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v UPHOLD HOW? i. epee iy aghaanioseamagecapel ti without having to resort to force, to whom would you rather trust: To husky, alert guardians of the peace who fooked ready to use their hands if they had to? Or to a frock-coated group in a window orating about its great strength and the impossibility of “any one’s inducing it to exert that strength in any , Sirection against its will and judgment? Maybe Senator Harding could be persuaded to answer that question, “Maybe he couldn’t, After three troubled weeks, during which his | “party sponsors have been far from ‘easy over the * way matters are going, the Republican candidate detivered a speech at Marion last Saturday in which * he tried out a few new gyrations designed to make » so-called Republican foreign policy look more like i , » all things to all Republicans. Deh oy One stock premise he retained: The existing League of Nations, inseparably asso- ciated with the aims and achievements of Wood- tow Wilson, is a pitiable fraud and failure. Te That is still guaranteed to keep Hiram Johnson 3 and Henry Cabot Lodge nodding in harmonious agreement. To catch Mr. Taft and other Republican defend- “ers of the League, Senator Harding tries a new bait © tn the shape of a Hague Tribunal, to be tinkered up | -«munder Republican auspices—with “all that is ¢, good” in the League of Nations plan. “° His earlier proposal of a separate peace with Ger- ' yy many having been found to offend too many Re- { blican nostrils, the Republican candidate is oblig- "ingly ready to pitch # overboard. _ . For the rest, he experiments on the minds of ‘Americans generally with a dreadful warning ex- , _ tracted from the Polish situation to show what un- ? pleasant obligations the United States might have to | “meet or evade if It were a League member, «» Yet when Senator Harding endeavors to say ~~ something positive and inspiring about his own league or association, which may be anything so Bf: | long as it is not the League the President has urged, he delivers himself as follows: ~. “I believe humanity woukt weloome the cre- ation of an international association for con- * ference and a world court whose verdicts upon justiclable questions this country in common with all nations would be both willing and able to uphold.” Uphold how? By resolutions in the United States Senate ap- * proving the verdicts, pointing out how they ought | #°to be enforced and regretting that the United States “could not see its way, even under due constitutional processes, to bear a part of the cost of enforce- * ment? } Getting down to brass tacks, is it Senator Hard- » ing’s idea that a majority of the people of this Na- » tion, while desirous of having war prevented, are shrewdly looking for a league out of which they **'can get all possible advantage without putting any- xa thing into it? a, 2 Does he think that frightening Americans by lurid imaginings of what might be expected of them as active, participating members of a real League of Nations will blind them to the fundamental fact that to pledge force would be the surest way of reduc- bs ing the number of occasions when, whether they were members of a league or not, force might be re- quired of them? Senator Harding talks of “putting teeth into the Hague Tribunal.” What real “teeth” could he put into it that would not in the final analysis lay upon this country the same moral obligations that he tries to make look ; like bogies in the covenant of the existing League? A few weeks ago The Evening World put a ques- tion—one of several—to Mr. Taft. That question ‘was: 7 : Does not any party or party faction” tilt turns its back on the existing League of Na- tons run the risk of identifying itself with a class of Americans who are secretly ready for @ dignified way to climb down from a professed national purpose which has come to seem too stiff for them? To which Mr. Taft replied: *This question involves an interpretation of motives which I do not deem it wise at present to enter upon.” Nevertheless the question will not down, While Senator Harding was supplying one kind of answer at Marion, Gov. Cox made a speech in this city the same day which voiced confidence of a different sort: “You oan be perfectly reassured, because the four million American soldiers, their mothers, their fathers and their friends are going to see to it that America does not do a dishonest nor a dishonorable act. There will be no separate peace with Germany, and very soon after the 4th of March, 1931, in the name of our beloved country, we will enter the League of Nations of the World.” Sideways or straight ahead? Which way of upholding national honor and the international purpose of safeguarding