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| mediately demand a corresponding decrease in | THE EVENING WORL D, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921. freight rates which would leave the rdilroads no be ter off than before. 'he Pennsylvania is irying a different scheme. The Pennsylvania proposes to cut the total wage Payment by maintaining’ the present individual 2w@efita, By John Cassel A PURBLIND PARTY. | A’ O'4 Republican piea for protective duties was that we must help infant industries to walk. Now the kea seems to be to protect full-grown Industries from falls due to their own missteps in reaching for extra profits, | ‘The Evening Workd explained yesterday whose emergency” is chiefly considered by the Fordney famergency Tariff bill in the specific case of its pro- posed increase in the duty on foreign sugar: ‘Not the emergency of the Government that { needs revenne, not the emergency of overburdened : consumers who need sugar at the lowest price free ] working of the law of supply and demand will assure, but the emergency of speculators over- ‘stocked with sugar they expected to hokf for record iies.and the emergency of beet-suear interests who havé 750,000, tons on hand. «An increase of Aeinis pound in the retail price Of sugar—the estimated jump if the Fordney Tariff Bill becomes law—would be a fine thing for large holders of sugar. But what about the Govern. ment and the country in whose name. the Emer- sgency Tariff measure is put forward? The answer is that the latter figure only as covers for Republi- can Party strategy. | ‘Tile Republican majority in the present Congress | is using the Fordney Tariff bill as a feeler toward discovering what sort of permanent tariff measure ,._ it will be possibile to put through in the next Con- gress. ~ Pretended benefits to the farmer, a substantial sop to the sugar interests are so many bids for later | gupport when it comes to constructing a full tariff schedule that shall be a joy to every industry with a chim to favor, "The Republican theory of protection is protection of classes. The Fordney Emergency Tariff bill is bait for class approval and allegiance, The Repub- Tican majority in Congyess skilfully angles for the aid of Democratic members from sections where in- dustrial or zgricultural interests flattered by the Repubfican Party are strong. The whole game is to prepare the way for the triumphant revival of an. oki-time Republican protective policy. No anachronism more dangerous to the country under present circumstances could be conceived. "In its post-war position of overwhelming advan- tage over other nations, as regards production, the last thing for the United States to do is to erect tariff walls that will provoke retaliatory measures ‘on the part of other governments, thereby closing foreign markets to American goods. Never was ii less to American interest to have the avenues of world trade obstructed by tariif bars. ‘As for the economic situation within the United ‘States, if ‘Reconstruction means anything it was supposed to mean the gradual, not too sudden or | painful restoration of the WHOLE country to a (peace basis, e ~ Wf the Republican Party uses its power to impede ‘that restoration by trying to save certain pet indus- ‘tries from being discommoded in the process, re- sultant injustice and resentment will react heavily against Republican credit. { « This is no time for party coddling of classes pa the old plea of protection, ; * American interests at the present time are the interests of ALL Americans, Wf Republican leaders in Congress think other- wise and pursue a protective programme that en- larges the lines of the Fordney Emergency Tariff bill, they will anoul their party vielory i) much Jess than four years, a na YEETREK % OPER: TELAT en ~ en reg ae THE PENNSYLVANIA'S PLAN, “\yggirsd ‘soon after the announcement of {ts adoption c& employee representatisn ig g wage scale but dividing the work among fewer em- ployees who will have to work more efficiently iT the work is to be done, For the present the plan appears to have the approval of the employees. The figures seemed to show that Government management resulted in an unwarranted increase in the working force, If this is true the Pennsylvania is adopting a common- sense method of economizing which will probably prove more acceptable to the workers than cuts in Wages A LIMIT TO ENRIGHT’S AUDACITY. HRIFT week was an appropriate time for the Police Commissioner to rescind the order for the retirement of Police Captain Du Bois, who was indicted within less than twelve hours after the retirement had been scheduled to take place. Had Capt. Du Bois been retired Tuesday even- ing