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ee Che EFM Gorin. ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITS Puvitehed Datiy Except Sunday by The Pr © Company, Nos, 63 to O2 Park Raw, New ¥ RALPH PULITZER, Proaident, 6 Park To J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 63 1 JOSEPH PULITZER Jr., Secretary, MEMPER OF THE AsSOcLATeD 1 "The Associated Pree ts exetusively eniitied to the ure for reo of Gil news despatches credited to tt oF not otherwise credieu 9 | fend also the local mews published herein BRINDELL SENTENCED. 'HIS community is the better to-day for tie fick that Robert P. Brindell, extortiomist and grafter, who preyed on an industry and bled it wage-earners, was yesterday sentenced to serve no less than five years nor more than ten years at hard fabor in Sing Sing. Those who think the sentence too light will note with satisfaction that Mr. Untermyer expects to Have Brindell brought to trial on at least three other indictments. If he were found guilty of Six of the indictments standing against him, Brindell could be sentenced to a total of fifty4wo year in jail. Too much impdrtance need not be attached to the demonstration with which Brindell's friends sought to cheer him after Justice McAvoy had pro- nounced sentence yesterda Labor czars of the Brindell type never lack strong following. Part of their system is to build up such a following by a shrewd mixture of bullying and patronage. The power of such a boss rests upon the feeling among those with whom he deals that fhe is there to give as well as take. His success may be measured by the number of men who are persuaded that he can bestow on them more ihan he makes them give up. Despite the injudicious comments of some of ifs Seaders, the great body of organized labor knows it will be the healthier for the conviction and sen- tencing of Brindell. Bad practices are no better because a certain kind of loyalty grows around and clings to them, HYLANESQUE “HOME RULE.” EW YORK CITY has good reason to demand a share in the modification of its rapid transit and jother public utility contracts. Both precedent sand justice demand that the city shall have co- ordinate function with the Public Service Com- mission. But Mayor Hylan is not one who can urge the chim for “Home Rule” with any semblance of con- sistency. His record ts against him. A legislative incident yesterday gave an interest ing sidelight on Hylanesque Home Rule. Senator Lockwood introduced a bill to empower the city to issue bonds for $27,000,000 to tide the schools over the period for which the Board of Esti- mate refused to provide in the regular budget. This Lockwood bill must pass, The public schools must continue to function. The Board of Estimate depended on the Legisla- ture when it omitted provision for this sum from the budget. The Board of Estimate “passed the buck" to Albany. It invited legislative invasion of the city’s fiscal powers. HEN Austen Chamberlain revealed that the United States had not taken kindly to the British suggestion of cancellation of war loans, he gave to the professional “tail-twisters” in Congress the opportunity for a regular “field day.” Any incident is opportune for the display of this sort of political demagogy. But the gentlemen “protest too much.” They even become amusing. The idea is not new. It has been advanced trom perfectly “respectable” quarters, and without evok- ing a tremor among the “tail-twisters.” Individuals who are accustomed to say “I want what I want when 1 want it” and who are accus- tomed to respectful hearing have made similar pro- posals. The only reason a cancellation policy was not pressed harder was because Congress knew that Liberty bond buyers and taxpayers would not con- sider the proposal. That seems to have been the substance of the Administration's reply to British advocates. The Home Market Club and the Protective Tariff group of lobbyists gave serious attention to ac cellation policy. There was strong sentiment in favor of anytifing which woul Prevent America from collecting deits In commodities— way the debt can be collected—which will and must invade the domains which the Home Market Club guards so zeatously—and with such profit to it members. $ WHAT'S THE EXPLANATION NOW? OT so long ago New York heard Commais- sioner Enright’s statement that the crime wave did not exist but was merely prop thé insurance companies. It will be interesting to discover what he has to say concerning the slump in automobile thefts since Mr. Whitman has been prosecuting—or perhaps Commissioner Enright would say “persecuting"—~ the Automobile Squad. The insurance companies report thefts of ‘fwenty-one cars in January, as compared with aganda of only 408 . ‘ Pacha se THE EV in December, The first week of February passed vithout a Single theft of an insured car. Perhaps Commnissioner Enright will explain that é thieves have a grudge against the police and are en that Mr. Whitman will be able to present an even more damning indictment of graft and reward-plundering by the Automobile Squad. iis" of the gangsters have les and cannot afford to Or perhaps ali the ‘ automol slinas SUPER-TRUCKING., a public dinner the other evening Sinith, former G or of New York and hairman of the United States Trucking Cor- truckman with a “ayy Al poration, was introduced as “a heart.” From his remarks