The evening world. Newspaper, December 13, 1920, Page 22

i Torii, ESTABLISHED hy JosnPH puTATZER, shad Daily Except Munday by The Prom Mublihing Campany, Nos, 43 to GR Park Run, New York RALPH PULITZER, Preaident, 6% Ro J.\ANGUS SHAW. Treas JOSEPM PULITAMR Ir, secre’ SEMBER OF THE As: ‘Amoctated rem te exclusively entitled to the use che credited to Mt oF not otherwise erviite ers publised herein, A NEW TARIFF TEST. EPUBLICANS have an overwhelming majority in Congress. As a result, the old leaders talk and think in terms of the nineteenth tury are planning a regular old-style tariff act The lusty industrial “infants” are gathering in ante-chambers, smoking and handing out large rs of excellent quality, and remarking, Ain't it great to be home again?” or words to that Biect. i The probability is that the old-timers Ble to “put. it over” while the newcomers are wing and tractable and not yet accustomed to the On the other hand, the “infants” may get squabbling over the division of the spoils and ke enough noise to distract and frighten off the G 0. P. nurses. { ih Tariff advocates have one new factor to contend With. It is a “war baby,” and may prove most troublesome to the godparents of the “infants” iho need protection. Hin other years advocates of the protective prin- diple have insisted that “protection from patiper fabor” did not result in higher prices, that Ameri- @m business would not mulet the last dollar of profit because it could. “For five years American industries have been fotected from foreign competition more effectively fin any tariff could protect tHem. Five years of ee oetin in Europe has prevented compe- jan. What is the record of American business under conditions? That is what the tariff advocates Will have to face. When the American Woolen Company asks for fyptection, the thinking public will ask, “Why?” | anid “Does your war record of profiteering justify ur asking favors from the public?” erhaps protection of the American wool-grower needed. If so, it should be in the faym of a tariff wools and not on manufactured woollens. The lool Trust does not deserve coddling. When it Was completely protected, it profiteered. | HiThe game and similar questions will be a¥ked of er tariff applicants. Their records will be ked up. Newspapers will expose the earnings of esentative manufacturers in the same way The ening World branded the profiteers last winter. {Each industry will be asked to defend its price rd and earnings record when protected hy war a justification for protection from competition in fine of peace. Gee! will & ON ee eee —atire Ee erecta BLIND JINGOISM. ATURDAY The Evening World suggested with ; ee facetious intent that it was in order for the i Inited States Senate to correct the Nobel’ Prize wr iitee’s award of the Peace Prize to Pres- Kent Wilson. wSunday, with withering sarcasm, the New fibune pul the Prize Committee in its place, sNon-partisan students of internatiorfal affairs have ied the Wilson state. papers of the earlier years R the war in connection with the circumstances ler which the documents were issued. They ve realized that many of the seemingly incon- it phrases were merely the language of diplo- y. But not the Tribune, which suggests:- Hereafter let any one who aspires to this high honor keep in mind the three outstand- ing features of the President's course. If they keep from their minds poisonous know!- edge of what war is, or what has caused a particular war, and, above all, defeat the establishment of a just peace, they may hope to be decorated with the insignia of the Order _ of the Dove. nTo the Tribune, Marshal Foch is the sublime ment of peace and deserved the Peace Prize. i + is orthodox jingo philosophy. It will be re- “membered that William Hohenzollern, late Emperor FGermany, made similar claims as a peacemaker mid peace-preservet in the days before August, 1914, _ Yesterday's mouthings of the Tribune are a fair * @kample of how partisanship may blind. From the a une it is doubly astonishing because of the fact tt the Nobel Prize Committee continues to operate the same rules under which the Peace Pri awarded {6 Theodore Roosevelt, the particular 1 of the Tribune, York aS ie ae meres cee ae eo ewe ee GOOD BUSINESS SENSE. DLORD GALEWSKI, who has ordered a DOWNWARD revision of his rent rolls, is an Hent example to others in similar business. r. Galewski doesn’t pgse as a philanthropist. n't, Whatever his associates in the real-estate ess may think of his procedure, the fact is that te The tide has turned. Rents are coming down or later along with other commodities, The are that the drop will be later than with but a landlord, just as is the case in any other