he would have been entitled to a pension, whatever the resuit of the indictment. \But since Commissioner Enright changed his mind at the last moment, Capt. Du Bois is left to fate and a jury. If he is acquitted he will again be eligible for retiremenl. if he is convicted he will not de- serve a pension and the city wilh save $2,000 a year as long as Du Bois lives, ‘ Credit for this possible saving should not go to Commissioner Enright. That belongs to Mr. Whit- man. If Capt. Du Bois fails to receive the pension it will merely prove there is a limit to the audacity of the Police Commissioner. It will show he will nol/go quite as far in behalf of a subordinate as he will for himset/. It will be remembered that Commissioner En- right is safe, there was yet time. The E right pension of $3,500 a year is safe, no’ matter what the oulcome of any investigation nmy be. : : “THE LATEST. 9 Dike ‘atest innovation in the Best Mind College of Statesmanship is the proposal that Mr. Harding, who is the Freshman class in Whitehous- ing, be encouraged to elect a course in the element. ary principles of business and tariff making, It is suggested that this class be conducted by an “un- official economic cabinet” of Best Mind Business Men, , The Freshman olass having graduated from the Senate, it is assumed that he knows nothing of the subject, Unlike other educational institutions, the Best Mind College of Statesmanship is not campaigning for a large endowment. The B. M. C. has no faculty clamoring for a raise in pay which will place it on a pdr with the streetcleaners and garbage men. The would-be instructors in business® princi- ples and tariff-making will never strike for higher pay, Ror even ask the traditional “dollar a year” which was the standard Wage) of business men in Washington during the war, Ail the would-be teachers seek is a chance al the receptive mind of the Freshman class in the Best Mind College, That's atl they want. PROM THE CITY OF HILAN 10 the Heaven Born Mayor of Pekin, China: Tn this City of Hi Lan your servant, Com- missioner Hong, finds food for thought by Your Excettency’s officials of police, that they should be diligent in their duties. ° It 8 a@ matter well known to alt that Hi Lan's chief men of the police have had their thoughts upon matters other than the amiting of thugs and bandits, who have come to over- run the city. What may be these matters which engross their attention, your servant knows not, yet they doubtless are approved by the wisdom of Hi Lan, admirable Mayor of this place. Yet in 50 doing they have overlooked that ufficious Grand Juries must have something wherewith to occupy their time. The men of the police are counted upon to bring in enough malefactors to keep the Grand Juries busy. The new methods of Hi Lun have left these Grand Juries with no ordinary criminals to ~ oceupy tak activities, so they have turned their attention to other matters. Among these are the manner of Hi Lan tn governing this city and the ways of his men of the police. Thus scarcely a day passes withous the ad mirable ht Lan being aragged forth upon sub. poenas, or one of his —ief officers cf police being indicted and charged with crime, It occurs to your servant that if the police were diligent in bringing offenders for the Grand Jury to act upon, there would be no time left to devote to the a/fairs of the potice He thriftily retired himself while » so that overlooked it might of what your valuabie paper stands minority rules the majority | bition, Just like a coward, when his | opponent is down will try to kick him’ Senin From Evening World Readers { What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't tt 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. “Whe Fruit To the Biter of The kvenina Work, Your editorial, “The Fruits.” of the 10th inet. ought to be published again those of your readers who get the benetit for—viz,, fairness and facts, Liberty! Where art thou when the Prohi- into Insensibility; so ure our Con- gressmen who, after passing this law (only a & © appropriating hun- dreds of thousands of dollars to en- force something, instead of collecting millions in revenue from those graft- ers who are sefling whiskey ut 69 cents per tablespoonful. The best way to enforce Probibi- tion is to let the citizens vote on the subject, BELL. Brooklyn, Jan, 17 veied Proved Whritt. To the Miltor of Thi World, Sir: Apropos of “Thrift Week.” sav- ings and loan associations huve just two objects: ‘The inculoation of habits of thrift and the promotion of nome- owning. The acute housing situation has hatched gome half-baked schemes from theorists who, to put it slangily, ar: “talking through their hats.” Why not adopt @ plan that has stood the test for three-quarters of a cearury—name- | ly, the co-operative savings and loan plan (sometimes called “building and loan" or “co-operative banks")? Bup- poxe employers suggest to their help that they deposit ut least some of their savings in these associations, and that the advice io followed? ‘The result will be that these organizations ean lend miliions of dollars on small first mort- gages for homes. Most of these asso. qiations have loaned all the avaliabl: money they can get and need deposi ors to supply the hundredy of unfilled applications, or the benetit of those who may be unfamiliar with these thrift and home-gotting organizations, 1 state that they are oponiting under |organized in 1912 and since that time has helped more than 500 of its em- | ployees to own homes, to say nothing of the thousands who are being taught the Jeason of thrift by saving systematically, The last semi-annual report shows that more than $200,000 was loaned during the period to em- ployees on first mortgages, in amounts ranging from $1,800 to $8,009 | to fifty members who have thus been enabled to purchase homes of their own, Terms were arranged in many | cases not exceeding the monthly re: tals paid to landlords for apartments and residences In the city, The tine part of it is that these men and women will have their homes free and clogir in twelve years instead of rent r@ceipts! Here {s food for thought for large employers; it is the highest form of social service work | and will not cost them a penny, And do not forget, Mr. Employer, that you can buy income shares In these asso- clations in multiples of $50 and $100, on which you will receive at least | 4 1-2 per cent, Interest. | ARCHIBALD W. M'BWAN New York, Jan. 27, 1921, Smokes fer els. to the Biter of The Irening Wor! In perusing The Wérld the other night I came upon Miss K, C's letter, | Now, Miss K. C.,, you have my eym pathy, I believe 1 can quite unde stand your dilemma, although, 1 am glad to say, 7 have never experienced such conflicting emotions. You, want to know why it is considered Improper for a gira nice girl—to smoke. } Tt is not vo much the dea of «mok- | ing as it {x the loosening of, the morais. Reatly, when it comes Fight down to it, just why do you want to smoke? I have heard it said that it Is soothing after u hard day's work. Re member, you never miss what you have never had, therefore, If you have | hever smoked how will you know It | will soothe you? But if [ were you J | should go according to the dictates of my conselence. If your conscience fays it ts an Innocent pleasure, then by all means indulge in it, If your | friends will not tolerate this attitude, | if you think enough about smoking drop them or smoke on the sly. MARGARPYT. | Novmal Sma UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake. (Copyright, 1821, by John. Blake. WHAT DO YOU FEED YOUR BRAIN? No matter how clever or talented you may be, every Ling that comes out of your brain must first-get into it. You may have new thoughts—new ideas. But they rare built of old thoughts and old ideas which you have digested and developed. Your mental output is going to depend on. your mental diet. If you read trashy novels, go to trashy plays, and talk lo dull and stupid people, you will never do anything worth doing. ¥. Your brain is just “as dependent on food for its vigor and health and productiveness as your body is. Men of genius who have not read many books have produced great works. But the books they read, they read thoroughly. Lincoln, with Shakespeare and the Bible as his chief mental diet in youth, got more out of them than most men get out of a library. ale To-day there is no need for mental starvation. You will find libraries wherever you are, and none of them are ever overcrowded. You can apply to any librarian. or any reading man or woman for that matter, for a list of books that will be real mental food. You can begin as Lincoln did, with the Bible and Shakespeare. You will find the works of the best authors of to-day in the magazines and in the hewspapers. ‘ywhere about you is an abundance of mental diet if you will make use of it. But be sure you feed your brain something that it can make use of, instead of stuffing it with worthless material out of which it can make nothing. “wA carefully selected course of reading will improve any man’s intelligence, and ought to improve his capacity for work. It may not always be easy to take at first. All people are not born with a taste for literature, But the taste can he cultivated, and when your brain has become accustomed to a wholesome diet, it will automatically reject trash, You cannot think without something to