The evening world. Newspaper, October 9, 1920, Page 10

In spite of strong opposition from many owners and agents of tental properties, What is a fair rental? The problem is compli- cated, But it is not insoluble if attacked in a spirit of mutual give and take. If moderate and reason- able men among the tenants and moderate and rea- sonable representatives of the owners will meet and pam ts Bo AL sk x, A calmly di ; Bye ee aed OU ace ly discuss the question there is hope for some ; pe of agreement which will at I¢ist aid justices s in speedy and equitable decision of rent cases. A bah g «Fre BANISH The formula suggested as a starting point has one * difficulty, which, however, is not insuperable. of (CHIEF MAGISTRATE M'ADOO agrees with | shoutd determination of fair rent depend only on 3 The Evening World that there should bea spe- | ageassed valuation or should it take into considera- <. cial code of laws and ordinances relating to motor | tion the rate of profit on investment ? « Vehicle traffic in this city. For example, if a puilding assessed at $100,000 *, Magistrate McAdoo would consolidate the City | and valued at $120,000 is mortgaged at $80,000 at *, License Bureau with the Police Department; rigilly | 6 per cent., is it fair for the tenants to pay 12 per cent. on the total valuation, or only enough to pay 6 per cent. interest on thé $80,000 mortgage plus 12 per cent. on the owner's equity of $40,000? This is the sort of perplexing question which con- s persons who can prove their physical, mental and moral fitness to operate motor cars; give City Magistrates the power to revoke licenses, and pro- vide for the Issuance of such licenses through the | fronts tenants and landlords. If they will stop city Police Department. throwing bricks and resort to reason, there is hope .~_ It is time for practical recognition of the fact | for 4 workable compromise which will do away _ that the motor vehicle problems of this city are | with much of the present bitterness. ” liarly its own, _— jee Mf the vast volume of dutomobile traffic in the HOW MANY MORE? S ASTATEMENT of why a pro-League Repub- lican with a clear brain and ‘a conscience cannot support or vote for Harding, the letter of Herbert Parsons, former Chairman of the Republi- can County Committee, to Samuel S. Koenig, the present Chairman, leaves nothing to be desired. Mr. Parsons cuts loose from the Republican candi- | date. and the Republican candidate’s “mush” with a calm judgment and a steady hand. Mr. Parsons wants a candidate who is no “strad- ier” but an’ “aggressive, positive’ leader. That candidate is Gov. Cox. Mr, Parsons says: =" streets of New York is not to mean records of acci- * dent and death still more appalling In thelr totals, »* the city has got to have a better grip on the con- -_ ditions with which It has to deal. c= Motor licensing and motor regulation in Greater ~~ New York cannot be safely left to Albany. | Magistrate ‘McAdoo would inchile In his code a «Suggestion upon which The Evening World laid * stress: i Compel motor oar owners or drivers to a * some standard warning device which will | Warn pedestrians—not shatter their nervous systems with earsplitting shrieks, One of the worst and most needless nulsances fn this city to<day fs the nerve-racking “yiper” with * which many of the heavier type of motor trucks ate "equipped. fi So strident and horrible fs the noise made by this device, even when at a considerable distance, that women and children often Jump the wrong way in terror and confusion, thereby endangering their ® lives in another direction. * A horn of sonorous tone would be quite at effec- tive as a warning, even In the noisest traffic. if the warning sound were standardized—retain- Ing, of course, special signals for fire engines, ambu- »‘Tances, ‘etc—pedestrians woukt become familiar with it and look out for their safety almost automat- ically, without the nervous shocks to which they are «= Has New York sense enough to rl itself of this * nerve-destroying muisance? “The issue to the American voter is be tween going into the League with reservations and not going into it at all, “Harding te and will be for not golug into it at all.” “Lam for the League of Nations. Cox ts for ‘going in.’ Harding is not for ‘going in,’ though in the Benate he voted for ‘going tn.’ 80 I am for Cox.” As to that possible future change in the Harding attitude upon which other pro-League Republicans pin their faith, Mr. Parsons permits himself no illu- sions: “Harding's real poficy will be to do—not what honor or the peace of the world requires, but what he will be squeezed into doing by aissse «Census figures show that Uncle Gam is i . ' large expected about five |. : milion pnciation But tonreen Bille Ieiand «=—-«|-—=—=—« PORN pressures of the conflicting fi: gnd the birth recorder the little discrepancy’ forces supporting him. t may be nothing at will soon vanteh, “BACK TO THE LAND.” " EWSPAPERS are full of reports of the census, all indicating the alarming drift of rural popu- , dation to the cities, al) so long as it serves as a compromise to preserve harmony in the Republican Party and make possible continued Republican con- trol of the Senate.” Here is Republicanism