ess, can well afford to establish good-will on sis of fair dealing and moderate profit, tenants’ time will come. Landlords who jlate a heritage of hate on a record of prof- houses will have a “bad name” passed on from tenant to 1} Iry, WH Ss" AKI cand Senator H tenant. The good landlords, on the con- 1 good name and full rent rolls. EN DO THEY BEGIN? NG in Indianapolis on Oct. 45 last, as idate for President of the United States, arding said: “Task you, and I ask al] Americans, to look forward to a constructive and progressive pro- gramm e, to a practical programme * * *” Meaning, of course, a Republican programme, Speakin candidate for President ator Hardi ig at Akron, O., on Oct. 28, still as of the United States, Sen- ng sa “I want a party sponsoring our American Govern \ Amerie: Americ: ment that thinks first of serving the an people and of writing intelligent ‘an opinion into the statutes and the policy of this republic. “I know pretty well that the American peo- ple are thinking of calling the Republican Party Americ Republ back to service in the Nation, The an people have always turned to the ean Party in their hour of anxiety and distress, and are turning to it this year for rellef at Washington and throughout our gov- ernmental institutions.” On the people did They elected its Presidential candidate. gave it preponderant power in the next Congress, They cleared the way for the use of its majority in the present professed programme of national relief. Where i second day of November the American call the Republican Party to service. They ngréss to make a prompt start on its s the programme? Where are those constructive, progressive, prac- tical plans with which the Republican Party before election was burning to render first aid to an anxious and distressed country? Since the present Congress met in final session Neither Between When d and the “writing of intelligent American opini into the statutes of the Republic” begin? Republican leaders have been mainly occupied in suavely explaining to the distressed country that of course nothing can be done for it for months to come, for domestic nor foreign problems is any Republican plan of action discoverable. now and next spring the only prospect is for Republican evasion in Congress of legislation urgently needed, and for Republican wrangling out of Congress over an alleged Republican foreign policy that never exi ed, ; io the “serving of the American people” HOW WOULD HE RECONCILE IT? F a theological student from some foreign and non-Christian country were visiting New York Suppose he might be puzzled, he picked up a newspaper and read of the action taken by the Netherlands Reformed Churck of Passaic in the case of Trina Hannenberg and her parents, From his studies of ihe Bible of the Christians he would recall a parallel case. recall that by C! isti the highest moral authority recognized an churches dealt with the incident in a manner very different from the elders of the Pas- sie chure! said to th without sir at her;’ h. He would recall that this authority @ accusers of the woman: “He that is n among you, let him cast the first stone to the woman herself, “Neither do I con- demn thee; go and sin no more.” And pol if the stud “Why do these people call themselves Chris which, Christ?" as Some ndering thus it would be small wonder ent were perplexed and asked himself: ans, 1 understand it, means followers of Maryland schoolboys are endeavoring to bring down the high price of haberdashery by wearing paper collars and shoe strings as cravat: Here of youth, to ticians and linquen Bf ae any defin' emulate is iMustrated one of the disadvantages ‘The high school students are unable the example of homespun poli- from the rural districts who grow long luxurious beards to conceal sartorial de cies above the collar band, TWICE OVERS. discussed the ‘whole gamut of national and international problems without reaching ile conclusion.” — Herbert Hoover After His Conference with President-Elect Harding at Marion. * * * 667TOHE American radicals are the biggest bunch of muls in the world.” —Wm. Z, Foster. * * * 66] F the United Slates is not to enter into any agree- ment with the other powers of the earth which are now bound together in the League of Nations, I feel compelled to approve the recommendation of the General Beard that Congress authorize another three year programme to be begun as soon as the capital ships now under construction are launched.” —Secre- tary of the Nacy Daniels. * . * “ec HEY (the Blue Law advocates) are against ilton amusements because they are amusing.” He would also” ‘THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, DECEMBER. 