peace do Americans choose? AN INDEFENSIBLE STRIKE. A listening to the conciliatory advice of Mayor Hylan, the B.'R. T, workers struck and paralyzed Brooklyn's transportation system. The strike was called in defiance of the public. Under the circumstances it is indefensible. “Grant each and every contention of the strikers and the situation is not altered materially. Grant that Receiver Garrison has not been par- ticularly tactful. Grant that wages and hours are onerous. Grant that the employment of strike- breakers in advance of the strike was mistaken pol- icy. Grant even that the employees were right in their interpretation of the arbitration agreement. Give the strikers the benefit of every doubt. The fact remains that the strike was not a “last resort.” Negotiations with Receiver Garrison and Judge Mayer had not come to a deadlock. The employees had gained in the negotiations of the last month, They had the assurance of the Mayor that he was working and would continue to work to modify the attitude of the Receiver and the Court. Even if the employers are all wrong and the em- Ployees entirely right, the strike is wrong. It is a strike against the public more than it is a strike against the B. R. T. Until the public is convinced that the men have a good case and have exhausted every possible ave- nue of peaceable negotiation, public utility workers are not justified in striking. In this case the ultimatum and the action came too quickly and before peaceful means had proved insufficient. f Always something new in New York. latest is one-way bridges. CHARITY OR BUSINESS? Not a man or women familiar with raising money for charity or public enterprise but knows that the amount sought is three or four times the total finally raised.—From Henry L. Btoddard’s signed column in the Evening Mail. Mr. Stoddard’s comment on the “Boys, get the money” campaign has a humor all its own, Mr, Stoddard seems to go on the assumption that the Republican campaign fund is for “charity or public enterprise.” Mr. John Kirby jr. of Dayton was wiser when he wrote, “This is purely a business man’s move- ment.” When Chicago’s business men bid for the Re- publican National Convention they did not propose a certain sum and then collect a third or a quarter, On the contrary the business interests that hoped to benefit by the convention collected and paid 100 cents on the dollar, Nor was that all. When these Chicago bhsiness men put up the money they knew exactly what they were doing. They knew that political dele- gates and visitors would spend money. They ex- pected to get back their money with @ profil, The task of the collector for such a fund is coni- paratively simple. It is only necessary to “do like Kelley did: get the right man to see the right people,” “Charity and public enterprise’ are one sort of thing. Business is something else again. If the amount sought for charity or public enter- prise is three or four times the total finally raised, what does Mr. Stoddard think of Boston, which, according to the official bulletin of the Republican Treasury, “wills to contribute more than 250 per cent of its original quota?” Was it charity? Or business? Is it to be Labor Day or Outlaw Labor Day? The TWICE OVERS. ST as soon as we can oblain additional men and instruct them, the surface cars will com- mence to run and the service be increased as quickly as possible.” —Receiver Garrison of the B. R. T. * cA Sa game warden in the Slate of New sJersey, I make the announcement thal this, is the open season for hunting mermaids.” —Parson Kopf- man of Titusoille, N. J. “ sp eT us all work as if nothing but fund raising was of any importance.”—Harry M. Blair to G. 0, P. Treasurer's Representatives. * 66 YOU can't have a strike like this. If you do i will be an outlaw strike, and you know how Sar that will get you.” —Patrick J. Shea to B. R. T. strikers. i Beuas : THE EVENI NG WORLD, MONDAY, AUGUST _The Day of Rest Wi Tie ANALY Cad TS PERFECT A FOR _AN LoveLy } (AUTO TRIP DAY! Renee RECREATION What kind of letter do you fin to say much in a few words, All Baat | To the Extitor of The Evening World Are there any decent landiords in New: York? Municipal Court rooms crowded with desperate wretches trying to keep roofs over the heads of their families and newspaper columns filled with accounts of extortion would indicate there ia only one class of | landlords, and that an undesirable one. 3 If being a landlord makes a subtle change in a man’s nature and changes him Into a devil, the only solution of the-prablem is to abolish private ownership of multiple dwell- ings. If there is such a thing as a good landlord, there is still hope of solving our problem—emergency laws. Can't you let your readers know if there