which followed and other re- cent expressions, it is evident that “Al? Smith is more than a truckman with a heart. He is also a sckman will a head. Fresh trom the man-sized job of governing this State, he is tackling the trucking problem of the city n aml foresigh He is looking to the future, when trucking service will be regarded as a public utility. He is advocating the “store-<door- delivery” plan which The Evening World has ree- mine He points out that congestion of street > cannot contimie increase, that sooner of later trucking must either go under the streets in subways or over the streets on elevated ways. These proposals by Boss Truckman Smith may be combined with the recent report of the Port De- velopment Commissio: Ss forward to a time witen a great fre all parts of N York Irgad lines fron th What be the result of such a combination? When a car of frei ew York City reached the west shore of the Hudson it would be switched to a platform. There the freight would be loaded directly into a motor truck body placed on the re- ceiving platform. Freight for a single placed in a truck beady destined for that zone. I truck bodies all going to the same zone with vi to or three ull be rolled on a special car automatically driven and controlled by electrle current. ‘These cars would be shunted to a freight subway running beneath the river and deep under the city. When the car loaded with truck bodies reached the proper zone station it would be switched off the line and lifted to street level by an elevator. Then a machine would lift the loaded bodies to a waiting truck chassis for a short haul to the ship- ping platform of the consignee. Men would load the truck body—once, would unload it—once, trick a SHORT distance. would do the rest. Men would mot waste vai ferries, waiting for a turn making slow, tortuous: and over miles of city"streets. Goods would not be delayed. Merchandise would not suffer from repeated handling. Such a system would save time. It would get full efficiency from machinery which now performs only a fraction of its possible service. Meclranicd power would supplant much of the human drudgery of the present system. Such a system of freight delivery is litte more than a dream now. But men are working toward the realization of that dream. Most of the progress of mankind has been the result of dreams toward which men worked until the dreams became reality. This is the sort of a dream which must come sooner or later. New York js fortunate to have “alr ith, “a truckman with a heart—and a xead,” working on the preliminary steps. Mer A man would drive the Machinery and power le time waiting for ing platform MAKING THEM WILD. Once upon a time the “ballyhoo” for a mu- seum of freaks drew considerable patronage by chanting tn sing song voice, “What makes the wild man wild? What makes the wild man wild?” No-one ever was able to prove the iswer, but many believed that the wild man wild because of the prowds he had to luok at every day. If tale supposition is correct it would be interesting to know what (he honest-to-good- ness un-Senatoria! opinion of Hiram Johnson must be in regard to the Harding Cabinet- making. ° If the Tribune thinks that reports are “disturbing,” what must Hiram be thinking? And in a lesser degree the other Progressives? wi TWICE OVERS. 66] DON'T know why they didn't want me in the Police Department. I suppose it toas because I was doing the right thing.” ° missioner ‘Ellen -O'Giddy. Former Deputy Com- ““ VU Boash ih: Le in all y and candor, nol lo pormil this i be treated The Board of Aldermen, as a conquered province,” 4 66] HAVE decided to appoint him ‘Morris Koenig) in spite of the fact that his brother is Chairman of the Republican County Committe: of New York.” Goc. Miller, 66 KNOW him (Mellon). He's a good fellcw.” ' Representative Fesy of Ohio, ENING WORLD, _| Prohibition > A ae Se ro oe WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAR The Brok en Shackles Tere te ere 9, 1921, By John Cassel | From Evening World Readers What kind of a letter do you find most readab'c? Isn't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? | There de fine mental exercise and a lot of sutivfaction tn trying | te sey much in a few words. Take time to be brief. Behind Prohibition. To the Millior of The Evening Works In regards to so-called Prohibition, why not give the !iberty-loving pub- lic the facts. It was neither fanatics nor hypo: eritey that put this impossible law over but just « group of so-called paid by f ut they would get It back 2 to it with the employment ‘They launched it under the guise or | pretense that it would keep a work- | ing man’s pocket filled with money, | but the present wave of unemploy- ment and large cuts in wages prove all that talk is false. SQUARE DEAL. What Next? Tothe Biitor of The Hrening World: I notice the bone dry leaders a now considering a few more rest tions regarding th r enfor ment of the now law which they conten through this coming April, mucli difficulty. The most conspicuous of these, T find to be the one which proposes the search and seizure of brew in the home, Undoubtedly you have heard of the large number of fakers disguised as Prohibition agents, who have been robbing dreds of saloon owners througiout the country. My opinion is thut should proposed amendment, containing the search and