13, 1920. ‘The Great American Gloom Birds! Ay John Cassel 7 fe Prem Pant The erin World cu ‘Yo the Faitor of Tho Brentng World As a constant reader for many year's of your worthy paper, I wish to reg- \ster a protest against the blue law propagandists. 1, for one, class them as a minority | of fanatic reformers trying to get pub- licity at an exorbitant price by depriv- ing the American public of thelr free- dom, | If that's what they are striving for| then it's high time for the people to act immediately, applying their con- selence as their guide, and clear the at~ mosphere of would-be reforme SAMUEL WE New York, Dec. 9 1920. Six Days a Week. ‘To the Falitor of ‘The Brenin World Recently I read a letter in paper regarding the Sunday Law, It said; “Why don't your Blue the citizens of this| Nation wake up and make America live up to Its boasted liberty? If not send the Statue of Liberty back to France. Why doesn't the State take action and deport these reformers? “It’s bad enough they took our wine and still they want and beer away, to torture and play with us some more." To the person who wrote this’ 1 would say stop and think. Think not only of yourself and a few like you, put think of many mothers and chil- dren who would like to say something but can't. They would say, "Down with the booze and keep it down, be- cause now we can get something to eat with the money papa used to spend in the saloon.” Stop and think that people now have only eight hours to ‘work and eight hours for pleasure and eight for sleep six evenings a week. A CONSTANT READER Brooklyn, Dec, 8, 1920. None of Our Bi mean. ‘To the Diltor of The Brening World 1 have been a reader of your paper for a great many years, and your let- ter department ta at times very tn- teresting, and I like your fair way of dealing with all your many patrons However, I take exception to the let- ter signed Phillp Manson, Gerald Mason and Margaret Wilson which appeared in your issue of Dec, 6 con- cerning the Ireland-England con- troversy, it is my belief that it whould be the duty of these long-dis- tance fighters and agitators to go ack to Ireland and first reunite the two factions of that country before trying to take up the cause at a safe distance from English authorities, Tn our war of 1881-65 we told Eng- land to keep her bands off, and we would attend to our affairs, and why should not England be given the From Evening VV What kind of a letter do you find~most readable? 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 to say much in a few words. Take time to be brief. the Atmosphere. ble is to keep America out of foreign brawl, ‘Those in our coun- try ping t would be doi went back to frém that country | take the opinion of people who are sent over here to stir up the Amer- | Jean people in a question that does not concern 4: P. H. HIBBARD, Athens, N. 9, 1920, Ireland and Scotland. To the Haitor of Tie Evening World | In Mr, Griffin's letter he says Ire- land's case might have been different if, MW sotland, they had consented to the union Scotland fought nd won her rights on the field of Bannockburn. ‘The first King of Great Britain was James VI. of Scotland. Union“Ts strength JOHN RAPSIDE. 1551 Bassett Avenue, West Chester, Dec. 9, 1920. The Tax Exemption. ‘To the Editor of ‘The Evening World Through the medium of your paper I would like to ask Secretary Houston and some more of the gentlemen at Washington what they would think it they were one of the many earning less than $2,000 a year and had to pay taxes on the amount above $1,000? It eeems ridiculous to hear this country referred to ag the richest one in the world, When it stoops 80 low ax to pliuce the’ exemption to which an Individual is entitled at a paltry $1,000 per year Mr. Houston recommends an jn- crease from 4 to 6 per cent. on In- comes above $1,000. I would recom- mend that he and the other gentle- men at Washington use a little reason and tax n one earning jess than $2,000 per yen. r T. MIUt HOLLAND. Dec. 8, 1920. New York, The Milk Driver, ‘To the Editor af The Breping World | ‘The general public are entirely mis- | informed and ignorant regarding the | life and salary of the milkman. ‘The article in The Evening World of Dec. 7 etating that milk wagon drivers demand $60 per week Is en- urely wrong. If the present Arbitra- tion Board were to grant them $50 per week they would accept, even though $60 per week Is not at all too much, The present Arbitration Board has been in session for forty days, and accomplished absolutely nothing, which of course is accounted for by the fact that the milk companies have something up their sleeve and are playing for time in order to attempt to put one over on the hardworking