are good landlords in New York? It would be interesting infor- | mation and would be a rebuke to the bad ones. Aug, 28, 1920, The Dowling Bil. To the Editor of The Evening World; We were very much interested in reading in your columns last night the proposed bill of Senator Dowling in regard to rent legislation, On first glance and without seeing the complete workings of the Dill, it sooms to us a much more fair regu- lation than the vague laws now in force, . However, in spite of what Senator Dowling’s partner, Mr. J. J. Alexan- der, states, it is Our humble opinion that all these laws restrictive against real estate are unconstitutional, It is our further opinion that they defeat thelr very purpose and only tend to aggravate the situation and prolong the shortage, ‘The real remedy is to make the supply more equal to the demand This can be accomplished only by giving real estate the greatest en- couragement, by making the field at- tractive to builders. ‘The present laws and even Senator Dowling’s suggestion turn capital away from real estate and have brought building construction to @ comparative standstill, It 1s unoer- tainty of the proposition and the principle involved, not so much the restriction on profits, that cause the greatest hesitation in the minds of builders and investors, If laws can be enacted against rents this year, new ones can be en- acted next year, and so the most EN. . FROM EVENING WORLD READERS | 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 Take time to be brief. ,complicate this difficulty. id most readable? Isn't it the one valuation plus 20 per cent, will have its diffiguities, The up-keep and depreciation of an old house are far greater than those of a new one and its rental value Is greatly lower, and yet under Senator Dowling’s Dill the old house must charge higher rent to meet the higher expenses and greater depreciation. Then, again, a good floor plan and decorations in good taste, though costing no more than poor ones, al- ways bring a high rent. ‘With the new bill the rents will be the same in each case, There will also be a great deal of difficulty in apportioning the rentals to the vari- ous apartments, and apartments al- ready under lease at low rentals will And last, but not least, the assessed valuation of a piece of property Is by no means a criterion of its real value, Land- lords who have installed at great ex- pense attractive features which the assessors have overlooked and have been allowed to overlook, will lose heavily by the percentage based on “30, eT ll, | dinary man might kill ‘wrenched the great jfrom their hinges, th: jhis back and carr) though ‘they | shingle: | uss, ploit pulled down a mighty , upon himself and his enem | UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake | (Copyright, 1920, by Jolin Blake.) DON'T TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED. To a little child, used to seeing a cat walk into a room, 3, the advent of aa elephant would occasion little surprise. | Everything is remarkable to the child, which means }| thatnothing can surprise him. | A little later he learns to think. But he is surprised only at the unusual. The objects that surround him, and have surrowaded him from babyaood, awaken no curiosity, He takes them for granted. And, unfortwaately for him, he usually takes’ these things for granted through life. Mr.,Wordsworth expressed this poetically in his: “A primrose by a river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more.” The yokel who observing tne primrose considered it merely a little flower, would coatinue to be a yokel always. But to the thinking mind the primrose would become a rare curiosity, which on examination would prove to be a miracle of beauty, a marvellous creatiog of nature, more complex and mystifying than the locomotive at which he would gaze for hours with open mouthed woader. t | | | an assessed valuation. In conclusion, we belleve that great hardships, both to tenants and land- lords, will result under the present laws wnlesg something definite ls done at once to clarify many of their vague points, Tenants intenpret these laws to suit their convenience and often on the bad advice of scheming lawyers. We have also found that even reputable lawyers are at sea as to the interpretation of these laws and many representative firms have advised their clients in absolutey different ways on the same point, Even in the case of a co-operative plan where the Municipal Court jus- tices have made certain rulings, the old tenants are badiy advised by their lawyers. We have in mind the cases where tenants were notified in January that the house in which they live was to be sold on the co- operative plan, and although their apartments have been