; re i} Mn of sup- one. It will not be an easy task. Getting rid of the {| Pr amembled., ‘men the laa of mh: mosquitoes in Panama was not an easy task either. But ly operative and the reguction of vhe yl woke y ildi » water- 3 | prices. which we are eamestly honing when they were all gore the work of building the water- {| Prices, whith we are eared ly Nori way progressed without a pause, should naturally follow." Such obstacles as landslides and engineering difficul- tics were as nothing when all the forees that could be em- ployed were concentrated on the work. And wher you are able to concentrate all your intel- lectual forces on whatever you are trying to do, you will }| find thay the job will go ahead steadily. Get the bugs out $| Fy . . 0 by The Pres Publishing Oo, of your brain first, and keep them out afterward. i r'axwaine World) That is the first and most important of all the prepa- }| rations for a productive and a useful life. | In 1773, on July 21, Pope Clement é signed the famous bull Bann oO 1 ANNA APRN enn NAN RANA ARRAN ees be ch pronounced the extinction -_—__ a eiachinc 7 Sruaitalir ~ —— of the Society of Jesuits, tee { the law-abiding citizen in de-| gested for the third party certainly is | On 2 P Wes fenueless to. protect himuelf. ‘The | nonsensical pl Tuly $1, A108, Benth et Duds revenue formerly derived frum a) 1 Id suggest @ name such a! ‘the Booteh povt, who was bor lawful busines iy now made up b New Hra,” the “Hope,” or the! Jan, 31, 1759 7 7 |taxing everything mo that about all Part: For an emblem 1 . eee Jjnto the people who wre not thinking} ments in the New York « well-gove | form me if there were 1 jerned, but who only of new beset ae pons Mees earners present at Atlantle Cl methods of making money or a uronnton MY 1 \*rhe position of the “middle clase" |"spider" who will tre again dnd again City Hall, 5 a two-mile | ” : |to win votes onough for his Third Avenue, neat 16th lto-day weems to be between the) {a win varus shough for bls party and Ae j"devil and the deep eee.” RS b Nn four-mile stone near | JON WESTERWAX, | WOURTNENS Tk . & five-mile stone nea New York City Bast Rutherford, N. J., Jul. BING eM at 152d ¢- | and Aa jam Avenue, i Yr $8,710,000,000 Spent ina Year | for Luxuries by People of U.S. A. By Marguerite Mooers Marshall. | Coppright, 1920, ty the Voom Pabietaing Oe, | Now York Krone W OW much is America’s luxury | EIGHT bill for one year? ‘ BILLION, SEVEN {HUNDRED AND TEN MILLICYY DOLLARS! , How much does the average family spend on luxuries? DURING THE R $348, OR NEARLY §7 A WEEK, NEARLY @ | DOLLAR A DAY! Should the cabalistic capitals “H, C. L” be translated “High Cost of Luxuries,” instead of “High Cost or Living?” One almost comes to that conclu- sion after reading some of the amaz- ing sttietics sent out by Miss Exlith G. Strauss, Director of Women’s Ac- Uvitles, H.C. L,, #f the Department of Justice. Here is Ameriga’s Luxury List, as furnished by Miss Stratus, « based on figures gathered by ‘Treas- ury experts from tux returns and from other sources of information, and covering the period of one year: ¢, Raeniegd 00; So went $8,710,000,000. ¢ Averaging tiwt up among some 000,000 families in the United States you have a per-family expenditure upon luxuries of $343, or neurly $7 a week. “Do you consider, luxury buying is jar for the H.C. of L.?” | “luxury buying, at the rate it is | carried on at present, is undoubtedly | Keeping up the cost of neceasities,” Jreplied Miss Strauss. “The manufac- turing energy of the country 1s going to the production of luxuries, ‘This | means that people, in large measure, are responsible for the high prices which cause them s0 much com- | plaint.” . I suggested to Mijas Strauss that luxury buying might in some respects be a good thing, Inasmuch ag tt keeps money in circulation, gives people work and adds to the happiness and gayety of life. She sald this point of view often is put before her, but that nothing Is more fallacious, ‘The buying of necessitic: keeps money in circulation,” she ex- plained. “The manufacture of neces ea likewise gives people employ. I asked, “that sely responsible all ‘urthermore, the money that is saved, when the consumer confines his purchases to necessittes and the surplus, after being de- in banks ‘is eventually im- ested in such staple projects as in- istrial plants where machinery, for stance, is manufactured. The en couragement of the production of manufacturing equipment, strengthens the commercin! backbone of the Ni and a two-fold benefit is ac- ished by the thriftiness of the buying luxuries heed uring for consequences who are making mor? o-day than they ever dreamed before are satisfying desires ain in the pas Nus sprung into —a self-indulgent who care not that is imminent for being since the w group of people mic disaster hole world, Those people who can afford tux . are the ones who are ing economy; those who should , stving money in. the time of th good fortune ag&inst the day when they be so well of, a tion to the winds Jewelry, furs, | planos, & in exorbitant rate,” | “If the ld, could not women ibe a bulwark against this wave of ltuxury shopping?” T asked Miss jst 88. ! It is the aim of the women's d‘- vision of the high cost of living di- vision of the Department of Justice to set these facts before’ the women {of the country,” @he replied. “The lor@anization programme essays to jarouss women to the significance of present-day conditions. ‘The fact that it is just as patriotic now to practive thrift as it was during the t Milestones were favorite adorn- days. e stone on near Inwood,