milkman. Your article also mentioned that one man climbed 190 Nights of stairs daily, There are hundreds of milk- men who climb more than 00 flight ame privilege of attending to hers? [She eontiment of the American { a day. Also bear in mind that th Jere not emoty: ona Readers i By lent, to forget your successes. mistakes. It hurts to think can help it. EMBER YOUR MIS It is easy to forget mistakes—too easy. UNCOMMON SENSE John Blake 0, by Joba Blake) KES. You can attord You can’t afford to forget your about a blunder, so we don't do it if we When something comes up to remind us of it we feel our cheeks getting hot and we put it out of our minds, And when we do that we los we can ha‘ one of the most valuable things e, which is an acute conscience. If you have made a mistake, and forget it, you will go right on making that same mistake. The man who makes the same mistake twice is likely to'make it a third or a fourth time. done for. For hei work ever made e When hard. If he makes the same mistake three or four times in succession all his opportunity to ‘a sloven in his work, and no sloven in his na half-way success ; you make a mistake remember it, and remember it Think of every factor that went into the making of yet along in this world that mistake, just what mental or physical lapse it was that caused it, just what the consequence them, and just what the consequ nees that you could not know anything about might have been. Be ashamed of it. Tell yourself that you were a poor sort of a creature to let your mind go off watch at that par- ticular time—the same kind of a man as the sentry who sleeps at his post, or the automobile driver who dashes around a curve on the wrong side of the road, and as a result kills four or five innocent people in another car which is on the right side of the road. The consequences of the most ordinary mistake may be very grave to other people, but unless you keep that mistake in mind and resolve not to repeat it they will be far greater to you. You will make mistakes, and plenty of them. You ought not to be d make them once, ouraged because you make them—if you only But you ought to be afraid not to think about them, and to learn from each how to go right next time. Mistakes are the best teachers in the world if we remember them. But if we have not the nerve to,remember them we inight as well quit trying, for we shall never be anything but failures as long as we remain to cumber the earth, were as far as you knew * ‘ of the Bible By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory Copyright, 1920, the (Prem Publishing Oo. “_IThe New Yo Hrening World No. 2—Joseph. The story of Joseph is the most thrilling in the annals of Israel. 1 may go further, and say that it is one of the most interesting stories in the world, The child reads It with wonder and delight, and the ph. osopher and statesman find in ® food for deepest reflection. To begin with, Joseph was a real man, There was no shoddy in him. He was the genuine article—a “yard wide and all wool.” Beginning his career in Egypt as a slave, he worked his way up to the very top of power and influence, and from siart to finish his rise was the fruit of pure merit His wonderful achievéments appear insignificant in comparison with hie rock-ribbed manhood, his uncon- querable soul Galling to the limit was bis Initial experisnce In Egypt, but he passed through it wnhurt, He did not sour on the world, He did not grow mor- bid or sullen, He lost heart or hope, Though a slave, he accepted his lot with cheerfulness and entered upon his duties there in Potiphar's house without a sign of murmur complaint, He did not grieve oy his wrongs, or wear himself out in self-commiseration, He did not bura out the love of his haart by vindictive and resentful feelin, but kept sweet and did his work the best ne could, Since human beings have- bee passing across the stage of history, ho man has more handsomely itu trated the idea of the poct’s lines: “Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pi. from pole to pole, 1 thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.” Joseph's integrity as a man w probably put to the supreme test > that bejeweled hussy of a Poliphar's wife, Joseph was young and hand- sume and the siren besieged him with Jall her cha bul Joseph was no |Mare Antony, and the original Cleo- patra had tO beat a retreat, leaving the handsome siave with his man- |hood unsmirched. But “hell hath no fury | woman § "and the hu \the help tall J jJoseph thrown into pri which unpleasan: place the slé due time, came forth with colors. Merit not only “wins tle soul" but in the long run tt wins the highost honors all along the line, and