sold to stock- holder tenants, they refuse to vacate when their leases expire, If the newspapers and the real es- tate interests and also the legisla- ors would only make the tenants realize that the law ls not entirely on their side and the landlords even now have some rights, a great deal of trouble and confusion would be avoided. We urge most earnestly that definite enlightenment be given forthwith, otherwise Oct. 1 and there- abouts will prove a great hardship for thousands of tenants. courageous builder will not take the hance with so many adverse condi- tions against him. We believe It left alone the remedy would come far more quickly than under restrictions, High, attractive rents will bring new houses more quickly than anything else, and then and only then will rents come down, Senator Dowling’s bill ts by far the Jenser of the two evils as comp. to the new laws. It will compel “gouger” to reduce his rents inst of allowing him to add 26 per cen more, and it will allow the moderate landlord to advance his rent reason ably, However, a net return of 10 per cent, baged upon the assessed , PARLE & CALHOUN, Agents, V. M. BARLE, Vice President. Aug, 26, 1920. But It May Be Cruel. ‘To the Editor of The Brening World; As a constant reader of your in- tensely interesting paper 1 would like to write you on the subject of one of your leaders in Wednesday's issue; “Where Velvel 18 Crucl."@ There aro some aspects of the miter which should not be overlooked. Firstly, we have the boy who com- You will not learn much in this world unless you think § | of the things that are around you, the rocks, the trees, the animals—how they are constructed, where they came from —all of the thousands of interestiag things that can be 3} learned about them, Don't be satisfied with seeing things. Find out about them. Interest yourself in all the many studies that deal with them, You will enrich your store of knowledge and fill your mind with instruction. \ It is men who kaow, who are Worth knowing. It is the men who think of the things around tnem, their relations to other things, who give the world new thoughts and ideas, Careful thought about everything leads to mental de- velopment, and mental development leads to growth and to success. : Taking things for granted is well enough in the child. But the man or woman who has a thinking mind should be ashamed to look at a flower or a leaf, and mot know as much as the human mind can know about its construction and its functions in nature. Sen doubtless possessing many attrac- tions, liked by his friends, surely loves boys—and who does not?—is spanked gt home or at school, They are rarely palnfuly as anybody who loved boys—and who does not?—is nearly sure to terapar, the slipper to the undressed , when meting o the slaps, If our Httle friend when wearing his velvet sult should be subjected to —— of friendly ban- ter from his chums, let him try the effect of plecing one or two of the facetious ydungsters over his knee and apankivge them, They cannot object if he Yas his little fun out of ‘he affair, amd the matter thus re- solves itaelf @ifty-fifty. You sugget; that parents forget their youth and seck to inflict crue! and unusual punishment, &c, I don't agree with you. Note I am not a different cut or texture, be a cruel punishment? In this glorious land of Nberty, untrammelled by old-world prejudice and hide-bound precedent, surely one can wear anything. one likes, whether similar to or different from the apparel of others, AUGUSTUS FITz, The Readers! Comic Section, ‘To the Editor of ‘The Evening World; Regarding Mr, S, T. L. Quigley’s remarks on “Oulja.” No doubt his in- tentions in regard to education are| the best, but he must remember that “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” If his attitude were to be strictly adhered to, We would hae no comic} section, for what is the Ouija column more or less than a readers own comic section, plains about having to wear a velvet sult, He is sixteen, plump, possibly |bluc-eyed, perhaps curly haired, parent myself, or even married, so I have no personal animus in the mat- ter, Rut why should a velvet eult-or any spocific kind of sult, whether of t \ ‘ Mr. Quigley, honest, can you take a joke? OUITA CORRESPONDENT, Brooklyn, Aug. 26, 1920, LB SS SE STEN SE) No. 12—Samson and Delilah. his famous essay on the old stag coach | Story of Samson may appropriately be called "The Glory of Strength.” |lived im our times, would nave Made | Sundow Weakiings, | weaker than a buby when under (ue, inth fine conditions that man Was gon, jthey took extra pains to giye Sum- |non the r but Deli meant plans—just as has happened powerful success, jthem, but finally, | son, the Plilistines be upon thee SLOP TVG The