The evening world. Newspaper, September 15, 1920, Page 22

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Daily Except Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos. 53 to 63 Park Row, New York. fue tah teat wove published herein. INDEPENDENT MINORITIES. ACHINE victory in the primaries yesterday was a foregone conclusion. ">" None of the candidates opposing the slates of fav- ‘orttes had been able to catch the public fancy or to monopolize a popular issue, General Apathy ruled the ballot boxes. In spite of this, the anti-machine vote for Mayor + funn, Mrs, Boole and State Senator Thompson is } gratifying testimony that the Primary Law is not i dead, that the bosses have not a complete strangle- % hold on the members of the parties. ¥ LM fe 1 Substantial minorities are fair warning to the 5 i | hoses. Engineers of the party machines may read in these minority votes the warning that when they i q | “designate” they must choose candidates who are ‘at least tolerable, Any widespread disapproval of BR * the machine candidate would bring out more votes. \ Republican strength was more evident than Dem- “ocratig because the Republicans had two contests on | major offices, the Democrats only one. + Senator Wadsworth'’s candidacy accounted for i 3 1 >. “Many of the Republican votes, Support of the com- z te , paratively unknown Mrs, Boole was largely anti- © * Wadsworth rather than pro-Boole, ee ee, oe! + Women who oppose Senator Wadsworth because * he is 2 misrepresentative and a reactionary are apt t to carry over this opposition to the regular election. “Phere is strong probability that Senator Wadsworth | will run behind his ticket and prove a decided handi- + cap to the Republican organization. | *As for the other party schisms revealed in the vote -{eyesterday, it is probable that they will die out or “neutralize each other before Election Day. ‘ KEEPING THEIR JOBS. | OMPLOYMENT agencies’ of Chicago report that ‘ EL. business is dull and that they are placing only \ about one-fifth as many men as they did a year ago, i Reports from other employment centres would | probably show similar conditions. . _ There is a bright side to this as well. as a dark » side. , Numbers of men working and numbers of men, * unemployed would be better barometers of the in- ! dustrial situation. . + Without doubt, one of the reasons for the lessened _ demand for rfew workers indicated by employment ) exchange figures is the decreased ‘labor turnover.” * A year ago men were drifting from job to job, searching for higher pay and leaving the jobs before ‘ they became efficient producers. As competition . for labor becomes less intense, the workers have less incentive to wander from job to job. They stay ‘on the job long enough to become efficient and ' worth the pay they receive. % ; NEVER TOO LATE. 4 of the Nineteenth Amendment. ~~ The Connecticut Legislature is meeting in special * session. | Either of these items would have been welcome % | a to Guffragists two months ago. But what are y worth to-day? Nevertheless the Connecticut Senator and Gov- * etnor are playing good politics. The memory of + voters is short. __. “Better late than never? and “When the devil "| was, sick”—are old, old aphorisms with about as - much—and as little—truth as the average of their \ kind. i AS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE, ‘ 2 FIVE of the six special elections for Assembly- men to be held to-morrow the issue does not turn on the social and political programme of the Socialist Party. If this programme were the issue, The Evening World would counsel opposition to Socialist candi- \ dates, * _ «An issue vastly more important and fundamental confronts the voters, | .That issué’is the protection of democratic and | representative government against false or short- » Sighted friends and secret enemies, +» Because this is the issue, the Democratic and Re- | Publican organizations deserve no credit for present- ~ } ing a slate of fusion candidates. The fusion candi- ; Mates should be defeated. The Socialist candidates + should be elected as a matter of principle. F _ .. The Socialists deserve the suppozt of every Amer- » iean who believes that representative goverment is better than oligarchy, who believes that our sys- ; tem of government is strong enough to vindicate iiself and the principles on which it was founded. F, .. Grant the ousted Socialists are undesirable repre- ‘Sentatives—undesirable citizens even. The fact re- Anains, they were ousted from their seats in