seizure clause, become a law, we would simply be playing the game for these so-called and falsely badged “agents,” by permitting them to, operate their despicable, aneaky methods in our own homes. If the drys would look at both sides of the question, they would soon come to their right senses. What next? BELIEVER IN PERSONAL RIGHT: New York, Web. 3, 1921, ’ it We Pat Over.” To the Bilitor of The Broning World 1 would like to reply to. A. J.P, and have no doubt « very large majority Jof your ders—admirers of the commendat and you take against ould ‘appreciate your the real “Answer” ed- late putting | without this again giving itorially, AJ . Py like many publics the nerve to give us a lot of bigh- sounding statistics, endeavoring convince us that Prohibi “put over." But, of o know anything About Massuc’ sober laws. | pron * Volstead | into line” in a miruculouw against the and bet ment. Wh could it be called but put over Because many coun and a few States voted for arnendment ¥ towns fn hem favored dis-, approved of the suloon—pa larly the disgraceful manner {n which it was allowed to be run. It was not that the people disapproved of drink- ing alcoholics in their homes, or at properly conducted restaurants. To prove this, the dealers in the cities always did a large buainess with these towns, and before July 1, 1919, every one who oould stocked up heavy Some fortunate ones have dden awiy that shaw t not are nov: they can get—mui regardless of pric Most of bition, ehlefly becaure t whatever ponshine~ re making and drinking highly alc sup: atitutes Ww more or less injurious to because tmprop- erly made and aged, to nothing of the very serious law-breaking tea- tures, example tu the coming gen ation and the general disrespect tt the Constitution, which many of our best cit zens consider has een out- raged by the ‘ateenth Amend- ment. Pract in Massachusetts . Have vis country that {y supposed to be governed oy them? If it is true that the “bone dry” Prohibition by an honest popu! vote, A law that has not the stamp of public ap- People want let's prove it ‘% By Joh (Copyilent. 1982, BANK YOU Your energy is the force that turns your ability into cxpital, Without it you would be great a fi great a writer as H, G. Wells. It is energy that does all duction is limited only by the Tt is the man with reserve are worth doing. when they come along. Read the biographies of the important men in the world and you will learn that they are all men of abundant energy. Now there is only one way to have energy at your dis- posal when you want it and that is to store it. The marvellous machine tures a certain amount of it every day. factures, whether at physical or mental work, or at play, and there will be none left to draw on the next day. Bank it, put it away where you can get it, and a supply will be on tap when you need it, You slore energy when you take care of your health, when you get plenty of sleep, cal condition. You can, if you are a little careful, store enough for all the work you have to do, with some left over to spend on sport or recreation, But you must store it methodically, as the thrifty and prudent man stores his money in the savings bank. You must remember that late hours, bad habits and effort that is wholly wasted will soon get rid of the energy supply that nature has provided and that there will be none left when you need it for important effort. Bear this in mind all the time. when the time will come when some unexpected task will necd all your strength of mind and body. | n trim and it will be there. Waste your energies }| through loss of sleep and excess of physical exertion and you Keep proval can never be enforeed J, B. RICHARDSON, 192 Boston, Feb. Dislikes Such Jokes. | Vo the Halitor of Tho Brening World In a farm journal published in Philadelphia I Gnd the following eai- torial “programme” in the January number: “We are opposed to the use (tates mine) of tabu i f hope for th hibited by law, “We doplore and denounce any at- tempt to weaken the existing laws that prohibit the making, selling and using it was, Algo, that the Fighteenth Amendment, though duly ratified by an overwhelming majority of our Representatives (2), no lasue was made of it at the time these gentie- men were running for office. Although there was and always has been Pro. hibition propaganda, the real peo- | ple were too busy winning the war to zive it serious thought and, besides, (italics mine again) of intoxicating liquors.” You will see that the editor, Frank G. Moorehead, wishes to “pro- hibit” tobacco in any form. I suppose even as an insecticide it must not be used on rose bushes, How the bugs nrust laugh if they read the Farm Journal! Mr. Moorehead is evidently under the impression that it is unlawful to did not believe such « fool thing pos. sible, Unquestionably it was the | mont disgraceful piece of legislation | known to history! And we also know that many (If not most) of theae tioned in that palladium of our liber- | to. hipped Amendment, \ "Representatives" were “‘w! use intoxicating liquors. 