think about. And you will have nothing to think about if your brain is starved, Feed it, and feed it well, and you will not only get further in the world, but you will have a xar better time while you are getting there. of thin country have been raised this | past seasun by our farmers, despite | ibe very unfavorable conditions that | Words From the Wise What hypocrites we seam to 1l—KING PRIAM, ‘The latest hi researches tong fo clear Helen of of the respee- sibility for the ‘Trojan War, They g° to show that that famous conflict was waged not because King Priam’e amorous son, Paris, eloped with the beautiful wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, but because of the get-rich« quick tactics of Priam himself, ‘The latest lights on one of the ob« ecurest pages of history ascribe the scandal about the clopement of Helen to the imagination of poets who, in modern as in ancient times, show aa invariable disposition to involve @ woman in everything that happens, Prinm's profiteering instincts scem to have applied for the first time the principle about charging “all the traf- fle will bear.” He applied it to the Aegean entrance of the Dardanelles |Straits. But he applied it too hard, us the sequel was destined to show. | The Dardanelles bear the same ro- |{ation to traffic between the Black | Sea and the Aegean Sea that the Nare rows beur to traffic between New York and Europe. With the Town of Troy rearing its fortifications on the Asiatic side of the entrance to the Dardanelles, Priam was in a po sition to levy profit on every ship that | passed, whether jn the night or in the |daytime. It was this strategic posi- tion that led him to enforce the rule fwhich, many centuries later, proved |cv embarrassing to American railroad managers. To begin with, ships of that period } Were so smail that they could take on jonly & minimum of supplies for the | voyage.” So, passing up or down, skippers had to revictual and to re- |Plenish their water casks at’ the en- trance to tho straits, Priam did the | revictualling—at his own price. Priam was getting rich so quickly |{n this business that he made up bis mind he ought to be getting rich quicker. So he passed a rule forbid- ding ships to pass either up or down the entrance to the Dardanelles—the body of water known as the Helles pont—with their original cargoes. Under this rule every ship had to ‘be unloaded and its cargo transferred overland to another ship, Of thie loading and unloading King Priam took supreme charge. as stevedore in | ohief. And he charged for his ser- |vices just what he thought wag right"—from his own point of view. | But the Greeks, who at that time were doing the sea carrying of the ‘known world, disagreed with Kit | Priam as to what the traffic woul jbear. They decided that King Priam had no right to the monopoly of the straits, and that he was charging al- together too muoh for water from the Skamander River. So under the leadership & the ven- erable Agamemnan, all the Greek Kings leagued themselves together, sent over a mighty fleet of ships and entered into an argument with Priam on his own soil that lasted, for ten years. When the argument was over an that remained to Troy was a heap of jruins which the sand quickly cov- ered. Priam himself fell under shocking circumstances by the hand of Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles, the gentleman who had laid Priam’s son, Hector, low before the walls of Troy tn one of the most famous duels on record All of which teaches us that it ts dangerous for any nation to attempt to get rich quick by contro! of the sea routes of the worl — Notes From New York’s Public Library HPN you @ay “Public Library” what do you mean? Some people mean the big marble |bullding at 42 Street. Others mean Jone of the branch Ifbrartes scattered all over Manhattan, the Bronx aud Staten Island, Others do not seem to know about these branches. They ask jWhy there is not a public brary tn the Wall Street district, and say that |42d Street is too far away for them. ‘They do not seem to know tHat there are other branch Nbraries nearer the financia! district than 42d Btreet, There are forty-three branches and six sub-branches in the three bor- oughs covered by the New York Pub- lic Library. ‘The librarians in charge of these branches report some inter- esting incidents | A handsome young Italian of aeven- teen cume into the George Bruce branch of the itvrary, No. 78 Manhat- tan Street, the other night and asked for a book with English and Italian words in it—"one to learna da Beeng- leesh." When the book was found he explained proudly \to the assietant, “Ket evs nota for me. I spika vera well Eengleesh. Ma peopla com’ from Betaly; I teacha them.” And them with a’ radiant emile, “I reada thees book,” displaying a copy of Baker and Ware's “Municipal Government of the City of New York.” The smile identified him to the astonished as- sistant as the diety little boy why three yeuts ago used to belp at a nearby fruit stand. . 