jt w not a great while before Potiph: slave became Pharaoh's Prime Minia- ter. Joseph was the biggest man in ypt. He was the power behind the one that was greater than the throne itself, His genius | polici the Kingdom, be Sure that his incorruptible right- cousness Saw to it that justice was meted out to all. Very beautiful and heartening the story of Jospph’s meeting with his aged father and kindred. Driven from naan iby the famine th went down to Wgypt, the land of corn, and there Joseph met them not only with corn, but with that whicia wus Infinitely better than corn—the love whic never faileth and which stood ready to receive them with open arms. Simple as @ little child in his at- fection, the Prime Minister was princely in' his reception of his kin- dred. The best was none too good for them, Goshen, the Garden of the Nile, should be theirs, and all that love could think of should be done for them. | Is there anywhere in the great plo- ture gallery of history a finer picture than that of the meeting of Joseph and his aged father? And in ali tho annals of human greatness is there to be found anything grander than the spirit of the Prime Minister in the presence of the unnatural “prethren,” who had so deeply wronged him? Do I not do well in saying that the most interesting of all stories Is that of the slave who became the great statesman and whose simple affec- tion made him the p werver of the ‘Seed Corn” of a people? Opera Stories At a Glance | \ 1. by the Prem Bubilshing Co, (The New York Evening World.) \ Copyrt Rossini’s ‘‘Semiramide Semiramis 1s the beautiful Queen of Babylon at @ time when it js in “all its glory,” when its armies drive the enemy to the four winds. The legend says that she was fed by the doves when a child, and her subjects calfed her “Daughter of the Air, But even in the wondrous palaces, be- neath the swinging gardens, sur- rounded with all that a queenly Queen might ask, she is not content. She seeks the power of Babylon for her- self and, like woman through the cen- vurl she seeks love. She murders her husband, Ninua, the King, with the aid of Prince Assur, who loves her and wishes te win her hand and ascend the throne himself. But the Queen is enamored of a youth, Arsace the commander of her victorious army. He is sup- posed to be a Scythian, but In reality he is her own son, None but Oroe, chief priest of the temple, is aware of this. Arsaces is In love with this. The writer can prove this, for he is in this business These white-co! who are opposed wage for the hard-working milkman should roll out of bed at 2 A and go out in the cold:and rain and snow and take off their coats on the coldest day, and even then perspire from physical exertion, like the milkman. Let them contend with the wise public in collecting bills, and the hold-up men, who are mean enough to relie man of 35 \M. by placing a gun +o his breast. ‘Phe fact is the general public ne’ even sees the sun rise, #0 how can they understand what work a man does when they sleep while the milk- man is working, ‘The writer has worked in every stage of the milk Industry, starting on the farm and continuing through ‘until the milk is placed at the con- sumer’a door and the bill collected gentlemen turned in to the company. ane f {ICHAEL A. GIMBEL. No. 428 Hast 80th Street, New York Clty, Words From the Wise. Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. *B. Franklin The veason why 80 few mar- riages are happy because young ladies spend thetr time in making nets, not making cages. J, Swift. is Money is human happiness in the abstract; he then who ts no longer capable of enjoying hu- man happiness in the concrete, devotes his heart money. Schopenhauer, entirely to cosas Ageme apd though he reveres his Queen he does not love her. ‘At a gathering {n the temple, un- seen hands open the tomb of Ninus, whose shade announces that Arsaces shall be his successor, and summons the soldier to thé temple that he may jearn how the King assassinated, ‘Assur contrives to enter the temple, as he is enraged at the prophecy, and also knows of the Intended coming of ‘Arsaces to the tomb of his former King. Semiramis, who now knowa that Arsa is her son, comes also to warn him against Assur, ‘The three meet in the temple and ‘Assur attempts to stab Arsaces but the Queen thrusts herself betweom them and receives a fatal wound. The soldier, furious at the mumer of his pS at the Prince, and, after , kills him, Arsaces, now able to follow the dictates of his heart, marries the royal Princess and aseends the throne with her, ‘And then, sald the people of Baby- lon, Semiramis, saved by the doves in childhood, changed into a How to heavem. ) oe gd