defiance ‘of the principle that voters have the right to choose ‘Tepresentatives even though some other agency Choose more wisely. and restoration of the Socialists will ; ‘ l credited to It ot not otherwise oredited im this paper | @ENATOR BRANDEGEE is out for ratification | 0 aaa + era ea 3 ‘ “not mean that the Socialist Party will have power i the Assembly. It will mean that the voters affirm their belief in representative government. - It will be a vigorous reproof to Speaker Sweet and his clique who, by their action last winter, denied this sacred principle. Re-elect the Socialist Assemblymen and restore representative constitutional government in the State of New York. mt . AN OMINOUS DATE. oO: 1 next looms as an ominous date in the lives of thousands of tenants in this city. It will prove more ominous still unless the Legis- lature, which meets in special session Sept. 20 to consider the housing situation, realizes that it has just TEN DAYS in which to deal with the emer- gency side of the housing problem for the relief of hard-pressed rent-payers. It is true that is not the only side of the problem. It is true the question how capital can be induced to undertake new building and so provide the ulti- mate economic solution cannot be neglected, But it is also true that oppressed and suffering tenants are entitled to first aid. Forty thousand dispossess cases are now pending in New York City. No one can say how many hundred thousand more may be added to the list unless some fairer, surer standard for adjusting the conflicting claims of tenants and rent-raising landlords is established be- fore Oct. 4, The question of leases, rent increases and dispossess powers should have the immediate practical atten- tion of the Legislature in order that injustice mdy be minimized NOW, before it involves rent-paying victims in new toils, ‘ The confusion certain to be produced by a yet further multiplication of homeless families, home- changing families and families threatened with the loss of their homes means something more than trouble for the persons concerned. It means profound disturbance of the whole com- munity. It means that families who do not know where their children can go to school, families whose church ties are severed, families deprived of social environment or social centres, will exert an increas- ingly disruptive, disorganizing influence the results of which must be serious. Such disturbance is bound to react against civic order and progress. Its bad effect upon public health and morals has already been pointed out. This consideration alone—if the plight of the harassed homeless themselves made no appeal— ought to be argument enough for prompt legislative dealing with the emergency end of the problem, Goy. Smith should see to it that the special ses- sion of the Legislature realizes its FIRST AND MOST IMPERATIVE BUSINESS IS RELIEF. Economic remedies in due course. But first of all, protection and relief for tenants— BEFORE OCT. 14, WAR ON HIGHWAYMEN. T° REFUSING to take legal action against a police- man who shot and killed a hold-up man who resisted arrest, the District Attorney's office acts wisely, Hold-ups are potential murderers and belong in the “dead or alive” category. Each policeman must continue to exercise judg- ment as to how much force is necessary to effect the capture of gunmen, Each case must stand on its own merits, and if the policeman errs ‘he must be held responsible. However, it is well for policemen to know that the District Attorney’s office is standing behind them in the war on highwaymen. TWICE OVERS, 77 Te Russian Army will not lay down its arms until our country is cleansed of the horrors of Sovietism and our people enjoy personal freedom.” — Gen. Wrangel, Commander of anti-Bolshevik forces in Russia. * ° . ° “ce M ORE than one-half of the national taxes are due fo war—and the Democratic Party presents you a measure lo do away with war.” —Senator Hitch- cock of Nebraska, ° oe ‘AIT, I am luring them; tomorrow will wite ness a grand massacre!”