Love Stories of the Bible By Rev. Thomas Frit, 1820, Wy ‘The fhe New Yor The celebrated De Quincey eal “The Glory of Motion.” ie This Hebrew Herculis, nad he look like tne of puniest He slew a lion us eaily as an of- ee; he a city, them across ed them off as had been # couple of he slew & thousand of the Philistines with the jawbone of an and 4s his last wonderful ex- tym And yet this strongest of men was ence of the sorceress frum the Valley of Sorek. if ever a man started out under sum His father and mother app.ar to have been excellent people, and ht kind of a star n spoiled all their in lif well- with so many parents since the time of Manoah and his wife. The story of Samson and Dettlah is the most graphic in the whole Bible. ‘ The Philistines were scared to JAeath of Samson, as well they might have been, and knowing of thelr enemy's infatuation with the charmer in the Valley of Sorek, they bribed her to make the attempt to find out the secret of her lover's terrible strength, Like all professional adventuresses, Delilah, caring nothing for her lover beyond what she could make out of him, accepted the task of locating the great secret. She met with no however, at first, partying all her rapier thrusts as one after another she would deliver with consummate professional siren, she Samson of the jtouched the strong man in the weak he sald to him, in substance “Now, Samson, you kno’ w dearly I love vou, and if you really tell me the secret of your wonderful strength, 1 am simply dying to know, just for curtosity’s sake.” Helpiess in the colls of the temp- tress, he completely failed to row himself in defense of his manhood and gave away the secret, and when for the fourth time the cry arose “Sam- it was all over with the strong man. He was strong no more; the sorceress had despoiled him and he fell an easy prey to his enemies. He went the way so many strong men have ‘gone, so many of the illus- trious of the sons of men—Burns, Sheridan, Beranger, Byron and thou- sands of others of the elect of the earth—a standing illgstration of the truth of the saying that a good woman is the grandest thing that God ever made, and a bad woman the worst, And so, in the words of Dr. Joseph Parker, we may Well ask, Who is the strong man? Is he the man who passes through life with the battle-axe of Richard Coeur dé Lion? The child sees a man lift a great weight, and at once he exclaims, What a strong man! would have been right had he said, What a strong animel! Here are tw@ en under circumstances of equal ‘ovocation, the one man instantly resents the insult that has been in- flicted upon him in a moment in a paroxysm of raga he smites his enemy, and men say, What a strong mant ‘The other shows no sign of rage, but holds himself in p self-control, Which of the two is really the strong man? The strength of manhood is to be judged by the depth and solidity of moral foundation, “That’sa Fact” By Albert P. Southwick }. 1920, oe Press wietlng On A worm that feeds on steel was discovered by a government com- mission at Cologne in 1887, On breaking @ rail it wag found honeycombed by thin, gray, thread- like worms, two centimetres in length and as thick as a common knitting-needle, From two sacs or glands on the head it ejects every ten minutes a powerful cor- rosive secretion, capable of render- ing iron soft and spongy and giy- ing it the color of rust, in which condition it may be devoured by the worm. se 6 George Stephenson, in England, constructed the first locomotive. which travelled at the rate of six miles per hour, Stockton and Darlington (England) — Rallway opened for passengers in 1826, oe 8 The first tron rail track in the United States was from quarries at Quincy, Mass—four miles long, cost $50,000. . . The Fitzroy Road leading from Greenwich to Chelsea and thence to the Bloomingdale Koad was closed as the “City Plan” stree were opened, but it has not en- tirely disappeared, as it may be traced, more or less clearly, from the beginning south of 15th Street to the ending at 42d, being nearly coincident with the present Eighth Avenue line, big Cty “Dead as Chelsea" is a phrase that has been current Jn the Brit. ish Army since the Battle of Fon- tenoy, France, in 1745, when a grenadier first used it, as a round shot took off his right leg, thus giving him admittance to the Royal Hospital. So Capt, Clarke named his country seat in New York City, saying It was to be “the retreat of an old soldier in the evening of his days." There is a touch of pathos that his wish was not gratified for, during his last iMlness Capt, Clarke's townhouse was to the ground and he barely es- caped from death, though in a nearby farmhouse he soon aftey expired. 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