1 wonder if @ epectal edition of the Constitution 8 got up for the “irys.” I can’t find the word “use” men- ftes—the Eighteenth ich will be a mere faded wreck when the big chance of your life- time comes along. PR AAA ED vase Oe Ee clatms to be Now, | The Farm Journal read by 5,000,000 people. one thinks that the possibility of an- other guarantee of our liberties, whereby we can't even dust the rose trashes, is remote, he had better think again. i "t ike practical Joies T don't EXROBURT J, HUAPRNE. ‘The Bie 1 Per Cent. se the EiRor of Tee Brening Wort : ‘What I say here I think goes for many ther peopte Te the bine law agents thtak Chat theyll put the Olue laws over on us, they are greatly mistaken. ‘The American spirit ts a spint with plenty of action in {t am? not some- Ping thet site still and lets every- thing be pat over on it. ‘The people that are for the blue jaws can stay home on 6 twiddling their thumbs {f they Out <¢ every bandred one wit tor UNCOMMON SENSE . ancial genius as the late E. ¢ energy It is the reserve energy that you have stored that enables you to grasp and improve opportunities yj that one will be a person that takes n Blake by John Biaka) R ENERGY, useless, though you were as H. Harriman or as Pro- ailable supply of energy. » does things that the work of the world. a you call your body manufac- Use all that it mano- when you keep in good physi- There is no way to know found who ia willing to do this, and the joy out off life. action on Sundays. If we work all week we are entitied to at least one day out of the weet to oureelves. Ls Hoy to Get Bonn ‘Teche Kittar of The Brening Word ; In re the question of “Broke an to when the ex-soldiers and ex-satlors are going to get the State bonus. I am inclined to feel the eae way as fim, bat I think by each and every ex-eervico man dropping his repre- sentative at Albany a line letting him know that the boye at home would apreciate his or her offorts in the Assembly on this bonus question, I for one want something might be accomplished, If not I'm afraid they wii! talk the whole session away and fo: what the ‘pepe said last November, ve w the bones, WX.NAYY, | Israel 13,000 years. |8y Rev. Thomas B. Gregory, | Coveriaght, INO! iy The Prose Pabtiating Oo, Tow New Yor Kvening Wo », No. 5—LAMENTATIONS. Of all the peoples made known to us by the great book of history, the Jews have suffered the most. We stand to-day in the m suffering ngtions, but not all of them together are enduring the agony that has endured for than mor yYhen France stood trembling on the brink of destruction aa the legions of the Kaiser were thundering at the we evied out “Poor sent mijions of our ris, and France!" sons and billions of our treasul over the seas to help her; but tr has never drank so deeply of the cup ot woe os Israel has. If it is true, as the & main- tains it is, that wi perfect through sufferin, Jews should be the most perfect people on earth, for God knows they have suf- fered as no other people have suffered since time begun It is said of the poets that they acn in suffering What they teach in song," und some 600 years B. C. one greatest of poets gang & the song of his people's sorrows that de- the serves to rank among master- pieces of the poette art It is found In the f “Lamentations,” verses 1 bupter of doth the city full of pee How was She weepetli soor her teurs are on her like harts ure, without strength r before the pursu finer poetry than the work, where any Ten-Minute Studies | of New York City |__ Government By Willis Brooks Hawkins. This is the fifty-seventh aritcle of a series defininy the duties of the administrative and legislative officers and boards of the New York City Government DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Hunter College. This ‘college, established in 1870 and fturmerly known as Normal College. {a governed by a board of trustees consisting of eleven members, nine of whom, serving without salary, are appointed by the Mayor. The Presi- dent of the Board of Bducation and the President of the College are ex- io members. It is a free college for women residents of the city. ‘The course of study, which requires four years of academic work afte: graduation from high school, leads to the degree of A. B. Since one of ehe important purposes of the college is to prepare women for teaching in the elementary and high schools of the city, a high school and a model ele- mentary school form a part of the college organization. There is alse a school for training in kindergarten work. ; ‘The President of George Samier Davi $10,000 a year, College is Ernest Words From the Wise Life is like a theatre, for the greatest knaves often sit in the best seats,—Aristonymous. The friéndship of one wise man is better than the friend- ship of a world of fodls.—Lemoe- ritus, He who has a good son-in-law has found a son, but he who has a bad one has lost a daughter. Racine, The soul has no secret which is not revealed by conduct.— Chinese proverbs. Science without conscience ts but the destruction of the soul,— Rabelais. Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may come to us in consequence—La Ro- chefoucauld. ‘The oreatest of faults, 1 should say, is to be conscience of none, —Cariyle. Philosophy ts nothing but dix eretion.-—-Selden. Virtue i like a rich atona, best plain set.—F. Bacon, Our highest respect for a well read man is praise enough of Uterature.— Emerson, The soul without imagination 49 what im observatory would be without a telescope.—Reoeher, Obstinacy & ever most posi. tive when if i@ most im the wrong —Mms. Necker. the College is His salary is Secretary of the Hunt, ~ -