—M. Le Marchand, director of the anti-rat campaign in Paris, ° . . “ce os is a country of free speech, and anybody has a right to know my position.” —Goo, Cox. . * . “ce A HALF CLAD dimple-kneed Delilah the mod- ern vamp has a strangle hold on the modern Samson—these United States of America,’— Th Reo J. H. Krauskopf of Philadel:.h'a, What kwa uy letter do you pnd must reuduble? Isn't i the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise und a lot of satisfaction in trying to eay much in a few words. Take time to be brief. Profitecring on Men's F ‘To the Falitor of Tho Brening Work’ There is a profiteering game going on at the present time which It seems is not being noticed to a great extent. by the public or the Federal authori- | ties. I am referring to men's hat Wages, materials, &c., are not any higher this year than they were the | last and still prices on this wearing’ Apparel are considerably higher. i While I am on the subject of hats, } there is this much more to say: ‘There are certain makers of hats that! have acquired a reputation for mak- ing hats of quality and are now bas- ing thelr prices solely on this repu- tation rather than on the value of the| hat itself, If subjects of this sort were given some publicity I am sure it would] have some moral effect on the manu-/ facturers, 3, Brooklyn, Bb. B. Y., Sept. 13, 1920. “Rent ‘Nh the Faitor of The Brening Worl: Concerning the benefits the tenant derives from the anti-profiteering | laws to curb rent raising, permit me to cite the following case: A woman, compelled to vacate the rooms she occupied in back of the store owned by her husband, due to his death and the sale of the store, moved into a flat for which she was to pay $48 a month. Learning later ' in May, 1920, and had been raised to $36 in July, she refused to pay $48 in Beptember (haying lived part of Aug- ust in the flat and having paid at the rate of $48.a month)—refused to pay @ ralge of 84 per cent. in four months —a case of rank profiteering. Offering $36 for the month, which was refused, she was served with a dispossess, Armed with an affidavit from the former tenant testifying to the truth of her claims as to the outrageous ‘profiteoring, she appeared in court ‘Tuesday, Sept. 7. There rt work) was made of her case. Without || glance at the proffered affidavit, the judge gave her a month's time to get | out or to pay the $48—an advance of 84 per cent. in a third of a year. ‘The protection of the rent laws?— the 35 per cent. clause? Mere mock- ery. Gross ifjustice and rank prof- iteering—the mockers, LOUIS J. APPEL, 1451 Fifth Avenue, N. ¥. C,, Sept. 10, 20, 19 Land for the Public, ‘To the Exiitar of The Deening World; Rent troubles make one fact prominent—private ownership of thr land is the source. The people con- stitute the State, but the few people who own the land own the many people who do not. Efforts have been jmade to check the landlords’ raven- [ous appetite, aud a new effort is that the former tenant had paid $26] ‘7 about to be made which it is to hoped will be a suffictent remedy, Mean- time vacant land cannot be improved with new dwellings. Personally, I see no sure way to avold theso acute situations, except for the State to own the land. The subject is a very large one and ad- mits of many pros and cons. I have thought a plan of amending the Con- stitution so that the State could take private qind for any use the State Legislature might authorize it to be put to, would put a metaphorical club in the hands of the authorities that! could be made effective against any} boosting of rents. The idea is this: If any landiord| shows greed, at once institute a pro- ceeding by the State to take his land! and pay him its just value, This} can be done by issuing bonds, the| State to lease the property on the! basis of cost, &e. Stability of values and rents would follow. The State would give value and receive value and the honds would represent that value. Landlords would doubtless be| restrained by fear of such ‘They certainly need it. One culty at present is that the Sta cannot take lands for any use but a public use. An amendment is doubt. loss necessary, to moet such : a situ ation 4 1s above proposed. ‘The Con. suitution contains a clause, that ties hands for to years. of that clause put on the pi The people have tied their hands, They should free themselves, The city owns ite land in the street, bought it amd bald for it. It owns its parks, &c. It once owned the common tan the city fathers sold for a Lots now worth hundreds ¢ sands went for a few hundred lars. Had those thou- lands been ent ‘by the city it would have been « priceless heritage. The people have hear fooled, They have been without tru, leaders most of thestime. [t would be better in every way if the people owned the land and also owned theme selves. They must be beginning to sce that they are the victims of a system whereby a comparative persons own the plot on whi, must live, ly fow 3 ich we B. R. DopGE, ‘To the Editor of The