of a refreshing sort. r , Here is Republicanism that refuses to put the iq * At such Ett It Is reassuring to get news from | election of a Republican President above getting the ; "the wheat belt of Kansas. United States into the greatest peace movement 3 In the litle town of Olathe the municipal authort- | Svineation has yet stared | __ fies have been forced to issue traffic orders to re- y lieve the congestion of motor cars at the high schoo! Here is Republicanism that elects to stand by the ‘building. The drivers of these cars are chil- | principles its party has abandoned, » . * dren who come to high school and leave their cars There is no question how this kind of Repubtican- “4 ‘parked outskle while they attend classes. ism is going to be rated in after years, e Such a story ts worthy of wide publicity. Here | The Evening World hoped that William H. Taft, : hatag Bieghmnogs Po getiond oe Pe George W. Wickersham and Herbert Hoover would Om “Back to the Land” movement. The census shows | Prove big enough Americans to prefer, tasting honor - the net result. to the painful party fealty that supports through a The trouble with the back to the !and movement has been that many of its strongest advocates have ‘been doing their advocating for other people. oI Bankers, editors, college professors, merchants, and the like, who have never had the slightest intention of going back to the land, have been telling other people to do so. ‘The back to the land com- How many more are too big for their party at mand has proved ineffective, its present moral dimensions? Perhaps we had better try persuasion. As a per- : Sopp eT suader the Olathe story is worth a hundréd solemn Harding says American soldters have no campaign a candidate whose stand on the largest of national issues it can neither approve nor esteem. Mr. Parsons ought to be a stirring example to Republicans whose hopes of Harding have slumped to zero. business on the Rhine, warnings. His'moral ts 90 perfectly evident, As the Republican candidate sees tt, did they have any business in Europe in 1917 and 1918? BETTER THAN FIGHTING, DON'T BE A SLACKER. When registration books close this eventhg not every citizen will be registered and s0 qualified to vote in the November election. Those who are not registered will be “slackers” just as truly as were draft dodgers in war time. “Slacker” ts an ugly wore and should not be used indiscriminately, but it is fairly applicable in this case. Citizens entitled to vole who do not register ARE “slackers.” They are neglecting their duty, debasing their citizenship, and giving aid and comfort to the worst elements in our political life. Don't be a slacker, Register. Do it now, W ISER COUNSELS are in evidence among realty owners, ot at least among some circles of the real estate interests. The newly organized Real Estate Interests of New ed York invite tenant organizations to meet with real q estate representatives. and discuss the question of 5 fair rentals, The Chairman of the Legal Board of the organi- zation gets at the root of the trouble when he asks, “What is a fair rental?” Moreover he has something constructive to offer as a basis of consideration and discussion, He says: “My own personal views on a proper rental , are these; Rental returns should be 12 per cent, net on a valuation 20 per cent. in excess of that assessed, I say 20 per cent. more be- cause everybody knows property is being sold for far more than the assessed valuation. 1 should say a man who collects this profit from his property is not a gouger nor a profiteer.” 0 different from oT method practised in Michigan in the last few years in relation to money and prom- ises made for political patronage is such that I cannot Jollow. 1 am not a wealthy man and therefore it seems the desire for political aspirations is closed in Michi- gan to a man of moderate means,” —Licut. Col. Guy M. When of Flint, Mich. spans es a] x & & = s N _A Fluctuating Market! || FROM. EV NG WORLD RCADERS | to say much in a few words. Give It Chanee, © the Faltor of ing World Give tho League a chance! veryone—every where, , and we shall have kept the faith vith those who died, EB. E. 8. New York, Oct. 7. Democracy berty. 0 the Disivor of Toe Brewing World Perhaps your readers can enlighten me on the following: 1 have recently of many years abroad, and marked change in things since I left has get me wondering if those old vatehwords, “Democracy and Lib- rty," still retain their old founda- ions, Three cases offhand will suifice: Firet-—-Why must a tired and thirsty creaty the lubricant his throat deatros? Second—Why are straw hats pro- hibited after Sept. 15% 1 say “pro hibited" because I saw piles of de- atroyed straw hate in the streets 0: Rockaway and elsewhere on this dat: the renult of @ so-called joke of th young blood: petrated the previou evening on passersby. A small mat ter, you will probably say, but It has significance. Third—Why le it next to impoual- ble to get a home if you happen to I have been trying to find a home since my return, but the presence of our little fellow of | postions a child? three years in the chief cause of fati- ure, to say 80, educated and as this great Republic. fee, Democracy—liberty! The statue In the be} Ye continues, TRAVELLER. Read All the Article To the Ka ‘The Exoning World J Spradiing ways, the League of Nations and let you: conscience be the real guide.” I take the liberty of calling the at |League of Nations outline; vis: |Articles X XII, XV, XVI | XXL. careful reading he do—for the good of our country, ARTHUR DURIEN, Intguttous Partisanship. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Workt: If It faile we shal} not be any work eturned to America after ap absence | the | become a criminal to obtain 4 landlords are not ashamed En passant—We have two highly cultured gentlemen ndidates for the Presidency of A stranger ar- riving here and noting the criticisms in the various newspapers and the voluble expressions of the man tn the street. would Imagine two criminals were the aspirants to this exalted of- harbor will soon ed upon as a “warning” instead of a “welcomings figure if the pace After may change his mind as to what we should What kind of letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? ik There ia fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying Take time to be brief. wis most enlighton Enlightening upon t tude toward th If it succeeds it will make the whole | ! orld @ better piace to live tn—for gods! The only | way out of this mass of campaign} Jrubbish is to real the covenant of| "| ltention of your correspondent to the | of him at the cheapest salary poss blr |following articles contained in the , XX, and | crease No, 620 Broadway, New York, Oct. 6.| mon are anxious to make good "The interview with Gov. Tox pub- Mashed in The Sunday World of Qot, . 4 ‘ } u an insue as that of the peace of the world, obviously the devotees. « followers of the political be made to suffer even yet more for their folly before they will awake tc the fact of their misleading, W others than ourselves without mately Such is the penalty for surrendering our citizen poverelenty | permit selfish political parties to order | our conduct, and enthusiastically fol- low a class-conscious small part of t! people, itself absolutely dominated by a half dozen cunning politicians that we recognize and name “the machine.” Our mental laziness and moral blind: ness in responsible for {t all. promoted Government of law, people and approved by po A Government with no court of last Tesort superior to a decision of th people thomsclves. A popular Govern ment, under the “sovereignty of the citizen: ten, purpose of the fathers of the Republic. | We have atrayed far from It, been misled by designing persons intr | Improve upon the work of the fath- To the ke We have suffered more than enough t hands of party government, not farm out popular government to whi “scrapping” the Government With almost idiotic |ndifference we We have} government by political parties for political parties, instead of vernment of the people, by the peo- , for the people, And at a terrible st. Of course, we are entitled justly to a initiated by” the ilar wil! | of the United States of Amor | hat was the precisely express: | Woe haw | the dark alleys of political partisan. | ship, Yet the way is open to us if we will turn back to first principles, anc ers of the Republic by closing th doors of temptation that they lef) | apen to opportiinists, BREN STILLMAN DOUBLEDAY. | No, 978 Bergen st, Brooklyn, Oct | 1, 1920. | All Employers Selfiabt | of The bree I have come to the experience of “seek with a future,” that the moderr ployer is entirely selfish and mer- cenary. He doesn't give a snap of his fingers for the welfare of his youthful | employees. He !s not at all interestod in thelr future. All he wants to know lw that the boy does what Is rqquired Ar eve, through A position He t# always looking for a J man cheap.” He will give you an in in salary only = when necessary. He is afraid to show that | your work is above the standard for} fear that you may ask for a raise realizing you are worth more. He does not realize that we young Ho does not know or does not want to know that we, too, must suffer be- 9 of the existing standard of liv- that we, too, though only young need more money than ip nor- THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1920. |, It happens that again to-day the | lines to lead this column come from & bit of poetry written for obildren, thus: 1 know a Gallant Gentleman, And itt nive to see The way he tips hia hat and bows To little girls like me. He ia a courtly Gentiemar |” And he ts atrong and tall; | But atili he doen't treat me like A Uttle girl at all. When he's around the house, ’'m eure No harm can come to me, For he is also very brave And wise as wine can pe, ‘ But what 1 like the deat of alt Is when he tatky to me OF what his Latte Lady ts, And what she'll grow to be. He saya a Gentlewoman ta A power in the land, And that she holds ali goodness ix The hollow of her hand, Who ts this Man I've told you off | I'm gtad and proud to telt That my brave Gallant Gentleman | Ja Pather dear, aa well, Jane Morgan, who wrote this poem, |has had it put’ into “John Martin's Rig Book for Little Folk" CHoughton- Mifflin), where will b 1 of the lines ted here. * 8 a song that he can call his own! “6 Rubbing-In a Hondred