4 At the Hudson Park Branch Libra, > brass is shining, the floor pol- tne books are Mm order, and the hoy who lisps is for hooks “about, sen robbers in in Swedish. Meanwhile, in a three ships,” house across the path, the following conversation saa | have been over- beard: , a Us i ‘The rexisied when these crops were} | “Cm glud your mother 6 you yania Railroad’s plan of contracting its working HONG, COMMISSIONER thas hundreds of perwons help in the] minded, but 1 am not narrow-minded; farmer is not being oitered tor ther vex! Qur words sound so | moat. I want the front doorbell ee will be of peculiar interest to both employers \ : Tous saint than promoting|C:, “Is It wrong for girls to smoke? baer A re aromtore pines humble, while our hearts are ao | INE Mooita von an ewer employees in all industries, « | i TWICE OVERS. the higher interests of the: communi- te ee capi does it, and | ots we are not necessarily increasing proud.—Hare, "Yes, aunt: just give me the toola* jon ig we feel like Unless the) the cost of living, because there Wal! Barons ie ane py At last Henry comes to a standstitl, When ‘the railroads were turned back by the | 664 OU can't legislate the Ten Commandments We have in this Stat& more than| law stops us. Why shouldn't the womi-| ready too large a quantity of these | oe 18 the ballast of the “Well, never mind, Henry. Jack- = Government the managements found that a multi. | es BA mevinas, Gee, spe pe ypena bel Pe tied Whe smoke and ara products here for the normal con-| soul that with keep it from roll | son's min went away when he got the inko ° people.” —"“Pussyfoot” Johnson. Pies * AM not rich enough to be American Ambassa- dor:'—Roland W. Boyden. Bumption of the country. ‘Then, again, JACK 8, | why discriminate? Why place tarifts on manufactured articles and refuse lprotection to the farmer when his work is the most important of all? | “Free ‘Trade's” letter shows a lack of depth, a lack of knowledge of ac- {ual conditions and a somewhat prev- hlent tendency to find fault without offering corrective substitutes, If we take care of Our farmers we shall not bave to worry about the future of this country or the high cost of living. Ww. H. STANTON. | work half done and said he couldn't make @ job of It; I guess it can't be done.” » “Just give me your library card, aunt, and ('l) make a jab of it yet," In'a few moments a stranger in- quires at the library desk for a book about electrig bells. Saya the library uasistant; " Prac. tical Wiring,’ did you say? Is this the book?" "y fude of new employees had been taken on and that | gates of payment to individuals had been raised, | a Even the higher freight rates have not served to bring earnings of many railroads up to the figure ing men and women to acquire homes. Co-operative associations everywhere are crying for depositors to enable them to “carry on." ‘As an indication of the trend ft is interesting to note that the Social Service Department of the Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester con- templates, organizing an association among its employees. At present there js only one savings and loun ae- sociation in this State not open to the neral public, I refer to the Edison KSnociation of New York, which was ing and tumbling in the greatest storms.—Bishop Hopkins. Friendship improves happi- ness and abates misery by the doubling of our joy and the di- viding of grief Bicero, Children have neither past nor future; and, that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present.—La Bruyere, New York, Jan. 18, 1921, “Rake Care” of the Farmers, to yhe Editor of ‘The Brening World ; Permit me to disillusion your cor- } respondent who signs himself “Iree Trade,” in your issue Jan, 17, This correspondent doesn't realize that unless we protect the American farmer we will discourage duction and high prices will inevi' Mow. Does he know that, speaking gener- ally, the largest crops in the history | Me which the Railroad Return Bill authorized, Rail- | ae SETTTHERE 1s mot the slightest chance of New ite Birhee solom 4 capt © = foad officiats knew that the easiest way to reduce | ses would be to cut wages, but have realized iM im. #, that’s what I want. I'tn ng # bell for my aunt and TI got to a } place where 1 needed a little help, Tm all right now. Thank you.” ot ’ ‘ : 4 cee te —~ York's geting jhe He dove’ exia:™ i. The Churchman. Brookiym, Jan, 18, 1921