Brening World; Why is it that a man who nas only to pull & bell cord and ring up fares, waich requires no brain work or brawn, should get such high pay and strike for more? Take the office clerk who {5 paid half as much and does just as much work, or the moving man who doey three times the work and receives only half as much pay. They should re ceive twice as much as the B. Ro OP. men, Who inconvenience 2,000,006 people. BD. A Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, Sept,” to, 1820, . a ‘To the Editor of The Brening World who is responsible for existing con- ditions in New York employment agencies, one's attention on the “listed oppor- tunities” these places will show that practically all of the wants are for hotel help. deal with organizations from jobless men and women and the New York hotels represent their last the resulting damage which Industry recognized and dispensed with, UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) THE SOFTEST SNAP IS THE HARDEST LUCK. "Don't look for a soft snap. get out of it as soon as you can, A man with a soft saap doesn’t have to work, And he stands as much chance to get along without working as a tree stands to bear fruit or give shade without growing. If you've ever been around an office you know what becomes of the chaps who hold soft snaps. They “stay right where they are while other mea who have to work go ahead of them. Rich men’s sons who succeed do so in spite of their wealth, not because of it. And there is a far smaller per- centage of them who amount to anything than there is of poor men’s sons, Go over the list of the Presideats of the United States and you will find that not one of them ever had a soft snap in his youth, They got where they were because they had to work hard when they were boys, and the habit of hard work stuck in after years, An arm or a leg injured so that it can'aot be used soon gets feeble and worthless, A mind that is not used deteriorates just as quickly. The man who is looking for a soft snap in life is really looking for hard luck, although he may not kiow it. And if he finds the one he will be absolutely certain to find the other, A soft snap means opportunity for idleness. Idleness at best means lack of aay further mental or physical de- velopment. It is likely to mean more than that, for it is the man with nothing good to do that finds something bad to do, and gets into troyble. Seekers of soft snaps are very pleatiful. that so few of them find what they are after. The hardest worked wage slave is better off than the man ina soft snap. He may be able to advance—he always can by working and thinking to better himself, But the maa with a soft snap will never get anywhere but into jail or the poor house, unless somebody else gives him the money to live o1. And a man who does not make his living by his own efforts is altogether too useless to live, If you find you are in one, It is fortunate PARANA AANA RRA RNAS AAAADARAARAAAN A Last Outport, | 88th Street, whioh specializes The “Mother of a Chauffeur” asks ment own management. A walk down Sixtl Avenue with A. und the State employment offi &c., are the recognized places applicants to secure were organized to Any Industria! me out in the st employment agencies represent last outposts of a barbaric past speculation, exploitation and posted at the entrance to Industry at large now refuses to that profit standby. ‘ time, No reason exists for their assdcla-| phe hotel interests ‘will awaken tion with these concerns beyond eventually, reulize their poxition and splitting commissions or ixnorance Of] stop the flagrant advertising they are now j;retting, EDMUND HAMILTON, tag New York hotely have an organ-] City Luland Sept 10 j {zation of their own at No, 106 West on hotel wants ‘and provides free place- lent to worthy men and women, Why they do not enforce recruiting through it 1s a reflection on their The Knights of Columbus, Y. M. Cc. 8, this evil, will bear ement that paid the viens. con- nivery In labor was the national pas- No. 7—Balaam, the Promoter Balaam was @ Midijanite, and tis business seems to have been that of a promoter—a floater of whatever kind of enterprises happened to come his ‘way. His somewhat unenviable history ts summed up in the laconic statement, “Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness”"—a | history, truth forces us to admit, that applies to many others as well as to the crafty old Midianite, Balaam makes his first appearance to us In connecticn with the J advance toward the trans-Jo: region. They have met and defeated the desert tribes and ate now threat~ ening Moab, which les in thelr way. Owing to the great numbers of the Israclitea, and fearing that they wou'd “lick up the whole land as the ox lick- eth up the grass of the field,” Balak, King of Moab, sent for Balaam. He had heard of him as being a mighty diviner, whose power to bless or to curse Was amazing, and he despatehod messengers for him to come and curse the people of Israel. The first batch of messengers failed to bring him, but the second returned with him, ready for business, * Balaam was a circumspect man. Bis motto was “Let everything be done decently and in order.” Therefore ho did not go about his task in a rough- shod or slap-dash fashion. He con- sulted his God as to whether he should or should not curse the Israelites, and was ordered not to curse them. That seemed to settle the business of his mission at once and for all, and he told Balak that there was no use in pressing the matter any further; that he had to speak as God ordervé, and the command had come not, to curse Israel. But deep down In Balaam’s soul a great conflict was going on. A mag- nificent reward awaited him at the hands of Balak if he would do the cursing, and that reward lured him mightily. He did not want to disobey his conscience, but was there possible way tovstretch his cons¢tence so it would cover the splendid fee that stood ready for him? So he consulted God again, and again the word came “Don't curse Israel," Downcast and miserable, told Balak that it was all off, and the King in great anger drove him from his presence. It Is as clear as day that the great question with Balaam was nat whether he ought or ought not to curse Israel, but this rather: “Is there any way, right or wrong, b which I can curse those people and hard—and by that means secure the big reward that Balak has prome ised me?" ’ Balaam has been dead a long tim but we have all met up with his ling descendants. The woods are full of them, . The old fellow from the land of Midian lacked morai vision. His righteousness, in so far as he may be said to have had any righteousness at all, was superficial, mechanicaj, insincere, a wopden righteousness without any heart. For did he not, after he had blessett the Israelites at God's command, su | gest to the Moabites a vile expedien by which the blessing might be neu- tralized! : Balaam was a promoter, and ho didn’t care much what he promoted. Like the goats on Robinson Crusoe's island, he never looked up, Spiritually he was far inferior to the ass he rode, for the ass saw the anrel, while Balaam was as blind as a bat to the radiant presence of the celestial messenger, By Albert P. Southwick bt. 1020, by The Pm Caiia OTT New Tork eeulne Worth The corners of a little triangular graveyard at Eleventh Street and Sixth Avenue are remnants of the second Beth Haim, or Place of Rest, the Jewish cemetery on Man- hattan Island. The first, purchased in 1681 and enlarged in 1729, just south of Chathdm Square, was closed early in the 19th century. In 1830, when 11th Street was opened on the lines of the “City Plan,” the whole of the burial ground was swept away. The present one is on Long Island. There was a group of wooden houses buried tn the heart of the biock betwen 16th and 17th Streets and Sixth and Seventh Avenues, long known as Paisley Place, or “the Weavers' Row.” Hand weav- ing was a New York industry of some magnitude in the clty proper @ century ago, carried on mainly by weavers emigrant from Scotland, many of them coming from Paisley about 1822. * 8 6 P. M. Wetmore, in a note upon Paisley, writes: t @ little distance from where the larger merchants (Greenwich Village) ran a secluded country lane which bore the some- what pretentious name of South- ampton Road. A convenient nook by the side of this quiet lane was chosen by a considerable number of the Scotch weavers as their place of refuge from the impending danger (yellow fever) and they gave their home the name of Pals. ley Place," - Cry It was to Clement C. Moore that “Chelsea” owed its existence as a village long Ybfore it became a part of New York City. His estate, Sby inheritance, extended trom the nt 19th Street to ie of Ath Street, and west side of Eighth Ave- e river. About 5 Kan opening atreuts end yee on the line of the . London Terrace and Chelsea oft hs on 23d and Mth Streets, Bi 4 ed by Mr. Moore to W Torrey on May 1, 1845, and the nae ter thenceforth bought’ and sold to the lease, ae had made thelr temporary homes.