Years - - - fhe return to complete extensic we And Father so rar rectitude of form can be vb d only by the return of t y molecular current to all the e being Reade like a new and subtle way jof getting at the Volstend Act,-this “return of the rotary molecular qure ”" Wrath of Big Dry Boss Anq on und confusion of the Honor- y Wayne B. Wheeler! But it inn’t ything like that. It is part of Dr, . HH. (ioleet's er Grow Old" (Putnam), a book that telis “how io ive for more than one hut oi Dr, Golzet is 85, bas tried pin thirteen ‘years, and the results, Aw we read that one does not grow two lateral hglves of f such parity bie 4 simple as that. He symmet- you will be a centenariar poor fellow: Lioney home for the home h look at you you, willl The © wants is a young a boy (f ag will upkeep of tha {a hundre you kne man replied: * also have @ ‘ou haye the it T want Ip the final , In Waldo Frank's second novel. “Tne N OMMON SENSE ark Mother” (Hont & Liyright), | Uncle Deane, merchant, ad- Treasea thus new, Davids newly By John Blake ome to Coprtelt, 1080, by the eth SPudicate, 1 . LEARN TO When the fi xo out under the boiler, the cugine stops; when the fires burn Jow, the engine operates feebly At'a @ mile from. toy The nal’ fe fire , ay, is neces | The geysers in Yellow The right fuel, fed to the fire in the right way, is ne« fezeers in Yellow. sary to efficiency in a steam engine, est country o: it is just as necessary to efficiency in the hwnan en pt BA Thy gine, Starving men cannot work, neither can they think in- §) be a hiss, wilh Sima SS tglligently. Good work can be done only by a mind that 3] yohharinn sad Me Prarie gather the is contained in a well-nourished body Jon that this fe a meatesly piss for , ay . N angtén be , han Am t to a Splendid Iacia- You may live on expensive food, and eat abundance : Unita toerne of it, still be undernourished. | otion of the New ¥ Until you learn what to eat, and how to ext it, you are 3 | not likely to have physical strength, unless you happen to ; have one of those stomachs that ean digest anything. th ng . to give time to Your physical and mental output depends absolutely rnin see eine Webs on your digestion That is your first and most inyportant If this the prevalent concep consideration, on of the’national upitft ghonld we _ i ‘ . lake the trouble to remember the You can live without literature or philosophy or art $| \iataower? or poctry, but you cannot live without food, Anti<War'oua the Rest Mea, << And you might as well try to live without food as to { All the good that comes from war live on the wrong kind of food, bolted when it onght to be rom strugele, eelf-denin chewed thoroughly and selected without any thought for the : : ; min= kind of elements it supplies. | mp, enainesring, explorations Begin to build your eareer by building your health ; py ee BN 9 Don't try to seale any mental heights wita a poorly nour » who can guide the plow : yaa 7" share can wield the sword; the man ished be It can't be done. who can face the \ Vary your diet. Eat plenty of vegetables and less meat Hes, Gan face Ae cern ee one it If you find that a particular article of dict bothers you {t helpa rejuvenate the olds ee ; nee, team work, system, or- | after it is edten, stop eating it. ation and so on'are achleve- j Consult your doctor about your die . Of, 40. Haare! BES tell to di SULEROnS Hie RAH IAD WHat hg It is John Burroughs, the venerable i cus yon Oo GOs . y himself thus in “Accept- There is going to be hard work ahead of you if you Universe” (Houghton-Mift~ { mean to be anything but the average man, You will need Maree all the energy your body can supply, And it will be a very exceeding potency fer Door erier; ears UES 5 : aT gue of Nationa backed I ergy maker iH your stomach and all your digestive by a League of Indomitable Farm apparatus is not working properly all the time. ind of Invincible Explorers, Ant 4 war in full phalanges! RRA AAA RAARAAAARRANRAARRAAARAAARARNAAA ARMAS ane —— Sir Philip as He Took Us In--~ maj times. He d ‘ that many of us we cation In the even ‘That’. F a? Ho doesn’t realize that w sarac {ac Amoricn, writes css ourselves, have a little Se , ed all the glimpses T had of Sad datc seer tas ely lade By Albert P. Southwick nome. tn the suburbs he can give «| do al 1 w AM=4 4 vod, bat She In Forbidden to Vote. 1) the baliter of senlie World Jon't Are much? Your An American’ born woman, wife of jan enemy alien husband, wants to) rogister to yote at the next election, Can she register or not? Is there any qct of Congress oF State Legislature | jen status? During the! nullifying hi way she hi 1 register as an The longest span « world is used f¢ and is 1,200 feet high, and in other town. tted States, white woodwork of the bright sunlight dove them s he lanes, and th wh mbled in the inorr ye local station to begin a s work, or @ new day in the big city at t Ing att i as a stranger and he took us en to the least of our commut~ Aud the blessed thing about | that, not knowing how we were cing Judged by a Sir Philip, we put n no lugs at all and appeared just as pened. He ft us, We read chewing-gum. mi ® atmosphere of over the ation by reminding ours ® than feet in Jength peing in a mindsto lke 4